Eureka: Final Season (Discussion, spoilers, etc.)

[Forbin]

We could have a whole philosophical discussion on the Holly thing.

I say that Holly is dead, period, and the ghost of Holly in the matrix is only an AI copy of her personality. She herself, the person who lived X amount of years, is dead and gone, her soul departed. If there's a heaven, she's up there looking down at Fargo saying "WTF are you doing with that animated Xerox copy of me?"

If we can attribute sentience and "being" to it, then the copy of Holly is a new, different person that just acts like her.

 

[Silvercrest]

<insert discussion of Star Trek transporter here>

 

[Forbin]

^I didn't wanna mention that.

 

[Snaploud]

It's interesting that they're going the android route rather than the clone route. Also, I wonder if the deputy will find it insulting that they think his brain's design is not advanced enough to hold something like Holly's consciousness.

 

[sojourner]

^They never mentioned an android solution. Only that her brain/program needed a new type of computer.

 

[Snaploud]

^They never mentioned an android solution. Only that her brain/program needed a new type of computer.

Ah, okay.

 

[Silvercrest]

They have the ability to grow a clone of someone and upload a computer personality into it. That's what was done with Kim. If that's not even mentioned this time out...

...well, I won't be surprised.

 

[RJDiogenes]

We could have a whole philosophical discussion on the Holly thing.

I say that Holly is dead, period, and the ghost of Holly in the matrix is only an AI copy of her personality. She herself, the person who lived X amount of years, is dead and gone, her soul departed. If there's a heaven, she's up there looking down at Fargo saying "WTF are you doing with that animated Xerox copy of me?"

If we can attribute sentience and "being" to it, then the copy of Holly is a new, different person that just acts like her.

It seems like there has been an unbroken line of continuity since she was plugged into the matrix, so it could be said that her consciousness has been migrating from one location to another rather than being copied and replaced.

 

[Forbin]

Hmmmm. Good counterpoint.

 

[1001001]

I think the whole Holly thing is a bit creepy. She's had almost no reaction to what has happened. I would think it would be a little more disturbing (a lot more, actually).

The wedding was a nice touch.

 

[propita]

You'd think Holly would react, but she sees things from a slightly askew point of view, where lots of things (like the matrix) was "Oh, look at that" instead of "OMG! We're in a matrix!"

 

[throwback]

I liked the season that preceded this one. This season, for me, has been lackluster, and I haven't watched the last two episodes. I am liking the show that airs before Eureka - Lost Girl - for the characters of Bo and Kenzie, and I am looking forward to seeing new episodes of Warehouse 13 and Alphas.

 

[1001001]

Tonight, Episode 5:09 Smarter Carter

Dosed with a smart drug, Carter's genius gets out of control as he starts to rewrite the laws of physics, putting his friends and the whole town in danger.

I wonder if this has something to do with the argument they had aboard the sub?

Stay tuned! Only a few episodes left....

 

[shivkala]

I wasn't a big fan of last week's episode. The tension between Jack and Ali seemed forced, and the resolution was even worse. The whole Jack/Jo business keeps coming up, even though they've moved past it on several occasions. Besides, if she was putting so much stock in the Matrix-Eureka in terms of Jack/Jo, why wouldn't Ali put as much stock in how great he was with Kevin and Jenna? The computer may have paired up Jack and Jo based on their personalities, but it also had Jack being a great father to them. So why is she suddenly worried about the merging of the families?

 

[RJDiogenes]

Because it's something to be worried about. Both of them have had negative experiences in the past. The matrix thing gave her fears something to latch onto and exacerbated them.

 

[Forbin]

Ya know, they really should just stop inventing things in that town. EVERYthing ends up causing hilarious dangerous hijinks.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Hilariously dangerous hijinks is the price of progress.

 

[Forbin]

^That should be engraved over GD's front door!

 

[1001001]

I didn't like that one very much.

Kevin drugging Carter seemed very wrong, in fact everyone seemed a little off to me in this episode.

Meh...

 

[Snaploud]

I thought the brother-in-law's change of heart was a little weird given the context. He had just found out that he had never actually met the real Jack and had essentially been interacting with a brainy doppelganger. The lines at the end would have made more sense had Jack gone back to normal and used his regular intelligence (or just some good old-fashioned heroism) to solve some big life-or-death problem.