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TV: Eureka

Eureka 4.17: “Clash of the Titans”

August 23, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Clash of the Titans.” Last night’s Eureka, “Clash of the Titans,” is yet another in a string of superb episodes of the second half of the fourth season. The concept behind this installment is particularly brilliant, both as a [...]

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Warehouse 13 3.06: “Don’t Hate the Player”

August 22, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Warehouse 13, including the most recent, “Don’t Hate the Player.” In a season that has been full of fantastic episodes, Ian Stoke’s gamer-infused Eureka crossover episode of Warehouse 13, “Don’t Hate the Player” might tie with the Pete/Myka/Jinks subplot of “Love Sick” as the most purely [...]

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Eureka 4.16: “Of Mites and Men”

August 18, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Of Mites and Men.” Written by Terri Hughes Burton & Ron Milbauer, “Of Mites and Men” is a near-perfect episode of Eureka–probably the best of the second half of the fourth season to date–and like “Omega Girls,” stands as a [...]

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Eureka 4.15: “Omega Girls”

August 12, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Omega Girls.” There is something bittersweet about writing this Eureka review at the moment, as–along with many other fans–I am still in shock over the announcement that the series had been canceled. It seems inconceivable that a channel ostensibly devoted [...]

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Eureka 4.14: “Up in the Air”

August 4, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Up in the Air.” It took five years, but Eureka has finally produced a story that replicates its opening-credits-scenario of buildings, mailboxes, and such floating in the air, as Jack looks on, perplexed, in the foreground. Funny, I had never [...]

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Eureka 4.13: “Glimpse”

July 26, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Glimpse.” After last week’s slightly underwhelming “Reprise,” Eureka rebounds in a big way with this week’s “Glimpse,” which does everything right. As with most of the series’ best episodes, it contains a well-plotted mystery whose disparate threads come together in [...]

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Eureka 4.12: “Reprise”

July 20, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Reprise.” After being completely blown away by Eureka’s ”mid-season” premiere on practically every level last week, it does pain me to admit that this week’s episode didn’t thrill me quite as much. Don’t get me wrong. It is perfectly wonderful, [...]

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Eureka 4.11: “Liftoff”

July 12, 2011
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “Liftoff.” What a pleasure it is to have Eureka back! I hadn’t even realized quite how much I’d missed it until viewing the mid-season premiere, “Liftoff,” last night–okay, can I just say that since the “second half of Season 4″ isn’t airing [...]

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Eureka 4.10: “O Little Town”

December 10, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “O Little Town.” Allison Blake has a line in Eureka‘s simply delightful Christmas episode, “O Little Town” that truly sums up the heart and the spirit of the show.  ”We’re scientists,” she tells Carter.  ”We have to explore all [...]

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Eureka 4.09: “I’ll Be Seeing You”

September 11, 2010
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Note: The following review contains spoilers for all aired episodes of Eureka, including the most recent, “I’ll Be Seeing You.” “I’ll Be Seeing You,” Eureka‘s ”mid-season” finale is a practically perfect capper to what is the strongest run of episodes this wonderful series has ever had, answering a number of questions from previous installments, all of which add [...]

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