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Eureka Season Three

Lynn — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:46:52 +0000

It’s terrible, it’s horrible. I can’t believe the season 3 eps are already over!

I thought I would take the time to go over some of my favorites of the second part of the season. The following Eureka ep list is my guide to all things good in the back half of Eureka’s third season.

Welcome Back, Carter

As a mid-season opener pretending to be a season premiere, Welcome Back, Carter (WBC) was a fantastic showcase of all the things I like about Eureka, and Sheriff Andy, I can only pray that he returns for a visit.

It’s Good to Be Green

This one was a fun episode all the way around, but still, nothing beats the laugh-out-loud humor of WBC.

Have an Ice Day!

Taggart is back! Who knows if he’ll show up again, but it was great to see him. Zane was crazy, but that’s okay. I am, however, getting a little sick of seeing him sick all the time! He’s become attached to that hospital bed.

Finally, I have to say, I’ll be looking into the whole Zoe thing…

For a full season three ep list, visit the season three page or see the episode download list.

Jim Quiz Tricks Me Up

Lynn — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:02:03 +0000

Alrighty then, I did not know Jim Taggart as well as I thought I did! I only got 8 of 10 right and it was the last two that messed me up. Alas, I’ve let my Taggart skills get rusty and now I’m going to have to rewatch some Tag-centric episodes to get back up to speed on this missing-in-action character. The good news—don’t keep reading if your definition of spoilers is very broad—is that there are rumors that say Tag is coming back in the second half of season three (from the Eureka Panel at Comic Com back in July) {See this comment}.

Here’s my ranking. Can you beat my score? :-) Give it a go, I’ll bet you’ll do all right.

I’m ranked A beautiful mind in the Jim Taggart quiz, created by The SCI FI Channel at SCIFI.COM’s Create-A-Quiz. To create your own quiz, click here.

Where’s Tag? Is Jim Taggart gone for good?

Lynn — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:22:04 +0000

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.

Zane or Tag? Jo Lupo’s Romantic Liaisons

Lynn — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:34:43 +0000

Ah, the big question. Zane or Tag? Personally, I like both, for very different reasons. And truthfully, I like them both with Jo.

Tag. He’s got to be the funniest resident of Eureka. The romantic possibilities abounded from the moment it became apparent that Tag, weird as he is, found Jo hot. Remember Once in a Lifetime? Tag brought out a side of Jo that she always seems to hold back, and in that small space of time–later undone by Carter–I imagine that Jo and Tag got past their oddities and actually fell in love. I loved that.

Then there’s Zane. Bad boy, good girl, and can you get a more tried and true pairing? These two have chemistry–had it from the moment they met and I loved it.

Now that season three is about to start, I find myself wondering if the animosity between Zane and Tag, as evidenced in A Night at Global Dynamics, will continue. I think I’d like that. Relationships, especially love triangles, always get so wonderfully messy.

What do you think?