Eureka S3

U.S. Marshall Jack Carter is sharp and charming, with a quick wit and a street-smart edge.Dedicated first and foremost to his career, a recent separation from his wife has left him at oddswith his teenage daughter Zoe, whose brushes with the law keep Carter nearly as busy as his dayjob. In fact, Zoe's latest escapade has Carter transporting her home in his custody when their carcrashes outside the town of Eureka.Born in Montreal, Colin Ferguson grew up in Hong Kong, England, Connecticut and Toronto. He got into improv comedy to make money to put himself through McGill University and was afounding member of Detroit's Second City comedy club while still in school. Ferguson worked in a variety of occupations before he turned to acting full- time. He taught highschool when he was only 19, planted 3,000 trees a day in the Canadian North and even workedas a mannequin in store windows. When he worked the assembly line at a factory for GeneralElectric (parent company of NBC Universal), he never imagined that he would work for the company.

Ferguson's feature films include the upcoming Universal movie Because I Said So with DianeKeaton and Mandy Moore, Rowing Through, The Opposite of Sex, Guy in Row Five and TheSurprise Party. He was a regular on the NBC remake of the hit British comedy series Couplingand the sitcom Then Came You. His many guest-starring roles include Line of Fire, Malcolm inthe Middle, Crossing Jordan, Becker and Titus.

Additionally, he has starred in several telefilms such as Mom at 16, We Were the Mulvaney's,Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber, Ladies Night, More Tales of the City and PlayingHouse.

Allison Blake, the government liaison between Eureka and the Pentagon, provides Carter (Colin Ferguson) with a steady flow of professional and romantic frustrations. Charged with reporting on the progress of Eureka's citizens, as well as their temperamental innovations, Allison is confronted with an endless stream of crises and moral dilemmas.

Salli Richardson-Whitfield's wide range of credits include work in television, film and theatre, including productions at the Pasadena Playhouse and key roles in such movies as Antwone Fisher, Anacondas: The Hunt for Blood Orchid, Posse, Low Down Dirty Shame and Biker Boyz.Her expansive list of television credits includes her portrayal of attorney Viveca Foster on Family Law, recurring roles on CSI: Miami and NYPD Blue and a guest-starring role on the critically acclaimed series House.

Born in Chicago, Richardson-Whitfield resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor Dondre Whitfield and their one-year-old daughter, Parker.

Joe Morton most recently starred in the summer crowd-pleaser Stealth with Jamie Foxx, Jessica Biel and Sam Shepard. This only adds to the distinguished list of actors Morton has worked alongside in both features and telefilms including Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman in John Woo's Paycheck, Jon Voight in the movie Jasper, Texas, Will Smith in Ali, Kevin Costner in Dragonfly and Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow in Bounce. Morton was the narrator for the eight-part documentary Africa on PBS and the enormously successful Ken Burns documentary Jazz.

Film fans perhaps best know Morton as The Brother From Another Planet or as the ill-fated scientist in Terminator 2-Judgment Day. Morton's other film credits include Speed, Executive Decision, The Astronaut's Wife, Blues Brothers 2000, Tap, Gary Sinise's Of Mice and Men in which he portrayed "Crooks" and the John Sayles films Lone Star and City of Hope. Morton was a Tony Award Nominee for his portrayal of "Walter Lee Younger" in the musical Raisin. He played Colin Powel in the world premier of David Hare's Stuff Happens at the National Theatre in London and "Serge" in Art on Broadway with Judd Hirsch and George Wendt and later reprised the role on the London stage.

Television audiences have enjoyed Morton's starring roles in the series Equal Justice, Under One Roof with James Earl Jones and Tribeca (for which he also directed an episode), as well as a recurring role on Smallville and most recently in multiple episodes of CSI: NY and NBC's ERing. Joe has turned in noteworthy performances as Malcolm X in Ali: An American Hero, the award winning cable feature Miss Evers' Boys and a spectacular star turn in The X-Files.

Zoe Carter is Jack Carter's defiant, delinquent, but terribly intelligent daughter. Though Zoe tries to keep up the riot grrrl image, behind the attitude and piercings she's just another young woman who wants her absentee father to pay her some attention. And the best way to attract a cop's attention -- consistently put oneself at odds with the law. But in truth, getting her parents back together is her ultimate goal, which makes dating a difficult prospect for Carter.

The Texas-born Hinson began acting in plays at the age of six, appearing in A Visit from Saint Nicholas, Winnie the Pooh, The Witch and the Magic Mountain and If Angels Were Mortal. She as also appeared in numerous television commercials. Hinson made her television movie debut in 2005, starring as an aspiring professional figure skater in Go Figure.

Nathan Stark is a Nobel Prize winning mathematician, Eureka's head researcher and Allison Blake's estranged husband. Charming to a fault with a keen brilliance, he gives Jack Carter a run for his money, but his professional desire to push the boundaries of science eventually compromise his personal integrity. Stark is still in love with Allison, which explains why he never gave her a divorce, and Carter's intrusion into his town and relationship set them up as instant rivals.

Ed Quinn grew up in Berkeley, California and earned a Bachelors Degree in History from the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating he worked as an actor in Paris, Barcelona and Milan, landing parts in more than 35 TV commercials internationally. When he returned to the United States, Quinn landed the starring role of 'Finn' in the series Young Americans.

Quinn starred in the feature films Starship Troopers II and Beeper, opposite Harvey Keitel. He also had recurring roles on Crossing Jordan and Jack & Jill, and has guest starred on a number of hit shows, including Jake in Progress, CSI, What I Like About You, JAG, According to Jim, It's All Relative and Life With Bonnie.

Before acting, music was Quinn's 's main pursuit. He studied with world-renowned guitar legend Joe Satriani and played in the LA-based bands Mad Theory and Scattergood, which led to a recording contract. Quinn currently lives in San Francisco's South Bay and in addition to his role in Eureka, will be featured in Lions Gate's House of the Dead: Dead Aim, as well as a recurring role on CSI: New York.

A brilliant psychotherapist, Beverly Barlowe's clients have included international dignitaries, celebrities and even heads of state. Now she lends her highly trained ear to Eureka's troubled psyches--and has come to learn all of the town's most intimate secrets. Beverly's undeniable sex appeal is not lost on Carter (Colin Ferguson), who finds her a force to be reckoned with...who may be hiding a few secrets of her own.

Debrah Farentino, a beloved star of the small-screen, has made appearances in over 30 television series and made- for-tv movies in the span of nearly two decades. A series regular on Hooperman and Easy Streets, Farentino had recurring roles on NYPD Blue, The District and also made featured guest appearances on JAG, The Division and NBC's hit series Las Vegas. Farentino was the series lead on the sci- fi favorite Earth 2 and also starred in Stephen King's Storm of the Century.

Success comes at a price, as several citizens of Eureka discover when the DoD sends a corporate fixer to town during an anti-missile test that sees the target drones threatening Eureka.

The Fixer's celebrated efficiency is of little help when inhabitants of Global's sealed biosphere begin devolving, and display characteristics of ancient life forms.

Pressure builds in Eureka as Zoe undertakes an accelerated physics program, the annual dog show grows fiercely competitive, wedding plans unnerve Allison and the earth starts to quake underfoot.

Could there be a loop in time itself? Carter is baffled that he -- and only he -- is reliving Allison's wedding day again and again and again. He also gets an unexpected visit from his freespirited sister Lexi (guest star Ever Carradine).

Eva Thorne sponsors a celebrity archeologist who arrives with the tomb on an Egyptian queen, complete with the requisite curse. Of course the dead stay dead, don't they?

Carter's job is made more impossible when a superhero begins "saving" the day around Eureka with disastrous consequences. Meanwhile, Thorne's search for a secret buried under Eureka puts Zoe and her friends in mortal danger.

Zoe focuses on the red-hot race for mayor while her science partner, left to her own devices, inadvertently creates a second sun. Carter and Zane can destroy the fiery orb but they need an incredible degree of protection to get close enough.

When a potentially world-altering scientific discovery from the past finally comes to light, can anyone be trusted with it? The question is far from rhetorical for Carter: Zoe's life is in immediate danger and Eva Thorne knows why.