The Astraeus Titan Mission crew return to Earth, but while it seems like moments for them, they discover they have been missing for four years prior, and that Eureka residents had considered them lost and things have changed dramatically in the time the team were away.
Or have they?
Eureka already threw a fairly significant 'reality change' at its cast and audience in season four, and you probably won't be surprised that the situation here is not quite what it appears to be. Which is for the good, since it would have scotched some four-season-long plotlines in the space of ten minutes.
Unfortunately, at least in my eyes, what is going on is Consortium shenanigans. I've always considered this by far the least interesting of Eureka's ongoing concepts, and nothing in this season changes my mind about that. Quite the opposite, in fact, since I find the arc this season - and it does take place across the whole season - unconvincing and contrived, even within the context of the extreme and wacky Eurekaverse.
The cast remain likable and there are certainly plenty of funny moments and entertaining scenes in this final season, but for my money this swansong has way too many bum notes. A rather disappointing conclusion, all told.
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