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***************Eureka Review*****************
Wherein: Carter, Grant, Fargo and Kevin go camping, Eureka’s AIs go crazy and Henry comes clean with Grace
The Plot: After Kevin apparently sends his Emo robot to spy on Jo in the shower, Carter invites him camping in order to do a little male bonding and play father.
But the robot wasn’t sent by Kevin. It was called to the smart house by Sarah who wanted to “borrow” its emotion programming with which to reprogram Deputy Andy so that she could have a robot boyfriend. Unfortunately, this somehow infects other AIs around Eureka who start acting odd. Virtual Vince at Café Diem gives customers healthy but unpalatable raw kale instead of the unhealthy meals they ordered and Allison’s MRI machine tries to dissect Larry’s brain.
The Titan Rover, Tiny for short, meets Kevin’s Emo robot and takes a shine to him, hiding him away with her to take on her trip to Titan. Unfortunately for everybody, the stowaway is detected and returned to Kevin.
While Jo and Allison deal with malfunctioning AIs, Carter, Fargo, Kevin and Grant set up camp in the woods, but Kevin freaks out when Carter and Grant start arguing over Allison and runs off. While Carter and Grant look for Kevin, Tiny escapes and heads for the woods to look for Emo. Thinking Tiny is attacking them, Carter and company lead Tiny towards a trap prepared by Jo but Tiny overtakes them and menaces Kevin. Realizing at the last moment that Tiny just wants Emo, Carter has Allison give Tiny the little robot and Tiny releases Kevin.
Back in Eureka, Kevin gives Carter permission to court Allison and Carter and Grant officially declare “war” over her.
Meanwhile, Henry finally admits to Grace that he is from a different timeline and doesn’t remember their marriage. Grace is, predictably, unhappy about this. They decide to separate and think over what they want to do about this situation. It’s about time Henry came clean with Grace. She deserved to know from the start. Though, like Henry, I wouldn’t have had the slightest idea how to go about telling her.
I found the plot this time a little clumsy. I figured out that Tiny wanted Emo pretty early and that short circuited the tension of her chasing Carter. However, the episode was filled with so many wonderful character bits that I really didn’t care. I loved Fargo’s high tech tent, it was so him. I also loved his talent for evasive driving (though I have to ask where was his AI car?). I loved Carter’s clumsy attempt to provide fatherly advice to Kevin. I loved Grant and Carter squaring off over Allison. I loved Fargo channeling the Terminator again and Allison channeling Ripley in Alien 2 (Get away from her you B*TCH!). I loved Carter jumping in harm’s way AGAIN, and that Kevin realized what he was doing instead of taking it for granted like the rest of Eureka does. I loved Grant and Carter putting aside their differences to save Kevin. Therefore, while it didn’t have a surprising plot reveal, I found it to be a very entertaining and satisfying episode.
Next week, it’s game on between Carter and Grant. I can’t wait.
Thank GOD for tivo. I just finished last season's Smallville and I'm now moving on to the last 5 episodes of Fringe, then Justified. And let me say WOW, Smallville was really good and Fringe has me at the edge of my seat.
Gotta get all these in before Sept so I can keep up with Sons of Anarchy and the last season of Smallville without falling too far behind.
Now you know why I hardly ever comment on the weekly reviews. I like to watch 3 and 10 episodes at a time and make a weekend out of it