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Eureka is back- Welcome back Carter

After several months of their being almost no new science fiction on TV having Eureka back is a pleasure and this episode did exactly what you want from any episode of Eureka, it explored the characters, had a few small surprises, examined some interesting science and introduced the first hints of the seasons arc.

The story begins with Carter applying for a job at homeland security. He doesn’t really want it but he has been fired so his choices are limited. This helps to remind us that he really is a serious character.

Within a few minutes they introduce the next new character for this episode, Andy, the new sheriff and a prototype robot. You expect almost from the first for this to be the antagonist or at best to not work, but he is actually quite good at his job.

The actual problem in this episode was gravity wells.  This isn’t as visually interesting as many of the other things but it worked perfectly in this episode in which Carter is unable to truly investigate because he doesn’t have clearance.

I am split about Carter being so quickly reinstated as sheriff. There was never any doubt that it would happen but I had kind of hoped they might find something to do with him not being sheriff for a few episodes, but I suspect they wanted to move forward with their other plot quickly, though I hope they have more to do with the Department of Defense disliking Carter.

What I like most about Eureka is that it is able to capture the feeling of the science fiction stories that I love. The short stories written by masters of the genre that always seemed to be based around some small town where a scientist had discovered some fascinating new invention, while the invention of the town of Eureka allows it to be almost plausible.