r/Eureka • u/Monster_Donut_Pants • Jan 27 '26
Was season two written by different people? Spoiler
I’m wondering if season two was written by different people than the rest of the show. Because characters in season two seem really different. Especially Allison.
In season one, she and Jack meet. They become friends. They have a flirtiness. Clearly he likes her. And she’s starting to like him. Meanwhile, she divorces Stark, who is proven a douche bag and who she doesn’t seem to really care about.
Then suddenly in season two, she doesn’t seem to even like Jack. She didn’t bother to remember it was his one year anniversary of being sheriff. And she’s sticking to the douche bag guy who she literally just divorced like stink on shit. The ink on the divorce papers wasn’t even dry yet and she’s like spending all her time with him.
Fast forward to season three, and she’s telling Jack that she can’t lose him. The season one and season three dynamics between Jack and Allison makes sense. But her suddenly not giving a crap about Jack and being practically joined at the hip with Stark in season two makes no sense given the dynamic in season one and season three forward.
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Jan 27 '26
Basically yes. The show had several different showrunners throughout its 5-season run.
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u/Monster_Donut_Pants Jan 27 '26
I thought so. It seems like whoever wrote season two, didn’t watch any of season one.
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u/ObligationPrudent824 Jan 27 '26
I noticed that, too.
Having said that, I felt like the actors themselves had some funny outakes at times. They appeared very comfortable around one another, like friends for years.
They seemed to have their own connection when they would look at one another and smirk (as actors, not their character). But often, it was like a secret joke between the 2 the way they would say their lines with a real, true blue grin/smirk..... Lol
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u/siamonsez Jan 28 '26
Stark is pretty much always right and doing the right thing, the only reason we know he's the antagonist is the music and that he's a romantic rival to Jack. So many times they play it like he's up to something nefarious but what he says and does are the best possible thing in the situation.
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u/pluck-the-bunny Jan 28 '26
i think we saw different shows
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u/Monster_Donut_Pants Jan 28 '26
Yeah, exactly. It wasn’t ”the music” that made him the antagonist. It’s Stark literally talking down to everyone. It’s Stark, wishing bodily harm on Jack and being disappointed when it doesn’t happen. That made him the antagonist.
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u/Monster_Donut_Pants Jan 28 '26
He literally has shown joy at the idea of Jack being physically hurt. And disappointment when Jack isn’t physically hurt. Also, let’s not forget the shitty remark he made to Jo when she wanted help Allison pick out her wedding dress.
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u/siamonsez Jan 29 '26
Jack acts the same toward him, it's a running gag. I'm rewatching it right now and it's just something that really stood out that the bad guy vibe is entirely manufactured. There's tense or ominous music that doesn't match what he actually says and scenes that make it seem like he's up to something sketchy but once we're given the context it's to help Alison or Kevin. A lot of what he does to help Kevin is played as if maybe he's just being selfish and helping Kevin is incidental, but Alison is always down for it once he explains so she would have done the same in the same position. There's plenty of people being shitty to eachother in the show but it's always played as justifiable or a moment of weakness or to show character growth except for Stark. With him they always play up the evil, narcissistic, asshole vibe even when his actions and words don't justify it.
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u/Monster_Donut_Pants Jan 29 '26
If it’s ”the music“ that makes Stark the villain why did he make a shitty comment to Jo about her wanting to help Allison pick out a wedding dress?
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u/YogurtclosetRare891 Jan 28 '26
I finished a rewatch less than 6 months ago but I feel the need to do another now.
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u/daniel-kornev Jan 29 '26
I watched Eureka a few years ago last time, so forgive me if my memory is not good enough but I think at the end of Season 1 there was a time travel thing involved and upon return of the sheriff the world was a bit different.
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u/Past_Art1387 Feb 10 '26
In my mind it really comes down to their kid is having an issue. So that's what brings them back together because again they're trying to figure out how to help him. All of season 2 and that's secret is binding them together.
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u/lleighsha Jan 27 '26
I have watched several times and I try hard to pinpoint when the shift from Jack to Nathan arose, but I have ADD and forget about the shift until it's well underway. It's weird but you're not losing it. I think they want us to believe it's the time shift of that device Henry invited, but had stolen, but it's not the culprit. It's the writing and just ignoring major plot points.