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One Giant Leap...
One Giant Leap...
Air date September 19, 2011
Written by Jaime Paglia
Directed by Matthew Hastings
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Preceded by
"One Small Step..."
Followed by
"Do You See What I See"
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"One Giant Leap..." is the twentieth episode of the fourth season of Eureka.

Synopsis[]

The Astraeus participants make their farewells to their earthbound family and friends. Elsewhere, Carter and Jo investigate the person—or thing—which attacked the presidential convoy, and if it is in any way related to the cosmic anomalies threatening Eureka.

Plot[]

Because of an Astraeus-related energy leakage, little blackholes randomly pop up around town, coalescing into one big blackhole that is going to End All Existence As We Know It. Carter eventually fixes the problem with some well-placed anti-matter neutralization scheme, while losing his jeep in the process. Again.

All this happens while the folks in GD prepare to launch Astraeus to Titan.

Zane and Jo say their goodbyes, with Zane telling Jo in his unique way that she is special to him (“You were never a hookup”). Holly and Fargo finally succumb to their hormones soon after Fargo confesses he loves Holly. Grace as mission commander prepares the crew and ship while Henry, who is ground commander, oversees the other aspects of the trip. Senator Wen shows up, seemingly determined to get Astraeus to launch on schedule no matter what.

Meanwhile, Allison agrees to move in with Jack, and Jo decides that she needs to find herself, going on a figurative “walkabout” around the country in her car.

In the last few minutes, all hell breaks loose and the ground crew loses control of the launch sequence. Allison, who is not a member of the ship's crew, is trapped inside the ship without a bio-pod that is supposed to preserve the crew during the trip. Despite Carter’s best efforts, the ship disappears, going on FTL (Faster Than Light) travel with the final coordinates unknown to the crew on the ground.

Memorable Quotes[]

Carter: It was like a spinning hole, and then everything went red, and then the Café just collapsed then disappeared.
Henry: You saw a naked singularity.
Carter: No, that I would have noticed.

Jo: Come on. It'll be like old times, we'll do it together.
Carter: You hate jobs like this. Have you met you!?

Carter: But...but, black holes don't just pop out of nowhere.
Henry: Well no, actually, they pop up all the time. It's just that they're either too small, or they dissipate too quickly for anybody to notice them.
Carter: Okay. So, first my PDA has a camera, and now black holes are everywhere? People need to know these things!

Dr. Plotkin: I have a girlfriend. Her name is science.

Vincent: (just after Café Diem gets sucked up) Well, that sucks.

Notes[]

  • Near the end Henry implies that if Jack shoots the coolant system that there will be an explosion. This is factually incorrect, as Jack is unlikely to be using explosive ammo and the bullets would have left a smaller hole than the holes left by the pipe.
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