How's Colin, Jessica? And don't hold back on my account--I'm genuinely interested.

I liked him very much! He's a little stiff in the pilot, but so is the rest of the cast -- it's a very pilot-y pilot, if you know what I mean. (Not nearly as bad as Heroes was with the exposition!speak, but still very Here Are The Characters In The Town And Here Is What They Act Like.)

His character is exactly what you'd expect in a character named Jack Carter, which is just fine. He provides good Everyman snark counterpoint to the endless geekery in the background. Oh, and his co-worker is an ex-commando who can kill people with her pinky, which made me smile.

I just watched the Eureka pilot, and so far I like it a LOT.

Good news! Less than two weeks to the SGAs and Eureka. Yay.

I am seething with anger at my lameass laptop for not working, because I haven't seen any Who since The Satan Pit, which makes me sad. Especially given that there's whitefont to read and, apparently, at least one kickass ep. Grrr.

I'm still bent out of shape over the name Jack Carter, though. Because that's just redundant on top of overkill. Argh.

It's like an extra-bizarre portmanteau of Jack O'Neill/Sam Carter! It gives me deep wrong feelings in my chest.

However, Colin is very cute and I'm sure I'll be over it as soon as he starts shooting some bad guy wearing a well-fitting black T-shirt or something.

No, Vonnie, not a protmanteau, he's the love-child product of their one night together before he died a noble and heroic death, leaving her to raise little Jack all by herself--well, actually, with significant help from Daniel and Teal'c, but that's getting into Full House land, and we want to remain in the land of Teh Drama.

I'm overthinking this, aren't I?

I bet the child calls them Uncle Daniel and Uncle Teal'c.

Also, the Jack/Sam love-child thing has some merit because that means he was born with an innate ability to wear a thigh-holster and handle a P-90 with style. Well, obviously not when he was a baby, but... you know what I mean.

The idea of Daniel and Teal'c in a sitcom land makes me laugh and laugh.

An ability which first manifests in his prowess with a Super Soaker as a toddler.

the name Jack Carter

I have to interject -- you know, Colin even kinda looks like (a young) Michael Caine. That was the name of the titular character in Get Carter, the awesomest mod revenge-picture Britain ever produced.

In summary, it's not just Hollywood that needs a new name. I think we'd all be just as happy with a slew of Bob Chandlers and Dave Coopers and Jimmy Shipwrights.

What ever happened to the Franks? There used to be Franks and Joes and Ricks and Davids on television. Now they're all Jack.

CarterBauerONeillBristowSheppard. Sigh.