What are you guys thinking so far?

Good show. The lead guy is great.

What do you want more of?

More Henry. And at some point, an explanation of why he doesn't seem to work at Global Dynamics, just saves the day a lot.

And oh-my-god-please-no-more less of?

1. Frewer's accent 2. Zoe. Completely unnecessary

I like the quirky townspeople, but I don't want the writers to fall victim to one dimensionality. They find that there is an aspect of a character that people like, and they beat it to death. Like The Stupid One ^TM. Character is a little dim, sometimes the butt of jokes, sometimes the person that asks the obvious question to allow exposition. As time goes on, they get stupider and stupider, and that's the only aspect of their character. Joey on Friends is a good example.

I like that they were trying to make Carter a family man and I see the reason for Zoe. She's still sort of annoying.

And I HATE the fact that they made Allison a parent to an autistic boy. I know his autism was an important plot point in the pilot, but it's now bothering me that Allison could just fall asleep and stay away all night with a single throw-away line about picking up her son from a friend's house. If he is as profoundly autistic as they played him, no way is Allison going to have that much free & flexible time in her life (especially as a single parent) to just vanish for a night like that.

Although, it would explain why she was tired enough to fall asleep like that.

Becoming a parent has ruined all fiction this way for me. Must realize that teevee kids can just vanish for long periods of time and are magically fed, bathed, clothed and educated while their parents solve crime, save the world and have dates--all the while looking incredibly well groomed.

Guess that's why they call it "fantasy."

I came across a short, favourable review of Eureka, especially re. that wonderful third episode (my personal favourite so far) over at teevee.org. [link] I pretty much agree with everything Nathan said.

About the show in general:

I like the quirky in small doses. Vincent and Fargo have been amusing without being caricaturish. I adore Henry & Jo & Jack show. I've warmed up to Beverly and her machinations. Stark? Has potential. I'd say, give him more good moments (like the scene where he gave Jack the chance to talk down the gang holding down the congressman.) We know he's shady, but the shadiness and betrayal would be more interesting if we see there is some kind of struggle between ambition and his more decent side.

Of all the cast, I think Allison is most problematic. She needs to be more than a limp potential love interest/nursemaid to Jack. I agree with whoever said that she seems to have no real authority in the goings-on in Eureka. She's supposed to be a woman in a position of some power -- I'd say, make her more of a hardass, instead of having her run around pacifying people, like she's some glorified secretary.

I'm not really fond of the whole super-single-mom-with-autistic-son storyline either, but that's another rant.

I know his autism was an important plot point in the pilot, but it's now bothering me that Allison could just fall asleep and stay away all night with a single throw-away line about picking up her son from a friend's house.

Yeah, that bugged me too. I have friends whose son is autistic, and I can't see either of them ever doing that, even if it is the best mattress on Earth.

Both of the potential relationships have some problems for me. Both Jack and Allison are technically still married. Also, Jack is still wearing his wedding ring, so I wonder how available he really is. As far as Jo goes, Jack is nominally her superior at work, so any potential relationship there would be Jack/Sam from SG-1 all over again.

David Hewlett has a blog.

The blog has an RSS feed.

I just added David Hewlett to my friendslist.

!!!

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And in true copycat fashion, I did, too!

Um... baaaaaaa.

Yay!

I thought the first use of the sounds-like-sex joke was okay, but mostly because I liked the irony of the pan from the romantic fire to the unromantic medical. But it got old fast even within that scene -- why was she down to a tank top? -- and got old even faster later on. It was kept from being completely annoying by the actors being charming, though.

But I liked the episode; there was a nice underline of increasing creepiness, from the scientist being 'deleted' to his increasing powers, and increasing knowledge of the nastiness underlying psychologist-spy-chick and obsessed-project-leader.

Were they using a dummy for Colin in that first shot after he was hit, or was that seriously waxy makeup? It was disturbing!

Venture Borthers, this week:

Monarch: "I met her on the LiveJournal, Which I kept in prison." [Proudly] "I have been Blogging!"

But I liked the episode; there was a nice underline of increasing creepiness, from the scientist being 'deleted' to his increasing powers, and increasing knowledge of the nastiness underlying psychologist-spy-chick and obsessed-project-leader.

Hmm, could Carl have been a metaphor for disturbing but powerful emotions that we try to put out of our minds only to have them explode in inconvenient, embarassing, or otherwise painful ways? Could the Eureka writers be hip to the 'monsters as metaphors' Mutant Enemy-style writing?