Noche de Sueños:
Written by: Jaime Paglia
Directed by: Eric Laneuville
Original airdate: August 14, 2007
Synopsis:
Jack saves Fargo from being hit by a big rig truck but the truck crashes and leaks a toxic chemical onto Jack and the driver. Jack goes through an embarrassing detox, and the driver survives with minor injuries with the doctors saying he’ll be fine. Jack comes into work but Jo laughs, explaining she has a dream that Jack was naked and he reveals he had the same dream. They search the truck driver’s home and find out that the driver was moonlighting at another driving job.
The next morning Fargo awakens with a start to see the truck driver dying and the doctors desperately trying to save him to no avail. Fargo tells everyone he had a dream that the driver died in but the doctors dismiss the notion it has anything to do with this real life situation, until several more people reveal they had the exact same dream too.
Meanwhile, Stark installs a music therapy device in Kevin’s room. Later, Stark tries to talk with Kevin about the artifact while the boy silently builds another model of the artifact.
Jack and Jo talk to Allison about the shared dreams, revealing that there are more and more people coming to the sheriff’s office complaining about things that their friends and neighbors did in their shared dreams. They go to talk to another GD scientist, Paul Suenos, who is working on trying to map people’s dreams but he confirms that dying in a dream won’t kill someone in real life.
Later, Alison has a shared dream with Kevin in which he starts to open a door to the artifact but she wakes up too soon. She tells Stark that while she and Kevin shared a dream, so are others and they have to stop. He’s surprised to hear that their plan is working but is excited at the small success, referencing the unifying theory of everything, telling her they are not stopping.
Jack and everyone who had shared dreams plans a sleepover at Cafe Diem since that is the one place that doesn’t seem to have any shared dreams happening. Unfortunately, the shared dreams still happen showcasing Carter and Stark fighting for Allison’s attentions, with Vincent’s efficiency expert Dr. Childress, guiding them, and Jo as a Hispanic maiden, being fought over by Stark, a dashing swordsman and Fargo, a Zorro-like hero. Once people start waking up they find out that some of the townspeople can’t wake up, stuck in some kind of coma.
Henry finds out the driver had high levels of acetylcholine, a neurotransmitter necessary for dreaming, in his spinal fluid, as do the people who can’t wake up, and unfortunately, Jack as well. The chemical controls muscles and because of the over abundance of it, people lose control of their bodies, unable to make themselves do what they need to in order to actually live. They talk to Suenos and they theorize that using his dream mapping gizmo they could find something going on that would explain everything. When Suenos notes he only has two prototypes, they discover that one of them is missing, with Jack recognizing it as the device Stark had installed in Kevin’s bedroom.
Jack confronts Allison and she reveals she knew and he is angry that she is lying to him and protecting Stark over the town. She says the device couldn’t be doing this to the town and Stark confirms it. They do discover that 50 people were affected by the shared dreams and that the one thing those 50 people have in common is their set work schedule, allowing a regular sleep schedule too. Jack recalls that Childress was working on a special network, combining computing with humans. Childress explains that while all these people slept she was able to use their brains linked together as a computer to problem solve. They realize the network combined with the dream mapping gizmo is causing the issues and they shut it down.
Unfortunately, the only way to get the acetylcholine out of their systems is to submerge themselves in a special plasma and breathe it into their lungs. Jack tries it, and it’s successful, saving him and everyone. Stark is ominously pleased that they can continue to work on the artifact issue now that they have a cure.
Later, Jack mentions to Henry that he had a strange image in his dream of a bright light flashing after Henry tells him “I’ll make it easy for you” and wonders what it means but Henry feigns ignorance.
Jo receives a gift from Carter, a pair of ballerina shoes, referencing something that she told Jack about, her childhood dream to become a dancer.
Advanced Research:
Eric Laneuville is a long time working director going back to the mid 80’s. We’ve seen him before, he directed the Quantum Leap episode “The Play’s the Thing” in season 4.
The Doctor reviving Jake was Martin Christopher. He appeared in Stargate as Major Kevin Marks as well as the principal in Final Destination.
Lossen Chambers was the nurse. She has been in Superman & Lois as the principal Balcomb, The Flash as Dr. Vanessa Ambres, and Family Law as Judge Maria Natali. She previously played a nurse in an episode of The X-Files.
Dr. Childress was played by Carmen Moore who was the lead in a show called Blackstone (authentic drama that explores the dynamics of family, power and politics on a First Nation reserve). She’s been the lead in a number of movies as well, such as Unnatural & Accidental (Rebecca learns from her father before he dies that her aboriginal mother, Rita, did not abandon them twenty-five years ago because Rita did not love Rebecca as he had always told her, but rather he forced Rita to leave. Her journey has her discovering that many other aboriginal women have been killed suspiciously), Re:Uniting (follows six best friends from college, now in their 40s, who reconnect for their 25 year reunion weekend. As secrets are revealed, one will force them all to reevaluate their lives), and Rustic Oracle (8-year-old Ivy searches for her missing sister Heather in their Mohawk community. She and her mother Susan journey together, strengthening their bond amid hardship. A child's view of loss becomes a tale of hope and love). She was also in The Flash as Kristen Kramer, Arrow as Mina Fayad, Nancy Drew as Hannah Gruen, and Godivas. She also had a minor role in Stargate.
Dr. Suenos was played by Colin Cunningham. His claim to fame was playing John Pope in Falling Skies. He also played TC in Preacher, Julian Sink in Blood Drive (in a dystopian alternate 1999, a former cop is forced to take part in a death race in which cars run on human blood as fuel), and Major Paul Davis in Stargate SG-1 and the various spinoffs. He actually played Captain Christopher Pike in Star Trek: Phase II. He was a main cast member in Living In Your Car (the winding karmic adventures of fallen corporate exec Steve Unger, who was caught cooking the books and now finds himself legally forbidden from working in any position that involves "other people's money”.) He was the narrator for The Collector (Morgan Pym, a soul-collector for the Devil, tries to save the souls of his clients), a detective in Da Vinci’s Inquest (police/detective procedural), and a supporting character in the sitcom Beggars and Choosers (the amusing trials of the executive staff of a television network).
The Akashic field (often called the Akashic Records) is a metaphysical concept originating from ancient Hindu philosophy that describes a universal, cosmic "library" or record. It is believed to store all knowledge, history, thoughts, and emotions from every entity or event that has ever existed or will exist.
Acetylcholine (ACh) is a vital organic chemical and the most common neurotransmitter in the body. It acts as a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells, muscles, and glands, playing an essential role in muscle contraction, learning, attention, and memory.
Family Reunion:
Written by:
Story by : Jane Espenson
Teleplay by : Anne Cofell Saunders
Directed by: Michael Lange
Original airdate: August 21, 2007
Synopsis:
GD starts upgrading their cryogenics lab, and they discover one unmarked cryochamber that has an unidentified man inside.
Jack catches Zoe and Jo trying to help each other get things they can’t or don’t want to be seen buying: a fashion magazine for Jo and coffee from Vincent’s cafe for Zoe. After he orders flowers for Angela Fairfield, he rushes off to GD and continues being angry with Allison for lying to him.
When the man in the cryochamber is brought out, it turns out to be Pierre Fargo’s, Douglas Fargo’s grandfather. As Pierre awakens, he can’t believe that so much time has passed but once he meets Fargo who tells him he’s his grandson, Pierre passes out.
After some investigation, Jo finds that Pierre was working with a renowned Eureka scientist named Sandrov who filed a missing persons report on Pierre 50 years ago.
Fargo updates his grandfather on the state of the world, but Pierre just wants to get together with Belle, his girlfriend and Fargo’s grandmother, determined to not miss out on anything more.
Zoe tries to find out who Angela Fairfield is but Jack is mum, while Jo finds a birth certificate for Fargo’s father, Thomas, born 8 months after Pierre disappeared.
Fargo shows Pierre around GD and he’s fascinated by everything he sees but is shocked to see some scientists using his methodology for cellular reconstruction. Fargo tells him it’s based on Dr. Sandrov’s research to which Pierre scoffs, telling him Sandrov was just a lab tech, and realizes that Sandrov stole his research and his life.
Jack investigates and finds that Sandrov told police he found Pierre’s resignation letter, and finds it hard to believe Pierre’s. He reveals to Pierre that Belle was pregnant when he disappeared, accusing him of running off but Pierre denies that, claiming he was ready for marriage. Allison and Stark also don’t believe in Pierre’s story but Jack still wants to talk to Sandrov.
Sandrov tells him that Pierre worked for him, claiming the exact opposite of Pierre’s story. Jo and Jack realize that Sandrov wasn’t too excited to see the results of the cryochamber once he found out Pierre was the one who had been revived.
Pierre goes to see an old friend of his, Charlie, but he tells him that the diamond he was growing for him was sold a few years ago. Pierre is sad to discover that everyone thought he had run off on Belle.
Zoe blackmails SARAH into helping her find out who Angela Fairfield is, finding a woman with a closed juvenile police record tied to Jack, eventually finding out they were teenage sweethearts until she died.
Pierre convinces Fargo to help him find his resignation letter but they are found out by Allison and arrested by Jack. Pierre goes to the bathroom and hides out in there not wanting to come out, but Jack convinces him to since he has family to help him. When he does come out, he has aged drastically.
Stark and Henry find out that chloroform was in Pierre’s system, giving more credence to Pierre’s story. As they work together, Henry tells Stark that he discovered Kim’s computers were sabotaged. When they look at Pierre’s blood tests they are shocked at the results, realizing that while the cryochamber halted aging, it has restarted at a fast rate.
Jack convinces Stark to quiz Pierre on Sandrov’s research, since the biographies that talk about it were all written after Pierre disappeared. They soon realize that Pierre was telling the truth. They all go to Sandrov’s party and confront him, revealing the truth.
Sandrov claims innocence in putting Pierre into the cryochamber, but admits he did in fact base his work on Pierre’s. Stark tells Sandrov he’s going to help him save Pierre and together they manage to regulate his rapid aging so it stabilizes.
Pierre wants to now just make the most of his days but wishes he had the ring he had ordered. Jack notices that the resignation letter signature seems to have been traced from the order slip, and they confront Charlie as the one who put Pierre in the chamber. He admits his sins and reveals he had also loved Belle. Pierre tells Jack to let him go, that he can live alone with the thought of what he’s done, but Jack says he can’t let it go because it’s the law. Charlie agrees and gives Jack the ring he had ordered.
Zoe apologizes to Jack for getting on him about Angela and they talk about what happened with her, with Jack revealing that he was teaching Angela how to drive and they had a car accident. Jack took the blame and was charged with reckless endangerment and ever since he’s sent flowers to her grave, and her father calls him every year to thank him.
At long last, Pierre reunites with Belle, and he gives her the ring, and the two hug, back together again and GD renames the cryogenics center after Pierre.
Advanced Research:
Jane Espenson has had a long career as both a screenwriter and producer. Before Eureka she wrote episodes of Dinosaurs, Deep Space Nine, Ellen, Buffy, Angel, The O.C, Gilmore Girls and The Batman (2007 animated series.) She also wrote the Firefly episode “Shindig.” Later she worked on Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Once Upon a Time, Torchwood, Jessica Jones and Fallout. She also created the series Warehouse 13.
The Technician was played by Kevin O’Grady. He’s been in a ton of the Hallmark Garage Sale Mysteries movies as a detective, a supporting cast member lead by Lori Loughlin as Jennifer Shannon (things found at garage sales end up leading to criminal wrongdoings that she must solve). He was also in Peacemaker farther down the cast list as Johnson, and various other one off roles.
Charlie was played by Terence Kelly who has a ton of roles as a character actor, still working to this day. He was in a few episodes of Bates Motel, Supernatural, Da Vinci’s City Hall, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and even… Stargate.
Sandrov was played by Scott Hylands who has a long career of one off roles as well, but had a lead role in Night Heat back in the 80’s (96 episodes, the exploits of the detectives of the Mid South Precinct, in a generic North American city not unlike New York (but a lot like Toronto), chronicled through the eyes of newspaper columnist Tom Kirkwood and his "Night Heat" column). In the 70’s he was a lead with Gary Lockwood in Earth II (when Earth II, an orbiting research space station, is menaced by a Red Chinese nuclear weapon, its 2,000 inhabitants take action to disarm and dispose of the missile without resorting to violence), and in 2009 was in several episodes of the new V series.
Tygh Runyan was Pierre. He was a main character in Versailles (30 episodes, 2015, In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things). He was in a few episodes of Stargate Universe, Battlestar Galactica, and about half of the 61 episode series Northwood (high-school students in the lower mainland of British Columbia deal with various difficulties and complications in their lives). Recently, he was in a movie called Lissa’s Trip (an actress tries to get across town for a critical audition except she accidentally took a LOT of acid. Loosely based on the Odyssey, apologies to Homer).
Pierre and Fargo are both cities in the Dakotas: Pierre being the state capital of South Dakota, and Fargo, the most populous city in North Dakota
Kezia Magazine does not actually exist, but here’s a screenshot.
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