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The Best Episodes of Eureka Season 2

Every episode of Eureka Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Eureka Season 2!

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 rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.

Genres:Sci-Fi & FantasyComedyDrama
Network:Syfy

Season 2 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Eureka" season 2 is "Phoenix Rising", rated 7.8/10 from 601 user votes. It was directed by Mike Rohl and written by Jaime Paglia. "Phoenix Rising" aired on 7/10/2007 and is rated 0.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Try, Try Again".

  • Phoenix Rising
    7.8/10 601 votes

    #1 - Phoenix Rising

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/2007

    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

    Writer: Jaime Paglia

  • Try, Try Again
    7.7/10 570 votes

    #2 - Try, Try Again

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/2007

    Fargo accidentally triggers a prototype for a personal force field, which goes out of control, forcing Carter to enlist Stark's help.

    Director: Michael Nankin

    Writer: Charles Grant Craig

  • Unpredictable
    7.5/10 568 votes

    #3 - Unpredictable

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/2007

    Dr. Whiticus creates an incredible "weather machine" intended to reverse the effects of global warming which instead stirs unexpected results.

    Director: Rob Lieberman

    Writer: Thania St. John

  • Games People Play
    7.9/10 578 votes

    #4 - Games People Play

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/2007

    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

    Writer: Johanna Stokes

  • Duck, Duck Goose
    7.6/10 556 votes

    #5 - Duck, Duck Goose

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/2007

    Falling space debris threatens Eureka residents and Carter turns to high school science fair participants to solve the problem. Specifically, he taps a student science project created to harness the sun's energy. Also, Zoe gets an eco-friendly automobile.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: Ethan Lawrence

  • Noche de Sueños
    8.0/10 571 votes

    #6 - Noche de Sueños

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/2007

    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.

    Director: Eric Laneuville

    Writer: Jaime Paglia

  • Family Reunion
    7.7/10 544 votes

    #7 - Family Reunion

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/2007

    Fargo's grandfather awakens after 50 years in cryogenic suspension and accuses his rival of putting him there and stealing his work.

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: Anne Cofell Saunders

  • E=MC...?
    7.8/10 556 votes

    #8 - E=MC...?

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/2007

    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

    Writer: Bruce Miller

  • Sight Unseen
    7.8/10 534 votes

    #9 - Sight Unseen

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 9/4/2007

    An abandoned research project on invisibility returns to haunt Eureka. Carter and Zoé become tangled in a web of strange occurrences that lead to Carter’s disappearance and the possibility that he might never reappear.

    Director: Donna Deitch

    Writer: Thania St. John, Charles Grant Craig

  • God is in the Details
    6.6/10 628 votes

    #10 - God is in the Details

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 9/11/2007

    Sudden muteness, human bioluminescence and faucets running blood cause many of Eureka’s citizens to believe that they are the victims of a biblical plague.

    Director: Mike Rohl

    Writer: Eric Wallace

  • Maneater
    8.0/10 566 votes

    #11 - Maneater

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 9/18/2007

    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.

    Director: Michael Robison

    Writer: Bruce Miller

  • All That Glitters
    7.3/10 522 votes

    #12 - All That Glitters

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 9/25/2007

    Beverly Barlow returns to town just as a parasitic bacterium threatens to destroy Eureka, by turning everything to gold and then into rust --- people included.

    Director: Michael Grossman

    Writer: Thania St. John

  • A Night at Global Dynamics
    7.7/10 534 votes

    #13 - A Night at Global Dynamics

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 10/2/2007

    Nathan Stark and Jack Carter must put aside their rivalry to stop a deadly bacteria from destroying the town and killing Allison’s son. But can Carter ignore Stark’s crimes, as well?

    Director: Michael Lange

    Writer: Jaime Paglia