The complete second season of the fantasy series set in the
quirky and seemingly perfect small town of Eureka, where the
hidden work of America's brightest scientists can lead to
innovation or utter chaos. The series stars Colin Ferguson as
Sheriff Jack Carter, a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the
town after a car accident. Episodes comprise: 'Phoenix Rising',
'Try, Try Again', 'Unpredictable', 'Games People Play', 'Duck,
Duck Goose', 'Noche de Suenos', 'Family Reunion', 'E-MC...?',
' Unseen', 'God Is in the Details', 'Maneater', 'All That
Glitters' and 'A Night in Global Dynamics'.
From .co.uk
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Plenty of new television series need a season or
two to sort themselves out, and as the second season reveals, A
Town Called Eureka is still a work in progress--which is not a
bad thing, considering that its one of the more provocative and
ambitious shows out there. For the uninitiated, heres the basic
premise: Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson), accompanied by his
teenage daughter Zoe (Jordan Hinson), is stationed in Eureka, a
picturesque little burg somewhere in the Pacific Northwest.
Eureka is hardly Anytown, USA; indeed, this is the place where
"the worlds greatest thinkers" live and work, most of them at
Global Dynamics, "the most advanced scientific facility in the
world." Its also a place where exceedingly strange things happen
on a regular basis. In Season Two, those happenings include
people spontaneously combusting, becoming invisible, turning into
gold, or simply disappearing (and leaving nothing behind--not
even a memory that they ever existed); a "personal force field"
thats growing so large and so fast that it will soon engulf the
whole town, and maybe even the whole world; freaky weather that
changes by the moment; and even an experiment to re-create the
Big Bang inside a Global Dynamics lab, leading to some unexpected
side effects.
These developments are all presented with enough cool special
effects and scientific techno-babble to make A Town Called Eureka
a perfectly viable and sometimes quite dramatic science fiction
diversion. But theres more--much more. Sometimes this is a show
about relationships: Jack and Zoe (custody becomes an issue when
Jacks ex, played by Olivia DAbo, shows up in the early
episodes); Jack and Allison Blake (Salli Richardson), Global
Dynamics new boss (their growing attraction is complicated by
the continued presence of her ex, a genius scientist type); Jack
and his pal Henry (Joe Morton), who blames Jack for his
girlfriends death but gradually learns theres more to it than
that. Much of the time its a comedy, heavy on the quirks; and,
in a change from the first year, its also a serial, with several
story arcs continuing over the course of the season. All of that
can make A Town Called Eureka a but convoluted and hard to get a
handle on, but this show is a keeper.--Sam Graham
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Synopsis
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This smart series combines the
strangeness of The X-Files with the diverse characters of
Northern Exposure to create an innovative dramedy. A car accident
leads U.S. Marshal Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) to the small town
of Eureka. The town is the brainchild of Albert Einstein and
President Truman, and has become a haven for the smartest people
in the country. Though Eureka appears to be like any other small
city in the Northwest, its denizens make sure their home is never
normal as they create the innovations that power the rest of the
globe. As Eureka is kept a secret from the outside world, Allison
Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield) acts a bridge between the town
and the Pentagon. She and Carter bump heads, but their rivalry is
driven by a heated chemistry that gives the show some zing.
Eureka also features the talents of genre favourites such as Joe
Morton (Brother From Another Planet), Debrah Farentino (Earth 2),
and Matt Frewer (Max Headroom). This release includes the second
series in its entirety.
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