Founders' Day [HD]

The day isn't over yet
In most sci-fi shows, time travel is usually just a one-off deal that never has any lasting repercussions. But it forms the centerpiece of "Eureka Season 4.0," in which a single jaunt back in time causes sweeping changes for the citizens of Eureka -- it sounds like a cheap way of shaking things up, but the focus on what time travel has changed is pretty interesting.

Carter (Colin Ferguson) is out jogging on Founder's Day when he suddenly goes back in time to the year 1947, along with Allison (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), Jo (Erica Cerra), Henry (Joe Morton) and Fargo (Neil Grayston). With the assistance of scientist Trevor Grant (James Callis), and are able to get back to present-day Eureka.

But... some things have changed. Jo is the security chief of Global Dynamics and never dated Zane, Kevin is not autistic, Andy the robot is Carter's new deputy, Henry is married to a woman he doesn't know, and Fargo is now the director of Global Dynamics. Oh yes, and Grant...

Not Incomplete - Just Poorly Designed Title Menu
Many of the reviews state that this set is incomplete. It's not, but the title menu setup is terrible. When I first watched the set, I thought - like most reviewers - that there were only three episodes on the first disc (the first episode plus an extended version of the first episode, as well as episode two). From there, I moved on to the second disc, which contained only three episodes at first glance. So I watched those three after the first disc. Great? Not great. As it turns out, there were two more episodes on the first disc that you can access by either a) watching "Play All" rather than going to the episode index or b) finding the right arrow next to the first three episodes on the index that will take you to the remaining episodes on the disc. The arrow is not at all obvious against the photo image background of the episode index, as evidenced by the fact that most of us seem to have missed it. Now I'm forced to go back and watch the episodes out of order even though...

Eureka Season 4.0
As with previous releases, Eureka packages the season in a different, more "Eco Friendly" manner. This half-season comes on 2 Discs. Here are the episodes:

Disc 1:
01 - Founder's Day
02 - Founder's Day Extended Version
03 - A New World
04 - All the Rage
05 - The Story Of O2

Disc 2:
06 - Crossing Over
07 - Momstrosity
08 - Stoned
09 - The Ex-Files
10 - I'll Be Seeing You
13.1 - Cross-Over Episode

Air dates are from Jul 9, 2010 to Sept 10, 2010
Remainder of "Season 4" should be released as "Season 4.5" and be for the 2011 episodes.

I do not agree with the extended version of "Founder's Day" being counted as another episode, and also note that the "O Little Town" Christmas special is missing. It might end up on the Season 4.5 set, but it is not on the discs I got (that I could find).

The last episode listed as "13.1 - Cross-Over Episode" is actually a Warehouse 13 episode...

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