Evil Writers, Not Gravity, Make the World Go Round
Okay, so technically, if you want to know what makes the world go ’round, you need to visit Space.com. This link gives a good explanation.
If, like me, you’re still worrying over Nathan Stark’s future in Eureka, you might want to read an interesting blog post about the issue.
One of the series writers has written a post entitled “Goodbye, Nathan” that sums it all up nicely. I particularly appreciate knowing that the writers aren’t stupid–they didn’t write Nathan Stark out of the show of their own accord. That’s great news as far as I’m concerned. I can much better understand why they let him go out the way he did, because he was a strong character and I loved the strong ending for him.
Now, all that said, I’ve decided this particular Eureka writer is evil. Just look at this bit from the post.
And now for the answer to the only question you probably care about right now—Is Stark Really Dead?—the answer is YES.
For now.
Why would he say this after thoroughly explaining why Nathan Stark will not be coming back?
Huh?
That’s what I thought. He’s evil. He wants me to hope Nathan will return–or he’s setting me up for Nathan’s return, because maybe there’s some big secret about Nathan coming back that no one will know until it happens…
Sorry, I went off into la-la land again. I really will miss that character.
However, now that I’ve had some time to think about it and separate myself from the emotions of that killer episode “I Do Over” I’ve realized that to bring Henry Deacon‘s character back to greatness, Nathan had to go.
Henry has been relegated to the background lately, because there just isn’t enough room in the show for three strong males. Of course Jack Carter can’t go away, and there’s too much animosity between Nathan and Jack for them to consistently find themselves working together to solve problems. Henry must return to Jack’s side because I love Jack but even I realize Jack needs intellectual assistance with some of the stuff that goes on in Eureka. It’s a town of geniuses, after all.
So, even though I’m going to really miss Nathan Stark, his absence might just make sense for the show. For now.
August 27th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
So I won’t lie, at one point I thought the mummy had been reincarnated in Nathan’s likeness, stupid I know, but one can hope;). I still don’t understand why Nathan would say ,”See you around Jack” if he wasn’t coming back. I refuse to believe that it’s the end. I mean, oh heck, I want Jack and Allison to get together but it would be a lot better if Nathan showed up out of nowhere to muck things up:). He was a strong supporting character and of all the characters to get rid of…well I am going to go with my theory that he WILL be back and that somehow Francis Fisher’s character will have something to do with it. BTW, am I the only one who thinks her character is there to blow up Eureka or retrieve something that was buried when they set off the first bomb (refer to the season premier).
August 27th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
I had my hopes when I saw Nathan hanging around Allison, but I was suspicious about that logic diamond right from the first.
I will hold out hope until the end of the series. :-)
What’s that saying? Nobody’s ever really dead in scifi? I believe it! Carson came back on Stargate Atlantis, Daniel returned from the dead on Stargate SG-1, and I certainly expect to see Nathan Stark of Eureka again!
Like you, I believe Francis Fisher’s Eva Thorne is up to something big. I’m worried now about Zane… the man doesn’t know what he’s gotten himself into! Frankly, neither do I, but it can’t be good.