Eureka (TV Series) If You Build It... (2009) User Reviews

Story Arc Tah Dah!

[GunnersMate · 8/10 · 22 May 2018]

If You Build It centers on the mysterious disappearance of seemingly random items from all over town over night. Who is doing it? Why it is happening? What is the purpose of each stolen item? Where is everything going? This episode hits the ground running in explaining the answers to all of these questions and give us a big reveal regarding the much hinted at story arch of the second half of this season - and it's a ton of fun. Mystery, peril, connections to other happenings in town, and more than one "What the frac?" (in Fargo-speak) surprise along the way. It's a fun ride! But dealing the the crisis-of-the-week is not the only great ride in this episode. We have a subplot centering on Fargo's old car and his (and his car's) interactions with Larry which are laugh out loud funny. Terrific episode which promises more to come.

A 42-minute long ad for Subaru

[daaron · 16 August 2009]

Normally, this is a fun show, but this particular episode was essentially a 42-minute long ad for Subaru. I don't like product placements, but I realize they're a fact of life on goofy shows like Eureka. But the writers didn't even try to veil the ad; they wrote a plot line that was specifically designed to show off Subaru's XYZ (or whatever it was), even to the point of having several characters covet it with ooohhs and aaahhs. Gross.

But aside from the fact that I feel dirty just having watched this stinker of an episode, it wasn't even good sci-fi. The idea of the town's kids building some sort of space machine by gluing office chairs to typewriters is stupid to say the least. Is Eureka now a Saturday morning cartoon? I haven't expected much from Eureka other than a little fun once a week, but this episode really turned me off the series.