"太平洋岸北西部の静かな田舎町“ユーリカ”には、ある大きな秘密が隠されている。 政府が世界中から天才科学者とその家族を極秘裏に移住させ、最先端の研究が行われるこの町では、革新的な発明と、それに伴う混乱が日常のように繰り返されてきた。 そんな町に、偶然の事故で立ち寄ることになった連邦保安官ジャック・カーター。 彼は、住民たちが引き起こした未知の科学的トラブルの対応に巻き込まれる中で、ユーリカが国家最高レベルの極秘プロジェクトの拠点であるという事実を知ることになる。"
監督・制作: Jaime Paglia / Andrew Cosby
音楽: Bear McCreary
制作会社: UCP / Universal Television / Universal Media Studios
This would be the show in the shared Warehouse 13 universe that Sci-Fi made when it was still making stellar original programming that could appeal to the entire family. And, like Warehouse 13, it walks that line between adult and child perfectly and in the processes creates a show that everyone in the family will be entertained by despite their age. However, unlike Warehouse 13, Eureka is heavy Science Fiction. It takes a scientific dream community ala Project Y and Los Alamos, only focuses it on a community just as top secret but less ominous, less military, and more family and community orientated than the town that gave us the Fat Man and Little Boy. And, then it takes all that science, and throws it into the hands of the everyman sheriff to clean up after the experiments go wrong. So it is sort of formulaic, but it is formula with an over-arching seasonal plot, and an overarching series plot that makes it a little more in-depth than the monster of the week fair. And, at it's heart, it is just a fun show that is made to entertain. And that is what it does.
Another show which started brightly then quickly degenerated into slapstick comedy rubbish. Jack Carter, the main star of the show, is bright, intelligent and methodical in the pilot of this series. But quickly the showrunners turned him into a butt of the jokes dullard! Why do so many series go down this route?
