‘Eureka’ is a geek paradise

This week’s episode, “Unpredictable,” started with what looked like a murder, but even in Eureka, where things are sometimes what they seem -- gee, could some sort of science toy run amuck have caused the deep freeze that killed that poor guy? -- they aren’t always quite what we expect. All those red herrings about randy scientists and jealous husbands ... well, that wasn’t the motive behind the death at all. Instead, it was professional jealousy -- geek jealousy, you might even call it. No fair hogging all the Nobel Prizes, supersmart science dudes: time to share the wealth with the weatherman. Excuse me: meteorologist. (People always say, Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. Our bad guy here did, though, didn’t he?)

I’m getting more than enough drama and angst from the new Doctor Who -- I don’t need any more. But still: it’s good to see that it’s not all mad scientists on the rampage in Eureka. Poor Jack, our befuddled sheriff, all alone at the episode’s end. Will he find love again before the season ends? Oh, of course he will.

Guest star check: Hey, that was Olivia D’Abo as Jack’s ex! It was driving me nuts trying to put a name to her face while watching the episode. And there was David Nykl, Zelenka from Stargate: Atlantis as the nearly blind weathermaker: hey, turns out Zelenka’s Eastern European accent is a put-on after all. I wondered about that ...

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