I have praised Chuck over the past five seasons for its ability to fuse comedy, action and heart into what I have dubbed here at TV Fanatic the Chuck Triple Threat. This two-part series finale succeeded in making us laugh, and keeping us on the edge of our seat, but it was the overwhelming number [...]
Read More »The answer to the question in the headline is at the very least “not yet.” Based on these clips from Friday’s (Jan. 13) episode of “Chuck,” though, Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) are certainly thinking about becoming just everyday civilians. In the first video below, Sarah tells Chuck that she wants to stop [...]
Read More »In a final season that has been “chuck” full of monumental episodes, “Chuck Versus the Kept Man” didn’t stray far from that pattern. Between Sarah’s possible pregnancy, Jeffster stumbling upon Castle, and Casey thinking about settling down with a woman, it certainly felt like there were only four hours left in the series after “The [...]
Read More »Chuck “Chuck Versus The Kept Man” Season 5 Episode 9 airs Friday January 6 (8-9 p.m. ET) on NBC. Episode Synopsis: While Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) contemplate the next step for Carmichael Industries, Casey’s (Adam Baldwin) forbidden love, Gertrude Verbanski (guest star Carrie-Anne Moss, “The Matrix”), walks back into his life with [...]
Read More »The A-story on “Chuck” Friday (Jan. 6) involves the return of Gertrude Verbanski (Carrie-Anne Moss) and her relationship with Casey (Adam Baldwin). But we’re not here to talk about the A-story right now. The clip up above involves Jeff (Scott Krinsky), who is putting his recently de-addled brain to use by piecing together some of [...]
Read More »For its fifth and final season CHUCK has been firing on all cylinders, wrapping up loose plot threads, bringing back important characters and essentially building up a place where our characters (we hope) will live in some sort of form of happily ever after once the finale is over. This week with “Vs. The Baby”, [...]
Read More »It was teased back in September that Sarah Walker’s mom would be introduced in the final season of Chuck. Over three months later, Momma W finally showed up, played by the wonderful Cheryl Ladd in “Chuck Versus the Baby,” and helped produce what was one of the most emotionally rewarding episodes of the series. Although [...]
Read More »Boy, the clunker episodes just keep coming, don’t they? As a Christmas special goes, this one was like the most contrived version of Alias that Chuck’s tried to deliver yet, with tinsel on it. Chuck Versus The Santa Suit didn’t make me laugh once, not even a small internal chuckle that might easily be confused [...]
Read More »NBC was the only broadcast network to roll out original programming on the final Friday of 2011. Chuck (3.2 million total viewers, 0.8 rating in adults 18-49 demographic) sank in the ratings compared to the previous week’s performance in the demo (0.8 vs. 1.0). The fact that it was the only scripted offering that wasn’t [...]
Read More »Oh “Chuck” fans. We know how much you love the show and we know how much you’re going to miss it after the upcoming final season. We’re going to be crying into our Subway sandwiches too. But fear not! According to Vulture, series co-creator Josh Schwartz is planning on doing an American version of the [...]
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