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Summary: The O.C. Creator Josh Schwartz and director McG (We Are Marshall) bring us Chuck, a series laced with humor about young twenty-something spies. Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect) plays Chuck Bartowski, a nerdy computer tech who has a database of government secrets downloaded into his brain.
Creator Josh Schwartz and director McG (We Are Marshall) bring us Chuck, a series laced with humor about young twenty-something spies. Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect) plays Chuck Bartowski, a nerdy computer tech who has a database of government secrets downloaded into his brain. Chuck soon finds himself recruited by John Casey (Adam Baldwin), a veteran NSA Agent, for espionage work with his new partner (and first date in 10 years) Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) - leading Chuck to live a split life of computer geek and secret NSA missions. Genre(s): Comedy, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction. Chuck has a fresh start in season 4! The season premiere was great and much smoother and more mature than any other season.
All the same Chuck has a fresh start in season 4! The season premiere was great and much smoother and more mature than any other season. All the same people come back (i assume, from the opening credits) although you only see Ellie, Morgan, Sarah, Casey, and Chuck. I do hope Jeffster returns along with Awesome. Nevertheless, season 4 of chuck proves to be the best season yet.
The show finally start taking some bad twists as really new development becomes hard to get. After 3 fantastic seasons where the highlights The show finally start taking some bad twists as really new development becomes hard to get. After 3 fantastic seasons where the highlights were obvious (the romance, the Chuck factor, the fun Buy More crew), season 4, while still very entertaining, starts to drag and for the first time has no main underlying plot. The complete season ends up being made of several small arcs that sometimes can be boring were not for how the characters are lovable. The main problem here is not season 4 itself, but that it's quite clear that from how it's getting harder and harder to introduce something new on this old formula, a 5th season was approved. When you watch the last minutes of the last episode of this, you will get it how lacking in story the 5th will be, since the cliffhanger was simple 'throw' in the last minute as if producers didn't want it to get the 5th season approved.
In my opinion, without watching the 5th season, this will be the last real worthy season.
The fourth season of Chuck was announced on May 13, 2010. Having initially ordered 13 episodes, NBC ordered an additional 11 on October 19, 2010 for a total of 24 episodes. Throughout the season, Chuck faced individual villains: Alexei Volkoff, head of Volkoff Industries, and Volkoff’s daughter, Vivian McArthur. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak expressed a desire to continue the series past the fourth season as early as March 2011, when it was announced that the season finale would be titled “Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger”. The episode, as the title suggests, had a cliffhanger ending leading into the fifth and final season, which was ordered on May 13, 2011.
Note: Full Spoilers for the finale follow. And so ends Chuck Wait, what's that? The show is coming back next season?!
Just a week ago, as I wrote my review of the penultimate episode of Season 4, I was almost certain was going to be cancelled by the time the season finale aired and you were reading this review. The show had been in danger every year, but this time it felt particularly precarious and as though it wasn't best to hold out much hope. And yet here we are, and we now can enjoy ' knowing that this show is not going to end on the cliffhanger the title referred to and has miraculously been renewed again. Chuck's had more ups and downs than usual this season, but it ended on a very strong note. With Sarah's life in danger, and all his friends and family proved they would risk everything to save her, and it made for a very compelling, involving hour. That was an impressive trick, because I never truly believed would die (even without last week's preview, which I'll complain more about below), but that wasn't as important as seeing the drama that the threat of her death caused and the reactions it elicited from others.
The arc never really resonated, as that character didn't feel fully formed. I suppose it's a testament to that fact that she only appeared in one scene in the finale – we didn't even see her with her dad in his final scene. But that was probably for the best, since was so fascinating and we got plenty more of him in the finale. Or we got plenty more of Hartley, that is. While it didn't allow for quite as much humor, was as terrific as ever showing Alexei's transformation back into the good man he was, who was ill-prepared to find out thirty years had gone by, in which time he'd built a criminal empire and fathered a daughter he'd led towards the dark side. And there were still a couple of funny moments, most especially when Chuck tried to get Hartley to act, 'in a very bold and Volkoffian way,' only for Hartley to state, 'I'm gonna run away now,' before doing just that. I may not have cared as much about Vivian's struggle between good and evil by the end, but I cared about her father and I'm glad he got a happy ending with her – after he ultimately found his own strength to go back and confront the horrible situation that the man he'd become had caused.
Except for the Buy More gang, who were (appropriately) sidelined for much of the episode, most of the characters got a nice moment here, in an episode the Chuck producers, for the umpteenth time, had to craft as a possible series finale, mixed with set up for more, should it come. Got some great Reagan mentions in early on – 'Is he still in charge?' – and of course it was wonderful to hear him tell Chuck he was, 'the second best spy I've ever worked with,' in one fell swoop paying Chuck and Sarah the highest compliment he could. Also, while it was a scene that could easily have been cut from a story perspective, I'm really glad they kept in that bit with Morgan telling a comatose Sarah a story about Chuck standing up for him against bullies. It was a very sweet scene, sold completely by, showing both his faith in Chuck and his own caring for Sarah, as he stayed by her side. I wish had more of a 'moment' of her own, but at least did – as he used the path of least resistance to take down a CIA guard, by punching the guy out.
With Chuck himself, it's not like we needed to see him prove his love for Sarah at this point. But the whole episode had many strong reinforcements of his love and determination, and it really showed not only how much he cared for Sarah but how courageous Chuck had become when he decided to take off his disguise and announce that Chuck Bartowski was there to see Vivian, knowing full well he might not leave that building alive. Besides a few cool tricks from the 'nighthawk' motorcycle and a very quick bit of Chuck-fu, this may have been the least action-heavy season finale Chuck has had.
Bac cooling tower parts. But that's okay, as there was plenty of tension and suspense the whole way, as Chuck lost the Intersect and went AWOL from the CIA to save Sarah. And even if it didn't turn into a big gun fight free for all, seeing Chuck face off against CIA hardass Decker (Desperate Housewives' ) and his men, backed by Morgan, Casey, and the CAT Squad was a wonderful moment – even before the Russians showed up to help save the day. Once again, it sold that these people were going to go all the way to save Sarah, whatever the consequences.
As for Sarah herself, had minimal screen time, with Sarah in a coma, but I loved the inclusion of the flashbacks to her and Chuck dealing with some pre-wedding jitters by doing their own rehearsal in their apartment. In fact, it was so sweet and said so much about them as a couple that I almost wish we didn't bother seeing the real wedding at all, which felt a bit redundant at that point. Oh, also, here's where i bitch about them showing clips from the actual wedding in the previews last week: Not only did it take away any tension that Sarah might actually die, but it also took away from letting us believe that Chuck and Sarah were going to end the episode on the run, which I might have otherwise been sold on, if I didn't think, 'Well, that can't be, because we still haven't seen them get married in a big wedding, with everyone they know present.' This dynamic is about to change. So let's talk about that ending When discussing the finale before it aired, the cast had said it in some ways could work as a satisfying conclusion, while also leaving the door open for more.
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I'd say that was almost true, in that having Chuck and Sarah receive an 877 million dollar gift from Hartley and using it to purchase the Buy More set themselves, Morgan and Casey up as freelance spies feels like a fun way to end the series. Hell, even having Morgan get the Intersect could be a fun, 'and there will be more adventures for these guys' ending. Though let's face it, we totally want to see how that plays out, right? And when you add in finding out that someone has been manipulating Chuck the entire series?
Now that's a cliffhanger move. Who is this person? Is it someone established?
If not, how do they fit with what we know of Chuck's backstory? These are questions begging to be answered, and the good news is we now know we will get to find out, in the fifth and final season of Chuck. As for Morgan with the Intersect, it's a very cool and exciting turn of events that opens up the possibilities for the character in a lot of ways, as the whole gang embarks on their new endeavor. But can we really have an entire season of Chuck with the title character not having the Intersect? And didn't Decker say that the Intersect was being 'suppressed' in Chuck, not taken away? Hmm Either way, it was really great to see that Beckman sent Chuck the ability to upload the Intersect again, as they parted ways as CIA allies. All I know is this: Chuck better not decide he should keep it a secret from Ellie that he's a spy again next season!
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