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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 11
"Chuck Vs. Santa Claus"
December 15, 2008 - 10:12p.m.
Chuck, I gotta hand it to ya. There was a point tonight, right around where Ned let all the trapped Buy More employees call their loved ones, where I found myself thinking, This is pretty stupid. But as quickly as ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 10
"Chuck Vs. The DeLorean"
December 8, 2008 - 08:12p.m.
After last week, it was nice to see things back in their place: Another great week of Chuck; another dose of unabashed nerdiness. In the form of a DeLorean. Whee!
See, it's time for Morgan to grow up, and ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 9
"Chuck Vs. The Sensei"
December 1, 2008 - 08:12p.m.
After this season's Sarah-centric episode, it was only a matter of time until Josh Schwartz and company set their sights on John Casey, one of my favorite characters on television today. He's just so…mysterious, full of cynicism ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 8
"Chuck Vs. The Gravitron"
November 24, 2008 - 08:11p.m.
Midway through tonight's episode, I had a thought, specifically about the nature of this show's A- and B-stories. In Chuck terms, B almost always stands for Buy More, and while the antics of Morgan et al. can be ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 7
"Chuck Versus The Fat Lady"
November 17, 2008 - 08:11p.m.
It's good to be back, fellow Chuckies, and a big thanks to Keith Phipps for filling in last week. And what a week to return, I might add.
One of Keith's main complaints about "Chuck Versus The ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 10
"Chuck Vs. The Ex"
November 10, 2008 - 09:11p.m.
Hey everyone. I'll be your Chuck sub while Steve Heisler attends to other commitments this week. (Hint: They may involve his other job as a CIA agent.) I was happy to step in when Steve said he needed a ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 5
Chuck Vs. Tom Sawyer
October 27, 2008 - 08:10p.m.
Clearly, Chuck is about nerds. But there's a danger to that as well. When the show tries to prove its "nerds are cool" message, it comes off as disengaged. Take last week's cat fight between Nicole Richie and ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 4
"Chuck Vs. The Cougars"
October 20, 2008 - 08:10p.m.
I have to admit, when I heard the title of this episode and saw the above picture on NBC's press site, I immediately thought of a very different episode–one involving Chuck seducing a pack of wild fortysomethings on ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 3
"Chuck Vs. The Break-Up"
October 13, 2008 - 08:10p.m.
Just as Chuck giveth, Chuck can also taketh away. Last week we witnessed Chuck, infused with resolve by his love for Sarah, take a leap forward in his role as a spy (literally), and succeed gloriously. But here we are ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 2
"Chuck Versus The Seduction"
October 6, 2008 - 08:10p.m.
This episode confirmed my suspicion: Chuck is on a roll. The jokes are punchier; Chuck's taking a more active role in the spy stuff; Morgan's not nearly as annoying. And while guest stars were not very successful last ... -
Chuck: season 2, episode 1
"Chuck Versus The First Date"
September 29, 2008 - 10:09p.m.
Welcome back, Chuck fans! If any of you still exist. Like many of the freshmen shows last season, Chuck's run was significantly shortened by the strike–episodes ran uninterrupted till December, then only a few were left for a ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 7
"Chuck Vs. The Alma Matter"
November 6, 2007 - 10:11a.m.
Last night's Chuck promised to answer a very big question. No, not "Will poor love sick Morgan finally get the chance to make slow, sweet love to Chuck?" The other big question: "Why did Chuck end up with all ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 6
"Chuck Vs. The Sandworm"
October 30, 2007 - 09:10a.m.
Last night I was faced with a bona-fide television dilemma: do I watch my world-beating Green Bay Packers face off against the Denver Broncos on Monday Night Football, or the middling one-hour action-comedy I'm forced to write about every ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 5
"Chuck Vs. The Sizzling Shrimp"
October 22, 2007 - 09:10p.m.
The previous two episodes of Chuck--or as I like to call it Scarecrow and Mr. Bartowski--were a creative comeback from two humdrum opening episodes, with the series emerging as a decently watchable update of the hour-long light action ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 4
"Chuck Vs. The Wookie"
October 16, 2007 - 12:10a.m.
Here we are, already four episodes into the first season of Chuck, and perhaps it's time to catch our breath and reflect back on what an amazing phenomenon this show has become. Everywhere young hipsters are donning green Buy ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 3
Chuck Vs. The Tango
October 9, 2007 - 01:10a.m.
I admit it: I've been really hard on Chuck so far. Not because I hate the show–despite its numerous annoying little flaws Chuck is ultimately too good-natured for me to hate it–but because the first two episodes ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 2
"Chuck Vs. The Helicopter"
October 1, 2007 - 10:10p.m.
Before reviewing the latest episode of Chuck, I want to take a moment to apologize to readers who were offended by the inclusion of Scrubs in a list of unfunny NBC comedies I mentioned in last week's post. I ... -
Chuck: season 1, episode 1
"Pilot"
September 24, 2007 - 12:09p.m.
(Premieres tonight on NBC, 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT)
Ever since Friends, NBC has been the television leader in really good-looking, really unfunny comedies. Whether it's Caroline In The City, The Single Guy, Just Shoot Me ...
