I had to skip out of the middle of Eureka to walk my elderly, impatient dog. Was it ever explained why the dangerous device was just sitting on a shelf (and I missed most of last season--it's at the top my my Netflix queue now I swear!!!--so is that just the way things are there)? Or how it got in Fargo's pocket?

-so is that just the way things are there)?

Yes, it's the vault of GD. Stuff just sits on shelves. They store prototypes there during computer reboots, as well as abandoned projects.

Or how it got in Fargo's pocket?

The vault guy had been stealing from the vault and selling the parts. He thought that he would retire before the next inventory, so wouldn't be caught. There's a reboot of the computer and a reinventory everytime there's a new GD leader, or every six months. He thought that he would retire before the reboot, but then Stark had to go and get himself fired. He had to find a fall guy for the stuff that he'd been stealing, so he grabbed something off of the shelf and put it in Fargo's pocket. Fargo being Fargo, he turned it on.

Thanks, Vortex!

I totally got the Fargo turning the device on because he's who he is. It's a button! It's just asking to be pushed!

The jolly, candy-like button!

I totally got the Fargo turning the device on because he's who he is. It's a button! It's just asking to be pushed!

I loved the moment when he was tapping his fingers on the device, like he was deciding whether to push the button. We KNEW he was going to. Even if I hadn't seen the preview!

The jolly, candy-like button!

It was a very alluring sort of a button!

Push me. Go on, you know you want to. Just do it. I'm right here, baby. Push me.

It's a button! It's just asking to be pushed!

Fargo really takes the whole concept of affordances to a new and shiny level.

Okay, first, got my hair cut today (Aeon Flux again). You may not immediately see the relevance, but I have a terrible time making small talk with hairdressers. (Focus on my hair, people!) But not today! Because as it turns out, my stylist is not only a sci-fi fan, but specifically watches Eureka! We spent considerable time talking over the latest episodes. (And err, she finds CFerg quite hot, incidentally.)

Anyway. Yeah, good episode. Angry vengeful Henry is something to be feared indeed. But what was it that Beverly did, actually? Do we know yet? I don't clearly understand her motivations. (Commentary from the stylist: "I don't think she's good. What do you think? I don't trust her. I'm not sure, but...")

I definitely enjoyed the change in dynamics and relationships. I will be interested to see where they go with Allison's leadership. I like how it shakes up the way that she and Jack interact. And I do buy a pining Jack with a move-making Stark. Can't wait to see what happens when Abby turns up.

Oh, but I will be watching you very closely for gender issues, show.

Because, okay, first of all, I noticed before they did that the field wasn't growing at the right rate. But then, if it ended up as big as a house the first go-round, dude + nuke wouldn't have fit down the hole the first time, right?

But more importantly, Allison's decision was an emotional one, placing the welfare of one person above that of the community. Wasn't it? It turned out in her favor, but not because of her agency. Because she trusted people, not because of anything she did?

I liked her getting her back up and working out that she couldn't be fired immediately. But military guy was not wrong to feel that they had a specific window for action and she waffled enough during that time to have potentially caused a problem. Plus I feel that someone should have explicitly told Fargo he was about to face his death.

I'll be interested to see the direction her leadership takes as she grows into the role.

but I will be watching you very closely for gender issues, show.

Well, I did notice she was only sometimes called Dr. When they were transferring power from Stark to her, he was Dr. and she was Ms.