Keiran McEwen
Keiran McEwenIt makes sense, a 15-year-old being attracted to a drug-dealing Robbie Rotten. If I’m honest, this might be the shortest first paragraph of my life, as the production staff aren’t new/refreshing. Directed by Jeffery Levy, he returns from “Many Happy Returns” for the last of his directorial work in a town called Eureka. While show creators Andrew Cosby and Jaime Paglia return to write what is basically one of the staples of Eureka.
Other than Zoe shouting “Thong!” more times than Sisqó, the Monday Morning Minute hosted by everyone’s favorite fireman, mechanic, quantum engineer, and podcast host (Henry) isn’t really interesting. On the outskirts of town, a small crash happened when a resident was hit by something 6 feet tall going 500 miles per hour. Barry Allen you are not sunshine, you are bear soup at this point. Set to find out who or what this speed demon was, Carter employs the most discrete people he can find, Allison and Henry. I think the only person more discrete is the 45th and 47th.
Meanwhile, in the B-plot or maybe fly-plot, Fargo is trying to keep up with a deadline set out by Stark, a deadline moved up impossibly close. Something tells me that Stark isn’t a good manager, moving a deadline from Friday to Tuesday with only a 24-hour notice. I’m forgetting this is the land of hamburgers, heart disease, and a lack of unions, he’s a perfect manager for these people. Nonetheless, Fargo’s team is far behind while his competition is suspiciously calm and… quick about their project. Something tells me the A and B plots are about to connect in your head.
Don’t worry, the ending is kind of terrible and the plot is predictable, so I might make this one short overall. Still being protective over Zoe in ways that are suffocating, Carter is doing that dad thing of telling kids he has a gun. For a Canadian, that’s the most American thing Colin Ferguson has done, at least yet. Nonetheless, I think you know where the whole episode goes, it isn’t very original or surprising, or maybe I’ve just seen this one a few too many times.
Stark is at loggerheads with Carter, as usual, and Stark is rooting for the opposing team to Fargo’s on the special super-secret rushed anti-missile prototype, which given recent events I think we know where that project went. It is all hush-hush, while the guy heading up the anti-missile project that opposes Fargo is suspiciously quick at doing things and maybe just a little bit antsy. Carter investigates the speed demon, who to the shock of no one is part of the team that is quick and calm. Before you think I’m giving away the whole plot with spoilers, that’s just what you can put together in 10 minutes.
It really isn’t a bad episode, until you have the bits with Zoe and that 30-year-old playing a teenager like it was a vampire film about teenagers shagging in the woods. Yeah, you can hold your breath, I was in high school when the emotionless bi-woman from Zethura, emotionless Batman, and Sharkboy were having their emotionless fights, so I know about it. Honestly, I have nothing against Tom Tames or even Cosby and Paglia’s writing, it is all just very mid to late-2000s comedy-action on a budget. It aims for the very thing Eureka is, but more so airing on the middle-of-the-road side this time out.
Repeating myself isn’t my favorite hobby, but here we are: “Blink” is Eureka finding its feet, realizing that though this is where the show would go to some degree, it needs a more solid plot to stand on. Don’t worry, the weekly “Is Eureka still finding its feet? Yep” update will continue next week. Without going into full-blown spoilers other than what I’ve said or hinted at, “Blink” doesn’t excite me on a rewatch of Eureka. If I could, I would have skipped it, and maybe next time out with “Right as Raynes” too.
There isn’t a Beverly Barlow sub-plot that is taking up extra time, and there isn’t too much of a story butting heads with another for time. It is all just there, but it is rather plain. The direction honestly could have been done by a duck for how inspired and interesting it is. It is memorable for a few minor moments, but hardly the episode everyone thinks of from season 1 of Eureka.
Ultimately, “Blink” is a much better Doctor Who episode written by Steven Moffat, but Cosby and Paglia’s speed-based adventure isn’t as enjoyable. To borrow a phrase or two from Carter’s preferred sport, “Blink” had enough swing behind it to be a home run, but somewhere in the outfield, someone caught it with ease sending the batter out. Some of the runners get home, but I think you’re already bored of this metaphor and I should probably just say: “Blink” is fine but never going to be your favorite episode of season 1.
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6 Eureka "Blink"
Pros
- "I just want to put him in my pocket."
- Some character work that keeps an otherwise plain episode from having nothing.
Cons
- Is this really the first Monday for Jack in Eureka?
- Do we need Flash Thompson?
