I thought the electric fence had gone haywire by becoming magnetized.

My brother is now watching Eureka, per my suggestion. He likes it enough to berate me about giving him yet another use of time he doesn't have. I laugh because...I've never seen it. No cable. So I managed to hook someone on a show I've not seen. Not bad, huh?

To make an electromagnet, the fence would have had to have coiled wire, not to mention that, even if you had such an eccentrically made fence, the power to create that level of magnetism would have just melted the wire. My hands got a little tired of waving in that scene, because it just seemed like an artifical construct to once again throw Jack and Allyson together, in this case literally. Still, it might have been worth it with the cow.

I wondered why there had to be a Zoe, she seemed superfluous at first.

I still think that she's superfluous. not saying that the actress is bad or even that their scenes are bad. Just doesn't seem necessary.

Hellooooo, all. I've been reading but not commenting since I've only caught a few eps. I caught about half of "Blink" last night and there was a little thing that impressed me, if it actually happened. When Jack comes into Henry's garage with the ear while Henry is testing the thingy, there's a big 'whoosh' and then Jack says he can't hear. I heard ringing in the audio, like they were trying to simulate tinnitus. But no one else I watched with heard it.

So am I crazy, or was it really there? (and yes, I know the two are not necessarily mutually exclusive).

Yes, it was there. I thought that it was a nice effect.

oh, and with the cups, I thought that they were empty as well, especially with the way that Zoe was moving them back and forth. She didn't act like she had a full cup of coffee, which at least one of them should have been.

Yes, it was there. I thought that it was a nice effect.

Oh, good. And yes, nifty little way to bring the audience in.

Just doesn't seem necessary.

Who does seem necessary? Not a facetious question--just trying to work out what the criteria are. If she's amusing/interesting/well written/well acted, I'm mostly good. I don't see Eureka as telling some grand and deep story, in which everyone has a precise place.

To make an electromagnet, the fence would have had to have coiled wire, not to mention that, even if you had such an eccentrically made fence, the power to create that level of magnetism would have just melted the wire.

Well, yeah, but you also can't make an AI robot nor point a freezy thing at a house and stop a fire. Who the hell knows?

For some reason (and I don't claim there's any logic to this), I'm willing to believe in floating bucket trucks and fire freezing as new and different technology unique to Eureka. It's when you start fiddling with the ordinary, like electricity, that I get twitchy. I also may have started picking apart that particular thing because it seemed so desparately forced to put Jack and Allison together.

I also may have started picking apart that particular thing because it seemed so desparately forced to put Jack and Allison together.

This, although I have to say this bit was one of the few times I actually enjoyed any of this type of interaction between the two. Would that the cow had been there too (especially if it was at the moment where Jack suddenly got REAL uncomfortable looking).