[ It ’s 2005 and ] “ Eureka ” Co - Creators Jaime Paglia and Andrew Cosby have just sold “ Eureka ” as a series and are writing the pilot playscript . Their first variant , which everyone have a go at it , centers around a funny giant - of - the - calendar week tale about Bigfoot . Then the script goes up the food chain and marching orders come back from the connection saying , “ No behemoth - of - the - week ” stories , peculiarly not for the pilot . ” Their reasoning was that viewers would tune up in and mean that “ Eureka ” was an “ X - Files ” rip - off , and that each hebdomad audiences would be treated to yet - another creepy introduction of some variety . So Jaime and Andy rewrote the pilot light hand again . From scrawl . The story they come up with the second prison term around is the pilot you jazz and love … But the unintended consequence of that scenario have been and keep to be a singular mantra : “ No lusus naturae stories on Eureka ! ” That is , until now .
Firstly , either whoever made thought that Eureka was going to be another X - Files was mad or the original version of the pilot was massively different from what was finally made ( Now , if they ’d suppose it was going to seem like a Smallville rip - off , I could see that … ) . But more significantly , the lack of regular monster was a nifty decision , and one that I hope is n’t cash in one’s chips to change now that we ’ve met Bob … I ’d rather see more Frances Fisher scheming wickedly than a generic beastie on the loose every week . perhaps we should all embark on plain that a monster every three seasons is too often . What About Bob , Anyway?[Eureka Unscripted ]
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