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| Eureka - Season Two | 
 enlarge | Actors: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, Joe Morton, Jordan Hinson, Erica Cerra
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 1255
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 3
Running Time: 540
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.4
MPN: MCAD61102106D
UPC: 025195017176
EAN: 0025195017176
ASIN: B0017INRFE
Release Date: July 15, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Eureka - Season Two June 4, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Eureka - Season Two. Excellent sci-fi TV series. A very in engaging, relaxing, and enjoyable tv viewing. I enjoy watching it very week.
 Purchased it, watched it, happy with it July 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Short and sweet:
I was entertained by every episode. I like the fact that it has some continuing story-lines rather than being purely episodic. Good humor, some surprising moments, and a touch of darkness.
I give it 5 stars because I can't picture it being any better (other than improving or replacing a couple of weaker actors/characters). The show is what it is and it does it well.
Oh, and I think it's actually improving as it goes along.
The best show on SciFi August 6, 2008
This wacky show is completely out there. It's a lot of fun for the whole family. Season 1 was great, Season 2 was a little awkward, but we still loved every episode.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. August 8, 2008
As reflected by author Arthur C. Clarke in the third of Clarke's Three Laws of Prediction, Eureka is a town of "magic" for the scientifically minded. With the same sociopathic aplomb of Harry Potter, it's a place where things and people explode - in fact, they're almost encouraged to. Characters frequently refer to the towns founding principle of "pushing the boundaries" of science, and the by product of collateral damage that results. This doesn't make the job of its new Sherriff, Jack Carter, any easier. Carter, one of the "normals" (with a normal IQ), finds the town's blase reactions to the various explosions, disintegrations and mad-science downright unsettling.
Don't look for real science here - it's all Buck Rogers and Star Trek variety. There's alot of talk about tachyons and theoretical equations, but it's all lighthearted so you don't need a PhD to appreciate.
Ferguson, who plays Carter, is a long overlooked actor, and his goofy, uncomfortable demeanor fits well with the character of a "normal" sheriff out of his depth. Originally having low expectations of the series, I'm now a fan, due in no small part to Ferguson's awkward yet convincing characterization.
In Season 2, the show finally latches onto plot cohesion, centered around a mysterious "artifact" that predates the existence of our universe. There's a nod to alchemy late in the series, (the magic that started science), as well as one to the dichotomy of the pursuit of all knowing science in contrast to a belief in the unknowable divinity. Unlike other shows, Eureka's season finale doesn't involve much of a cliffhanger - the issue presented is more or less resolved during the last two episodes of the series. Jo, (Carter's likeable, psychopathic deputy), develops a love life with a rogue PC hacker, Zoey (Carter's daughter) finds herself dating the ultimate nerd (and liking it), while the Machiavelli-with-a-heart-of-gold Nathan Stark resumes his on-again-off-again relationship with Ally, the latter having replaced Stark as head of GD. Beverly, the town's psychologist (who is also engaged in industrial espionage), get's some comeuppance in Guantanamo, then returns later to wreak some minor havoc in the last two episodes. While the storyline plays out in the series (with no cliffhanger ending), you're still left eager to see what comes in Season 3.
awesome August 11, 2008
A definite must see for any sci-fi fan. Not a series I can easily access in Canada so anxiously awaited the release of season 2. A collection of characters you quickly grow to love - especially Sheriff Carter and Fargo.
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