This week in Chuck: vs the Colonel

2nd to last episode this season/series(?) And they jam packed it with so much stuff. Honestly, if the show completely ended at this ep it would work:

Capt Awesome vs. Agent Frankenstein - Awesome holds his own but Casey is one tough SOB. Luckily Sarah shows up with a well placed boot to the head to save the day. Best part - Awesome learns about his future bro-in-law's secret spy life. Its been sad to see Chuck so devastated that he can't share what's going on in his life with his sister. This is like the next best thing. And I'm so going to try to work in the line "Can you be awesome?" Into everyday life.

Agent Frankenstein vs The Smoking Hot Weiner Girl

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I've come to think of the Casey and Sarah part of Team Bartowski as Team Bad Ass. Because they are. They haven't fought against each other since early S1. But, yay, we get a rematch! Sort of. They actually spend most of their fight taking out Fulcrum agents (because they are Team Bad Ass!). Even better was the reason why they were fighting - Casey was mad Chuck and Sarah didn't include him in their rogue mission to save Chuck's dad. But that's a good thing or we'd have never gotten...

Hand Porn! (tm someone at TWoP)
Oh Chuck and Sarah with your fake relationship. Pretending to be together while at the same time trying to hide the fact that you want to be together...stuff like this is bound to happen.



Special thanks to Morgan for proving once again nothing comes between Chuck and Sarah /rimshot

Also special thanks to the show's music supevisor for keeping the second line of the chorus of the song used in this scene ("Creature Fear" by Bon Iver)... and for the sensors for not noticing. HA!

BuyMoria
A lot of people complain about the Buy More plots on the show. Me? I enjoy them. Although if they fazed out that part of the show, I wouldn't mind because there's only so much spy action that could realistically (at least as far as this show goes) take place at the Buy More. Anyway, loving "the Godfather" homages. That and Buster Bleuth constantly screaming out "Ass Man" for his new assistant manager Morgan. Somehow the slightly crass guy humor on this show works for me. Who'dve guessed? Morgan declares his freedom, quits the Buy More and takes Anna with him. Carry on my wayward little bearded manboy.

Intersect, out!
Chuck's dad eliminates the whole premise of the show by getting the Intersect out of Chuck's head. Okay, that means no more spy missions? No more Team Bartowski (or Team Bad Ass)? Everyone ends on a happy, promising future kind of note. But there's one more episode to go so you know they're going to blow things up with no promise of another season. Television, I love and hate you.

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Spook

So, I had planned on doing more "Chuck" blogging last week, but sometimes real life gets in the way. 2009 is turning out to be one of those reevaluate your life's direction years. Sometimes you make changes in your life, sometimes life drags you kicking and screaming into those changes. Me? I like to pay attention to the signs and play along so I can take charge. But right now what direction I should go in is murky at best.

Which brings me to the little things in life. When real life gets tough, the trivial stuff and fluff looks extra ridiculous by comparison. Then you think about all the time you waste on that stuff when you should be doing more important things. But, I learned something recently. After dealing with some tough stuff, I sure do appreciate the trivial.

Its just nice to not have a care in the world beyond whether you've seen one too many Lindsay Lohan or Hannah Montana references on the Internet that day. Or to just come home to a quiet, empty apartment, kick off your shoes and fire up the DVR. I suppose I'm finding out there's a time and place to do and think of more important things, and there's a time and place to do and think of nothing at all. The key is the balancing act between the two.

So since I'm appreciating little things right now, I had an amusing Easter. Occasionally my Mom likes to give me strange gifts. It's not often, and the gifts aren't bizarre, bizarre or anything. It's just, for example, when I turned 30, she gave me a stuffed animal. A lion. Because I loved stuffed animals when I was a kid. Yeah, Mom, but... I'm 30!

Truthfully, I think I was a victim of re-gifting with that one. It was intended for my niece, and my sis put a kibosh adding to her daughter's overpopulation of stuffed animals. So Easter rolls around this past Sunday and my parents are giving out candy and toys to the grandkids when Mom says to me "I've got a gift for you." And she hands me this guy:


Immediately I'm puzzled. Okay, looks like a McDonald's toy. What? Have they been raiding Happy Meals lately? I know I'm the youngest in the family, and maybe because I'm the only unmarried kid, they don't want me to feel left out during holidays. But I'm 41. And I get a Happy Meal toy.

Then it dawns on me. It's a Spook! Holy crap! My Mom just gave me the coolest gift ever! And when you pull its legs down its eyes even light up! Mom gave me a spook.

So my excitement over receiving Spook needs a little context. If you haven't figured out by now, my Mom is kind of a colorful, somewhat unusual person. I have lots of funny stories about her which I've blogged elsewhere. As you can imagine her doling out words of wisdom is going to have some fun bent to them.

One of her pearls she passed along to a couple of my nephews when they first started driving was "Don't let no spooks ride in yo' car!" She was referring to not hanging out with, oh, what you may call hoodrats, thugs or undesirable "friends" albeit with less political correctness (call it racism within your own race). It's been my favorite Mom quote ever since. Just because calling someone a "spook" is so old school South. Which, basically, she is. Of course, my nephews are just so proud that their Nana is ghetto.

When she gave me Spook, I was baffled and then I burst out laughing. OMG Everyone, Mom gave me a Spook! This is so going in my car! And that is where he'll stay.

Anyone Else Watching "Chuck"? Part 2

Because it looks like I'm not the only one asking this question. As the 2008-2009 TV Season nears its end, and television bloggers are noting the shows that haven't been renewed yet but need to be, guess who is topping the list?

See for yourself. Television Without Pity has gone to bat for "Chuck" before (in fact it was an article I discovered on that website in December which encouraged me to check the show out on Hulu.com). Well they're at it again:

TWoP 10: Shows That Should Return Next Fall (But Might Not)

Guess who's #1? Just a week ago they posted this

Chuck: Seven Reasons It Deserves a Third Season

Seems some other TV bloggers are joining the chorus all spearheaded by GiveMeMyRemote.com:

Chuck vs. The Network Pickup

For the entire week they're asking other bloggers to join the fun to help bring attention to this great little show. Additional links to other bloggers', er, Chuck love can be found there.

Now, I know I'm moving into obnoxious annoying territory. We've all had that friend who just keeps going on and on and on about how great this one tv show/band/actor/actress/restaurant/movie is and we kind of roll our eyes and think ENOUGH ALREADY! STFU! But everyone once in a while, you decide, what the heck. I'll check it out just to shut them up. Instead you end up being pleasantly surprised.

I don't want to be that person who needs to STFU. But I do want you to be pleasantly surprised. If you're not, then you're not. Simple as that. If you are, you can thank me later.

I can't think of any better way to top off this post than with a tribute to Captain Awesome. Because I love Captain Awesome. And it's not just because they have him practically naked half the time (I really need to do a running tally called "Topless Awesome vs. Yvonne Strahovski's Underwear: Who's Half Naked More?"). Enjoy.

Chuck: Best of Captain Awesome



Warning: I've decided to be obnoxious and in need to STFU! for a little while longer. I'll be posting something "Chuck" related to this blog for the rest of this week.