Finally, I'm posting about last week's Chuck!

Sorry! I am slow! I'm a busy gal, what can I say? I will be illustrating this post with adorable photos of the cast, because I couldn't find any screencaps. Finding adorable photos of the cast is infinitely easier.

So over the week I've heard some mixed reviews about last week's Chuck vs. the Predator. They pretty much boiled down to this: loved the spy stuff, not so much with the Buy More stuff. I'm actually not inclined to agree, for a couple of reasons. One is because I actually really like it when the Buy More stuff actually literally relates to the A-story, instead of just having it relate in more metaphorical terms. Two, is that despite myself, I kind of like our Buy More friends, even Jeff and Lester! I really liked the little character touches we got in this one, especially seeing Morgan step up to the role Chuck has vacated by being the voice of reason and trying to make sure Big Mike didn't do anything illegal. Also, I loved the Beverly Hills Buy More slogan. Buy More.....Because You Can! Pretty funny.

But as usual the spy stuff is the meat of the episode, as it should be. I read a review complaining about the fact that Chuck came clean about his secret search so quickly to Casey and Sarah, but though I can see how it drains the show of that particular kind of drama, I think that it stays true to the character, because Chuck is a nice guy who really appreciates truth. He doesn't want to lie to his friends, because that is how he sees Sarah and Casey first and foremost, as his friends. This is why I love Chuck, and I actually really like that the show takes a different tact to create and maintain drama.

So Chuck found Orion, (who looks like he's from the eighties in every way, but maybe it's just because he's made of binary code.) thereby proving his worth to the government and making sure that the General does not want to get that Intersect out of his head. Speaking of manufactered drama/secrets, I really want someone to find out that Casey has to kill Chuck as soon as he is Intersect-free! Maybe as he gets closer to his goal, he'll find out and that will lead to another crisis.

But, in getting one step closer to getting the Intersect out of his head, he gets one step further away from the woman he loves. I love that Sarah wants for Chuck to be free of the Intersect because she knows that is what he wants, even though she knows that she can't really be with him in any way once he is freed. I think she would much rather this limited/weird work way then nothing, and it kind of kills her that Chuck is so hell-bent on getting the thing out of his head!

Just in case you are not totally excited about the back half of the season, here's what I've heard we have to look forward to! Weddings (plural!) and Chuck's dad! (Who is obviously not Orion, I admit it, I was wrong, but still that was a pretty good guess, right?) I'll write up this week's Chuck before another one airs, I swear it!