Last Day in EUReKA

SyFy's EUReKA has dropped its curtain.  For the series, I would use one word to describe it: fun; fast and loose sci-fi fun, with all the tropes common to the genre.  There was rarely a moment where it took itself too seriously.  Entertainment came first, science second which it maintained over its whole run.  

Losing The Finder

Fox's freshman show The Finder was officially cancelled in April.  The backdoor spinoff of Bones was the latest in the quirky crime genre that includes Monk, Psych, and White Collar.  While The Finder played the quirkiness card very well, most of the show's other attributes were rather shallow or misdirected.  For starters, the recurring storyline had the greatest focus on the supporting characters, leaving little for the protagonist, Walter Sherman (played by Geoff Stults).  What little story Walter was given seemed to be deliberately downplayed and neglected.  This coupled with an already risky concept gave Fox an excuse for "The Firefly treatment." 

House: The Final Season

Fox's long running medical drama, House, suffered a common ailment of popular shows in their final run.  It ran just a bit too long.  The eighth and final season limped to its finale as the signature wit and charm fizzled out.  The primary problem was the depleted material.  House's cases had become less interesting, the original team had dispersed, and the recurring conflicts of the previous seasons had either been resolved or dropped.  There was very little left of the character discourse and Sherlock-ian methodology that had carried the series to success.  

Stargate Universe Pt. 3: How It Got Lost in Space

There were a number of issues in the way the show was written and produced that alienated the fans.  I've already talked about the shortcomings of a few of the characters, so now I'm going to mention some of the storytelling, production, and business issues.

Closing Time: Stargate Universe Pt. 2

 Best & Worst Episodes
Now that you have a better understanding of which characters brought the show up and which brought it down, let's see them in action with an episode selection.

Closing Time: Stargate Universe Pt. 1

Now that Stargate Universe has gone off the air and it looks like the book is being closed on the franchise, I wanted to give some thoughts on why the show, and consequently the franchise, didn't reach its... final destiny.  I'll be reviewing the pros and cons in a 3 part series.

I. The top 3 best and worst main characters