Comments on: Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes! – Episode 3.10: Chuck Vs The Tic Tac

By: FC

FC — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:24:27 +0000

Wow. One of my favorite songs, and my favorite show together in an episode review. Awesome.

By: Bernard Gilree

Bernard Gilree — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:04:49 +0000

Great episode! Great review Lou! Annette my thiking on Chuck taking the Laudanol is to supress them emotions he’s dealing with hurting his family and friends seeing Sarah and Shaw together and Sarah revealing her real name Sam to Shaw and not to him.

You saw the way Chuck looked at Sarah when he had that ring agent up against the wall choking him and was about to break his neck. Sarah called Chuck to stop, the look he gave her was a look of anger,heartbreak,and dissapointment.Not only in himself but he is also dissappointed in Sarah as well.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:31:36 +0000

Bernard, I’m not sure I understand what your saying about the choice that Casey is telling Chuck he has to make. For the Sarah thing, maybe she did realize it in the Fake Name and that’s why she fell for Shaw and they just didn’t have her say anything about it. When Casey’s talking to Chuck at the end of episode 10, that’s not the choice he was talking about. Casey was telling Chuck that he had a choice: either choose to be a spy and serve your country and NOT be with Sarah or choose love with Sarah. They haven’t discovered yet that Sarah’s the key to making the Intersect work, which is why Casey explains to Chuck that that’s the choice he has to make as of right now. The Intersect and its glitch is going to give Chuck a middle option to choose between those 2 extreme options. Because it doesn’t always work, he’ll always be partially normal, which is what Sarah wants. But, when necessary on missions, she will have the power to calm him down so he can flash and therefore be a real spy. The pill in the Tic Tac was a one-time substitute for Sarah calming him down. I noticed big time that she didn’t get a chance to calm Chuck down because Casey interrupted and told Chuck to take the pill. Only problem is, none of them have discovered this yet. One of my theories is that in the Final Exam, Chuck will finally discover that Sarah’s the key to it but she won’t make the same discovery. That will set the stage for the next episode where Chuck is determined to get her back, and if my theory is right, for good reason.

I do agree with your last 2 statements. That’s one more reason why it was a mistake to have Sarah think that running away was a possiblitity.

By: Doctor Bob

Doctor Bob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 22:51:38 +0000

Routh was a bust. And Schwartz said that the budget cuts wouldn’t be noticeable.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:44:03 +0000

Provide another love interest for Chuck and have Shaw in season 4? I agree with you that 13 episodes was not enough time to show the journey the right way, which is why this season has been trash with the exception of a few episodes. But if they bring in another love interest for Chuck or have Shaw in season 4, that would kill the show immediately. The fans were already very resistant to having love interests in this season for good reason, and the love interest arcs were played out very poorly. Especially the Sarah and Shaw love arc. I haven’t seen a worse set up, contradicting, pinballing, more rushed storyline that made no sense in a long time. There’s also the fact that pretty much all the fans hate Shaw by now. Routh doesn’t have good on screen chemistry with Zach, Yvonne, or Adam, and it’s been quite noticeable. I can understand Shaw being a mentor to Chuck. But making him a love interest for Sarah was easily the biggest mistake of the season. It wasn’t necessary because of Sarah’s willingness to talk to Chuck about their problems early in the season. I also now understand why NBC ordered the additional 6: so the fans would get more of what we wanted to see. The show’s definitely going to have to save itself in those six. One thing that’s really annoying me this season is the show takes a great episode like the Tic Tac and almost totally ruins it in the last few scenes. Also, about the Schwartz tweet to the fans to get organized, hate to say this, but to be totally truthful, as of right now the show doesn’t deserve to be saved again. I would like to see a 4th season, but only if it’s going to be good and played out in a tolerable way.

By: chuckonly

chuckonly — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:29:31 +0000

i don’t think so,,,,,PLI even in season 4 ,,,,,,,i hop there’ll be at least a handful of fans to watch the show then.

By: Doctor Bob

Doctor Bob — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:20:43 +0000

More Shaw? Life’s too short to watch paint dry.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:15:38 +0000

Okay, so I’m stupid.

At the beginning of the episode, 20 years ago when Alex Coburn made the decision and then they cut to Casey in the present, no problem. But then I rewound it, and instead of that being two different scenes like I originally thought, you could see Coburn in the same scene as they were panning across to what looks like a younger Casey the second time I watched it.

I’m assuming I’m just flat out wrong, but I’m trying to figure out if I’m missing something, and Coburn and Casey were both there 20 years ago, and if so, how that makes sense.

Not much sleep last night, so go easy on me if I’m missing something obvious!

By: weaselone

weaselone — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:36:01 +0000

You’re absolutely correct. Without Chuck sleeping with another brunette, Sarah inexplicably falling for another guy she works with, and a continuance of their inability to talk with one another it would have been impossible for Chuck and Sarah to establish a functional relationship of equals. The PLIs were the only manner in which Chuck and Sarah could possibly have been made to realize that the spy world is their real world and that they need each other to navigate within it. Personally, I consider ten or eleven episodes insufficient to accomplish this PLI catalyzed transformation. They should definitely provide another love interest for Chuck and extend Shaw into the the inevitable fourth season in order to further the growth of the relationship between Chuck and Sarah. Without the liberal application of PLI fertilizer, the blossoming romance between the two is doomed to shrivel and die.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:10:28 +0000

This was one of the best episodes to date. I like how the show uses different elements from other shows/movies/real life news and incorporates it into the show.For example the terminator toss followed by the wolverine growl & voice was excellently done.The whole episode seemed to flow smoothly and did a great deal on explaining how Casey(Alex)got where he is today.

all in all i think that this episode had many twists and turns and by the end we all were left with our jaws on the floor.Very nicely done guys & gals