Season 5, Episode 6
Eureka's disaster scenario exercise might have gone fine, if the computer hadn't been damaged after the exercise in a possible act of sabotage. Zane helps Fargo reach out to Holly in the Matrix. Felicia Day guest stars.
Jack: It's a bad time for premature evacuation.
Zane: I like role playing as much as the next guy, but I have real work to do.
Jack: I did what now?
Jo: Okay, playing dumb just makes it worse.
Jack: Playing dumb? I am dumb. I have no idea what you're talking about.
Zane: That's kind of ominous.
Jo: Tell me about it.
Andy: I imagine time crawls by when you're sinking to your doom.
Andy: Excuse me while I whip this out.
Jack: It's not like the Computer of Gratuitous Ruin can fire a foreign country's missile at us, right?
Fargo: As your boss, I'd rather maintain your plausible deniability.
Comments:
1) Yeah, I don't like Allison. I realize she's still freaked out after the virtual life, but trying to ruin a long standing friendship because she's feeling insecure is not okay. At this point, I think Jack deserves better than her.
2) I don't understand the guy getting short with Jack when he said ADA could be told to "turn it down." So what if it's a computer? It can still be instructed to do that.
3) Holly seemed different. She hadn't been alone (consciously) for very long, but she was clingy and whiny. She just didn't feel like the same character. Is there something going on with all the female characters on this series in the final season? Jo is the only one who hasn't had major personality changes. It feels like the writers are doing a disservice to all the strong women they created. I adore and respect the writers for this show and is just out of step with what they've done here previously.
