Eureka (TV Series) Ship Happens (2009) User Reviews

Spaceship to Relationship

[GunnersMate · 8/10 · 22 May 2018]

Ship Happens is not as strong an episode as If You Build It, but it is a fairly solid follow up in the continuing story arc. Henry struggles to deal with understand how and why the spacecraft that he and Kim built 20 years ago has returned to Eureka, how BioKim came to be, and his conflicting feelings about the new version of his late paramour. There is plenty of theoretical science-speak and emotional angst. The episode is heavy on the latter. Not just Henry and BioKim, but Jo and Zane, and Carter and Tess. The first has a melancholy feel, the second is a romantic progression, and the third is boring and forced (Tess's character is all over the place and a real square peg into the proverbial round hole that is Carter's love life). It's pretty clear that the real life pregnancy of Salli Richardson-Whitfield (aka Allison) compelled the script writers whip up a plot device to give Carter an interim romance and someone to do some of the story-line heavy lifting - a valiant effort, but the result is overtly manipulative. Let's hope it's a thing of the past sooner than later.

My favorite doll

[ctomvelu1 · 7/10 · 27 September 2009]

A space ship lands near Eureka, only it turns out to be a ship Henry designed years before. It has returned against all odds, and spits out an android version of Henry's old partner and lost love Kim. The android contains important data. While this is going on, a deadly virus hits the town, and it becomes a race to the finish to find a cure. A typical episode in the series, and as good as any to recommend to those unfamiliar with the series. The actress playing Kim the android is very fetching in a Mr. Spock/Data sort of way, only she's female and cute. While Henry is busy trying to figure the best way to extract data from the android, we were thinking of one way in particular. But that wouldn't work on a family program like EUREKA.

I can't, I just can't

[zmos99 · 2/10 · 21 September 2022]

I can't, I just can't. I am usually pretty good at suspending disbelief but I have limits. There was so much foolishness going on in the first 10 minutes of this episode that I had to turn it off. We see a spacecraft land that left earth for an interstellar destination 20 years ago and has now returned. This is currently completely impossible - We can't go that fast and stars are just too far away.. But that was OK. The thing that bugged me the most was that this ship was designed to support human life on board.... But it was sent out empty! If you're going to send it out empty, you're certainly not going to design it to support human life.

Anyway, I had to turn it off.