If You Build It... (7 Aug. 2009)

Jack, Henry, and the rest of the GD team try to figure out why teenagers are building towers out of junk, the signal moves closer faster, and Fargo's old car doesn't like being dumped.

Director:

Mike Rohl

Writers:

Andrew Cosby (creator), Jaime Paglia (creator),

Stars:

Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Colin Ferguson	...	Jack Carter
Salli Richardson-Whitfield	...	Allison Blake
Joe Morton	...	Henry Deacon
Jordan Hinson	...	Zoe Carter
Erica Cerra	...	Deputy Jo Lupo
Neil Grayston	...	Douglas Fargo
Niall Matter	...	Zane Donovan
Vanya Asher	...	Lucas
Christopher Jacot	...	Larry Haberman
Eric Hempsall	...	Dr. Wyman
Jaime Ray Newman	...	Tess Fontana
Jennifer Crystal Foley	...	Tabitha (voice)
Darryl Scheelar	...	Ranger Tom
D. Harlan Cutshall	...	GD Demo Team Leader

Storyline

Jack, Henry, and the rest of the GD team try to figure out why teenagers are building towers out of junk, the signal moves closer faster, and Fargo's old car doesn't like being dumped.

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Plot Keywords:

anti matter | stuffed in trunk | stalking | explosion

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Cable Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Quotes

Larry Haberman: He hugged me!
Douglas Fargo: You wish!

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Connections

Spoofs Christine (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Eureka On My Mind Reprise"
(uncredited)
Composed by Mark Mothersbaugh

User Reviews

A 42-minute long ad for Subaru

Normally, this is a fun show, but this particular episode was essentially a 42-minute long ad for Subaru. I don't like product placements, but I realize they're a fact of life on goofy shows like Eureka. But the writers didn't even try to veil the ad; they wrote a plot line that was specifically designed to show off Subaru's XYZ (or whatever it was), even to the point of having several characters covet it with ooohhs and aaahhs. Gross.

But aside from the fact that I feel dirty just having watched this stinker of an episode, it wasn't even good sci-fi. The idea of the town's kids building some sort of space machine by gluing office chairs to typewriters is stupid to say the least. Is Eureka now a Saturday morning cartoon? I haven't expected much from Eureka other than a little fun once a week, but this episode really turned me off the series.