Eureka (2006)/Before I Forget

Before I Forget
Season 1, Episode 3
Airdate	August 1, 2006
Production Number	106
Written by	teleplay John Rogers story Karl Schaefer
Directed by	Michael Robison
Stream
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Eureka (2006) — Season One

Before I Forget is the third episode of the first season of Eureka.

Two old friends of Henry's come to Eureka to work on a government project. But, when people start losing time, one of the friends comes into question as the force behind the lost memories.

Starring: Colin Ferguson (Sheriff Jack Carter), Salli Richardson-Whitfield (Allison Blake), Joe Morton (Henry Deacon), Jordan Hinson (Zoe Carter), Ed Quinn (Nathan Stark)

Also Starring: Erica Cerra (Deputy Jo Lupo)

And: Debrah Farentino (Beverly Barlowe)

Guest Starring: Tamlyn Tomita (Kim Anderson), Andrew Airlie (Jason Anderson), Chris Gauthier (Vincent), Samuel Patrick Chu (Putnam)

Co-Starring: Ryan Vrba (Puck), Amber Borycki (Cybernetic Fairy), Ken Yanko (Lt. General)

Uncredited: Neil Grayston (S.A.R.A.H.)

Plot Overview

Jason Anderson and his wife have returned to Eureka in order to complete a project involving body armor for the Department of Defense. The two are old friends of Henry's and recruit him to help out with their work. Although the two have perfected the kinetic absorption of the force field, the field has trouble converting thermal energy from fire and causes it to burst into flames when napalm is applied.

Meanwhile, Jack attempts to win his daughter's affections by putting together her costume for the play and delivering it to her. While on his way to the school, he passes Jason, who is driving far over the speed limit. Jack goes to get his ticket book, but after he calls for backup, Jason and Beverly disappear and Jack's memory is erased. At the lab, Kim also notices a sudden strange bump in time, but her memory of it is gone before it registers. Henry, also notices it when Jason solves their algorithm and he burns his hand on a coffee pot that was just seconds ago empty.

At the police station, Jack swears that something is wrong and it's not just him having a "senior moment." He remembers that he still has Zoe's costume in his car and races out to get it to her, but before he gets far, he runs into Henry. They come to the same conclusion about "losing time" and Jack realizes that although the ticket he wrote for someone that he pulled over is missing, the impression is still in the pad. He pulls a license plate which matches up with Jason's car. Jack, Henry and Jo go to the cafe to confront Jason, but he again flashes their memories and makes it look like Jack shot Henry while they're suffering the aftereffects of being mind-wiped.

While watching Zoe and Putnam, a 12 year old senior and director of the play, rehearse her part in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jack realizes again that someone has done something to fool with his memories. In the sheriff's office, Jack finds the license plate note that he wrote before the mind-wipe that he doesn't remember writing. He suspects Jason's involvement and confronts him outside of Global Dynamics, but is arrested for assault and locked in a cell so that he won't interrupt the field testing. During his therapy session with Beverly, he comes to the conclusion that he needs to see Henry, but she won't let him out of his cell for another 50 minutes.

Meanwhile, Kim has figured out that Jason has been erasing her memory. To prove her theory, she erases part of the board and demands that he solve the problem again. She tells him that she knows how he erased the board and their memories after he saw that the solved it, so he could come back in and solve it again to get the glory. He searches for his memory erasing device, but Kim has already stolen it and used it against him. Jack gets out of jail and give Henry his theory about Jason and the device, which Henry recognizes as something he created 20 years ago with Jason. The device erases short-term memory before it can imprint as long-term memory. They come to the same conclusion as Kim did, which she admits to before erasing everyone's memories in Allison's office while she puts her husband in a faulty test of the force-field.

However, because Jo attached a hidden camera to Jack, she saw what happened and replays the incident. Jack gets to the control room on time to stop the test from going through and Henry attempts to convince Kim to stay in Eureka. At the time of the test, Jason admits that his wife is the real genius when he fears that Kim sabotaged the programming for the vest. It turns out that she only sabotaged it enough to give him a jolt.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• Espionage: Before Jack's memory is erased the first time, he sees Beverly with Jason. She has Jason eras Jack's memory because she can't be seen with him. This is presumably because he's part of her corporate espionage plot.

Characters

• Kim: Kim decides to stay in Eureka, now that Jason has been shamed out of the business. She is offered a job with Global Dynamics and appears to rekindle her forgotten relationship with Henry.