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For questions about Eureka, a light-hearted American science fiction TV series set in a fictional town in the Pacific Northwest inhabited almost entirely by geniuses and scientists. Nearly everyone in Eureka works for Global Dynamics, a huge advanced research facility responsible for the development of nearly all major technological breakthroughs in the last 50 years.

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In Eureka Season 2, does Henry Deacon remember the circumstances of Kim Anderson's death?

In the Season 1 finale "One in a Lifetime" Jack Carter Upon resolving the timeline, Henry confronts Carter, knowing that he made the right decision but unable to accept it. They agree to erase their ...
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Is Eureka a commune?

The town seems to be as economically isolated as it is in all other ways. The DOD funds Global Dynamics, but otherwise it would appear to be a money-less society: houses and businesses are built and ...
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Why was the Astraeus never relaunched?

In Eureka, after the crew of the Astraeus is rescued, they still have the ship and all the equipment they had previously. The crew is trained, and, other than one member, they're all still available. ...
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In Eureka series 5, how come the crew of the Astraeus don't notice?

In Eureka series 5 episode 1 (the others haven't aired yet where I live) the crew of the Astraeus Now I know that Eureka is very substantially self-sufficient, so I can almost accept that they didn't ...
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What is the source of the ongoing gag about destroying Sheriff Carter's Jeeps?

In Eureka, they have destroyed quite a few of the Jeeps that belong to Sheriff Carter, averaging about one Jeep an episode. I was watching an episode this evening from season 4 where his Jeep ...
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Is Eureka inspired by a real place?

Clearly, Eureka is a company town for Global Dynamics inspired at least somewhat by the Manhattan Project. This model makes at least some sense...where there's a lot of classified information, it's ...
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Who were the people leaving Eureka in the first episode?

In the pilot episode of Eureka, it shows Marshal Carter and Zoe driving towards LA but zoe sees herself and Carter going in the other direction as they are about to enter Eureka. Who were these ...
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Was Sheriff Carter recruited to come to Eureka?

The premise of the show Eureka is that they take a average intelligence man and make him the sheriff of a town filled with nothing but geniuses. I've just got a few episodes into season 3 of the ...
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Can Eureka and Warehouse 13 exist in the same universe?

At the start of the last UK series of Eureka ( series 4 I think ) and Warehouse 13 ( Series 3? ) there is a swapping over of characters. Claudia visited Eureka and Fargo visited the warehouse. Which I ...
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Did they goof mixing Warehouse 13 and Eureka universes?

So, I've been watching Warehouse 13, and I've seen at least 3 episodes with actors from Eureka in the show. Of these, the first 2 had the same actors with different people, the last had the same actor ...
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In Eureka, what is the plasma/smoke screensaver they use?

I noticed in Eureka season 3, episode 16 "You Don't Know Jack", that in the background setting of the locked-down lab, there is a type of multi-colored display of swirling plasma/smoke. I was ...
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