Where’s Tag? Is Jim Taggart gone for good?
One guy I’ve been missing lately is the unique and colorful Jim Taggart, fondly known as Tag. Some of my favorite episodes have included Tag’s Australian accent, his hiking boots and hunting vest, his nude form and his obsession with Lojack, the dog that first put in an appearance in the 2-hour premiere.
Taggart is Eureka’s biological containment specialist and working veterinarian and he would have been a great asset to have around in Show Me the Mummy and even What About Bob?, and yet he never appeared. Season three of Eureka has been entirely Tag-less.
With Taggart’s fondness for mechanical animals (think geese from Duck, Duck Goose — Season 2), I imagine he would have had an awesome biomimetic dog for Eureka’s dog show (think Best in Faux — Season 3), but he never put in an appearance.
I spent some time searching online, but all I could really come up with was the fact that Jim Taggart’s actor Matt Frewer spent quite a bit of time last year working on the Canadian drama Intelligence. I’ve never heard of the show before now, but then again, I’m not Canadian and it’s not scifi.
What it comes down to is that the Eureka writers might have just eased Taggart out of the series. Although I would love to have the show address what has happened to Jim Taggart (because I haven’t noticed yet that they have), I’m afraid Tag is gone for good.
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September 2nd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
According to this, Taggart will be back for the second half of the season.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/07/28/the-eureka-panel-comic-con-report/
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
You’re right! I wish I had seen this earlier. I’m feeling quite a bit perkier right now. :-)
It says Jim Taggart will be back, and that’s very cool news.
August 4th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Just had a Taggart sighting in a commercial…guess they’re bringing him back for at least one episode…
August 6th, 2009 at 10:25 am
I mention on the rumors and spoilers page that it does look like this is the case! I’ll be glad to see him since he’s one of my favorite recurring minor characters. :)
August 24th, 2011 at 8:39 am
Yeah, he’s gone missing again in 2011! Maybe in the new timeline, he was never in Eureka
August 25th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
They better bring him back because Jo & Jim work WAY better than Jo & Zane. The latter pairing have absolutely no chemistry. But Lupo and Taggart – sparks fly. The Jo and Zane is too forced. (Like Fargo and Holly – sorry, Fargo works way better with Warehouse 13′s Claudia. With Holly there’s nothing, again.) It’s almost like Zane is some Larry Sue of one of the writers.
November 2nd, 2011 at 9:13 am
I know … bringing this back.. up….
Got to say…. Zane and Jo is really pretty lame.
Joe leaving…. lame.
The pre-timeline jo and zane.. worked pretty well for me. Zoe and Zane… lame.