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Eureka (2006)/Primal

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Primal
Primal
Season 1, Episode 9
Airdate September 12, 2006
Production Number 110
Written by teleplay
Martin Weiss
and Johanna Stokes
story
Karl Schaefer
& Martin Weiss
Directed by Colin Bucksey
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Eureka (2006)Season One

Primal is the ninth episode of the first season of Eureka.

Taggart's nanobugs escape from their container and begin to replicate with the intention of dominating the world.

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), Neil Grayston (Douglas Fargo)

With: Matt Frewer (Jim Taggart)

Guest Starring: Chris Gauthier (Vincent), Shayn Solberg (Spencer Martin)

Co-Starring: Robert Clarke (Larry the IT Guy), Rukiya Bernard (IT Technician), Aleks Paunovic (Global Security Officer)

Contents

Plot Overview

Lo-Jack, a dog with an IQ of 130, has been hit by a car, so Jack and Jo take him to Taggart's lab in section 4 for treatment. Despite Taggart's feelings bout the animal, he treats him with nanobots to fix his wounds. Meanwhile, in another section of the lab, Stark is fitted with a prototype device that connects his thoughts with his computer. A lab technician tells him that there's a problem with their system that he needs to solve. He gets to work on it, but when Taggart's nanobots escape from their jar, they find their way into the vents and attacks the technician.

Later, Allison serves Stark with divorce papers and calls Jack about Larry's disappearance. Jack stalls on going into the tunnel in time for Taggart to show up with some of his new toys. The two climb into the vents and hear something "insectoid" crawling around. They come back out and Stark berates them for going into the mainframe vents without following protocol. They eventually leave, and Larry reappears behind Stark with the nanobugs in his eyes. The bugs use Stark to deactivate the EM barrier and breakdown an IT technician for carbon fuel. Global Dynamics is locked down by Allison and Jack and Taggart take another look for the nanobugs. They find the phony Lo-Jack and destroy it, as well as one of the fake Starks, however they fail to stop the multiple Stark clones from escaping the perimeter.

While the multiple Starks march on Eureka, Taggart and Jack search for Stark in the tunnels. Because the nanobugs can multiply so quickly, they need to figure out the connection between Stark and the robots. They find him, and figure out that Stark's final thoughts before they went out of range are directing them to world domination. They bring Stark to where the annual dance is being held so that they have a central point to divert the clones. Because Stark is so focused, Jack is forced to distract him by dancing with his now ex-wife in front of him. They kiss and it brings the clones back to him. When all of the clones get into the main room, Spencer kicks up the volume and disintegrates all of the copies.

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

  • Allison and Nathan: Allison finally serves her estranged husband with divorce papers, but they seem to be driven back together at the dance after her kiss with Jack made him realize what he was missing out on.

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

  • Moby: Moby is an electronic music artist who became popular in the late 1990s with his album Play. The album was revolutionary for the fact that it was the first album that had every one of its songs commercially licensed. It was also critically acclaimed, along with his follow-up in 2002, 18.
Zoe: Ground-breaking beats. Like Moby...
  • Devo: Devo is an electronic rock group that drew influences from punk and art-rock while pioneering new wave music. Their most famous song is "Whip It," but are also well known for themes ranging from science fiction to surrealism. The band has gained further popularity in 2000s because of band member Mark Mothersbaugh's prominence in scoring films by Wes Anderson.
Zoe: ...meets Devo.

Memorable Moments

Quotes