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post #1 of 127
10/28/11 at 1:45pm
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Yay, I get to start the new Chuck thread (unless someone already started one). It starts back up tonight opposite World Series BASEketball. Maybe that'll drive some Fringe viewers who aren't into sports to Chuck!
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post #2 of 127
10/28/11 at 6:30pm
Not a Chuck fan, grandkids love it. I gotta ask... when I glanced at it I was shocked at the picture quality. Our local NBC affiliate here always has pristine quality even with it's METV sub channel. Chuck looked horrible!

I was simply curious if it was me or was the network feed sub-par?
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post #3 of 127
10/28/11 at 8:24pm

Good grief how in the world did the network let that acronym pass the sensors? That was great.

I enjoyed the episode and will be sad to see the show end.

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post #4 of 127
10/28/11 at 8:39pm

Chuck has always had mediocre to decent image quality, never great. I think the last few Blu-ray releases I've only given them a 3.5/5 on video.

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post #5 of 127
10/29/11 at 2:15pm
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Very interesting way to play with the expectations from last season's finale. It opens on the balcony of a mansion, which we automatically assume is Chuck and Sarah's new place. And by the end, Chuck is barely in a better place financially than he's ever been. Luke Skywalker looks like Meatloaf now. I wish I could remember the Dekker stuff a little better. I know he took away the Intersect from Chuck, but little else. I may need to rewatch the end of last season's finale, especially since he's going to be Chuck's chief nemesis apparently.
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post #6 of 127
10/29/11 at 2:20pm

I was pretty fuzzy on Dekker as well. Good thing for Wikipedia.

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post #7 of 127
10/29/11 at 9:55pm
I enjoyed the premiere quite a bit, because it really showcased Chuck's other, non-Intersect talents. I like him as the Hannibal of this little A-Team. Presumably he'll get the Intersect back before the series finale, and presumably there's more that makes him dangerous than just the Intersect, or Dekker wouldn't be after him so hard. And no PQ complaints here.
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post #8 of 127
10/29/11 at 10:57pm
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Sarah didn't want her toes in the sand so much as she wanted a picketed utilitarian suburban sod yard.
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post #9 of 127
10/30/11 at 10:52am
The ratings for the premiere hit a series low. I'm so happy that the entire finale season is in the can, so I don't have to worry about getting cut off midstream any more.
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post #10 of 127
10/30/11 at 12:04pm
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It's good NBC isn't suddenly on fire, or there'd be the danger of them pulling it early. I guess the Blu-Rays would come out in that case. At any rate, wait until next week. Bayball definitely had an effect. I'm still thinking Chuck can pull out another season as dire as things are at the Peacock. ;)
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post #11 of 127
11/2/11 at 12:27pm
Sorry. But, Chuck and not Morgan needs to have the intersect. Chuck always was smart and could do things...He did go to Stamford. He became mainly the way he was by incidents in his life that knocked him back. Morgan is Morgan. One step up from Jeff & Lester.


On a side note. Anyone else think at the end of the series Chuck's dad will reappear. Yes, I know he was shot and appeared dead.
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post #12 of 127
11/2/11 at 1:43pm
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Yeah, I think so. Especially now that Bakula doesn't have a regular show. :f:f

Chuck should be the only one with the Intersect, but I think it's just temporary. A big focus for now will be Chuck trying to get it back, though with only 12 episodes left, they need to do it sooner rather than later. Then again, I don't as much mind the switch.
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post #13 of 127
11/2/11 at 4:19pm
The thing about putting the intersect in Morgan, is that it's a way of showing that Chuck was more than just the intersect. He saved the day in the premiere by using his other skill sets.

That being said, he's definitely got to get the intersect back by the series finale. Something tells me it might not be completely eradicated from his brain, or Dekker wouldn't still be spending so much time trying to destroy him.
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post #14 of 127
11/4/11 at 6:16pm
Yeah, it seems pretty clear from tonight's episode that they're going with the idea that most people's brains can't handle the intersect angle that they have talked about a little in the past, and it'll end up back in Chuck soon.
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post #15 of 127
11/4/11 at 7:24pm
I'm really enjoying seeing how far Chuck has coming, that he's pretty competent without the Intersect. I love that Morgan does all of these fancy acrobatics in the convenience store, and then Chuck just walks up and socks the guy in the jaw.

I'm wondering if the glasses Intersect left for Chuck was really a poison pill engineered by Dekker to incapacitate Chuck, and Chuck dodged a bullet when Morgan picked up the glasses.
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post #16 of 127
11/6/11 at 7:42pm
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Ratings dropped even without the WS. I hope we get the full season. I was thinking, "If canceled early, at least we'll get them on Blu," but not if it's ended before they're filmed. Fortunately, NBC doesn't seem to have some magical show waiting to take its place.
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post #17 of 127
11/6/11 at 7:49pm
NBC is committed to filming all of the episodes. The episode count for season order was determined based on what would make the most attractive syndication package for affiliates. The writers just started work on the series finale, so my guess is they're not too far off from the end of shooting anyway.
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post #18 of 127
11/6/11 at 8:08pm
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Cool. Are they committed to airing them? I assume they will, but at least we're back to seeing them in some form or another either way.
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post #19 of 127
11/6/11 at 8:56pm
I don't know if there's a contractual commitment, but we're talking about the least watched broadcast network on the least watched night of television aside from Saturdays. The only way they pull it is if they're worried about it hurting Grimm as a lead-in. The only way they don't air them all is if they think unaired episodes will sell DVDs, much like Fox did with "Firefly".

I'd guess probably a 75-80 percent chance we see "Chuck" finish its run Fridays at 8 PM.
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post #20 of 127
11/7/11 at 7:36am

I'm not sure how I feel about this season. It's...ok...sort of... I think Chuck's melange of irony-free sincerity, silliness, inferior fight scenes, and man-boys made for a brilliant and fresh first season, but has evolved little since.

 

This season was settling in for "surf the web as I watch in the corner of my eye" background until Morgan forgot who Indiana Jones was. Now this is interesting. The sort of hook I was thinking was needed; the idea that Morgan had settled in to the Intersect too easily compared to Chuck's four years of difficulties. So this might be good plot uptick.

 

I like Carrie Ann Moss, but I don't think Vanderbilt will top Volkoff Industries.

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post #21 of 127
11/7/11 at 7:44am

It's going to be a gamble as to whether all eps aired; it barely tops Nikita (.8 to a .7 after the 3+) and it's DVR numbers are also not good.   What's worse is that Grimm coming out of it scores a 1.8, which while down 14% is double the ratings of Chuck.. that's a bad sign

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post #22 of 127
11/12/11 at 1:20pm
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I'm glad jerk Morgan didn't last more than an episode and a scene. I really thought they were going to tie his recovery to Jeff's, though. When Awesome talked about the fumes starting to shut down Jeff's brain, I figured the copter gas fumes would do for Morgan instead of him just being reminded of his past. Now I don't remember what Alex knows. Can they explain what happened or do they have to make something up?

I thought it was kind of lame that the van Jeff was working on was in the office, but then I realized it was probably a car stereo installation bay in the store. Is that what it looked like to anyone? I didn't get a good look at the room.

The Verbanski Logan's Run pod car Morgan was driving was kind of cool.

Also, had to chuckle at the Matrix reference with Morgan dodging the tranks. And then after some rough fully-clothed sex, Casey gets his gun back. :o
Edited by Greg_S_H - 11/12/11 at 2:18pm
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post #23 of 127
11/12/11 at 2:02pm
I really enjoyed that episode. Though Chuck was suddenly a highly competent spy, marksman and martial artist. :)
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post #24 of 127
11/14/11 at 4:17pm
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Parenthood's season finale is Feb. 28, and Chuck's series finale is the end of Jan. Does that mean the shows will run through without the traditional December downtime?
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post #25 of 127
11/14/11 at 4:33pm
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Originally Posted by Greg_S_H View Post

Parenthood's season finale is Feb. 28, and Chuck's series finale is the end of Jan. Does that mean the shows will run through without the traditional December downtime?
"Parenthood" had an unusually short 18-episode order for its third season, so that means they'll be six weeks of repeats scattered between November 29th and February 28th. "Chuck" had a 13-episode order for its final season, so that means they'll be one week of repeats somewhere in December or January.
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post #26 of 127
11/18/11 at 9:30pm

So based on years of assassination plot tropes, doesn't the assassin get his very own photograph of his target and not have to look for one on the Internet?

 

OK, but Casey taking out everyone was AWESOME.

 

And the dig on Crystal Skull was pretty sweet too.

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post #27 of 127
11/18/11 at 10:03pm
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So based on years of assassination plot tropes, doesn't the assassin get his very own photograph of his target and not have to look for one on the Internet?
Absolutely. I don't think the real assassin was ever fooled by the bait-and-switch diversion.

I'm still wonder what Dekker's game is. Clearly Chuck and Sarah are important for some purpose, since he didn't want them killed. But mainly, he just goes around being a gigantic dick to the team. Beckman's his superior, but appears powerless to do anything more than slow him down.

A legal question: if the government has legally authorized someone to kill you, and you kill them to prevent them from killing you, does the self defense argument still apply? Since your attempted killer wasn't breaking the law?
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post #28 of 127
11/18/11 at 11:02pm
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Well, if a cop breaks down your door in a case of mistaken identity (like, wrong house for a drug raid) and you shoot him, you're in a much bigger world of shit than if you shot a criminal breaking and entering. And, yeah, Casey protecting his little girl by not sticking around to hear the bad guy's speech was great, as were the little hits on prequels and sequels. Also, I would agree that Viper never was fooled but knew she had to lure the real Morgan out from protective custody.
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post #29 of 127
11/18/11 at 11:15pm

Yeah Viper was never fooled, but why did Team Carmichael think s/he would be? Seems kinda...amateur hour.

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post #30 of 127
11/19/11 at 1:53pm
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I know it was just written for our amusement, but if Morgan really had no Star Wars memory, why would he ask which order to watch the films in? "One through six! Convenient!" :D
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