Before I Forget (Eureka episode)
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
| Writer(s) | Karl Schaefer John Rogers |
| Director | Michael Robison |
| Production no. | 106 |
| Original airdate | August 1, 2006 |
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"Before I Forget" is the third episode of season 1 of the American science fiction television series Eureka.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Sheriff Carter shoots Henry at the diner, and doesn't remember how he got there. A well-known scientist comes to town with possible clues to the memory loss.
When world-renowned scientist Jason Anderson and his wife Kim (an old flame of Henry's) visit Eureka to help develop a hi-tech vest with a force field, strange things begin happening to Jack and he can't remember why. They include standing on a road holding his ticket book, and shooting Henry in Cafe Diem. After the shooting (non-fatally), Carter is put on suspension. Henry is released from medical care. As they discuss the proceeding events, Jack and Henry realize what Jason has been up to: Jason has a device (originally designed by Henry) that can erase short-term memory. Working with Allison Blake, they realize that Jason has been using the device for decades, stealing work done by other scientists, including his own wife, Kim. But as they figure it out, Kim walks in with the device and erases the memory of all three of them. Jo, however, has been watching on a hidden camera the whole time and knows exactly what has happened. They figure out that Kim may have set Jason up to die in what appears to be a lab accident at a demonstration before a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Jack stops the experiment and tells everybody about Jason's lies. In response, Stark swiftly fires Jason. Henry confronts Kim as she tries to escape, and persuades her to return the memory-erasing device and stay in Eureka. Meanwhile, Zoe joins the school production of "A Midsummer Night's Invasion" (Shakespeare with a Eureka twist, reimagined by prepubescent genius "Putnam") and steps into the role of Puck.
[edit] Similarities
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Jason Anderson's "memory wiping" gizmo and his scheme of stealing other peoples ideas is somewhat similar to the secondary plot in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. That book introduces the character of Gilderoy Lockhart, an incompetent magician with a singular talent in memory erasing spells. Lockhart puts this skill to use by wiping other magicians' memories and then taking credit for their achievements, an almost identical scheme to that of Jason Anderson.
- Men in Black: The device used by Jason Anderson is very close to the Neuralizers used in the Men in Black movies.
[edit] Trivia
- William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream" has been produced in various ways by numerous producers and directors. Artists over the years have felt free to use their imaginations to interpret and represent this story freely on stage or screen. Putnam's interpretation follows in the tradition of a long line of "visionaries."
- In the original play, Puck spreads a magical juice upon the eyes of character's that causes them to act abnormally, as if in a dream.
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| Characters | Beverly Barlowe | Allison Blake | Colonel Briggs | Jack Carter | Zoe Carter | Henry Deacon | Douglas Fargo | Jo Lupo | Nathan Stark | Jim Taggart |
| Other | Episode list | Eureka (Town) | Global Dynamics | Artifact |
