Eureka, Season 5, Episode 10, “The Honeymooners” Written by Eric Tuchman Directed by Joe Morton Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy After the several-episode struggle to save Holly, she finally gets a chance to be a physical, living being again…with complications. This episode provides some of Felicia Day’s best work of the series as …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 9, “Smarter Carter” Written by Paula Yoo and Ed Fowler Directed by Alexandra La Roche Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy “Smarter Carter” showcases two of the most entertaining characters on Eureka, Jack and Deputy Andy, as they each deal with personality-changing issues. Allison’s brother visits town to meet her new …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 8, “In Too Deep” Written by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer Directed by Colin Ferguson Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy “In Too Deep” breaks the trend of weaker episodes over the last couple of weeks by providing a well-written episode full of comedy, drama, excitement and major events …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 7, “Ex Machina” Written by Kira Snyder Directed by Michael Robison Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy The situation regarding Holly (Felicia Day) and her virtual “existence” is becoming a bit awkward. Her “death” was shocking and sad but added some quality dark material to Eureka. Holly is later discovered …
Eureka Review, Season 5, Episode 6, “Worst Case Scenario” Written by Jill Blotevogel Directed by Salli Richardson-Whitfield Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Allison) sits in the director’s chair for the first second time and doesn’t miss a beat. She has been with the show since the beginning, so it’s safe to say she …
Eureka Review, Season 5, Episodwe 5, “Jack of All Trades” Written by Jaime Paglia and Eric Wallace Directed by Jaime Paglia Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy This week’s Eureka provides laughs, body swapping, an emotional confession, a dark moment, a potential character departure and a marriage proposal. That’s a lot of ups and downs for …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 4, “Friendly Fire” Written by Amy Berg Directed by Mike Rohl Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy Things mostly get back to normal on Eureka as the main characters work together to resolve the case-of-the-week. “Friendly Fire” has the perfect mix of sci-fi, drama, and comedy that has kept Eureka a …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 3, “Force Quit” Written by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer Directed by Mike Rohl Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy The three-part arc that has found the Astraeus crew trapped in a virtual world comes to a predictable conclusion this week as the crew is rescued. …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 2, “The Real Thing” Written by Bruce Miller Directed by Michael Robison Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy After last week’s premiere focused entirely on the Astraeus crew and the virtual world in which they currently reside, “The Real Thing” brings some attention back to the real world. The episode …
Eureka, Season 5, Episode 1, “Lost” Written by Jaime Paglia Directed by Matthew Hastings Airs Mondays at 9pm ET on SyFy Eureka is usually a pretty light-hearted and whimsical show, but this week’s season premiere is definitely on the darker, more serious side. To recap last season, Global Dynamics spent a majority of the time preparing …
TV is full of shows set in their own universes, worlds different from our own (sometimes slightly, sometimes drastically) that open up new avenues for storytellers to explore. It can be a lot of fun to ponder what it would be like to live in a particular universe, to explore that different world, but would …
Eureka Directed by Nicolas Roeg Written by Paul Mayersberg Australia, 1983 In his introductory remarks presaging a rare screening of his little known 1982 film Eureka director Nicolas Roeg confessed that the film suffered from Bad Timing, released as it was during the inception of the capitalist resurgence led by Thatcher and Regan, and nervous producers …