Colin Ferguson with the new 'Eureka' cast member Jaime Ray Newman
We reported it almost an entire month ago, but at last the Sci Fi Channel have confirmed that Eureka will return with all new episodes starting July 10.
What this means, however, is that the show will now air on Fridays at 9pm instead of Tuesday’s – and we all know what that did for Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles…
Source: Sci Fi Wire
Ed Quinn, who played Nathan Stark in the Sci Fi Channels hit sci-fi/comedy Eureka, will now join the season 2 cast of HBO’s True Blood.
41 year old Quinn has been tapped to play the recurring role of Stan, a powerful vampire from Texas.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Here’s a short clip from a forthcoming episode of Eureka:
Eureka is expected to return to the Sci Fi Channel July 10.
Colin Ferguson and Salli Richardson-Whitfield star in 'Eureka'
The good news for Eureka fans is filming has completed on the second half of season 3 and the previously listed premiere date of July 14 (on the IMDB) has recently been updated to July 10. I’d say that’s a good sign of confirmation for when we can expect its return.
It’s not all good news though – watch this Sci Fi Wire interview with Eureka stars Colin Ferguson and Salli Richardson-Whitfield. In the interview Colin Ferguson spills the news that there’s going to be an 11 month wait before they start filming season 4. That’s more than a year before we can expect the first episodes of the fourth season. Arg…
Colin Ferguson with the new cast member Jaime Ray Newman
If you’re wondering when Eureka is going to return with all new episodes, here’s the low down.
First, a short history lesson. Season 1 of Eureka contained a total of 12 episodes. Season 2 of Eureka made it to 13 episodes. It was expected Season 3 would also have 13 episodes, however due to the 2008 Writers Guild of America strike the third season was extended to a total of 21 episodes (the reason given for this was apparently financial). But of course after only 8 episodes of Season 3 were aired, the series was taken off air for a ”mid season’ break.
So we have 13 episodes of Season 3 still yet to air which, ala Battlestar Galactica style, is now being referred to as Season 3.5.
As of now, the Sci Fi Channel have not given an official return date for the series – or have they?
According to the April schedule on the Sci Fi network’s own website, Eureka Season 3.5 is slated to return with 4 straight episodes commencing 7:00PM on April 23.
UPDATE: These episodes are no longer listed as Season 3.5 but as repeats of episodes already aired. This leaves us with the Internet Movie Database which has Episode 9 of Season 3, titled ‘Welcome Back Carter’, scheduled to air on 14 July 2009.
UPDATE 29 Mar 2009: Date of 14 July 2009 has now been changed to July 10.
That’s the low down.
By the way, I wrote this post after being asked to find out the details via Twitter (from @sashahamdi). If you’re also on Twitter, did you know that so too is Sheriff Carter’s house? Yes, SARAH (Self Actuated Residential Automated Habitat) is on Twitter. Follow her here: @_S_A_R_A_H_
The fifth episode of Eureka season 3, titled Show me the Mummy, tells the story of an ancient Egyptian tomb that, despite warnings from resident Egyptologist Dr. Wilding, is opened to unleash a serious threat on Eureka and the world. Though originally warned of a curse, the threat turns out to be much worse with a previously extinct ‘super bug’ that, when it gets inside you, dehydrates you to death in, well, no time. A few people die before Carter stumbles upon a solution.
The episode was a good one, far superior to the first three episodes of the season, but not as good as the previous episode, I do over. The story flowed on from the previous episode well and continued to tie off loose ends regarding the demise of Stark, as well as delving deeper into the secret agenda of Eva Thorne, aka ‘The Fixer’. But, despite enjoying the episode, I’m left wondering why Carter’s sister (Aunt Lexie) is necessary. The actress, who reminds me somewhat of Uma Thurman, might possibly be a good actress – if her character is designed to be annoying. I can’t really tell if she is a good actress though as, well, every time there’s a scene with her in it, all I notice is how chronic her character is. Still, even Aunt Lexie’s character is likeable by comparison to this episodes Dr. Sebastian Marx who, fortunately, was killed early in this episode. Read the rest of this entry »
Not long ago I posted my dissatisfaction with the first three episodes of Eureka and, moreso, voiced my disdain at the concept behind the fourth episode, I do over. Firstly, any TV show or movie with a wedding in it automatically makes me want to puke and, secondly, just how many times has the GroundHog day thing been done. So, it was with the expectation of the worst that I sat down to watch the latest Eureka episode. Here is where I eat humble pie. I do over was a great episode.
The storyline follows Carter as he continues to relieve the wedding day of Allison and Stark, piecing together the puzzle of his daily time loop as each day progresses. Fortunately, there really wasn’t a lot of wedding in the episode, it was 90% Carter as he struggled to unravel the time loop mystery and as he struggled to deal with his slow physical break down with each time reversal. I’m not going to go into the storyline, you can read that here. Instead, I’m going to comment that my fears that Eureka had degenerated have now been put on hold. The episode had all the traits of the season 1 and season 2 quality that originally put the series in my good books. Read the rest of this entry »
Season 1 of Eureka was excellent. Season 2 of Eureka was excellent. The Sci Fi channel were calling Eureka their number one science fiction show and, if you ignored the existence of Battlestar Galactica, I thought it was a fair call. At least, the ratings made it a fair call. Then, after what seemed like an eternity of waiting, came season 3.
Having just watched the third episode of season 3, “Best in Faux“, I’m left wondering – did they change writers? There was a writers strike after all, so perhaps yes, perhaps they did. We know the writers strike apparently lead to Eureka being commissioned for 21 instead of 13 episodes for season 3. Perhaps the rush to produce more quantity has led to the unfortunate side effect of less quality. It seems the only possibility, since a quick check shows its the same writers. It’s the same actors, it’s the same characters, and its the same writers. But somehow, the show isn’t the same.
Eureka currently isn’t what it used to be. Instead of a nice, cohesive and ongoing storyline spread with enjoyable character driven humor, it now seems to be a try hard comedy with impossible to believe scenarios. After looking forward to Eureka for almost a year, I have to say, I”m quite disappointed. I also have a friend who had listed Eureka as her favorite television show for its first two years, but like myself, has watched the first three episodes of season 3 and asked, “What’s going on?” Read the rest of this entry »
