Eureka - The Secret City

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Television series
German title Eureka - The Secret City
Original title Eureka
Eureka - The Secret City Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 2006–2012
Production
company		 Universal Cable Productions
length 44 minutes
pilot film: 90 minutes
Episodes 77 in 5 seasons ( List )
genre Science fiction , dramedy
production Andrew Cosby
music Bear McCreary
Mutato Muzika
First broadcast July 18, 2006 (USA) on Syfy
German-language
first broadcast		 February 25, 2008 on ProSieben
occupation
synchronization

Eureka - The Secret City is an American television series that was broadcast on the US broadcaster Syfy from July 18, 2006 . It's about life in a secret settlement full of scientists in Oregon in the Pacific Northwest of the USA . It was produced by Universal Cable Productions and brought the station Syfy, then still under the name Sci-Fi Channel, record ratings in 2006 . Most of the episodes were written by Andrew Cosby and Jaime Paglia. The Warehouse 13 series, also produced for Syfy, featured a crossover episode. In Germany, Eureka was first broadcast by ProSieben and Kabel1 .

After it was initially reported that the series should be completed with a shorter sixth season, Syfy announced on August 8, 2011 that the series would end at the end of the fifth season due to rising production costs. The series finale premiered on Syfy in July 2012.

action

US Marshal Jack Carter wants to bring his runaway daughter Zoe to Los Angeles . Since he suffers from a fear of flying , which he has to overcome more often later in the series, he drives across the United States by car. After a car accident, he ends up with his daughter in the small town of Eureka.

What he doesn't know: Eureka is a specially built settlement by the US government to allow the country's scientific elite to conduct research in peace. In the course of the pilot it is revealed that the accident was provoked by a failed experiment, whereupon Carter is appointed sheriff after the investigation of the incident (his predecessor was incapacitated as a result of the incident).

The story-technical framework of the series are the individual adventures of the protagonist Jack Carter, who grapples with the out-of-control, ultra-modern inventions of the scientists, but turns everything back within one episode.

The artifact

In the first season, the artifact is usually only talked about as section 5, only towards the end of the season the secret is revealed that there is an artifact in section 5 that nobody knows exactly what it is and what it should represent. In the course of the second season, along with some other secrets, it will be resolved that it is probably older than the Big Bang and probably just a vessel or receiver of a transdimensional energy field. When active, it has the appearance of an iridescent sun ; after it died or broke due to a failed experiment , the second season shows that the entire artifact has the shape of a braid and the surface has the appearance of an electrical circuit board.

The experiment

In the failed experiment to investigate the composition of the artifact, Henry Deacon's friend Kim Anderson and other protagonists were killed immediately by radiation , which after a while causes spontaneous combustion . In the process, the energy remanifested in Allison Blake's autistic son Kevin, who happened to be nearby. This experiment, which takes place at the end of the first season, lays the groundwork for almost all of the plot of the second season. The friendship between Henry Deacon and Jack Carter is shattered after Henry tried to save his girlfriend Kim by traveling back in time , which triggered a paradox , but was stopped by Jack. Nathan Stark is relieved of his position as head of Global Dynamics. Allison Blake's autistic son mutates increasingly under the influence of the energy field into a superman with telepathic abilities. Furthermore, it is indirectly revealed by the accident that Beverly Barlow was active as a spy for an unknown group.

The old Eureka

Little is known about the beginnings of the wonder city until the end of the second season. At the beginning of the first season, Allison Blake mentioned to Jack Carter that Eureka was founded under President Truman, who was responding to Einstein's request. In addition, Pierre Fargo states in the seventh episode of the second season that Eureka has changed a lot, in the beginning there would have only been corrugated iron huts, and he said the whole thing was more like a military base than a city.

In the third season you learn more and more about the beginnings of the city. In the first episode, Allison Blake tells Jack Carter that Einstein founded Eureka with a few other scientists. With the appearance of Eva Thorne, some secrets are revealed. Suddenly a heavy iron door opens in the basement of the Tesla school, leading into a huge old research complex. Right from the start you can see Thorne's extreme interest in the building, because that is where her past lies. In season 4 you get a glimpse into old Eureka: a military base. The impression was already given at the end of an episode in season 3, when Eva Thorne closes the museum and looks at the old tapes with experimental weapon tests.

Seasons

season 1

The first season presents the main and supporting characters in self-contained episodes. The top secret research institute of the DOD "Global Dynamics" is also introduced. Including the pilot film , the first season has twelve episodes in which the plot for the second season is slowly spun in the background . The ominous and highly secret section 5 is already mentioned in the pilot film. The viewer is left in the dark what this Section 5 is about. In connection with this Section 5, an artifact is mentioned in later episodes; However, only in the last episode is the artifact discussed in detail, which will play an important role in the second season, since Henry's friend Kim Anderson is killed in a failed experiment. Henry is stopped by Jack while trying to save his girlfriend Kim by means of a time travel to avoid a paradox.

Webisodes

On July 25, 2006, Syfy (then: SciFi Channel) published the first webisode, including an episode called “Prologue”, on the broadcaster's website, where it could be viewed for free. Further episodes appeared on a weekly basis. The entire series was titled “Hide and Seek” and consisted of a total of seven episodes and the prologue, each about two minutes long. This miniseries shows the main characters hunting down some kind of humanoid animal that hides in the forests around Eureka and attacks people.

season 2

In contrast to the first season, the second season is clearly characterized by a coherent framework and divided into 13 episodes. The friendship between Henry and Jack is broken, but Henry keeps it a secret from Jack after erasing Jack's memory. The artifact plays an increasingly important role after it appears to have died or broken in the failed experiment. It turns out, however, that the artifact is just a vessel or receiver for a transdimensional energy field that is newly manifested in Allison's son, Kevin. The conflict between Henry and Jack escalates over the course of the season, until it escalates in the last episode of the second season when Henry hijacked "Global Dynamics", which faked an outbreak of dangerous pathogens. At the end of the last episode, Kevin is separated from the energy field by a secret transport device.

season 3

At the beginning of the season, government official Eva Thorne appears to review the cost and profitability of Eureka and Global Dynamics. She becomes general manager of GD alongside Allison and gets Henry out of jail, who is eventually elected mayor of Eureka. On the day of his wedding to Allison, Nathan disappears into subatomic particles while trying to stop a failed experiment. Eva Thorne has a keen interest in an underground facility that was built in the 1930s. It turns out that she was involved in an unsuccessful experiment that resulted in the death of several people through her fault. To cover up her mistake, she wants to destroy the facility, but it fails. Henry Deacon and Jack Carter help Eva Thorne to escape, which costs Jack his job, but only for one day, as Henry, as mayor, retroactively prevents Jack's dismissal by an old law of the city of Eureka.

Tess, a college friend of Allison Blake, shows up and becomes the new head of Section 5. Jack Carter's pregnant sister also shows up, who settles more and more into Eureka over the course of the season. The return of an unmanned spaceship built by Henry and Kim 20 years ago brings a copy of Kim made by the organic on-board computer as cargo.

Season 4

Jack, Jo, Fargo, Allison and Henry get into the founding days of Eureka. There they meet Dr. Trevor Grant, a close associate of Einstein and co-founder of Eureka. After some tangle, they all get on, including Dr. Grant, back again, must realize, however, that their experience has not gone without consequences for the timeline. Time travel can have a significant impact on the professional and private lives of the people in Eureka, which are not all of a pleasant nature. The attempt to repair the machine responsible for the time jump fails, so that a correction of the new time line is no longer possible. Since the military protocol provides for the isolation of those involved in such a case, the group decides to keep the incident secret. In the course of the season, however, more and more outsiders find out about the event.

The season ends with the start of a spaceship, the Astraeus mission, which is supposed to fly to Titan , a Saturn moon. Due to an obviously external takeover of the software , the start begins early and alongside the planned crew members, etc. a. Fargo, Grace, Holly and Zane, as well as Allison, despite all attempts to abort the start, are forced to fly with them - to a position unknown due to the change in coordinates at the end of the season. It is not clear whether the people on board survived.

Season 5

The fifth season begins with the return of the spaceship to Earth after four years. The returnees are quarantined and are shocked to discover that some things have changed; Andy robots control the city and Jo and Jack are a couple and raise Allison's children. Nevertheless, everyone tries to find their way back to their old life. However, by the end of the first episode, it becomes clear that this world is not real. The scientists never left Earth and were instead captured by Beverly Barlowe and Senator Wen, who keeps them trapped in a computer program in dream sequences. These dreams show them Eureka littered with their personal nightmares.

It has only been a month since the start and the search is about to be stopped, but those who remain do not want to give up easily and continue their research. Thanks to Kevin they find what they are looking for and can locate the spaceship in a warehouse. Once there, however, they only find the traces of a hasty departure. Meanwhile, unintentional disturbances in the dreams occur again and again, triggered by an overload of the system in the course of the unplanned presence of Allison Blake in the program. Holly finally finds out that she and the rest of the crew are being held captive in a computer simulation by Eureka. This was initiated by Senator Wen in order to abuse the crew as a kind of "biological computer". Senator Wen fears that Holly's discovery could endanger the rest of the simulation. She forcibly ejects Holly from the simulation, apparently killing her. As the season progresses, Fargo and Zane bring it back to life as a hologram. Finally, they create a new body for her in a biological 3D printer. At the end of the season, Eureka is slated to be destroyed because Holly brainwashed every resident of the city to clone it and connect it to the neural network. The government then closes Eureka because the clones cost billions. At the end of the last episode, Trevor Grant appears and announces that he has bought Eureka.

Cast and dubbing

Colin Ferguson
Salli Richardson-Whitfield
Joe Morton

Main cast

Actress role Main role Supporting role Voice actor
Colin Ferguson Sheriff Jack Carter 1x01-5x13 Peter Flechtner
Salli Richardson Dr. Allison "Allie" Carter, b. Blake 1x01-5x13 Sabine Mazay
Joe Morton Dr. Henry Deacon 1x01-5x13 Peter Reinhardt
Jordan Hinson Zoe Carter 1x01-3x18 4x04-4x15, 4x21, 5x13 Kathrin Neusser
Ed Quinn Dr. Nathan Stark 1x02-3x05 3x16, 4x08 Oliver Siebeck
Erica Cerra Josefina "Jo" Lupo 3x01-5x13 1x01-2x13 Susanne Geier
Neil Grayston Dr. Douglas Fargo 3x01-5x13 1x01-2x13 David Turba
Niall Matter Zane Donovan 3x01-5x13 2x08-2x13 Ozan Unal
Matt Frewer Dr. Jim "Tagg" Taggart 3x17 1x01–2x13, 4x10, 4x19–4x21, 5x13 Frank-Otto Schenk
James Callis Dr. Trevor Grant 4x01-4x09 5x13 Konstantin Graudus

Supporting cast

Actress role Season episode Voice actor
Chris Gauthier Vincent 1-5 1-77 Karlo Hackenberger
Meshach Peters Kevin "Kev" Blake 1-3 1-30 Patrick Baehr
Trevor Jackson 4-5 45-77
Neil Grayston SARAH (computer voice) 1-5 2-77 Marion von Stengel
Tamlyn Tomita Kim Anderson 1-2, 3 3-13, 39-40 Schaukje Könning
Debrah Farentino Beverly Barlowe 1-2, 4, 5 1-25, 50-59, 65-67, 77 Heidrun Bartholomäus
Christopher Jacot Larry Haberman 2-5 15-77 Robin Kahnmeyer
Vanya Asher Lucas 2-3 22-44 Wilhelm-Rafael Garth
Frances Fisher Eva Thorne 3 26-33 Rita Engelmann
Ever Carradine Lexi Carter 3 29-38 Ulrike Stürzbecher
Ty Olsson Deputy Andy 3-4 35, 46 Detlef Bierstedt
Kavan Smith 4-5 48-77
Jaime Ray Newman Dr. Tess Fontana 3-4 36-51 Nadine pasta
Tembi Locke Dr. Grace Monroe 4-5 44-77 Sabine Falkenberg
Wil Wheaton Dr. Isaac Parrish 4-5 46-77 Santiago Ziesmer
Ming-na Wen Senator Michaela Wen 4-5 54-68 Christin Marquitan
Felicia Day Dr. Holly Marten 4-5 55-77 Josephine Schmidt

Guest appearances

Range

The series premiered in the US and was seen by 4.6 million viewers. This made the series the most watched series start in the history of the station.

A year later, the premiere of the second season in the United States was seen by 2.5 million viewers.

The US season three premiere was seen by 2.8 million viewers.

In Germany, after a very good start, it achieved audience ratings above the broadcaster average.

Charisma

United States

In the United States, the first season started on July 18 and ended on October 3, 2006. The second season aired from July 10, 2007 to October 2, 2007. Due to the scriptwriters' strike in 2007/2008, Syfy wanted to increase the number of episodes in the third season from 13 to 21, but in the end it was only 18. The first eight episodes were shown on the station between July 29 and September 23, 2008. The remaining ten episodes aired from July 10 through September 18, 2009. The fourth season ran from July 9, 2010 on Syfy.

On August 17, 2010 Syfy extended Eureka by a fifth and last season. This season was broadcast from April 16 to July 16, 2012 on Syfy.

Germany

In the pay-TV series on the German pay-TV channel is Syfy to see.

The first season of free TV was broadcast on ProSieben between February 25 and May 26, 2008 . The second season aired between June 30th and September 22nd, 2008. The third season also started on July 6, 2009 at ProSieben, but the broadcast was already stopped again after the sixth episode of the season on August 10, 2009. On July 12, 2010 ProSieben continued the broadcast of the third season, but wanted to end it again with the sixteenth episode of the season on September 13, 2010. However, it was later decided to show the entire season. This ended with a double episode on September 20, 2010. The fourth season was broadcast between April 11, 2011 and January 30, 2012 on ProSieben.

The fifth season was broadcast again from August 27, 2012 on ProSieben. ProSieben removed the series from September 24, 2012, after episode 5 of the fifth season due to poor ratings. A date for the broadcast of the remaining episodes has not yet been set. In March 2013, Syfy broadcast the entire fifth season including the series finale in German.

After the fifth season of ProSieben was prematurely withdrawn from the program, Kabel1 broadcast the remaining eight episodes from May 16, 2013. Due to bad ratings, Kabel1 wanted to get the series behind them as quickly as possible and broadcast the last 5 episodes together on June 13 from 10:45 p.m. until 02:20 a.m.

Others

  • The basic idea of ​​episode 4 of the second season is strongly based on episode 5 of the fourth season of Star Trek: The Next Century : One after the other, more and more people disappear around a main character in a light; it is as if they never existed; the logical errors (such as the large number of office buildings in Eureka or the number of cabins in Star Trek , of which logically very many will be empty at some point) are seen by other characters as quite natural and logically explainable, and the solution in the end is that the character himself enters the light.
  • In an interview, lead actor Ed Quinn confirmed a rumor that his role ("Nathan Stark") was inspired by the cartoon character Tony Stark , the Iron Man in the Marvel comic book of the same name . Apart from the surname and a visual similarity, there are other parallels between the characters, for example both characters are heads of a company that makes weapons for the government, and in the episode "Once in a Lifetime" you see Nathan Stark running a company with the name Stark Industries - that is also the name of Tony Stark's company. The similarity of the characters comes from the fact that Andrew Cosby, writer and producer of Eureka , is a big fan of Iron Man .
  • Grant Imahara , a member of the construction team for the TV series Mythbusters , has a cameo with the robot Emo from an earlier episode of the series in episode 13 of season 5 . At the Mythbusters, Imahara is responsible for building robots of all kinds, among other things. He also appeared as a designer of combat robots in the British TV series Robot Wars , in which robots compete in duels.
  • The ending of the last season, in which Jack and his daughter Zoe drive out of town, shows how they meet themselves when they drive into Eureka for the first time.
  • The series partly contains clear product placements that are only poorly incorporated into the plot.
    • In one episode, Deputy Jo Lupo raves about her new Subaru Impreza company car. Only superficially justified by the action, technical details such as acceleration values ​​and other performance characteristics are listed, and various figures express themselves extensively praising the car. In the German dubbing, this was partly defused.
    • In some episodes, Cisco video conference and VoIP telephones are featured prominently - with the company name being displayed in some cases.
    • Logitech devices also appear partly as real, partly as fictitious products.
    • In other episodes, a particular men's deodorant is shown several times. Sometimes a de-packaging is shown in close-up on a laboratory bench at Global Dynamics.
    • The trademark of the Apple company is repeatedly staged inconspicuously.
  • On March 31, 2012, original props from the series were auctioned through Julien's Auctions.
  • Joe Morton and Saul Rubinek , who star in Warehouse 13 and Eureka, were featured in supporting roles in the other series. In the case of Joe Morton, the same voice actor is also used. The two never meet in the crossover episodes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eureka: The end of the series has been decided . Serial junkies. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b 'Eureka' canceled, sixth season plans dropped . Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ Eureka Scores High . The Futon Critic. July 19, 2006. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  4. ↑ Audience discovers Eureka . Variety. July 11, 2007. Archived from the original on August 17, 2009. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 27, 2010. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.variety.com
  5. ↑ SciFi's Eureka is # 1 Cable Programm on Tuesday with 3rd Season Premiere . The Futon Critic. July 30, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  6. ↑ Quota check: "EUReKA - The Secret City" . Quota meter. May 28, 2008. Retrieved December 27, 2010.
  7. ↑ Eureka: Syfy orders fifth season [update] . Serial junkies. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  8. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Eureka will return to Syfy in April with the 5th season . Serienjunkies.de . February 20, 2012. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  9. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=43882&p3= Season 3 complete
  10. ↑ ProSieben is adding season 4 of Eureka to its program in April
  11. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Eureka: ProSieben shows the 5th and last season from August . In: Serienjunkies.de . June 21, 2012. Retrieved July 24, 2012.
  12. ↑ http://www.quotenmeter.de/cms/?p1=n&p2=59282&p3=
  13. ↑ http://www.syfy.de/news/syfy-hib-eureka-staffel-5-ab-13-maerz
  14. ↑ http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/eureka-kabeleins-bringt-5staffel-mai-48747.html
  15. ↑ http://www.wunschliste.de/tvnews/m/eureka-kabel-eins-versendet-letzt-haben-nachts
  16. ↑ Interview ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with leading actor Ed Quinn at Sympatico.ca (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / entertainment1.sympatico.msn.ca
  17. ↑ Julien's live . In: www.julienslive.com . Retrieved October 30, 2014. (English)