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June 04, 2025, 04:48:11 PM

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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.

Quote from: Evildrider on April 21, 2009, 11:33:31 PM

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."

I don't want Chuck to be over.

Quote from: Oban on April 21, 2009, 09:13:15 PM

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

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.

Quote from: Nerf on April 22, 2009, 11:18:34 PM

Quote from: Oban on April 21, 2009, 09:13:15 PM

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

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.

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.

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In both the alternate ending and the episode as broadcast, the leap effect eventually recedes into darkness, and text on the screen informs us that "Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home."

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. swamp poop

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.

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

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.

Quote from: Tannhauser on April 27, 2009, 06:59:30 PM

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.

Quote from: Riggswolfe on April 27, 2009, 07:08:57 PM

Chuck better make it and..

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

Quote from: Bunk on April 28, 2009, 06:04:22 AM

Quote from: Riggswolfe on April 27, 2009, 07:08:57 PM

Chuck better make it and..

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.