Great...for a moment

How is that a spoiler?

Anyway it was cancelled because apparently those who were running Syfy at the time felt that in order for ANY show to make it past a Season Five it would have to get huge numbers-that no Syfy show had ever achieved before.

I started watching Eureka the night it premiered in 2006 and as much as I loved the first two seasons, the first half of season 4 was actually my favorite. Season 3 was hit and miss thanks to the writer's strike. The first four episodes of season 5 was an entertaining story arc, but after that the Carter/Lupo sexual tension storyline came across as overly contrived/awkward and they continued to beat that subject to death. The series finale had the perfect balance of Eureka's past, present and future, so I agree with you on that.

As for Beverly, before she turned against Senator Wen in season 5, I would've been on board with her getting shot in the face. Helping to undo the damage Senator Wen did had me unexpectedly rooting for Beverly for the first time. I love when writers/actors get me to root for characters I never thought I'd find worthwhile.

By the way, when the decision was made to end Eureka its ratings were a lot better than some of the current scripted SyFy shows, but the new company in charge of SyFy -- which was Comcast -- had an agenda which did not include Eureka.

I agree that seasons 1 and 2 (which are my favorite). I hated season 3, mostly because they killed Nathan. I enjoyed the love triangle part and he and Carter were funny together. I enjoyed the first half of season 4, esp. the first two episodes. I haven't seen beyond that really. I mostly liked the cast overall and liked the light comedy mixed with drama.

I've finally finished watching the whole - or most of - the series, streaming it from Netflix. I really liked some of the characters, the cast was really diverse too. But the series just went on too long. It needed new writers or new ideas. After season 3 most episodes were the same formula - mini disaster movies. Also, it got far too "romantic", not that I have anything against romance, but it was a sci-fi show not some soap opera. It got too "soft", unlike LEXX or Farscape or even Dresden Files or Warehouse 13. However, I still count myself as a fan because I really got to like some of the characters. Re-uniting some of the early characters in the final episode was a nice touch. In truth though, I'm not sad I finally reached the end of the series.