Purple Haze (Eureka episode)

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Eureka episode
“Purple Haze”

Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 10
Guest star(s)	Alan LeGros
Writer(s)	Andrew Cosby & Jaime Paglia (story) Johanna Stokes (teleplay)
Director	David Straiton
Production no.	109
Original airdate	September 19, 2006
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"Purple Haze" is the tenth episode of season 1 of the American science fiction television series Eureka.

[edit] Plot synopsis

The town's residents start acting out of character, and perhaps more in line with their subconscious impulses.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Jack finds a very tired Henry upgrading the town's P.A. antenna, late in the evening. Later, Sheriff Carter breaks up a neighborhood dispute between Fargo and Seth, saying: "If I have to come back, I'm bringing a stun gun and a weed wacker!" He goes home to the bunker to get some needed rest after the long day. During the night, everyone in town (outside of the bunker) passes out wherever they are. When Carter gets up the next morning, he finds everything topsy-turvy, people acting out of character: Jo is bubbly and lax at the office; Henry is belligerent and uptight; Allison is late for work and quits her job, and later tries to seduce Jack; and Beverly gets on the P.A. to reveal everyone's secrets to the whole town, alphabetically. The only ones not affected seem to be Jack and Zoe. Carter rounds up most of the citizens in the sheriff's office, while he tries to figure out what has happened on his own. The problem is traced to Seth's plants, a hybrid he developed called "Necrosomnium." The night blooming plant's spores have spread the weird effect to the townsfolk, and Jack tries to stop it by burning the plants down. He is stopped by an au natural Taggart, who knocks Jack out with a shovel, saying, "Nature 1, man nil!" Carter finally manages to straighten everything out, and there are many apologies by the narcoleptic citizens. But Henry says he is leaving Eureka.

[edit] Trivia

Near the beginning of the episode, Fargo is chased by a cropdusting helicopter while the music of "Ride of the Valkyries" is heard booming from the neighbor's loudspeakers. It is a reference to both the cropdusting biplane trying to kill Cary Grant in "North By Northwest", and the music played from the invading helicopters dropping napalm on a village in "Apocalypse Now." ^{[citation needed]}
Seth also makes reference to "Apocalypse Now" in the line: "I love the smell of pesticide in the morning. Smells like... grant renewal." ^{[citation needed]}
The title "Purple Haze" is from a Jimi Hendrix song of the same name. It refers to the fog of life created by marijuana. ^{[citation needed]}

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