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-->'''Fargo:''' Such amazing detail!\\

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-->'''Fargo:''' [''Appears with a device''] Okay, now we can... [''Spots Jo''] ... take our own sweet time! [''Carter drags him away''] Such amazing detail!\\

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* RaceForYourLove: Fargo tries to run after Holly, leading him to realise he's in a simulation as [[ClosedCircle he can't leave Eureka]].



* SpottingTheThread: Fargo realises he's in a simulation when he tries to leave Eureka to look for Holly and drives past the "Leaving Eureka" sign for the third time. He does a fast bootleg turn, moving too fast for the rendering to keep up with and sees the background filling in.



* SpottingTheThread: Fargo realises he's in a simulation when he tries to leave Eureka to look for Holly and drives past the "Leaving Eureka" sign for the third time. He does a fast bootleg turn, moving too fast for the rendering to keep up with and sees the background filling in.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Jack's life in Beverly's hands. What could go wrong?]]
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Beverly Barlowe shows up in the real Eureka to help Carter, Henry and Jo get the Astreus crew back.

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Beverly Barlowe shows up in the real Eureka to help Carter, Henry and Jo get the Astreus crew back.
back. Senator Wen is suspicious, and tragic news awaits Fargo as he searches for Holly.


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* SpottingTheThread: Fargo realises he's in a simulation when he tries to leave Eureka to look for Holly and drives past the "Leaving Eureka" sign for the third time. He does a fast bootleg turn, moving too fast for the rendering to keep up with and sees the background filling in.
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* SecondPersonAttack: Used when Carter arrives in the matrix in the middle of the forest outside town, only to see Zane coming at him with a determined expression and a big stick.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: NPC!Jo [[DressHitsFloor surprises]] Carter at their house, while Fargo is there too.
-->'''Fargo:''' Such amazing detail!\\
'''Carter:''' Stop staring! [''Shoves him towards the door'']\\
'''Fargo:''' Well, it's hard not to!
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** Beverly admits Carter was always good at his job, presumably referencing him identifying her in [[Recap/EurekaOmegaGirls Omega Girls]].


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* VillainousRespect: Carter and Jo, having worked out Beverly's involvement, walk into the Sheriff's office discussing how to track her down... only to find her waiting there for them, clearly annoyed that they're already onto her. She irritably tells Carter that "You always were good at your job."

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* NotWhatItSoundsLike: After Jo's BigDamnHeroes moment, Zane asks for help getting up as he feels "limp" after coming around from the matrix. Jo has some fun at his expense over the phrasing.


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* ThatCameOutWrong: After Jo's BigDamnHeroes moment, Zane asks for help getting up as he feels "limp" after coming around from the matrix. Jo has some fun at his expense over the phrasing.

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* GameBreakingBug: InUniverse example. Blowing up the matrix version of the Astreus causes a cascade failure that will swallow up the entire matrix and anyone inside it unless they leave in time.



* YourMindMakesItReal: Beverly warns Carter before he enters the matrix that he won't have extra lives.

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* YourMindMakesItReal: Beverly warns Carter before he enters the matrix that he won't have extra lives. At the end, everyone is in danger when a cascade failure threatens to destroy the matrix and everyone still in it.

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* CallBack: At the end, Andy wonders [[Recap/EurekaLost why the returned Astreus crew are avoiding him]].

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* CallBack: BigDamnHeroes:
** Carter rescues Grace from NPC!Henry when she's about to be "retired" for knowing she's in a simulation.
** Jo arrives just in time to save Zane from Dekker, who's about to shoot him after he escapes the matrix.
* CallBack:
** Zane escapes the matrix by getting Allison to defibrillate him, remembering what happened when he was electrocuted in [[Recap/EurekaLost Lost]].
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At the end, Andy wonders [[Recap/EurekaLost why the returned Astreus crew are avoiding him]].


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* GodzillaThreshold: Electrocuting Zane with defibrillators is not a good idea, but with the matrix collapsing around them, it's worth trying anything to get him out so he can try and revive the others.


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* NotWhatItSoundsLike: After Jo's BigDamnHeroes moment, Zane asks for help getting up as he feels "limp" after coming around from the matrix. Jo has some fun at his expense over the phrasing.

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'''Zane:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards Oh, even ''I'' wouldn't do that.]]

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'''Zane:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards Oh, even ''I'' I wouldn't do that.]]



'''Carter:''' You were holding a gun at my face!

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'''Carter:''' You were holding a gun at my face!face!\\
'''Zane:''' You were trying to kill me!
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** Allison references ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' when she tells Carter, "Jack, don't let go."

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** Allison references ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' ''Film/Titanic1997'' when she tells Carter, "Jack, don't let go."

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->'''Fargo:''' Guys... We're trapped in the matrix!\\
'''Allison:''' We know!\\
'''Fargo:''' ...You could have told me in your message.



* FaithInTheFoe: When forced to choose between trusting Beverly or trusting Wen, Henry chooses Beverly.



* {{Malaproper}}: Jack, when trying to explain ThePlan to Zane without the help of his hand notes.
-->'''Zane:''' We're gonna try to blow up the Astraeus? That's not gonna be easy. That ship was made to take a pounding.\\
'''Carter:''' I know, but that's why I wrote on... [''Looks at his palm. There's nothing there''] Oh, I wrote...\\
'''Zane:''' Great.\\
'''Carter:''' This is a virtual hand now.\\
'''Zane:''' Mm-hmm.\\
'''Carter:''' [''Tries to remember''] It's... ironic.\\
'''Zane:''' Mm-mm.\\
'''Carter:''' I got this. That means it's a different word. It's... bionic.\\
'''Zane:''' [''Shakes head'']\\
'''Carter:''' It's... [''Remembers''] ionic!\\
'''Zane:''' Resonator! Ionic resonator!



* ProperlyParanoid: PlayedWith. Carter and Henry are understandably leery of trusting Beverly. She does help them rescue the crew of the Astreus, but escapes.
-->'''Beverly:''' I came to you, is the cell really necessary?\\
'''Carter:''' Oh, let me think... [[BluntYes YES!]]



'''Zane:''' Yeah. No computer version of you could have come up with something that incoherent.\\

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'''Zane:''' Yeah. [''Lowers gun''] No computer version of you could have come up with something that incoherent.\\

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Grace is cornered by NPC!Henry in the garage. Bluffing him out doesn't work and she's about to be [[DeadlyEuphamism "retired"]] when [[BigDamnHeroes Carter bursts in to rescue her]].

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Grace is cornered by NPC!Henry in the garage. Bluffing him out doesn't work and she's about to be [[DeadlyEuphamism [[DeadlyEuphemism "retired"]] when [[BigDamnHeroes Carter bursts in to rescue her]].



* DumpedViaTextMessage: The explanation Fargo's been given for Holly's disappearance.
-->'''Fargo:''' Holly dumped me. By ''memo''!\\
'''Zane:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards Oh, even ''I'' wouldn't do that.]]



* LeaveNoWitnesses: Beverly tells Carter and Henry that Wen intends to murder the Astreus crew rather than risk them remembering enough to expose her, hence her own defection.



* OhCrap: A {{Tearjerker}} when Jo invites Fargo to take a walk with her so she can tell him about Holly. His face changes as he realises what she's about to tell him.
* {{Pun}}: Henry makes the obvious one before Jack enters the matrix.
-->'''Henry:''' We're ready to jack you in... Jack.\\
'''Carter:''' Nice.



** Allison references ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' when she tells Carter, "Jack, don't let go."

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** Allison references ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' when she tells Carter, "Jack, don't let go.""
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Carter enters the matrix and replaces his NPC doppelganger just in time to be [[TapOnTheHead clobbered over the head]] by Zane, who NPC!Carter just tried to kill. Held up with his own gun, Carter has some fast talking to do to convince Zane he's on his side.
-->'''Carter:''' What we have to do is build a thing to blow up the ship, and then there's gonna be a heat spike, and then Henry, he can trace it with Jo in the real world.\\
'''Zane:''' Yeah. No computer version of you could have come up with something that incoherent.\\
'''Carter:''' You were holding a gun at my face!
* {{Technobabble}}: Carter, predictably, has some trouble with this.
-->'''Carter:''' My body's actually in Henry's garage. He had to... to jack me to get at my mp3s.\\
'''Zane:''' NPC.\\
'''Carter:''' Yes.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Beverly warns Carter before he enters the matrix that he won't have extra lives.
-->'''Beverly:''' If you die in the program...\\
'''Carter:''' You die here, yeah I got it.

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%% * AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.

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%% * AloneWithThePsycho: Grace is cornered by NPC!Henry in the garage. Bluffing him out doesn't work and she's about to be [[DeadlyEuphamism "retired"]] when [[BigDamnHeroes Carter bursts in to rescue her]].
* CallBack: At the end, Andy wonders [[Recap/EurekaLost why the returned Astreus crew are avoiding him]].
* DidNotThinkThisThrough: Carter's idea to remember what he has to do to blow up the Astreus? Write it on his hand. Which will not come
with matrix-Henry.him into the simulation.
-->'''Jo:''' You know what to do?\\
'''Carter:''' Yeah. Wrote it on my hand.\\
'''Jo:''' Carter, just think about that for a second.\\
'''Carter:''' Right. Well, I'll memorize it.



%% * AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carter's whole plan is to induce this deliberately.

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%% * EvenEvilHasStandards: Beverly approaches Carter to help rescue the Astreus crew because of Holly's murder.
-->'''Beverly:''' I just wanted their ideas, not their lives.
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and simulation continues to glitch despite only having twenty minds to support now. Zane's suspicions are aroused when he sees a bird get "stuck" on a rock, then when he tries to show Carter, Carter's whole plan form glitches.
* KarmaHoudini: Beverly gets away while Carter
is to induce this deliberately.coming around from the matrix and Henry and Wen's team are unconscious from the grenade Henry set off.



%% * NotSoDifferentRemark: Beverly tries this with Henry, but he doesn't buy it.

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%% * NotSoDifferentRemark: Beverly tries this with Henry, but he doesn't buy it.it.
* ShoutOut:
** The simulation starts being referred to as ''Film/TheMatrix''.
** Allison references ''Film/{{Titanic}}'' when she tells Carter, "Jack, don't let go."
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* TheDogBitesBack: After Senator Wen killed Holly against Beverlys protests, Beverly helps Team Eureka to free the crew.
%% * AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carters whole plan is to induce this deliberately.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Beverly puts Senator Wen in a little version of the matrix, containing only the sheriffs office.

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* TheDogBitesBack: After Senator Wen killed Holly against Beverlys Beverly's protests, Beverly helps Team Eureka to free the crew.
%% * AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carters Carter's whole plan is to induce this deliberately.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Beverly puts Senator Wen in a little version of the matrix, containing only the sheriffs sheriff's office.
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* %% AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.

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* %% * AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.

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* *%% AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.



* AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carters whole plan is to induce this deliberately.

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%% * AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carters whole plan is to induce this deliberately.



* NotSoDifferent: Beverly tries this with Henry, but he doesn't buy it.

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%% * NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Beverly tries this with Henry, but he doesn't buy it.
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Beverly Barlowe shows up in the real Eureka to help Carter, Henry and Jo get the Astreus crew back.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Grace with matrix-Henry.
* TheDogBitesBack: After Senator Wen killed Holly against Beverlys protests, Beverly helps Team Eureka to free the crew.
* AGlitchInTheMatrix: The matrix keeps glitching, and Carters whole plan is to induce this deliberately.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Beverly puts Senator Wen in a little version of the matrix, containing only the sheriffs office.
* NotSoDifferent: Beverly tries this with Henry, but he doesn't buy it.

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