Favorite Moments 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 odds with his teenage daughter, Zoe, whose brushes with the law keep Carter nearly as busy as his day job. In fact, after one of Zoe's recent escapades, Carter had been driving her home to Los Angeles from Seattle when their car crashed outside the town of Eureka, setting in motion a sequence of events that have resulted in him becoming the town's new sheriff.
Nathan Stark is a Nobel Prize-winning mathematician, Eureka's head researcher and Allison Blake's estranged husband. Charming to a fault and keenly brilliant, he gives Jack Carter a run for his money in the contest for Allison's romantic interest, but Stark's professional desire to push the boundaries of science eventually compromise his personal integrity. Stark is still in love with Allison, which explains why he has not yet granted her a divorce. Carter's arrival in "his town" and budding relationship with Allison sets up Stark as Carter's bitter rival.
But we all know the real story with Jack and Nathan.
Both men are competitive by nature and neither are willing to admit their feelings for one another in the beginning, thus directing their obvious attraction for one another toward a rivalry for Allison's affections. As seen in almost every scene they are in together with Allison, Allison is left to stand by and watch while Jack and Nathan snark away at one another while engaging in some serious eye-fucking. No matter how much they profess to hating one another there's always an underlying sense of affection and amusement when they say it, neither capable of making it sound like the truth. True rivals would be at one another's throats, ready to deal the killing blow. With Jack and Nathan one is given the feeling that Jack and Nathan would like to be at one another's throats (among other body parts) for another reason altogether, with the only killing blow coming just before la petite morte.
There are a lot of great moments between Jack and Nathan throughout season one and season two. So how about sharing (in the comments to this post) some of your favorite moments between our beloved Sheriff and Scientist.