Eureka!!

E has a netflix account, which allows us to watch episodes of TV shows without having to actually watch them on live TV (meaning no commercials). We used this a lot for older TV shows, but the one that we really fell in love with was a brand new show (at the time).

I'm talking about Sci-fi(syfy? whatever)'s Eureka. We watched the first season on DVD, waited eagerly for the second to come out on DVD, and then M came up with a brilliant idea. He turned one of his computers in his lair into a homemade DVR system. He can now download TV show episodes to his computer and we can watch them on our TV using a wii remote as a remote. This system allows us to watch episodes before they come out on DVD, well before, in fact. We can usually have an episode downloaded by the following night to watch. This meant that we could watch the 3rd season as it happened, week by week (until syfy decided to chop the 3rd season in half, making us wait months and months for the next episode in the season).

For those of you who haven't seen the show the basic idea is this: Jack Carter, government agent, needs to drive through Eureka, USA, while taking a juvenile back to her hometown (this juvenile is later shown to be his daughter). He narrowly misses hitting a dog and slides off the road, effectively stranding himself in Eureka until his car gets fixed. While he's there, strange things start happening. Eventually he is told what is Euraka (after signing a novel of nondisclosure agreements). Eureka is the home to Global Dynamics (or GD) which is the home of the smartest scientists in the world. Jack eventually solves what's going on, stops the crisis, and is then invited to be the new town sheriff (since the last one had gotten injured in the crisis and wished to retire). So Jack stays in the town, grows as a father and a person, and makes it through some pretty strange things. Each episode is one crisis or happening, but there is a large overall storyline that takes most of a season or two to fully develop. That's why the show is so addicting. It's a great show, but you want to know what happens next.

If you want to check out the show site you can find it HERE.

Overall this show rates a 9 out of 10.