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The Best Episodes of Eureka

Every episode of Eureka ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Eureka!

The Best Episodes of Eureka

The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this...

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  1. Background image for I Do Over
    8.8/10(751 votes)

    #1 - I Do Over

    S3:E4

    It's Allison and Stark's wedding day and Carter finds himself reliving it over and over. Meanwhile, Carter's sister, Lexi, visits the town.

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  2. Background image for Founder's Day
    8.8/10(723 votes)

    #2 - Founder's Day

    S4:E1

    It's Founder's Day in Eureka and everyone is in the spirit of the celebration until Jack, Allison, Henry, Jo and Fargo are transported back to 1947 where they meet some familiar faces along the way. Will they be able to get back to 2010 or will they be stuck forever in 1947 where Eureka is not a town, but an Army base.

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  3. Background image for Just Another Day...
    8.8/10(679 votes)

    #3 - Just Another Day...

    S5:E13

    Wormholes randomly materialize around Eureka as the Department of Defense is set to shut the town.

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  4. Background image for Jack of All Trades
    8.6/10(547 votes)

    #4 - Jack of All Trades

    S5:E5

    The crew moves forward after an ordeal and Warren's visit adds to the pressure.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Once in a Lifetime
    8.4/10(744 votes)

    #5 - Once in a Lifetime

    S1:E12

    Ambition trumps common sense when Stark is given a chance to try out the Top-secret artifact. Once it's tested, Eureka warps into the future and ends up in 2010, where the town is different.

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  6. Background image for One Giant Leap...
    8.4/10(503 votes)

    #6 - One Giant Leap...

    S4:E20

    In the season finale - It's chaos in Eureka when an energy beam rips through main street but the Astraeus launch must go on...with or without Eureka intact.

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    The 20 WORST Episodes of Eureka

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  8. Background image for Lost
    8.4/10(630 votes)

    #7 - Lost

    S5:E1

    The Astraeus crew returns to Eureka four years later and must adapt to a myriad of changes, including a more oppressive version of Deputy Andy.

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  9. Background image for Force Quit
    8.4/10(476 votes)

    #8 - Force Quit

    S5:E3

    Beverly Barlowe resurfaces in Eureka seeking Carter's help to free the Astraeus crew, and the rescue plan lands Carter in the crew's virtual world.

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  10. Background image for The Ex-Files
    8.3/10(540 votes)

    #9 - The Ex-Files

    S4:E8

    Eureka's citizens face the return of people from the past; Global Dynamics tests a new device.

    Director:Chris Fisher
    Writer:Amy Berg
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  11. Background image for The Real Thing
    8.3/10(497 votes)

    #10 - The Real Thing

    S5:E2

    The town huddles in a last attempt to locate the vanished Astraeus before it's too late!

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  12. Background image for A New World
    8.2/10(545 votes)

    #11 - A New World

    S4:E2

    When the 5 get back to their time, things are changed everywhere. As Henry tries to fix the machine that transported them in the first place, Dr. Grant is making himself as comfortable as he can. Jack is still trying to wrap his mind around the fact that he asked Tess something that she says yes to and the fact that the group's positions changed. As one thing leads to another, a twist happens and things get a little dicey.

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  13. Background image for I'll Be Seeing You
    8.2/10(505 votes)

    #12 - I'll Be Seeing You

    S4:E9

    When Grant and Carter become stranded, they must race back in time to save Eureka.

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  14. Background image for H.O.U.S.E. Rules
    8.1/10(703 votes)

    #13 - H.O.U.S.E. Rules

    S1:E11

    A bad day in the lab forces Carter to rethink his decision to live in Eureka, prompting an intervention from S.A.R.A.H. (the self Activated Residential Automated Habitat.

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  15. Background image for Noche de Sueños
    8.1/10(623 votes)

    #14 - Noche de Sueños

    S2:E6

    One of the Global Dynamics tanker trucks spills, potentially causing a change in everyone's sleep habits... In the course of the episode, we come to learn that Global Dynamics has developed a technology that enables them to distill six months of the town waste and by-products into one truck, an amount that would normally fill Lake Erie.

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  16. Background image for From Fear to Eternity
    8.1/10(541 votes)

    #15 - From Fear to Eternity

    S3:E8

    Trust issues are produced by a scientific find, along with sinister results. Zoe's life is in jeopardy, and Eva Thorne knows what has caused the predicament.

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  17. Background image for Welcome Back Carter
    8.1/10(594 votes)

    #16 - Welcome Back Carter

    S3:E9

    Carter interviews for a job with the Department of Homeland Security, after being terminated as the sheriff. Deputy Lupo decides to resign after discovering that a very personable robot is the new sheriff.

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  18. Background image for Double Take
    8.1/10(433 votes)

    #17 - Double Take

    S5:E12

    The people of Eureka are being kidnapped and replaced by body-doubles one by one unless Allison, Fargo and Zane can figure out how to avoid capture and save their town.

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  19. Background image for Maneater
    8.0/10(618 votes)

    #18 - Maneater

    S2:E11

    Sheriff Jack Carter becomes absolutely irresistible to every woman in Eureka. But if he doesn't get his mojo under control, they might just eat him alive.

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  20. Background image for Pilot
    7.9/10(1.3k votes)

    #19 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    An accident leads a U.S. Marshal and a teenage girl to a peculiar town populated by scientists and their families where 10-year-old boys are in 11th grade, the local diner doesn't believe in menus, and E=MC² was just the beginning. Just as the Marshal starts to get settled into the swing of things, a local scientist develops a bomb that seems to appear anywhere and eats all the matter around it.

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  21. Background image for Dr. Nobel
    7.9/10(766 votes)

    #20 - Dr. Nobel

    S1:E6

    A sleeping weapons system is accidentally awakened by Fargo and Spencer. Henry tries to avert the pending catastrophe with the help of a retired, nonsensical scientist.

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  22. Background image for Phoenix Rising
    7.9/10(651 votes)

    #21 - Phoenix Rising

    S2:E1

    Taggart's theory is that solar flares caused by the eclipse, or the 'Phoenix Effect', are to blame when people start to spontaneously combust. When Carter discovers that a blast of radiation from the artifact had penetrated the wall of the chamber and is actually to blame for the spontaneous combustion, it becomes a race against time to save the other two people exposed - Nathan and Kevin!

    Director:Mike Rohl
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  23. Background image for Games People Play
    7.9/10(634 votes)

    #22 - Games People Play

    S2:E4

    Carter suffers a blow to the head, and after arguing with Zoe, he suddenly finds himself in a parallel Eureka, where the residents seem to be mysteriously vanishing.

    Director:Mike Rohl
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  24. Background image for E=MC...?
    7.9/10(609 votes)

    #23 - E=MC...?

    S2:E8

    As an experiment that will recreate the first moment of the origins of the universe, the Big Bang, goes terribly awry, the town’s geniuses turn into morons, leaving the fate of Eureka in the hand of Jack Carter and an antisocial young ubergenius.

    Director:Tim Matheson
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  25. Background image for If You Build It...
    7.9/10(513 votes)

    #24 - If You Build It...

    S3:E13

    Eureka's teenagers who appear to have been manipulated while asleep, gathered in a field where they assembled a strange structure comprised of scrap metal and electronics.

    Director:Mike Rohl
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  26. Background image for What Goes Around Comes Around
    7.9/10(515 votes)

    #25 - What Goes Around Comes Around

    S3:E18

    Tess has a job offer from Australia, Zoe is prepared to leave for Harvard and Carter has a magnetic disturbance above Eureka to contend with, in the third season finale.

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Best Episodes Summary

"I Do Over" is the best rated episode of "Eureka". It scored 8.8/10 based on 751 votes. Directed by Matt Earl Beesley and written by Thania St. John, it aired on 8/19/2008. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Founder's Day".