Douglas Fargo - Personal Relationships

Personal Relationships

Although Fargo is a brilliant scientist even by Eureka standards, his immature personality and accident proneness lead many residents of Eureka to regard him with impatience and irritation. Fargo has a crush on Deputy Jo Lupo; although initially uninterested, she later seems to care for him to at least some degree ("Noche de Suenos"). Later on, he does begin a relationship with a fellow lab tech Julia in "Your Face or Mine", but only after getting to know her whilst she masquerades as Lupo. Their relationship is shown continuing and deepening in the Season 3 finale "What Goes Around Comes Around". However, in "Founder's Day", when Jo tells him that Zane asked her to marry him, Fargo does act jealous.

He appears to have a deep seated rivalry with Larry, another employee at Global Dynamics, although the basis for this rivalry has never been established. In the alternate timeline, he makes Larry do menial assistant tasks to enjoy his "alternate" timeline status as Head of Global Dynamics.

His social skills and practical intelligence may be less than ideal and he engages in "fanboy" behavior ("Many Happy Returns") and accidentally says thoughts out loud that would better be kept private ("H.O.U.S.E. Rules"). He also is an avid fan of Sarah Michelle Gellar. He has a doll of her and wanted to use her voice for S.A.R.A.H. when he helped to create it. Possibly he is using his own voice when she speaks, but this has not been confirmed yet on-screen.

In "Family Reunion" Fargo discovers his grandfather was cryonically frozen in 1957 and is thawed out into the present. As he helps his grandfather get used to the world, Fargo discovers his grandfather discovered research and techniques that were the basis for Eureka but they were stolen by a rival. When his grandfather proves the various scientific theories were his, several things (such as the cryonic chamber) are renamed in his honor. Fargo is thus given more confidence as he comes from an illustrious line and hopes to match those achievements.

Fargo is among the residents who are accidentally transported back in time to 1947. When they return to the present, they discover that their actions have altered the timeline with Fargo now the head of Global Dynamics; however, in the new timeline, Julia never moved to Eureka, leaving Fargo single once again. At first excited at finally being treated with respect, he soon discovers that his "alternate" in this timeline was an egomaniac disliked by his staff. In a later episode, GD staff members are overcome with rage (due to an experiment gone wrong) and vent their rage on Fargo, burning him in effigy and attempting to kill him. He is saved partly due to the intervention of Sheriff Carter. He does become good friends with Dr. Trevor Grant, especially after saving Grant, Carter, and Allison's son from the Titan rover, displaying excellent driving skills, with Carter and Grant calling him "an excellent wheelman."