Monday, March 23, 2026

RW696 - Eureka Rewatch - Now Entering Eureka

 

In this episode zero of The Eureka Rewatch, Cory and Tom introduce you to the new rewatch plans and discuss the main cast of Eureka.

Advanced Research:

Main Cast-


Colin Ferguson played Jack Carter. His biggest credit is Eureka. He also appeared in the Monkees biopic Daydream Believer, and has been in a number of other series and movies, mostly Hallmark style movies and lesser known series, mostly as a supporting character. He was a lead in the American version of Coupling, but it only lasted 10 episodes (Doctor Who's Steven Moffat wrote it, it was meant as a replacement for Friends).


Jordan Hinson played Zoe Carter. In recent years, she has done a number of lesser known movies from all genres: Alien abduction, rom com, drama, yet all are very lowly rated, including A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas. She also has a few low rated series, Hank (with Kelsey Grammar) and Kevin From Work.


Dr. Allison Blake was played by Salli Richardson-Whitfield. She was in a series called Stitchers (a secret government agency that solves crimes by entering the minds of recently deceased individuals) from 2015-17. Before that, she was the lead in Being Mary Jane (life of a young black woman, her family, and the talk show she hosts). She was part of the main cast in the lawyer procedural Family Law, as well as a main lead in Gargoyles: The Animated Series.


Dr. Henry Deacon was played by character actor Joe Morton. He was in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Zack Snyder’s The Justice League, Marvel’s Wastelanders: Hawkeye (a podcast series playing Ringmaster), and the series Scandal (a former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets), Smallville, The Good Wife, Law and Order, and Equal Justice (all law procedurals) to name a few. Recently, he was in the series Our Kind of People (a single mom risks it all and moves her family to a vineyard with hopes of taking her natural-hair-care line to the next level by infiltrating the African American elite in Oak Bluffs).


Dr. Jim Taggert was played by Matt Frewer, best known for playing the artificial intelligence known as Max Headroom. He has done many guest appearances on shows like Star Trek: The Next Generation, Falling Skies, Stephen King’s The Stand, Orphan Black, Supergirl (the movie), Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, Timeless, and 12 Monkeys. He was a main character in the series Intelligence (Organized crime and the Organized Crime Unit (OCU) work together to achieve the opposing goals of each respective world), and the lead in Doctor Doctor (a medical procedural). He did voice The Leader in the Incredible Hulk animated series, as well a series based on Disney’s Hercules and the Dumb and Dumber cartoon. He was also a part of Dan Aykroyd’s Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal.


Erica Cerra played Josephina "Jo" Lupo. Before Eureka she has minor appearances here and there in many different series, including Smallville, Dead Like Me, The Dead Zone, Huff, The 4400, and Battlestar Galactica.  She has continued a run of guest spots in shows and movies, with appearances in The 100, The Astronauts, Nancy Drew, and a part in the latest animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid.


Neil Grayston played Dr. Douglas Fargo. He’s had numerous one off roles in series, but he was a lead in a series called Godiva’s (follows the lives of 10 friends working at the hip Godiva’s Bistro). He had a supporting role in the 2006 movie The Time Tunnel (reboot of the original tv series where they go back in time to fix the past).


Vincent was played by Chris Gauthier. He was a lead in a short lived series called Health Nutz (washed up hockey player who inherits a Juice Bar on one condition-he has to get and stay sober). He had a recurring role in Smallville as Winslow Schott (the Toyman), and in Harper’s Island (Harper's Island was once the scene of a gruesome series of murders. Seven years later, family and friends gather on the island for a wedding, but one by one they begin to die). Recently, he did some Hallmark style movies, but one of his more well known roles is as Smee in Once Upon a TimeHe was also in Freddy Vs Jason but was below the fold. He died at 48 in 2024 after a short illness (heart attack).

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