Eureka: Season 3.5
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Actor: Colin Ferguson, Joe Morton, Salli Richardson-WhitfieldBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 438 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2010-06-29
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Eureka: Season 3.5
DVD Review: "This is a really weird town... but I like it."
Summary: 4 Stars
I love EUREKA, let me tell you. It's a show that consistently does the unexpected. Where else but in Eureka can the mayor also be the town's local car mechanic? Henry Deacon goes around town in his garage uniform, all unassuming, except that he's got "Mayor" labeled on his front shirt pocket. It's perfectly Eureka. You have to look at things more closely.
EUREKA - SEASON 3.5 collects the rest of the third season, to wit, episodes #9-18. As we catch up with that top secret community of the world's greatest minds ensconced somewhere in the Pacific Northwest (I think, Oregon), we find Jack Carter still reeling from his getting axed as Sheriff of Eureka and now applying for a job with Homeland Security. There's also the humiliation of having been replaced by the (literally) robotic Sheriff Andy. But that first episode back from hiatus ("Welcome Back, Carter") sets things right for Jack, and he's soon back to wielding that sheriff's star. Back to status quo as we knew it, given that it's a pretty shaky status quo when you're the peace officer muddling thru the sometimes extinction-level fallout of a townful of geniuses gleefully unraveling the universe's biggest mysteries. It helps that Jack has the street smarts to handle cutting edge science on the fritz. For the audience, it also helps that Jack is around when the big brains are talking because they usually end up having to break down their high brow talk into layman's dialogue.
Actress Salli Richardson's real-life pregnancy couldn't help but impact the show, causing certain story arcs to be tweaked. According to an episode commentary, the writers had originally planned to bring Jack and Allison closer but then that got scuttled. Instead, Richardson's pregnancy is written in and Allison is now expecting, with Jack tapped as her birthing coach. In comes new recurring character Dr. Tess Fontana, a SETI scientist come to help Global Dynamics on a mysterious project (hint: it's got to do with that worrisome signal from outer space). Tess keeps getting under Jack's skin... which, to me, immediately translated to her being Jack's potential love interest.
A kind of a bummer is that the "threat from outer space" thread gets resolved too soon and isn't as nearly menacing as projected. It is, however, Henry Deacon heavy. The rest of Season 3 is a series of stand-alone stories, and while the awesome offbeat vibe never goes away, they feel somewhat anticlimactic. Still, there's a grip of entertaining episodes in this collection. Season 3's second half has our characters dabbling with gravity wells and smart asphalts and black energy, UFOs and doppelgangers. Jack, our invaluable point-of-view character, even gets trapped in the 5th dimension. "Welcome Back, Carter" introduces the endearing Sheriff Andy. In "Your Face Or Mine" Carter takes the 48-hour-long, bi-annual Sheriff's recertification exam, leaving Jo in charge as acting Sheriff and putting the spotlight on Erica Cerra. "It's Not Easy Being Green" is worth watching for the increasingly alarming annual bowling tournament between Eureka and its rival Area 51. If you're new to the show and looking for a jumping on point, "You Don't Know Jack" is the flashback episode (and also an amnesia episode) that still boasts a fully fleshed-out plot. "You Don't Know Jack" was written in part to balance the f/x budget which went off the rails with the Season 3 opener "Bad to the Drone."
Unforeseen circumstances are mostly to blame for EUREKA - SEASON 3.5's weaker moments, so I tend to give this a pass. Of shows in this genre, EUREKA still is the best going around. It's hard to beat its blend of science gone amok, cop procedural, and comedy of manners, and when EUREKA goes for those darker narratives, then it's a show soaring at its highest. Keep on watching it.
Here be the bonus features: Deleted Scenes for 9 episodes; Audio Commentaries for 2 episodes ("Your Face Or Mine?" with actor Colin Ferguson & executive producer Jaime Paglia and "What Goes Around, Comes Around" with Jaime Paglia & episode director Matt Hastings); Podcast Commentaries for 4 episodes ("Welcome Back, Carter" with producer Jaime Paglia & writer Bruce Miller, "If You Build It..." with actor Jordan Hinson & writer Bruce Miller, "Ship Happens" with actor Colin Ferguson & Jaime Paglia, and "You Don't Know Jack" with Jaime Paglia & writer Eric Wallace); and "Finishing Touch: The Visual Effects in EUREKA" featurette (00:14:49 minutes long).
Description of Eureka: Season 3.5
Take a trip to the far side of reality in Eureka Season 3.5, the fantastic TV series set in a seemingly quiet small town where innovation and chaos go hand-in-hand. Carter (Colin Ferguson) is still reeling from his dismissal as sheriff and looking at the possibilities of a new job when catastrophic occurrences pull him back to the eccentric hamlet. Now, he and his neighbors will be faced with strange happenings ? from magnetic disturbances to the birth of a new resident ? that go beyond anything ever imaginedBestsellers in DVD
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