Syfy's clever sci-fi comedy Eureka is powering up at last, this time with the help of Battlestar Galactica's narcissistic mad doctor Gaius Baltar, also known as actor James Callis to the less nerdy.
Production on the 20 episodes of Eureka's fourth season begins this week in gorgeous Vancouver, with a television premiere slated for July 9. Callis once again plays the shifty foil: His newly arrived character Dr. Grant will repeatedly pester Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) and vie for the romantic attention of the scientific utopia's chief administrator Allison Blake (Salli Richardson-Whitfield).
That should be a breeze for Callis, whose often hilarious turn as the cunning, self-obsessed Baltar helped give Battlestar Galactica its long legs.
Ferguson and co-star Joe Morton plan to direct further episodes, while Richardson-Whitfield will make her directorial debut. Let's hope that all three get a chance to stretch out, given Eureka's highest-rated third season. Its cerebral conceit – a sleepy Pacific Northwest town harboring all manner of mad science, and continually on the edge of innovation and annihilation – is brilliant, as long as that mad science takes precedence over the show's soapy tendencies.
But tell us what you think: Would Eureka benefit from less interpersonal drama and more runaway black holes and other theoretical threats? Do you really care if Sheriff Carter and Alison Blake merge, physically speaking? Or do you just want more Tesla-inspired mayhem? Let us know in the comments section below.
Image courtesy Syfy
See Also:
