Eureka (2006 TV series)
| Eureka | |
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| File:Eureka intro.jpg The opening title for the show. | |
| Created by | Andrew Cosby Jaime Paglia |
| Starring | Colin Ferguson Salli Richardson-Whitfield Jordan Hinson Joe Morton Ed Quinn Debrah Farentino Matt Frewer Erica Cerra Greg Germann Maury Chaykin |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 2-hour pilot produced, 11 more ordered |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 minutes approx. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Sci Fi Channel |
| Release | July 18, 2006 |
Eureka, rendered as EUReKA with a raised e, is a United States science fiction television series that premiered July 18, 2006 on the Sci Fi Channel.
Plot
Template:Spoiler Eureka is about a secret town inhabited entirely by the best minds in the United States. After World War II ended, America realized that science and technology would play an increasing role in national security. Given the close call with the deployment of the atomic bomb, it could not risk being surpassed by other nations.
With Albert Einstein's help and that of other trusted advisors, then-President Harry S. Truman had a top-secret residential town built in a remote area of the Pacific Northwest. This town would never appear on any map and be unknown to the public, except those that were authorized to learn of it. It would harbor the greatest minds in the country, as well as protect the country's most valuable secrets. In this haven, the country's greatest minds could live and work in a safe and supportive environment, allowing them to work on the next scientific achievements with no worries or distractions. The best architects and planners were hired to make the town a paradise, with the best of everything for all its residents.
From this, the town of Eureka was created. Its residents are responsible for almost every leap in science known to man over the past fifty years. However, with experimentation inevitably comes failure, and over fifty years worth of trial and error they have had a number of experiments go awry (global warming is mentioned as one of these).
Though Eureka's residents suffer many of the same problems that ordinary towns do, having a town full of geniuses and virtually limitless resources tends to make their their problems a much larger concern than those of a regular town. While transporting his daughter back to Los Angeles, Jack Carter gets himself tangled up in the town's latest mishap, and soon ends up its new sheriff after the old one is injured on the job. Template:Spoiler-end
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Colin Ferguson | Jack Carter |
| Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Allison Blake |
| Jordan Hinson | Zoe Carter |
| Joe Morton | Henry Deacon |
| Ed Quinn | Nathan Stark |
| Debrah Farentino | Beverly Barlow |
| Matt Frewer | Jim Taggart |
| Erica Cerra | Jo Lupo |
| Greg Germann | Warren King |
| Maury Chaykin | Sherriff Cobb |
Filming locations
- Surrey, British Columbia (Sullivan Heights Secondary)
- Chilliwack, British Columbia – Downton Wellington Avenue on April 12, 2006
Episodes
| No. | Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1.01 | "Pilot" | July 18, 2006 |
| 1.02 | "Pilot" (Part 2) | July 18, 2006 |
| 1.03 | "Many Happy Returns" | July 25, 2006 |
| 1.04 | "Blink" | August 1, 2006 |
| 1.05 | "Alienated" | August 8, 2006 |
Ratings and Critical Reaction
The series' premiere garnered terrific ratings, with 4.4 million people tuning in. Eureka was also the #1 cable program for that Tuesday night, and was the highest-rated series launch in Sci Fi's fourteen-year history.[1]
Critical reaction was mixed, with general praise for the premise, but overall middling reaction to the writing of the pilot.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
It's all very quirky. Too quirky, maybe, for an audience that is used to spaceships, robots and explosions. Though every episode promises an "aha!" moment based in quantum physics and obscure scientific laws, this world is relatively flat, conceptually speaking, in comparison to the complexity woven into series such as Stargate SG-1 and Battlestar Galactica. This does not mean Eureka is a complete waste of time. Not at all. The characters are fun, Ferguson is believable and pleasant, the script is solidly constructed, and the visuals are slickly produced. All in all, it's a sweet series and probably not long for this world.[1]
References
- ^ Eureka review Seattle Post-Intelligencer website, URL accessed July 20, 2006
External links
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