Eureka ’s summer half - time of year continued last night with an sequence that offered up the best argument for and against Syfy ’s gentle sci - fi comedy we ’ve get a line for for a while . Can we see more of the former and less of the latter , please ?
To be fair , there really was a lot to enjoy in " Ship Happens " – Not least of all , the unexpected return of Kim Anderson ( Well , kind of ) , who ’s been dead since the end of the first time of year . Her issue , in the form of a live computer using her DNA , offer not only a luck for Joe Morton ’s Henry to frown and get a B - secret plan to himself , but also a McGuffin for the show ’s A - secret plan , a information processing system virus that ’s bring off to chute over and taint human being . It also showcased that , while the show make for well as a character - based dramedy ( Yes , I hate the term , too , but it fits here ) , it kind of fall apart as a science - fiction show .
Here ’s the thing : The idea of a virus infect “ constitutional computers ” ( that interface with users through gel , just like BSG ’s cylon systems in either a smart shout - out or odd coincidence ) and jumping to users ? Fine idea . But curing the virus by downloading the antidote via a special light source that magically manages to go throughout the town despite no evident light source other than one inside an underground bunker with no window … Not so much , even with the techspeak about using the eye ’s instinctive interlingual rendition of optic input into electrical information as an attempt at an explanation . It ’s a problem that the show constantly runs into ; being ineffectual to correct the science plot of land of the workweek without resorting to semi - magical fixes so as to check within the timeslot ( See also “ It ’s Not Easy Being Green”‘s “ That herbal medicine just materialise to be able to kill the organism we ’ve been hunting for ! WHAT A COINCIDENCE ! ” ) , and it ’s one that just seems to be part of the show ’s make - up : Every now and again – or every calendar week , whatever , you ’re just going to have to suck up the periodic Deus Ex Machina in the last ten minutes .
And yet , I ’m not certain I really care that much . Because the skill Gone Wrong Of The Week is n’t why I watch or savor Eureka ; it ’s just the razzle dazzle that occasionally make for the laughs . But what brings me back are the characters , and this calendar week I was as happy to see Carter and Tess go on that quasi - particular date as anything else that happened ( Sorry , I ca n’t really fall for the Zane / Jo matter , mostly because of Zane ’s unhinge forced - unkempt pilus . What can I say ? I ’m shallow ) . As long as they get the reference stuff and nonsense right – and with actors like Colin Ferguson , Joe Morton and even Salli Richardson - Whitfield , continually ease up the thankless role of significant exposition simple machine , even cliche and work-shy dialogue can be made to let the cat out of the bag – I ’ll keep watching . I just care they ’d make the science as worthwhile .
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