in the open space: God & culture

As the result of one of those constant technological mishaps common in Eureka, in "The Ex-Files" several members of the community are seeing hallucinations of people from their past. Carter is seeing Stark, Allison is seeing Tess, and Grant is seeing a colleague from his past--who is encouraging Grant to work against his current colleagues. When Allison asks Grant who he is seeing, he conjures up a cover: Allison Blake: You never said who you were seeing. Charles Grant: Tall, leggy blond, slinky red dress. Of course, Battlestar Galactica fans geeked out at this as it is the perfect description of the Cylon model Six that only Gaius Baltar could see--Baltar being James Callis' role on BSG . BSG is also a SyFy series and references aren't unusual on Eureka , but this by far is one of the best. Must admit, I almost missed it--it was my husband who caught it first. Heh. (Images: Syfy)

Lexxie Carter: Just because a guy wears a mask and a cape doesn't mean he's a dangerous lunatic. Sheriff Jack Carter: Yeah, it sorta does. --from the "Phased and Confused" episode of Eureka , where Sheriff Jack Carter and his sister are discussing "Captain Eureka," someone who dresses in a somewhat geeky superhero costume with some rather undependable tech tools who recently tried to "rescue" Lexie. You can watch the episode online here . Heh. Kind of demythologizes the whole comic-book hero thing, doesn't it. (Images: SciFi Channel) eurekactgy

ComingSoon reports that SciFi has greenlit another season of one of this blogger's favorite series, Eureka . A kind of "dramady," the series follows a community of genius scientists that live in a secreted community in the Pacific Northwest called Eureka (hence, the title). It's well-written, funny and engaging--plus it's dealt with a number of themes of interest to this blog, including what makes and goes into community and why it is so important to us. But recently, I've particularly enjoyed the second season (which is just concluding) because one of the characters, Allison Blake , is walking down a road that she knows is wrong for all the "right reasons." She wants to protect her son, who has somehow connected with and is being changed by an ancient or alien artifact. But in doing so, she's started to lie, decieve and make decisions she never would have a year before--and her actions are begining to hurt other people. Contrast that with ano...