Eureka!

Well, apparently SyFy (unholy child of a good television station called Sci-Fi) decided to cancel Eureka.  First they ended Atlantis early, in favor of Stargate Universe. Then, just as SG:U was getting good, they canceled it. Now they are cutting Eureka. The only thing left will be Warehouse 13, assuming they don’t cancel that as well. Though if they do, it will probably be time to cut the cable cord completely.

Now, Eureka isn’t a top-notch show of the highest caliber, but it is quirky, fun and silly. The characters are great and the science is intentionally over the top ridiculous. I enjoyed the panel at DragonCon last year with the Eureka cast. Even though they had been doing it for a few years already, they still clearly were enjoying themselves.  It was the same way with the Warehouse 13 cast. They all genuinely seemed to enjoy what they did and hadn’t yet burned out on it (the Star Trek panels were disappointing, those actors definitely need to retire from stuff like that).

My wife caught part of one episode part way through the first season, decided it was dumb, and refused to watch it. A few years later, not sure if it was because of the DragonCon panel or just around that same time, she started watching it from the beginning and now loves it. It’s one of those where you have to know it’s silly and get to know the characters shows.

This may end up being a good thing for Eureka. It will be the “fifth” season they have a really funky way of determining seasons. By any rational persons way of counting, 2012 would be their 7th season (episodes every summer 2006).  That’s a pretty good run for a quirky sci-fi show. Even though they had apparently renewed it for a “sixth” (eighth) season, they reversed the decision and next year will be the final one. But that gives the writers/producers time to wrap next season up satisfactorily.

But even if it is good for Eureka, SyFy won’t really hold much interest for me after that.