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Finished Eureka S2 on DVD. It started so promising, what with the conflict between Henry and Carter, then it devolved into such a convoluted mess with the artifact and Kevin and Allison and Stark's secrets...

I didn't give a flying banana about Kevin, to be honest. And the fact that Allison and Nathan almost killed dozens of people, actually killed some of them with their agenda, because they kept quiet about what they were doing - and there were absolutely no consequences... Dear God! Allison had absolutely no place at the head of Global Dynamics! She wasn't thinking straight, she wasn't objective at all! She put the life of her son above everyone in the company, in the town. And though it's understandable for a mother, it's NOT understandable for a person responsible for thousands of people!

And then the introduction of Zane, as obnoxious guy as I've ever seen! Because, of course, Jo couldn't be with Taggart - this pairing would've been hilarious, interesting and original! - they had to give her a Pretty Boy Marty Stu. For real?!

And Henry and Carter's conflict, the fact that Henry deleted Carter's memory... again, not consequences. Wow.

As I said, the season started so well and the episodic plots were interesting and funny, but the arcs... I was so disappointed. And bored!

Funny thing: most disasters in Eureka start with someone yelling, "FARGO!" He's like Dexter's Deedee with her "Woo, what does this button do?" attitude.

I really like Nathan Stark. He's an arrogant, pompous, selfish ass. But he's also a good man. Like in the episode with the AI he built: the tears in his eyes... it really felt like he lost a son.

I like the arc with the artifact. Intriguing.

Funniest thing? Carter using his common sense and outsmarting the brainiacs week in, week out.

Most touching thing? The episode with the death ray. Carter gaining the old man's memories and not being able to let go. That was actually really sad.

3 eps to go!

( Castle 410 )

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And now on to the Christmas episodes of Eureka, Warehouse 13 and Haven. The only show I was up-to-date with was Haven - which I also enjoyed the most! Eureka had me a bit confused, I didn't know some of the characters since I'm pretty much stuck somewhere in S2. Warehouse 13 I liked the least, I think.

( Eureka )

( Warehouse 13 )

( Haven )

So, last week, SyFy canceled Eureka but ordered a 6 ep long S6 to wrap things up. Then they stated they hoped the franchise would NOT end with S6. And now? Now, they not just canceled the show, for real this time, they took back the 6 ep order too, so the show will end with S5. Link.

Well.

( H.O.U.S.E. Rules )

( Once in a Lifetime )

And I'm done with S1! My favorite thing about S1 was definitely the Taggart/Jo pairing. ( That's why I dislike... ) And I think that's the reason why I stopped watching during S3.

Many Happy Returns: Oh my gosh, I love SARAH so much. She's the perfect housewife. And I think she has a genuine soft spot for Carter, despite being "just" a computer. Oh, I loved it when Carter had to apologize to SARAH for being late for dinner, ha! And the house is amazing! I would love to live there. Well, I would miss windows and the outside is a little bit... ehm, well. But the interior is awesome!

Nathan Stark is gorgeous, slick and cool. He has a dark side, but mostly, he's simply cool.

And Carter and Henry. I LOL'd when Carter told Henry to pull out the batteries when that gizmo of his started doing wonky stuff and Henry was all, why didn't I think of that? Ha!

Funniest line? Carter: "I swear, if this is another Susan Perkins..."

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Before I Forget: Tamlyn Tomita is a beautiful woman. Just sayin'. And she and Henry make a great couple!

My favorite part? Henry defending Carter after Carter shot him. Henry knew, he just knew that it couldn't be Carter's fault, no matter the evidence at hand...

Funniest line? Carter: "We're being Pucked with." LOL!

Amazon US dropped the price of Supernatural S5 50% - it's down to $29.99 at the moment - so off in the basket it went, together with Eureka S3.5 which is down to $17.99 (40%). I plan to buy S3.0 from Amazon UK because there, it's even cheaper.

Also, I bought "Cadet Kirk" by Diane Carey, a ST:TOS prequel book. Sounded interesting.

And another also, I'm thinking of buying ST:TOS on DVD. I haven't seen the show yet. Would peeps who did see it recommend it to me? Amazon UK has it for £15.49 a season only, the remastered version. So... It could be a nice Xmas gift to myself.

A gay movie first:

Timing: Colin Ferguson (“Eureka”, “Because I Said So”) has agreed to lead the ensemble cast of "Timing" in the role of Jesse. Sean Maher (“Serenity”, “Brian’s Song”) will play opposite him as Connor, Jesse’s love interest. The project will be filmed in Charlotte where the story takes place and is based on actual events from the life of Writer/Director A. Blaine Miller.

Logline: "Three Men and a Baby" if all the men were gay and the baby was 17. This story was inspired by actual events.

( More info... )

Ha! Colin Ferguson aka Sheriff Carter from Eureka! And Sean Maher aka Simon from Firefly! As lovers! I mean, I loved Sean Maher as John Stamos' lover in Wedding Wars and now he'll play another gay character. Awesome!

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CBS's planning a Criminal Minds spin-off! "Details are sketchy, but the spin-off is expected to feature a new team of FBI agents, not existing "Criminal Minds" characters."

I know that they started to plan that last season but then concentrated on NCIS:LA but now they went back to it. Awesome! I'm curious about the cast. I hope that they choose someone that I like!

Hey, Eureka was renewed for S4! I'm not downloading the new eps - the rest of S3, that is - but I think I will buy it on DVD when it comes out. I mean, I do have S1+2 so... I just hope that it won't appear only as the 3.0 and 3.1 version but as a whole season in one box set then later on, too. I can wait.