-
Chuck: season 2, episode 10
"Chuck Vs. The Tic Tac"
March 15, 2010 - 08:03p.m.
If there's some rule etched down on the 15th level of The A.V. Club's subterranean headquarters against giving out two A's in a row, I haven't read it, nor do I have the security clearance ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 9
"Chuck Vs. The Beard"
March 8, 2010 - 09:03p.m.
"Hey, buddy." - Chuck to his best friend/buddy.
All those annoying, cloying Morgan Grimes moments over the years were redeemed with a single scene near the end of the excellent, Zachary Levi-directed "Chuck Vs. The Beard." The Ring, under the ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 8
"Chuck Vs. The Fake Name"
March 1, 2010 - 11:03p.m.
"You're not a nice guy." - my dream girl
It still gets me that Chuck can have an entire episode about a wuss pretending to be the country's most deadly assassin and forcing him to punch a lot of ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 7
"Chuck Vs. The Mask"
February 8, 2010 - 08:02p.m.
God, Kristin Kreuk is absolutely adorable.
Um, sorry.
Anyways.
In a lot of ways, Chuck sort of had to start over this season, now that the dynamic amongst the team members has so drastically shifted. People rely on Chuck now ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 6
"Chuck Vs. The Nacho Platter"
February 1, 2010 - 09:02p.m.
First off, hi, Keith Phipps here, filling in for Steve Heisler, who’s still putting his mind together after Heroes. So, with six episodes under the belt, we’re deep into the new Chuck order. Chuck can now perform amazing ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 5
"Chuck Vs. First Class"
January 25, 2010 - 09:01p.m.
It's never really bothered me that Chuck is formulaic, because even though the overall framework of episodes are similar, the ride changes. There are enough jokes and fights to keep things interesting and enough details about the overarching mythology ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 4
"Chuck Vs. Operation Awesome"
January 18, 2010 - 09:01p.m.
Let this be a lesson, Chuck writers: You can shake up the spy segments and the Buy More happenings, but by far the most compelling part of Chuck to mess with is the mythology of the whole thing. This season ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 3
"Chuck Vs. The Angel Of Death"
January 11, 2010 - 10:01p.m.
Tonight's episode had me giddy for multiple reasons. Much like my favorite episode of Firefly "Jaynestown," "Chuck Vs. The Angel Of Death" involved Adam Baldwin sneaking around, fearful that someone would recognize him; and his reputation, this time for ...
-
Chuck: season 3, episode 1-2
"Chuck Vs. The Pink Slip"/"Chuck Vs. The Three Words"
January 10, 2010 - 10:01p.m.
I've missed this show so much since last spring. As a TV critic, I watch, and subsequently enjoy, a lot of television, but rarely does a show get under my skin in a good way like Chuck does. It ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 22
"Chuck Vs. The Ring"
April 27, 2009 - 07:04p.m.
"Think with your heart. Brains only screw things up."—Chuck, to Morgan
Week after week, I've watched episodes of Chuck, enjoyed myself, then sat down at this very computer and tried to pick apart what I liked so much ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 21
"Chuck Vs. The Colonel"
April 20, 2009 - 11:04p.m.
It didn't surprise me that tonight's penultimate episode (perhaps ever) was a great one, but what did surprise me was the sheer volume of specifically awesome (and Awesome) things happening. I thought I'd take a moment and ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 20
"Chuck Vs. The First Kill"
April 14, 2009 - 12:04a.m.
There's just no getting around it: Chuck is awesome. And while there have been some stellar episodes this season, this is the first one where I was genuinely giddy with excitement when it ended, pondering what's in store ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 19
"Chuck Vs. The Dream Job"
April 6, 2009 - 11:04p.m.
In retrospect, I kind of wish I could go back and change a few of my previous Chuck grades. Because this was, by far, my favorite episode of the show to date, and all those other A's feel like ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 18
"Chuck Vs. The Broken Heart"
March 30, 2009 - 11:03p.m.
As silly as this sounds, I sometimes forget that Chuck is the central character of the show. The mistake of any show like this, and one Chuck made many a time early on, was putting the zippy spy missions front ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 17
"Chuck Vs. The Predator"
March 23, 2009 - 10:03p.m.
Before digging into tonight's episode—which was an A all around—I want to say something about Chuck that bothers me about the show as a whole. This season has introduced a lot of revelatory plot points, and done ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 16
"Chuck Vs. The Lethal Weapon"
March 9, 2009 - 01:03a.m.
Big ups to Keith for filling in for me last week, and for coining the extremely accurate Chuck descriptive phrase, "the most predictably entertaining hour of television." It's the kind of show you don't really have to think ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 15
"Chuck Vs. The Beefcake"
March 2, 2009 - 04:03p.m.
Hi. I'm not your usual Chuck blogger. Sorry about that. Steve decided to sit tonight out because he predicted he'd be too overwhelmed by the continuing greatness of Heroes to talk about any other show.I'm assuming ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 14
"Chuck Vs. The Best Friend"
February 23, 2009 - 06:02p.m.
Anna is back! Hooray! So much eye make-up!
It's been a really long time, and it feels even longer given the recent Chuck shuffling; due to Obama's speech a few weeks ago, the episode that airs tonight was ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 13
"Chuck Vs. The Suburbs"
February 16, 2009 - 03:02p.m.
All right! I'm happy to say that the last Chuck episode, the one after the Super Bowl, was a fluke—a relatively safe/boring one meant to initiate new viewers. But forget those people, because tonight's was a ...
-
Chuck: season 2, episode 12
"Chuck Vs. The Third Dimension"
February 2, 2009 - 03:02p.m.
Hi there. In case you haven't heard, Chuck is in 3D tonight. That is all.
Wait, but you've heard, because it was all over the Super Bowl. All. Over. It. I swear, I think there was a commercial ...
