Where to start with this episode? I'll start with what I thought was good which is the relationship between Henry and Kim 2.0. After initially wanting to avoid her and treat her like a "thing," Henry is unsurprisingly drawn to Kim 2.0 who shares so many similarities with the original Kim. Seeing his journey from bonding with her to losing her, and essentially having to deal with the grief of losing Kim all over again, felt very authentic and poignant and I thought both Joe Morton and Tamlyn Tomita's performances were great.
Now for the rest. If you're going to make medical problems a major part of an episode, you need more than a general scientific advisor, and this episode highlights that like no other. The crux of the storyline involving Tess and the women at the baby shower is that they've been exposed to altered compressed water that's now flooding their lungs and drowning/threatening to drown them. It's at this point that anyone with a medical background will wonder if Eureka is devoid of competent physicians, because this could have been managed easily and far more safely with existing technology rather than with untested half-assed experiments. Diuretics have existed for decades, as has dialysis/ultrafiltration, both of which could have safely drawn excess water off of Tess. And whose bright idea was it to stick her in a tub with a scuba mask when ventilators exist? And to make her be fully awake and deal with a sensation of drowning when sedation exists is downright unethical.
Eureka ran into this problem nearly every time an episode centered around a medical issue, but this episode was more egregious than most. I know consultants cost money, but it boggles my mind why they paid a scientific advisor who couldn't adequately advise them on these types of episodes rather than literally any competent physician who could have prevented them from looking so foolish.
Now for the rest. If you're going to make medical problems a major part of an episode, you need more than a general scientific advisor, and this episode highlights that like no other. The crux of the storyline involving Tess and the women at the baby shower is that they've been exposed to altered compressed water that's now flooding their lungs and drowning/threatening to drown them. It's at this point that anyone with a medical background will wonder if Eureka is devoid of competent physicians, because this could have been managed easily and far more safely with existing technology rather than with untested half-assed experiments. Diuretics have existed for decades, as has dialysis/ultrafiltration, both of which could have safely drawn excess water off of Tess. And whose bright idea was it to stick her in a tub with a scuba mask when ventilators exist? And to make her be fully awake and deal with a sensation of drowning when sedation exists is downright unethical.
Eureka ran into this problem nearly every time an episode centered around a medical issue, but this episode was more egregious than most. I know consultants cost money, but it boggles my mind why they paid a scientific advisor who couldn't adequately advise them on these types of episodes rather than literally any competent physician who could have prevented them from looking so foolish.