The fate of the Syfy series ‘Eureka’ has bounced around for the last several days. Originally Syfy had ordered a sixth season of six episodes, leading to speculation the show would be cancelled. The speculation turned out to be correct as Syfy cancelled not only the series, but its order for the six episodes, leaving the series to end at the end of current season.
Syfy made one more change in its plans for the series, as it ordered one more episode, allowing the show’s creators to wrap up the show with a proper finale.
Jaime Paglia, “Eureka’s” showrunner, said of Syfy’s decision to approve episode 17, “They’ve all been amazingly behind us. [The cancellation] was shocking news — I think shocking to even the people involved in making the decisions. We just want to go out on a high note in the most positive way we can.”
Star Colin Ferguson added, “We have a great season coming up — 17 episodes left to air. Take a moment, get sad if you want to get sad, but there’s some really great work coming. I’m really proud of it. We worked really hard on it. I’d love it if instead of a tone of sadness people could watch it and go out on a tone of joy.”