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This is one of my favorite shows from last season, I hope they can keep the good stuff goin!

I mean they had a character named Harry Tang for crying out loud!

Oh you son of a bitch, I forgot about this one.  This show is fantastic.

Doesn't help that Yvonne Strahotski is a babe.   :awesome_for_real:

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Babe is an understatement. She's sculpted by Aphrodite herself.

My wife and I did a Warner Brothers studio tour while we were in L.A. and we got to tour the Chuck stage. They weren't filming so everything was just sitting there, but it was neat to see it. It on the same stage that they filmed the George Lopez Show, because the dressing room had all kinds of signatures and notes from everyone who had ever guest starred or been a part of the George Lopez show.


Love the show.

Premiere of Chuck is on Hulu, if you all wanna see it before the actual show date. 

It's still pretty good..  :awesome_for_real:

Great episode.

Last Mondays show was awesome with John Larroquette. And the cartwheel..............................

It was a pretty great episode, yea. Particularly since I started watching it 30 seconds after watching Boston Legal.

Next week's episode looks good :awesome_for_real:

And what you say about his company
Is what you say about society.
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift.

 :rock_hard:

seriously, I'm not even a huge fan of the show but a RUSH montage? That's fucking awesome.

 :hulk_rock:  :rimshot:  :rock:

Hahaha that was fantastic.

Well the episode was titled "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer".

While I was sad when the show lost Harry Tang, now they have Buster!

Funniest cheap shot:

Chuck: Do we carry any Rush CD's?
Morgan: No, but not to worry buddy! I have every Rush track on my Zune.
Chuck: Wait, you have a Zune?
Morgan: Ha ha no, just kidding.  I'll go get my iPod.

That episode was awesome.   :drill:

Even better:

I caught a Futurama repeat on Comedy Central.  One of the "Anthologies of Interest" where Fry asks what if life were more like a video game.  Fry fights the space invaders to Tom Sawyer.

Anybody else catch the name of the terrorist in that episode?  Farrokh Bulsara was Freddie Mercury(from Queen)'s given name.

Also, one of the missile command geeks was named Norman Bates.

Might want to be careful throwing geek around like that, Phildo.  Glass houses and all.

People who live in glass houses have better tans, right?

So, you're saying you don't live in a glass house?

Apparently Yvonne Strahovski is Australian!  Those Aussies are getting good at American accents.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0kqwwF5fY

The new Chuck is fantastic.

But according to the ratings nobody watched it :(

8:00pm Monday's is Dancing With the Stars. Everybody else fights over the leftovers.

I finally caught up with the last 3 Chuck's. I'm not too happy about him getting back with the ex, but they have to inject some narrative tension somehow. Don't know how long the show is going to last, so can't have he and Sarah getting together too soon.

The Rush montage was just perfect. Anyone recognize the terrorist from that episode as the same guy that captured Tony Stark in Iron Man?

I watched Iron Man a few days afterwards and yes, I was pretty amused by it.  That and naming him after Freddie Mercury were fantastic.

This week they named a guy after a famous hockey player... oh, the writers and their amusing references.

 :thumbs_up:

The latest episode was just fantastic. I hope this show lasts 5 seasons, minimum.

It is however, the most predictable show on television.

Agreed.

Its kind of good in that way as you know the outcome but you want to know how it gets there.

Anyone else notice that the return of the Ex episode was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, he of Super Troopers fame?  :drill:

I loved last episode. Especially since I dislike Jill on a gut level and think Chuck is a moron for getting back with her. Still, that scene at the end of *flash face on fulcrum list, cut to chuck and jill, flash face on list, cut to chuck and jill* etcetc was way to predictable. I think we all knew exactly what face they were going to see.

Slow motion running though.

Totally worth it being predictable.

That was my second favorite scene. My first being the reveal of Sarah dressed as a high priced "escort". No, that was second, first was the shower scene.

'Sometimes my password is a random word from Vogon Poetry'

So predicatable, so easy to enjoy though. Usually the first show we watch off the PVR every week.

The shower scene was pure poetry in motion.

Another show chock full o' hot chicks.  I enjoyed Chuck's sis leaning over the table and giving us all a reason to be thankful.  Yes the show is predictable but it's fun as hell.  Morgan bores me but where is his hot girlfriend?  I miss that lil minx.

I just caught up with the last Chuck episodes (I feel a bit ashamed that I liked the Tom Sawyer episode so much) and I'm sorry.

I mean I really really tried not to but I love the show and can't wait for the new eps. This of course means that Chuck will be cancelled before its time or start to suck like all shows I really liked in the last few years.

I'm really sorry guys and I apologize in advance for any inconvenience that this might cause.

The thing I really noticed in the last few episodes is the sheer amount of product placement going on in Chuck. In a very clever way I have to admit.

That one of the main sets of Chuck is a fictional electronics store helps obviously but it also offers the production crew a way to incorporate advertising and product placement into the show without it being blatant and/or annoying wich I kinda admire.

Just like the clever way they put Sprint advertising in one of the last Heroes episodes.

Chuck vs. the Sensei wasn't one of the best episodes but more than made it up with the Awesomes oh and Casey obviously.

The best line this season was part of a text message. "Unleash the Casey."

Heh. This show keeps getting better. In fact, if there is a silver lining to Terminator moving to Friday it's that I think these two shows are going for the same audience. Maybe some of the Terminator viewers will migrate over to Chuck.

Also, I love how they keep showing us a scantily clad Sarah.

I didn't like this last episode. Also, the best line was "I wasn't hatched." Though Unleash the Casey was good.

This show, like Dexter, needs to have a character that knows the other person's secret.  Or at least get to the point where they become suspicious of their actions.

I think the sister fits well for both shows.

I'd prefer a serial killer operate in complete secrecy. The angle of the first season was OK while the second season was merely interesting. I couldn't make it through the third season.

Chuck has 2 people that know the secret. Why does the sister need to know? She seems like a blabbermouth anyway, it wouldn't be a reasonable choice for the writers to make her suddenly useful.

I keep waiting for Morgen to find out about what Chuck's really up to. Also, Ned was arrested at the end, but doesn't he also know Chuck's secret?

AFAIK, he does know, or at least he could reasonably be able to infer it by the way the Fulcrum agent ushered Chuck out of the Buy More.

Good episode, which sets up some interesting story ideas for the second part of the season. I think Chuck shouldn't be at all surprised that Sarah capped the cop guy at the end. He's flashed on her before.

That part was a little weak. He knows her job isn't petting kittens. The guy knows his secret and was going to kidnap him. What else does he expect? I'm hoping she eventually tells Chuck off when he confronts her about it. "He was threatening to make your life and the lives of everyone you love hell!"

I liked how the episode was a sort of switcheroo. It went from pathetic, bumbling guy who Chuck wants to help and who accidentally shot Casey to a pretty intelligent setup by Fulcrum. It also helped with my first thought "so this guy just randomly crashes into this Buy More? Didn't they have any spy stuff to do this week?"

Very well-written show with the switcheroo.  I loved Fulcrum's plan!  Nice to see the bad guys go after the good guys.  Were they doing a homage to Die Hard with that fat black cop?  The cast really seems to be jelling in my mind.  Awesome decides to be awesome and Morgan, who is the real hero, gets shiat on.  Chuck, Casey and Sara good as usual.  Good to see romantic tension back between Chuck and Sara. 

This show has found it's legs and I think it can go several seasons.

I'm not sure it was so much a "Oh God what did she do" kind of thing, but rather a "Fuck, we ain't ever going to be normal and happily ever after" thing.

Thing is he didn't hear the whole conversation, he just heard the guy giving himself up.  Not the threats that he leveled at Chuck.

Yes. Same actor. Same character name. Heck, he was the same rank and eating twinkies. It wasn't just an homage, they've pretty much established that John McClane exists in their universe.

I don't know if Die Hard is geeky enough for this show. How come none of you have said that it was Carl Winslow?

Because he introduces himself as Sgt Al Powell while eating a twinking and talking on his radio to someone in a hostage situation?

Oh, I got all that. But you know, CARL WINSLOW! NERDS/GEEKS >_>

Because it's rather obvious

Family Matters was broadcast in Europe?

Family Matters was pretty damn popular.  Why?  I have no idea.

Because everyone loves Alex P. Keaton!

African American comedy shows (am I pc enough?) were huge over here. 'The Cosby Show' and 'Family Matters' were at one point even more popular than 'Friends' and have both been rerun to death in the last ten years. But we have a curious taste as far as sitcoms are concerned anyway. The german TV station that got the rights to 'married with children' for example even offered Fox to pay for the production costs if they agreed to produce another season after it was cancelled (true story).

Edit: spelling and grammar, also Fox naturally never even considered the offer.

You gave me another reason to like Germans today, Jeff. I'd offer all of you (ALL OF YOU) a beer for that, but I know you'd take me up on it and I just can't afford that.

Al Bundy was a God!  Since Chuck occupies the Die Hard universe (or vice versa), maybe we can see Bruce Willis appear at some point?  He and Casey would hit it right off.  LA would run red with bad guy blood!

Talking Heads bit was awesome.

I loved the dog.

Yes.

Also,
"The PTA won't stand for that." Hur!

If I had any disappointments in this episode it's that the villains were pretty much brain fried and/or killed at the end. Raise your hand if you'd like Jenny McCarthy to be a recurring character?

No.

Edit: I'm not saying she'd be bad, just that no, I don't really want to see her as a recurring character. I'm also not exactly sure if I like Chuck having all of well, without being too spoilerish, all of the new stuff in his head.

That's a reoccurring plot device they use to make sure the information in his head is "current". Bryce did the same thing to Chuck with those glasses at the end of one episode.

Updating secrets is one thing. Updating them with
secrets that are  is another thing altogether.

Remember that the test only seemed to have info about what went down in the last episode.  We haven't seen the effects of what the full thing has on him yet.

I actually like the plot development honestly. Though it removes a source of tension from the show potentially.

I just read the ratings for Chuck are down.  I really hope they don't cancel it, it's a damn fun show.

It was the retarded 3d episode I bet.

It's unlikely to be cancelled before the end of this season. Because of the writers strike and the down economy networks not only don't have their regular stable of "replacement" shows waiting around in case some of their other shows are doing badly they also don't want to have to negotiate the ad revenues for the replacement show, even if they had on. Depending on what projects they have in the works, though, there's a decent chance this will be its last season:

http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/02/24/chuck-heroes-cancellation-worries-seem-unwarranted/13460

I seriously don't get american programming schemes.

Chuck was solid until the writers strike hit and it was the only (or one of the very few) show that didn't continue after the strike. Afetr an 8 month hiatus it lost a lot of viewers.

It took Chuck the better part of Season 2 to reclaim at least a part of that viewer base and they had gotten to the point where Chuck got traction again only to put it on hiatus again for two months and then start off with a stupid gimmicky 3d episode.

Also I don't agree with the tvbythenumbers assessment. When Leno get's his 10 o'clock slot on weekdays. 5 additional timeslots for original programming are lost. That means more than 200 hours per year less for TV shows on NBC. That will put a lot of pressure on underperforming shows, especially if the move works out.

Obviously neither Chuck nor Heroes will be cancelled before end of season because most of the episodes have already been greenlit and produced or are in production and NBC wouldn't have anything to fill the timeslot with.

If Leno's move works out I don't expect them to get renewed however.

In the US the "regular season" (as opposed to the Summer season) is more weeks than the networks buy episodes for a standard scripted show (typically 22 or 24 episodes for a "full season"). Depending on the popularity of the show (read: "ad revenue") they will either show reruns of that show to fill in the weeks or they'll show other stuff. Chuck was one of those shows where they showed "other stuff". That's not atypical, especially these days where's it's cost effective to run a 10 - 12 episode reality show in those spots.

"Serial" scripted shows in particular like 24, Heroes and Lost tend to get the "other stuff" treatment since showing reruns just confuses things (imagine watching reruns of 24 interpresed between the new episodes). For Chuck they could've showed reruns but instead showed other stuff including the reality show "Superstars of Dance" (which was actually a decent show if you like dance).

Replace it with other stuff? That's what Reality Shows are MADE FOR!!!!

Yeah, American TV execs will think nothing of replacing this show with cheaper to produce reality TV. Fuck, they can bang those things out quicker than a gaggle of Bangladeshi children can sew up some Nikes.

I finally caught up with Chuck. I was disappointed they didn't continue the Fulcrum intersect subplot, but I hope they save it for later. I'm really going to miss this show when it's gone.

Fox doesn't interrupt the run of 24 once it's started, because they realize people would quickly lose track of what's going on and thus lose interest.  That's why they started the season in January, so it wouldn't get interrupted by sporting events, debates and the like.

Shes right up there with:

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In my book.

Unfortunately, that movie is the only time Elisha Cuthbert ever looked that hot whereas I'm pretty sure Yvonne over there would look hot in a durka.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/52947/chuck-sarah-sizzles

They didn't start that until the 3rd of 4th season, however.  It took them that long to catch-on to the fact people were melting away or getting lost and giving up with long breaks in the show.

Yvonne Strahotski currently haunts my dreams, and the show hits to close to home on some subjects for me. However i highly enjoy it.

Oh, they're about to trim the fat on Chuck. Literally and figuratively.

Edit: I hope they don't pussy out. I'm sick of the fucking Buy More crew. It's too TGIF for me.

Edit 2: Oh wow, the Ex Machina NOT REALLY product placement was awesome.

Needs more:

Where's the news about them dumping characters?

And omg.. this show needs more Julia Ling.  :(

I kind of like the Buy More crew myself.

Just came by to mention that I, too, dug the Ex Machina reference.

6 is so fucking hot.

I can't believe they're even considering canceling this show. I would miss it even more than Terminator if they did.

LIES!



(Link?)

Bah, they could have at least shown who plays Chuck's dad at the end of that episode!

and they need to use Capt. Awesome more. 

They showed it in the trailer for next week's episode.

Ahh I watched it on Hulu I didn't see the preview.

Poor Chuck, you are so good yet you will get canceled.

Did anyone feel like the latest episode was cobbled together a bit?  Some of the cuts were way too fast.

It better not get cancelled. And if it does, and it's because they don't have enough hours with the Leno show I hope the Leno show dies so horribly that NBC finds themselves humiliated. Actually, I hope that anyway.

Man, the episode from last week was awesome with his dad and Chevy Chase.

After playing around with certain VPN solutions and such things I was finally able to circumvent the stupid geoblocking schemes employed by your broadcasters (seriously, why block fucking talk shows? Nobody outside the US will license them anyway) and had a chance to watch the current crop of late shows.

That led to an important question: Why exactly do they give Leno millions of dollars to host a talk show at 10 p.m.? He is by far the unfunniest of the bunch. Conan and Letterman just seem to be going through the motions and the only one that's actually great is Craig Ferguson although he recycles his gags to often.

My impression is that America could do with LESS late shows not more and if they cancel Chuck because of Bigjaw Leno I am seriously pissed off.

NBC wanted to move Leno out gracefully so they offered up the 10pm show bullshit.

Talk shows are also cheaper to produce than most other TV. They are reality TV and the other networks are watching, hoping that Leno catches on so they too can cancel their 10pm Dramas and save some bucks while they retain viewer/ ad numbers.

The move was anything but gracefully. When Leno agreed to give up the Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien, NBC didn't offer anything to Leno in exchange at that time. I'm guessing they figured he would ride off into the sunset or something like Carson. But Leno, being the workaholic that he is, starting looking around for other opportunities including doing stuff for NBC competitors. When he started talking to ABC, which doesn't have a "before midnight" talk show to compete with NBC and CBS, NBC panicked and effectively gave Leno whatever he wanted to keep him on the network.

Edit: I should say whatever he wanted except for getting the Tonight Night, which if it was up him he would still be doing, back.

Man, the last 2 episodes were awesome.

And so was last nights.  I swear, this show getting cancelled would upset me more than if Terminator gets it.

Terminator has already gotten it. They haven't announced anything but the word is the sets are destroyed, the actors are looking for new jobs, and the producer has flatout said it's over.

That said, Chuck better not get cancelled. If it does, I'm done with NBC.

I don't think they have any plans to stop losing viewers.  It's triage now, have smaller audiences but at least make money on it.  They're paring down to become a smaller network since they know they can't compete with other formats.

They are clearly writing Chuck as if they believe this is the last season. Since they got back from the break this year they've been focused on resolving his Intersect back story. Maybe they'll be back next season but it doesn't look like they'll be leaving any major dangling plot lines. The writers/producers on Life did the same thing on that show (another NBC show for which this is likely to be its last season).

Great episode last night, I really like their mythos with the Intersect and Fulcrum.  The writing is still as strong as ever and the character development is continuing.    I like what they did with "Awesome" but I do hope the wedding happens, kinda over that part.  The Buy More crew is still fun as well. 

Any Nielsen voters out there care to help a brotha out?

See.

THAT'S the end of a series.

Terminator, NOT an ending.

>_<

Edit: Even if it felt totally rushed.

I just realized that after this season, there will be almost nothing left on tv for me. Like, at all.

Wha? There's one more episode to go.

Yea, and if they somehow fuck it up tying it off in a nice bow, it would be an AMAZING FEAT. As they've essentially just ended it completely in totally - or set it up for that.

Sam has not leapt yet, there must still be something he needs to fix.

I think I'll cry if they cancel Chuck. 

The last few episodes has solidified it as probably the best show on TV for me.

At least they're tying it up in a very nice bow and


as opposed to sending John Connor into the future, having Summer play Alison, and having a twerp with a trashstache lead the rebellion.

If they get another season though it could be amazing. With Captain Awesome playing sidekick instead of Morgan and both of them lying to Ellie it could be an awful lot of fun.

Even if it does get cancelled I think there's room for a movie if they wanted to do it.

I read an interview with the Chuck producer which I'll try to find and link. He was asked if they left it at a good stopping point and he said something like "Kinda, but the way we left it, if we don't get renewed I think audiences are going to set fire to their living rooms."

 :heartbreak: I don't want Chuck to be over.

Didn't Quantum Leap just end abruptly?  I think they should take the last 10 minutes of the final episdoe of Chuck, and give Quantum Leap an ending.  Television history.

Or they shut down the simulation of early 21st century America, and Captain Archer exits the newly-installed holodeck.

Nope. Quantum Leap had a very good finale episode that resolved several plot threads including a very important one with Al. I'd call the Quantum Leap ending the definition of bittersweet.

Finally caught up and yes, it's going to be a fucking travesty when they cancel this show for shitty ratings. I blame 1) Dancing with the Stars (seriously, America, get the fuck over it already. Watching celebs dance badly while attention whoring backed up by morning show wankery IS NOT QUALITY TV), and 2) Heroes. Even though Heroes isn't a lead-in, it's part of the geek block of TV and has been weak sauce for at 3 seasons. It's crotch rot is horribly affecting the Chuck formula.

I think they'll end the season with Chuck getting the Intersect back and very little actually resolved.  :uhrr:

I don't think he'll get the Intersect back, but I think that having it in his head will have "unlocked" his latent genius, to where he'll be able to solve problems by flashing at will, the way he did when he unlocked the door with Dad.

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 :drill: :drill:

I've never been able to decide who I feel is the hottest woman on the planet.  I mean, I could narrow it down to a group of maybe five, but that's as close as I could get.

Until now.  Christ on a Fucking Crutch she is beautiful.  I'm beginning to think that it is physically impossible for her to look anything but good.

God bless you Mr. Bloodworth!

/drools over slave girl YS

Basically.

(http://www.nbc.com/app2/img/500x495xS/scet/photos/96/2714/174_NUP_131309_0409.jpg)

Holy Shit.....best season finale ever. Discuss.

Yeah, great ending.  I hope we get a next season.  Jeffster for the win!  Also, Sarah Lancaster is teh hawtness.  A real  beauty.

I guess we'll find out around May 5th if Chuck  made it.

Chuck better make it and..

I hope the NBC Execs die in a fire if they cancel this show.  That finale was awesome and only leaves me wanting more.



OBTW, I just realized that Capt. Awesome's Dad was the Captain from Babylon 5.  I don't know how I missed that the first time around.

HOLY SHIT IT'S LIKE THE END OF VERITAS

I REALLY WISH I'D NEVER SEEN THIS EPISODE.

NOW LENO HAS TO DIE

Hey, evildrider, don't say things like that. Someone might be listening. He's just going to be a uhmmmm

Latest ratings for Chuck are 2.5.  So yes indeedy they are on the bubble.  I think Chuck  has a chance for a 3rd season based on the following.

1.  There seems to be a lot of support on the blogosphere.  Jerico was saved due to internet  support and sending CBS peanuts.
2.  NBC has shown to be a patient network.  No really.  The Office, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock. 

So I will go out on a limb and predict Chuck will be renewed.  He may move to another timeslot though; Chuck  but Jack Bauer will stick a Whirlpool 30" Gold Single Built-In Oven up his ass.

One thing that occured to me:
Overall, great episode, with a fine, fine performance of Mr. Roboto.

That punk needs to just stay dead for once. Bringing him back again would just be lazy writing.

I just watched this episode again. They shouldn't have aired it until they announced the show was coming back. I'm just going to assume everyone has seen this, so I'll explain why I called it Veritas "all over again." At the end of Veritas, the whole crew was submitted to some noise thing called the Helmholtz Resonance. In the last minute of the episode, Nico is able to grab a can of soda from across the table, Jedi style. Then the screen goes black. The show was canceled and ended with a character turning into a modern jedi.

This is the exact same motherfucking thing. Only the show is in limbo, which, I suppose, is even worse.

God that last two episodes were awesome wrapped into greatness with a sprinkle of WTF. If they cancel it, I personally have to buy a ticket to America just to kick an NBC exec in the nuts.

The whole domo arigato scene was pure awesomeness.

Even if they renew, the show will change.  Chuck has quit Buy More so no more Jeffster (which would be a damn shame IMO).  His buddy is off in Hawaii.  It looks like they are planning to go full spy show now with the occasional bout of Awesome covering for Chuck. 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/30/save.chuck.show/index.html


Here it is the chance to save Chuck:


Word gets out that a television show is "on the bubble" and may be canceled. The reasons vary, but more often than not, the ratings don't match the adoration of the fans.

Some go gentle into yonder good night, often to the place known as available-only-on-DVD-land.

Yet still others manage to serve as a rallying point for fans and critics alike who have a single, collective message for the networks: SAVE OUR SHOW!

This season, a swirl of programs have generated the "will they or won't they" buzz, including ABC's "Better Off Ted," "Castle" and "Samantha Who?"; CBS' "Without a Trace" and "Eleventh Hour"; and Fox's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Dollhouse."

But perhaps the one getting the most attention is the NBC show "Chuck," which has spawned a "Save Chuck" campaign with fans trying to blog, tweet and even eat sustained life into the series. iReport: What show are you trying to save?

"I watch a lot of TV as a television blogger, but I think that 'Chuck' is a really special show," said Kath Skerry, who helped kick off the movement when she declared it "Chuck week" on her blog, GiveMeMyRemote.com, and temporarily changed its name to "GiveMeMyChuck."

"Chuck" tells the tale of Chuck Bartowski, a computer geek-turned-unlikely government secret agent, and the colorful characters he meets along the way.

Skerry, who also got the word out to her more than 1,000 followers on Twitter, acknowledges that fan campaigns to keep favorite shows alive are as old as the tube itself.

"Star Trek" was saved by letter-writing campaigns in the 1960s. Fans of the drama "Jericho" won the series a temporary reprieve after they sent tons of nuts to CBS executives, a reference to an epithet uttered by a character.

UPN's "Roswell" also had fans to thank for renewal after thousands of bottles of Tabasco sauce -- the show's aliens' condiment of choice -- were delivered to the network's decision-makers.

The explosion of social networking seems to have upped the ante for "Save Chuck" as bloggers, critics and fans have taken to the Web and expressed their love of the show all over Twitter, Facebook and other sites.

"I wanted to do what I could, and the fact that so many bloggers, fans and more traditional TV critics took up the plight got me very excited," Skerry said. "It's a show that the entire family can enjoy, and we don't have many of those left."

Alan Sepinwall, television critic for The Star-Ledger newspaper in New Jersey, added his voice to the roar calling for the renewal of the show for a third season.

He said the show is unique with its blend of romance, action, drama and comedy.

Sepinwall noted that NBC has a lot less prime-time real estate these days with the new Jay Leno show set to debut, but he points out that series like "Seinfeld" were almost canceled multiple times before they found success.

Fans have been smart in their ideas, he said, such as the move to have viewers buy foot-long sandwiches from Subway restaurants before watching Monday's season finale and leave comment cards letting the sponsor know they want the show brought back. iReport.com: Fans go to Subway in big numbers for "Chuck"

Subway sandwiches popped up as a product placement in the series this season, and the show's star, Zachary Levi, lent his support by leading hundreds of fans into a Birmingham, England, Subway, where he served up a few platters.

It's just that spirit of fun that makes the show so special, say supporters.

"There are deeper shows on TV, there's maybe more ambitious shows, but nothing on TV makes me smile and makes me happier than 'Chuck,' " said Sepinwall, who snagged a sweet onion chicken teriyaki from his local Subway the night of the finale.

The whimsical nature of the show is the reason iReporter Connie Jones said she doesn't mind viewing it with her 6-year-old, 4-year-old and infant. iReport: Watch Connie and her daughter discuss their love of the show

"It's really the only show I watch," Jones said. "It's humorous, it's got great pop culture references and music, and I know that it's something I don't have to worry about letting my kids watch. We love the show."

"Chuck" co-creator Josh Schwartz said he is blown away by the overwhelming support.

It's no surprise, he said, that the nerd herd has utilized social networking to get the word out, because "this show is by geeks, about geeks and for geeks, so who better to know how to adapt to emerging technologies." iReport.com: "Nerd Herd employee" speaks

"The show has been a great gift to work on and we always really believed in it," said Schwartz, who has a hit on his hands with his other show, "Gossip Girl." "What we are trying to do with the show is something that is original and a blend of so many different genres ... and so I think it has the ability to reach a broad spectrum."

Schwartz, his crew and his cast won't know until close to May 5 -- the day of NBC's "upfront" presentation, in which the fall schedule is presented to advertisers -- whether "Chuck" will survive. But at least one actor on the show says he's not going to let up in his efforts. iReport.com: "Chuck" fan from Brazil speaks

Ryan McPartlin, who plays Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb on the show, said he's been fascinated by the dialogue the campaign has sparked about ratings and how things like online viewership can be factored in to count towards the show's popularity.

McPartlin has been reaching out to fans and bloggers to let them know how much he, the cast and crew appreciate the support. Having that go to show is like having a familiar friend, he said. iReport.com: Podcaster pleads "Chuck"'s case

"There's something about knowing what time and day of the week your [favorite] show is going to be on and the comfort of that regardless of what's going on in your life," he said. "This is crunch time, and we've got to do what we can."

I've been Twittering with some of the Save Chuck folks, and they seem to be getting some coverage on it. Unfortunately, TV execs are giant douches, so who knows? They definitely need to bring the show back, because I've been waiting two seasons to see Chuck turn into an asskicker.

I hear some 'net talk that Chuck has been granted another season, but that Life will not be.

Saw it on AICN

The Save Chuck shit seems marketing driven. Pretty sure we were guaranteed a new season right when it cropped up. In other words, it's horseshit and we'll be getting more.

So you are saying that Twitter does work?

Looks like Chuck was indeed renewed.  It'll be interesting to see what they do to cut costs.  My guess is lose Buy More staff.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003850.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118003850.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)

That's not really a guess though, I mean, that's how the season ended. And thank god for that.

Edit: In other news...

I thought the Buy-more crew was one of the better aspects of the show. But yeah, going from where they left off, it WILL be interesting to see where they go from here. I am not sure that it will be as good.

I'll miss the Buy More crew. 
I'm glad that Chuck got picked up again, but sad it was only for 13 episodes.  They need a full season pick-up.

Getting rid of the Buy More lets them save on sets, and all other sorts of stuff, and frees Chuck up to become the real super-spy incompetent "Get Smart" badass they've built him up to be.

I'm glad it's back but the scheduled slot is terrible.

Midseason 2010, which means no new episodes for nearly a year. (Chuck starts after the Winter Olympics in March).
8 pm timeslot on mondays vs. 24 on Fox, the CBS comedy block and Dancing with the stars. 3rd season will be last.

I thought I read they were moving it to the traditional Sci Fi graveyard: Friday.

Reports I've seen say Mondays as well. Also, apparently it's being brought back because of "an innovative advertising partnership with Subway", which presumably means, among other things, Sarah will be working there instead of Orange Orange.

According to this link (http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/05/chuck-third-season-nbc-subway.html) I stole from Raph's facebook, yep that's the case.

Ed: Also, looks like Earl is dead.  Replacing it with Weekend update as a lead-in to that awful Puller show? Yeah comedy Thrursdays on NBC will soon be dead, too.

Or all of them will be running a subway. Cuts down on locations and probably costs nothing. I'm OK with Subway as the front.

Perhaps they'll change the plot slightly, and just have them running the Subway, get rid of all that expensive spy-type stuff.

That's not particularly likely. They'd just have it in the back room of a subway.

They kinda lessened the connection between Chuck and the Buy More this season.  It was almost like watching two different, but connected shows.

Ooo! Ooo! I know!  Have Chuck team up with Jared for an episode!  Leverage the synergies!

Yeah I should be a TV exec.  :awesome_for_real:

Only if Chuck kung-fu's his ass.

Woot, they upped Chuck from 13 episodes to 19 for the season.

I believe they didn't do those super dvr numbers last year, I imagine Chuck will benefit greatly from DVR views.  It's nice that NBS realizes it's a good show though, especially compared to the shit they have this year.

Chuck will return on Sunday, January 10 at 9 with two episodes back to back. 3rd episode will air in the series' old timeslot at 8 on monday the 11th. In other great news NBC has ordered 6 additional episodes bringing the number of Chuck episodes to 19 from the original 13.

It's great that Chuck returns sooner than originally planned, it's bad however since Chuck will be preempted during the Winter Olympics and the big promotional campaign that NBC had planned for Chuck during the Olympics will be after the season has already started.

I'm so attracted to you right now.

Don't forget the season premiere of Chuck is this Sunday (1/10) from 9pm - 11pm.

Very glad Chuck's coming back.  They are heavily promoting it too.  Also glad it's going to Monday @8.  I don't care for CBS's first two sitcoms so I can watch Chuck then switch over to 2.5 Men and BBT.  That's some good TV right there.

YOU ROCK MAN! Seriously, I would have missed it if not for your post.

Way to take brave plot leaps.



Completely underwhelmed.

/signed :heartbreak:

I read some stuff saying that most people thought that the first 2 episodes were underwhelming, but that it picked up afterwards.

Yea, didn't care for either episode.

The end of the first episode was money though.

I think it's ridiculous that they tied the goddamn intersect into his feelings. Motherfucker is going to be Echo from Dollhouse. Whedon is the LAST person these guys should be taking cues from.

I got the feeling that he will get his shit sorted out and that will be less of an issue as the episodes go on.
It looks like they may go with the one flash at a time which would be better than the chuck superspy extreme.

 

I can't think of a single TV series where resolving the sexual tension between protagonists turned out well for more than a short while.

The Office!

It's kind of odd, they totally change the series and then revert it back to how it was initially. The only changes seem to be super powerz0rz and a change of roommates.

Oh good example, although I think I did like the show better before they were dating much less actually married.  Still, on  Cheers and Moonlighting letting the characters finally get together was a bad idea. Cheers was saved by the constant break-ups and then having Diane leave the show but Moonlighting never recovered once the tension between Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis was gone.

This always comes down to writing. Most writers are hacks and can only make funny out of the awkward sexual tension.
Decent writing will trump this any day.
My issue with this was that it appeared that the writers were taking Chuck & Sarah down a certain (and logical) path and then got cold feet and decided to keep the status quo by resetting the relationship. This felt very forced and just plain dumb. 

I agree. They reset the relationship way too quickly and it all happened off-screen. It would have been better to keep it for a few episodes at least and have things gradually fall apart.

Bah were the first two episodes bad. The showed a really decent character progressionin season two. Everybody seemed to be growing in some sorts. Emotionally, or simply growing up. Now they hit the great reset button and everything is back to square one. That's some lazy writing.

I wanted a more mature chuck, more in control of his emotions and making more common sense decisions. More appropriate to how they left his character off at the end of season one. I mean come on, didn't he learn anything on all of those ops?

First two eps were meh.  I didn't like
But the third episode was better.  I like ALL the characters, which is rare in a TV show.

I'm a huge Chuck fan but I was sort of iffy on the first two episodes. However, Episode 3 was definitely good and the promos for 4 look good also. My wife had a brief moment at the end of Episode 3 where:


Thankfully the previews shot down that theory pretty quickly but it was still kind of a jarring moment because I wasn't sure what Sarah had said.

I think this season is going to be a bit darker than normal.  Oh and the cheesecake was  :drill:

I think that this might be the theme that they are going for this season. Slowly more people from his private life get drawn into his spy business and this puts them in danger (or get's them killed).

I think it'd be a cool way to deal with things. I liked how they played with Awesome basically putting the team in danger because he thought this spy stuff was cool. I am also glad that it appears they are aiming for a seasonal story arc with this "Ring" group. I think it'll help deal with the "spy adventure of the week" syndrome that Chuck is having.

I think you're exactly right.  It would be really good to see a whole season of them vs. the Ring.  Casey once again got some cool lines like "Good thing I was a marine!"  or somesuch.

Chuck on Sunday night did very well in the ratings, hopefully they will hold fast on Monday night vs. House and CBS's comedies.  NBC has very few competitive shows, hopefully they will keep Chuck around though I'd like it moved to some other night.

Chuck is succeeding to the extent it is almost in spite of NBC. Honestly Chuck being pushed back to the spring because of the lost hour with Leno is one reason I've been praying for Leno to fail.

Last night's episode was really good with Stone Cold Steve Austin and Kristin Kreuk, and it appears that she may be a new regular on the show.

I approve.  :grin:  :awesome_for_real:

Yes it was a good episode.  I like the new additions to the cast but missed Capt. Awesome and Chuck's sister.  Best show NBC has which isn't saying much.

Great eppy indeed, the star of the episode was Adam Baldwin though. I still want to call him Jane.

You could call him Jane if Chuck wasn't better than Firefly in every conceivable way.

Yeah even the plot holes are better than in Firefly

Show us on the doll where Joss Whedon touched you.  :grin:

As someone who liked Smallville and thought Kreuk was the weakest link in it, I'm actually pretty upset she just invaded another one of my favorite shows.

I didn't really have a problem with her as an actress I just got horribly tired of the eternal Lana-angst.

I was surprised to find I was glad to see her walk in the store, she should shake up the Nerd Herd and make for some of the funnay.  But all these new characters mean Chuck's sis and Awesome will be on less, which I don't care for. 

OH and what's up with the car commercials?  Why is a married couple going on vacation with her brothers friend?  Where is Chuck?  Is he OK???

If you missed and/or forgot the first commercial in the series, it does make little sense.  They are supposed to be on their way to the Vancouver Olympics.  Morgan is the one with the tickets.  So, they are bringing him along for the tickets.  Not sure where Chuck is supposed to be through.

Fucking hiatus until the olympics? Also, Brandon Routh is just a godawful unlikable yutz. Probably has to do with him being incapable of delivering a line well, though that's not particularly fair given Casey and Chuck.

Seriously though, an entire season built around hero/savior relationships. GTFO. Lazy writing.

No love for the superman joke?

What does that have to do with Brandon Routh sucking?

Nothing, I just liked that they made a Superman joke in an episode featuring the guy who played Superman in the last movie, and his girlfriend from the tv show.

Routh looks and acts like a Robot dressed as Clark Kent. Which I find distracting.

On the one hand they don't include every cast member in every episodes due to budget cuts on the other hand they waste it on guest stars.

Casey and Morgan teaming up to bring order to the Buy More? Hilarious. Watching Brandon Routh talking like. a. fucking. robot. with respiratory problems not so much.

Also I'm still pissed off about the complete reset of every development over the last two seasons.

Poor chuck, if its not his cover, its his feelings, if its not his feelings, its his cover. Its only a matter of time before he is sad lonely nerd again.

I like the direction they're going with Morgen. Chuck is an awesome character but between keeping secrets because of his CIA gig and just taking the woman that Morgen had a thing for he is starting to have a bad effect on his best friend.

I was kind of disappointed that Ellie and Morgen caught Chuck and Hannah and so now they're apparently giving up on the sneaking around to find out what Chuck's up to. I thought that was a fun element and right or wrong I'd love for Morgen at least to find out what's going on. That and I kept waiting for Awesome to see Ellie sneaking into Morgen's apartment and coming to the conclusion that they were having an affair.

Am I the only one who keeps waiting to find out that Hannah is a Ring agent or something? Maybe it's too obvious but she goes from jet-setting computer guru (who got fired admittedly) to working in a Buy More and being told she's not ready for installs?

No, she's either a ring agent or a plant by the obviously evil and traitorous Shaw. Lana handles Chuck, Shaw handles Sarah, no one handles Jane - and then when Shaw twirls his moustache later on while he gloats about leaving the ring to form an even more powerful amoral group the "team" will be in no shape to stop him.

I have my own pet theory about Shaw. I'll spoiler it even though it's not technically a spoiler since it's just a total random guess.

No need to spoiler that. Also its possible they tracked down Hanna to recruit her and have her run castle.

So I just finished watching Season 1 of this. I enjoyed it, pretty funny stuff. Has kind of a Moonlighting-for-nerds thing going on.

I hope you posted that reply without reading any other post in the thread.

Yep! I'm sure its spoilery.

This. I thought he was ok in Superman, but really, he just looks terrible. He's not good looking, he can't act, and his character is the worst part of this season because of the actor. I do like the darker direction - we get to see Chuck being a badass at times, but we're also seeing him dealing with the consequences. He can't have a regular relationship, he can't have a relationship with Sarah, and his family is in danger. That's setup for some good drama.

Woo, all caught up, time to read the thread.

I could do without the ha-ha-stalkers-are-funny jokes, otherwise I really enjoyed this so far.

Stalkers are funny.

Show is great, Routh still succccccccccccks.

Shame Kreuk seems to have left the show, it was unexpected and then made sense.  Slowly Chuck's spy games are ruining his life, just like Sarah predicted.  Buy More crew finally realized that Chuck is pulling some serious tail.  But as much as they give me a chuckle, they are feeling more and more unnecessary. 

I'm not buying the Sarah/Shaw romance, maybe it's because Routh plays every scene with his eyes bugged out.  I feel for the guy, he was one of the least objectionable things about Superman Returns, but he needs to pull it together. 

But man, is this show firing on all cylinders.  Casey is a hoot as always and Chuck's sis and Capt. Awesome are back in. 

I don't like the recent developments. AT ALL.

Why?

He hates that will-they won't-they crap.  :why_so_serious:

Man, there needs to be like a super double spoiler tag for "shit that hasn't even aired yet."  :oh_i_see:

Or maybe I should look at a calendar.  :facepalm:

EDIT: Missed episode rectified. I liked this one. They need to do something about Shaw's douchebag hair though.

Ok:

I like the development in the last episode. It gives Morgan more to do in the show and I think that's useful.
Also, on a purely male note, Yay for Ellie in a bikini!

I'm actively wishing death on Shaw now and I suspect that his actions in the last episode will lead to problems between him and Sarah sooner rather than later.


The will they/won't they thing doesn't really bother me because that's pretty much expected in these types of shows. Moonlighting destroyed most chances of that tension ever getting resolved in a series.

Also, this is the wrap up season. Sadly.

Really? Boooo.

If you recall, we were very close to not even getting this season, something drastic would have to happen to get another.

Have the ratings really been that bad?

They're about the same as other seasons I believe. NBC certainly didn't help by making people wait until the spring then have the Olympics interupt it. It's typical dumbshit network behavior. "What, just because we jack around when the show airs has nothing to do with any issues with the ratings!"

I started out really, realy liking this show. At this point I could care so little about it that I doubt I'll bother to finish watching it. It's been terribly mishandled in general, and this season has just been horrible to the point of making the characters completely unlikable. Thank god it's the last season, it's already been on one season too long.

God. damnit.

This season is definitely picking up.


And holy shit when did Robert Patrick turn into Martin Sheen?

That's my feelings exactly.

Wow.  Lot of changes going on there. 

It's striking how much better the last two episodes were. Both with minimal too none Shaw involvement

I thought the last two episodes were the two worst of the show.  Mostly because of were the show seems to be going.

I've enjoyed the whole season myself. Chuck is still one of my favourite shows.

The early going of the 3rd season was pretty weak I though, but like prior seasons it seems to be picking up steam as it goes along.

Its gotten to the point of watching out of habit now :(

This is the sunset season, so yeah, they are wrapping up.

Last night's episode made me angry.

I really enjoyed the episode, Chuck is pretty much at his full potential and is the action hero now.

What pisses me off is that Sarah didn't want to date Chuck anymore because he is turning into a real spy so instead she dates... a real spy? someone who is exactly everything you don't want Chuck to be? 

Women.

I heard that.

I'm still liking the show as much as ever although they really do seem to be concluding it. That's fine. It's nice to see an American TV show that doesn't feel it has to do everything possible to drag on for 7 seasons or more even at the cost of having everyone be glad when it's finally canceled.

I could be wrong I guess. Although the reset they'd have to do to put things back to the initial conditions at this point would make the one at the beginning of this season look like nothing at all.

I finally got caught up. The first episode back after the break (the Shaw is the target of Chuck the assassin) was the worst episode of the entire run, mainly because of the goombah villains. But it did set up some nice drama with Chuck being a good liar. I really like where the show's going. In fact, I'd love it if they moved the show out of the Burbank Buy More and actually followed Chuck as a team leader in Rome, with Sarah and Casey along for the ride. I'm afraid they won't do that, though. It'd be a great hook for a 4th season, but I don't see them getting a 4th. As it is, though, I'll be happy if the first person Chuck kills is Shaw, because man, I hate Brandon Routh. I didn't realize it until he came on Chuck, but I really despise looking at him.

Sarah is starting to annoy me also

They were talking about the "game changing" ending of season two a lot but last episode clearly showed that they didn't have a clue what to do in season three.

You could have made a good season really great just by reordering some of the episodes and filling in some plot holes.

Sarah is worried that Chuck has changed, that becoming a spy will change him even more, doesn't want him to be a spy: Introduce the whole spy training ends with red test right at the start of the season.

Sarah tells somebody about the worst day in her life, about how much killing another person has changed her and that she fears about Chuck losing himself if he has to do it also. It would give Sarah Walker a much better motivation for everything, her insistence about leaving the spy world, her fear of losing "old chuck", being hurt and heading for the rebound guy when Chuck chooses spy world over her.

Make the ring more prominent. We don't know who they are, we don't know what they want (except Shaw, which we don't really care about) and they haven't done anything wortthwhile anyway except raiding the Buy More a few times. What is their goal, how do they want to achive it, why the beef with Shaw.

Lose the Hannah and Shaw plot completely. Kristen Kreuk's character didn't serve any purpose at all, except showing her in the mini nerd herd outfit a few times (not that there is anything wrong with that  :why_so_serious:). Brandon Routh can't act his way out of a paper bag, he is totally outclassed by most if not all of the cast, especially Yvonne Strahovski who does an awesome job this year. You could easily swap Shaw with any already existing character on the show (killing the fiancee of Casey has put him down the dark road to being the guy he is today for example), which would also mean that you wouldn't have wasted your budget on two guest stars that are rather worthless as far as plot is concerned and could use it more effectively on the awesome cast you already have.

Hell throw Sarah Lancaster a bone instead of wasting money on guest cast.

Wouldn't have changed much about the last episodes but would have made the episodes much better.

Last night's episode was good. They could end the series on it and it would be fine. 

I haven't seen any of Season 3, but I agree with what you said entirely.

 :grin:

Agreed, that totally did not end up where I expected the episode to end up.

I was actually surprised when they did the 'returning in 3 weeks' preview. I totally thought they could have ended the season, and the series, with that episode.

I think this was the original ending for the series, according to wiki this season was originally going to be 13 episodes long then they subsequently ordered 6 more episodes.

I enjoyed this episode far more than the last few.

Excellent episode, very surprising and satisfying.  This may not even be Chuck's last season I hear.

Plus hey, now the show has an ending I can pretend is the real ending if it goes off the rails from now on!

I seriously doubt the last episode of the last six they ordered which will probably be the last ever has any chance at all at topping this one.  I've been hoping and praying for more Chuck ever since i knew it was in trouble but if it was going to end it should have ended here.

Good show again last night.  Fun and sexy and the return of Jeffster!  No LOL moments, but a lots of snickers.  They are dramatically re-arranging this show and I like it.  Ellie is the only thorn in my side, she needs to sack up. :)

Casey and Morgan are THE dream team. Forget the intersect, forget all of the Chuck/Sarah drama. They should do a spin off with Adam Baldwin and Joshua Gomez.

Now that all of the fake will they won't they drama is out of the way the show has taken on steam again. The setup like it is now is really promising, at least until Chuck gets cancelled a few weeks from now.  :why_so_serious:

Yvonne Strahovski and Zachary Levi have real chemistry so they should have gone the couple route a lot earlier and Adam Baldwin and the geeks at buy more is a reallly great combination.

Casey in his cover job at the buy more being Ass Man instead of Morgan and having to deal with the antics of Morgan, Jeff and Lester, Chuck and Sarah being the awesome spy couple that they are and Morgan as spy in training.

Chuck's sister and Awesome are sadly rather superfluous at the moment.

Joshua Gomez is not that watchable. I'm actually upset they keep dragging him in. Not that it matters, the odds of them getting another full season is near nil and the last episode tied up the entire show pretty well.

Reports are that Chuck got renewed for next season, though it's likely to be a 13 episode order rather than a full season's 22 episodes.

Wait, what? Resurrection part 2? From the brink a second time?

Yep. Renewed for 13 Episodes with an option for 9 more.

Thats great, love the show...but uh..where the hell can they go with it? Clip episodes?

The Hart to Hart intro from last week's episode might be a clue, I guess.

They need to lose some of the cast. The haven't really used them anyway.

I'm getting pretty tired of the "i finally have the woman of my dreams so now im going to continuously lie and hide stuff from her" plot device. 

So, was that the end of the season finally? It was great. And the setup for next season looks fun too.

I finally finished watching the season and I loved it. I wasn't too sure about the "We can be a couple and spies" thing, but they dispensed with that pretty quick and built up to a stellar season finale. Hate that we lost the dad, and that we have another season of Ellie (and everybody) being deceived about Chuck being a spy, but the whole family angle could make for some fun stories, especially if Ellie gets turned into another Intersect.

It'd be cheesy but there's nothing stopping them from bringing back Dad with the same magical healing device they used to bring back Superman.

http://www.nbc.com/chuck/video/season-4-super-sneak-peek/1249502/

So um, what is he supposed to be just a regular spy now with no flashing, and no intersect? While still being just plain awkward? Boring.........

That's not what I had seen on the premier announcement.

There was a part in the clip where he told Morgan he didn't have his magical kung fu powers. I just assumed something had gone wrong with the intersect for an episode or two.  But perhaps Pennilenko is correct and they've suddenly decided to completely abandon the original premise of the show for no apparent reason.

Well, assuming you saw the season finale ....


Either way, it doesn't matter to me whether he has the intersect powers or not, and I'd still be watching just because of Yvonne Strahovski and the geek comedy gold that has usually coincided with this premise and setting. I saw enough in that sneak peak clip to make me tune in.

I just finished watching the season premier. It was awesome.

This show has so much eye candy, i can't believe it does so bad in the ratings.  I thought Baywatch proved all you needed is scantily clad hotties to be successful.

Is it still getting bad ratings? Sigh. The yearly Chuck deathwatch is getting to be a drag.

The ratings have been decent afaik this season so far.

When is Season 4 hitting iTunes?  :heartbreak:

Really enjoyed Chuck this season.  They are keeping up the chemistry and fun.  These seasonal arcs are pretty interesting as well. 


Still a sexy, fun romp through a nerd fantasy.  Good show.

The only complaint I have about Chuck this season is too much relationship angst. Can we have at least 1 or 2 episodes where Sarah and Chuck aren't questioning their relationship only to find that the mission they are on solves the problem? It's getting a bit old. Still funny as hell though. I especially loved the Old Spice Guy casting. Yeah, it was stunt casting, but damn was it funny.

I'm getting a little sick of all the relationship bullshit too. Sarah has been very patient so far but I think Chuck is rapidly approaching the point where a good strong kick to the balls is in order.

The Subway product placement is the worst I have ever seen integrated into a show.

They seriously need to stop. It's not cute. It's not funny.

Well episode 13 of the latest season aired last night and ended all the plot arcs that were going quite well. This could have been the season ender or even series conclusion and everyone would have left happy.  I think they still have a few more shows to air for this season though and as far as I'm concerned they've earned another one in the fall.

Last night's show had no noticeable Subway products in it which was nice.

Still not on iTunes for season 4 (in the US, Canada has it.)

No, but it's pretty much mandatory.  They've been barely staying on the air, whoring themselves out is about the only way they've managed to do that.  Not meant to be cute or funny and they probably can't stop.

Last night should of been the series finale.

I felt the same this time last season.  Still, they managed to keep things interesting afterwards. Maybe they'll be able to do it again.

I'm glad Chuck's hanging in there it's a fun show.  Where else can you see James Bond and Sarah Connor go toe to toe? Besides, what else is NBC going to put there?  They turned down The Walking Dead, it's not like they know a hit anyway.

The best part was the pregnant ladies disappointment when they were arrested.

Not a bad episode last night. It's setting up next season's major project reasonably and it pretty much makes sense.

Yvonne Strahovski looks amazing in anything.

Season pass finally showed up on iTunes, I wonder what the holdup was?

One more season has been confirmed.  Also confirmed that it will be the final season.

Sounds about right.  I love Chuck, but its time to go.  And they have a full season to go out in a great way.

The last season will only be 13 episodes.

Awesome, just awesome. I really liked the final episode of the season. Timothy Dalton is just a brilliant actor and Adam Baldwin can actually convey different and complex emotions just by grunting.

I'm a bit skeptical about  but I'm glad they have gotten another 13 episodes.

:(

It was awesome until the wedding, the setup for next season left me completely meh.

Did I miss an episode? Because they seemed to have rushed the new CIA jerk into the show.
 

It's also moving to Friday nights at 8pm.

Finally caught up with this season. I liked it, but some of it felt really rushed. The Vivian is a crazy batshit villain part felt very rushed, and the season finale also moved along with a bit too frenetic of a pace. But, I like the set up for next season. I love the Morgan bits and have really enjoyed seeing him and the rest of the cast being read into the whole spy situation. After all, it would have really sucked if they'd tried to keep the status quo of no one knowing about the spy stuff through this season. Morgan taking a more active part has been fun, and I really look forward to seeing them try to train him to be the Intersect.

I am not spoilering a show that's been finished for almost a month.

The problem this and the last few seasons has been that the initial order was 13 episodes which NBC later extended to 22. So they've always been structuring the season to finish at 13 and then later extend it or write a new 9 episode arc.

This unfortunately shows.

Final season kicks off this Friday  :drill:

I can't wait!

Ah, the old classic 'slippery hand' gag.

Soo glad this is back and of course it had the obligatory Yvonne Strahotski in lingerie.   :heart:

Getting used to the new direction.  Lots of stunt-casting as well, took me a second to recognize Mark Hammil. I think this is going to be a fun last season.  They know how many shows they have to wrap things up and I look forward to seeing how they do it.  Funniest part was Casey reacting to the Rush line!

Oh and YS again in lingerie...that's just too much to handle!  :drill:

I had to ask my wife, "Is that Mark Hammil?"  That guy's put on a LOT more weight than the last time I saw him. He's starting to look like Shatner even though he's ~20 years younger.

Tonight's episode is your big chance to see Yvonne Strahovski completely naked.

And Abed and Shirley working at the Buy More.

Mosaic :oh_i_see:

Yeah she looks a lot better in lingerie like they usually show her than in mosaic.

Surprisingly dark Xmas episode with Sarah getting smacked around and tortured.  A more intense episode than usual and I enjoyed it.  Chuck dropped his "Gee Whiz" demeanor and whupped some ass.

The Subway product placement was so seismically dropped that I laughed. 

They've been pretty blatant about the subway product placement several times already.  And Sarah didn't get beat more than usual, the only difference is that this time they actually showed some results to the beating.

Someone explain the weird credits sequence at the beginning of the latest episode.

I think it was supposed to be an homage to Silver Streak or some other 70's/80's train movie.

I've liked where they went this season. It seemed they showed Sarah getting her ass beat A LOT, and really focused on the effects. It got kind of uncomfortable in the Christmas episode.

I'm really going to miss this show.

Ah, I didn't think of Silver Streak!  I was puzzled by that too.  The show is ending with class and with YS still in skimpy attire.  I approve.

Good to see Ben Browder can still get work in this post-Farscape/Stargate world of ours  :awesome_for_real:

"I'm a Casey, I don't run, I stalk my prey" :awesome_for_real:

Edit: oops fixed quote

Well it's over. 

That didn't seem like an ending, season finale maybe.  No house and no baby, instead we get Chuck back with the intersect and severe brain damage for Sarah, my guess is they are planning a TV movie or something because they wrote better endings when they didn't know it might be an actual end.  The actual episode was great though, it just left too much unresolved.

Either you saw a different Chuck than the rest of us, or I want a hit off of what you're smoking.  Tann summed up everything pretty well.