It was like you stole the words from my own mouth!!! LOL…. glad there are other people that are thinking like me. Couldn’t have said it better myself

I respect you very much XD. Recognizing that one bad episode doesn’t mean the end of your viewing experience. I must say I have not been a fan of the “romantic” side of Chuck this year but I have loved the awkward Chuck learning to be a spy side of the show. I have kind of missed Casey and his “seriously” funny moments a bit and feel that a lot of his moments are taken by Shaw =(. That is my opinion. Glad you are not giving up on Chuck!!!! Loved the Buy More Fight Club this season too. The writers have done a pretty solid job this season (especially after the way last season ended with so many questions left) and it seems to me that Chuck is only looking better towards the end of this season. As I said, I’ve trusted the writers for 2 whole seasons and I will trust them in the 3rd. I’d say the Olympic break is just bad timing for this episode… considering Kristen Kreuk is only on for 1 more episode…. Shaw for 4 or 5 maybe?

I actually disagree on the “no chemistry” part.

At the end of that episode, Sarah closes her eyes when Shaw approaches her. So she either enjoys the massage or the company.

My guess is on company…

I thought that was what they did, to be fair. They said that a lot of this stuff would be addressed in future episodes. As if that wasn’t enough, they called the episode “The Mask” and gave Shaw a line about the importance of body language and chemistry. They’re telling you that all is not as it seems. There is no body language or chemistry between Sarah and Shaw. We can all see that, and the reason we can see it is because we’re supposed to see it. There will be an explanation for the behaviour of the last 10 minutes. Count on it.

People really thought Chuck vs Santa was a downer? Man, I think they’re crazy. That was the episode where it’s revealed that Die Hard and Chuck are in the same world! That was so great. I have been dreaming of a John McClane appearance since.

Each season sort of has it’s own thing….
Breakdown would be like this:
Season 1- Premise-Gettin’ to know the characters and the whole theme of the show.

Season 2- Much more solid than season 1 and an real over arching story line gets started. Ends with Intersect 2.0 cliff hanger.

Season 3- Intersect 2.0 turns out to be awesome and not “jumping the shark” as so many felt it might. (I also meant to cleverly point out that the fans who quit the show because of this Chuck/Sarah thing are the ones guilty of “jumping the shark…..cause I’m clever…)
Anyways, season 3 set up for what would be an awesome Chuck and Sarah season.

Season 4

The Chuck and Sarah season! See how great this would be? Of course we need a season 4 for anything remotely like this to happen. SO WATCH CHUCK!!!

If you are going to stop watching Chuck just because Sarah and Chuck are (at the time) considering other love interests, you are not making a decision a real Chuck fan would make. You can be disappointed (if you must) but realize that you have not been BETRAYED by Chris Fedak and Josh Schwarz. If you call youself a Chuck fan and are giving up on the show because of this one thing it is YOU who is betraying them. The fans are the big reason this amazing show is still on TV. If you are going to let this one thing be the end of one of (In my opinion THE) greatest shows on TV right now then you were never really a fan of this show.

The one thing this season that was the only thing that was unChuckworthy was how they killed off Emmett so cold heartedly (And I think they had their reasons for that.) The point is you are picking a horrible reason to give up on the show. And I’m only speaking to people who are (or at least say they are on the message boards) that they are going to boycott the show, which it has already been pointed out is a pointless endeavor saying that a majority of the episodes are already practically completed.

I just wish I could be guaranteed that Fedak and Schwarz and all the people involved with Chuck would see this comment and know that at least one person (I know there are more like me out there…) still has all the faith in the world in them and that I don’t think anything in Chuck vs. the Mask has betrayed anything that Chuck stands for. Other than Chuck vs. First class, I think this was the best episode yet and saying it wasn’t designed as a cliff hanger….it was a pretty damn good one. I can’t friggen wait for the return of Chuck.

I agree with you. It seems that we are seeing growth with all other aspects of the show: Chuck becoming a real spy, Casey not thinking Chuck’s an idiot, Chuck & Morgan moving in together, Morgan becoming a manager, Ellie and Awesome getting married and their own place, you get the picture. The relationship aspect has remained stagnant though since they are still doing the same old dance.
One of my concerns with the interview was where he said there needs to be that conflict otherwise there’s no storytelling. Once people get into a relationship it’s not all happily ever after; there’s plenty of conflict to mine out there. I just wish they’d either let their relationship actually grow or drop it altogether and focus on the rest of the show.

What is suspicious to me is this:
At the end of episode 4, we see Shaw take a ring out of a case and put it on his left ring finger. We get the hint that he is / has been married.

In the next episode, we meet Hannah for the first time. She tells Chuck that she works for a private investor, and flies all over the world to “fix problems for him.” In addition, it is Hannah who points out the mark to Chuck. Coincidence… perhaps, though I’m thinking not. There are a couple of things that happen at the end of this episode that could be very enlightening moving forward. First, Hannah informs Chuck that she’s lost her job and is flying to Paris to pack up her things. Chuck extends the invitation for her to come work with him at the Buy More, which she does. Second, the case that Chuck retrieved is revealed to have belonged to a spy that Shaw had operating inside the Ring. Upon opening the case, we learn that one of the items was the wedding ring belonging to Shaw’s wife. It is at this point that we are lead to believe that the operative in question was, in fact, Shaw’s wife.

Finally, in this most recent episode, there are a few things that happen, which make me think that there is an elaborate arc happening that many just haven’t seen. For starters, there’s the action of Shaw coming on to Sarah before and during the recon at the museum. We see that she is quite irritated, and really lights up the moment that her and Chuck are able to continue the mission ‘as partners’. Also, there is the wording that Hannah uses when seeing Shaw on the security monitors. She calls Shaw “ridiculously good looking”. The tone of her voice seems… I don’t know, somewhat intrigued by what she’s seeing. Could she be Shaw’s “dead” wife?