<![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House" - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House" - io9 Comments]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @DocGratis: First thing i thought of. ..and Belabras. Orbital is housemusic?

..Eureka is one of my guilty pleasures

dubqnp

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> Eureka's problem is not that it's fluffy. Eureka's problem is that the two main characters are terrible actors with worse lines. Paula Abdul in particular has. to. go.

desiredusername

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @Plague: Shame. I thought this show walked that thin line quite well.

Same here, though the second season was remarkably more sinister than the first. I could handle a return to the first season antics, but any more and you might very well start confusing the audience into not tuning back in, like what happened to SeaQuest.

The problem with zany sit-com antics is how can you tell an ongoing story unless there are some stakes and risks?

Thenomain

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @Lost_Thought: Yeah, it's true. All those comic dance routines really lightened Jericho up last season.

Annalee Newitz

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> TV viewers love only dark, depressing and grungy stories. So I can't understand why shows like Eureka and Doctor Who are so successful. If the ratings for Eureka drop this year, that article indicates the reason why.

Spacehamster

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @Belabras: I wanted to see which reference would click first here, the music (with the sample) or the TV show...

Thanks for playing.. (and that group would never rot my brain)

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> The end of the first season, and the entire second season were more serious than comedic. Sometimes it seemed like too much - it was hard to watch Henry betray his friends and principals and know that only the audience is in on it. The story lines were relatively good, but it was a bit of a shock after the relatively light-hearted first season. I imagine this would be similar to a show like Psych ending a season with the revelation that Gus had been making plans for a death machine that ate homeless people... but yet is still plying the fake detective trade.

I'm with the swing back towards happy-go-lucky as long as it doesn't entirely abandon the good character development they've had and head straight into camp.

Jenn2D2

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @DocGratis:
Lay off the house music kid, it's rotting your brain.

Belabras

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> @Garrison Dean, King Awesome: There is the theory of the mobius.. where time becomes a loop....
where time becomes a loop...where time...

@wolfjoat:I agree the second season was significantly darker.. but not inappropriately so...
come on, you can't keep a show about hyper secret government research involving weaponizable energy sources totally light, that is crazy...

DocGratis

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> I have to agree that the second season was notably darker than the first (what with Henry's obsessing over his girlfriend and all) but it was still really good and walked the line between dramedy and comedy rather well. I find myself looking at this season with a dose of fear.

wolfjoat

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> I understand that this show isn't bringing in BSG ratings but that doesn't mean it has to be re-tooled. It's a great show the way it is - don't try to make it into something that it isn't.

BullfightsOnAcid

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> Jericho wasn't all that dark.

Lost_Thought

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> Shame.
I thought this show walked that thin line quite well.

Plague

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> Love this show, but boy another program with an episode of people caught in a time loop? But seriously for anyone not watching this show who feel like some Chocolate mousse after their BSG Steak and Potatoes it does the job.

Garrison Dean, Mr. Privilege

]]> <![CDATA[Eureka Avoids Dark Depression Trap of Shows Like "Full House"]]> Wait.. wha?

Belabras

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