Lower Decks

So, to recap, ever since returning from its long hiatus Eureka has been building up to the arrival of some sort of alien signal. In the last episode (“If You Build It…” the signal arrived. It brought with it something far more tangible. A space ship! Eureka’s own Henry Deacon designed the ship, with the help of the late Kim Anderson, and he’s as surprised as anyone to have it show up now.

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Although not as amusing as the previous episode (“It’s Not Easy Being Green”) this was another solid episode. Which is good, because things have been hit or miss since Eureka returned from hiatus. I could have done without Fargo’s plot line, about his clunker of a car and its artificial intelligence. But the rest of the episode, focused as it was on the alien signal, was excellent.

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This was a much better episode than last week’s installment (“Insane in the P-Brane”). Even the subplot involving Lexi and Duncan worked well enough, meshing with the main storyline. Fargo and his competition with a bowling team from Area 51 was hilarious, especially the bit about Eureka continually insulting the Area 51 team by joking about little green men.

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This episode marked the start of Jaime Ray Newman’s stint on Eureka as Dr. Tess Fontana. Newman has appeared in a bunch of shows I’ve enjoyed over the past few years, including Stargate: Atlantis (in two episodes, including my personal favorite “Duet,” as Lt. Laura Cadman), Veronica Mars, Supernatural and Heroes. Interestingly, she has also had a recurring role on FOX’s Mental these past few weeks. It took me three episodes to place her, oddly enough.

Newman was the best part of “Insane in the P-Brane.” Otherwise, it was a trite episode and easily my least favorite of Season Three, although it has been so long since I saw the first ten episodes of the season I may be forgotten some other stinkers. In the episode, Sheriff Carter and Tess find themselves transported to another dimension and have to find a way to get back before they’re stuck forever.

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Last week’s episode of Eureka was a bit of an improvement over the mid-season premiere, but only just. It was a Jo episode so Erica Cerra had a lot of screen time and that always helps. Carter spent the bulk of the episode trying to pass a stress test and wasn’t involved with the main storyline, which saw Jo testing a new device intended to record DNA in order to better protect the town. Or something like that. It didn’t work right and Jo was knocked out.

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Syfy’s Eureka returned after a ten-month break this past Friday (July 10th) with the first of ten new episodes completing its third season. Previously, the series was seen on Tuesdays. During the mid-season finale (“From Fear to Eternity,” originally broadcast September 23rd, 2008) a lot of things start going very, very wrong. Zoe, for example, started aging rapidly. That’s never fun. Secrets about Eva Thorne were revealed, someone was found to be pregnant and someone else was fired. Aside from that last bit, things were wrapped up quite nicely.

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