I think Matt may be on to something with Eureka being unlabeled YA. The last episode is a great example of that – we get some guy whose been frozen since 1957 and he wakes up and wants two things – to see the girl he’s in love with and to clear his good name. Along the way he has some of the most stilted and boring reactions to EVERYTHING ever. He makes no comment about the fact that a person who is both female and black is in charge of the organization he works for even thought that would have been unheard of in his time. He may have not been particularly prejudiced himself, but he HAD to have noticed that henry and Allison and Jo were all acting in ways that would have been different from the way he would expect them to act or be. No comment on this at all. He just floats through accepting things at exactly the right time.

When they confront the scientist who stole all of his ideas there is no satisfying reaction there. he’s all “No, i didn’t do that! … Okay, I did, but it wasn’t because I’m bad. Here, have all the stuff you should have had. I don’t mind. Oh look, cookies!” like, what?

on and on like that. Which is a very soft around the edges way to write that episode. As if it wasn’t being written for adults, but for middle graders.

I also think there’s something to that colorblind business. I may need to write a stern letter to these people and tell them to stop that. You cannot ignore race issues by making a supposedly race-tension-free world. It doesn’t ring true!

Ide – thanks for that page. I may pop over and add to it.

Even though I love the show, you’re right. Wednesday’s ep sucked donkey balls.

Why in the world did they feel the need to wrap an entire episode around the most annoying character in the series? Just to tie into the fact that Carter was still pissed off at Allison? They showed that in 2 measely scenes, and frankly, she was kind of a bitch in both of them. Lame!

I was wondering when he was going to say “What are all these Negroes doing here?”

I was thinking the exact same thing. I kinda hoped he would start telling Jo to go fetch him some coffee everytime he saw her, just we could see how difficult it is for not to kick his ass. I miss seeing her playng with firearms, btw.

So one old guy is back “from the dead”, another old guy is ruined, and another old guy is in jail. Why am I supposed to care?

Also, will someone PLEASE tell me next week’s ep is a rerun? Didn’t they do “Stoopid Eureka” already?

http://wiki.feministsf.net/index.php?title=Eureka_%28TV_series%29

(I’ve seen very little of the show myself.)

I was thinking that exact same thing. Especially as they had all these POV shots of him looking at her and Henry. I was wondering when he was going to say “What are all these Negroes doing here?”

I don’t view Eureka as YA, Mark. I think it’s actually parody. They’re spoofing plots that have been circulating through SF shows for generations now. But yeah, they could do a better job on the details. I was surprised that a white male scientist whose last knowledge of the world was from 1957 would readily accept Allison’s authority (and Henry’s, and Jo’s) without even a moment’s question.

I think this show needs to figure out how serious it is, exactly: is it straight parody, or do you want us to be emotionally connected to the characters? It’s totally possible to do both, but you have to know exactly what you’re going for, and I’m not sure Eureka does, yet. But I’m entertained enough to stick around and find out.

Anyway, I find myself watching because of the dearth of good SF on TV right now.

I agree, they do a good job with people of color. I thought Jo was Arabic, Israeli, or maybe Indian, but in a recent episode her Spanish was excellent, so perhaps she is Latina? I suppose I could IMDB her, but I’m lazy.