US Marshal Jack Carter has been reassigned to be the Sheriff of a small town named Eureka in Oregon. This would seem like a demotion, if the town wasn't entirely inhabited by genus level scientists who push the boundaries of the known and often venture into the unknown. This would be okay, if their projects didn't occasionally escape, malfunction, get turned on when they shouldn't, and blow up. To make matters worse, the ones that seem to go wrong the most often have the capability to destroy the town or the world.
Now as the Sheriff it's his job to prevent those things from happening and stop them if they do. Now if he can get them to say 'Death Ray' when they mean a 'ray that causes death' he can figure out what all these geniuses are saying.
