Comments on: Recap: Chuck vs Bo (5.10)

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:57:18 +0000

Hi All,

Watched Bo again and I have come to the conclusion that Quinn knew something was wrong with the glasses. Whrn the camando team surround Sarah and she asks for Chuck the leader says that “the situation has changed he is needed. Put the glasses down and step away now!!”

I hope Chuck can save Sarah in time

Sean

By: John

John — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:48:55 +0000

I could have ended that episode early. While the battle in the Buy more was going on, all chuck had to do was put on the Glasses. Boom, episode over. He is suppose to be special, so he can handle it. Plus as spies they should have been smart and experienced enough to know, Quinn was going to come back til he got the intersect.

By: TonyNariksan

TonyNariksan — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:28:08 +0000

The one thing i have always loved about Chuck is the music. We don’t always realize how much the music effects us as we watch the show. It is simply amazing, a hand for the composer, Tim Jones.

On a second note, we just finished episode 5.10, yet the standard is a 13 episode season, meaning we should have 3 more weeks. YET in watching the promo for next week, it says only TWO more weeks. Now, do we get a 2 hour final? Are they putting 2 weeks into 1? I so hope so. Chuck is the one show i’d wait in line for. Maybe it speaks to my nerd, that we are all capable of great things, no matter how un-heroic we may seem.

This episode was amazing. It doesn’t take much to impress me, but i do know bad story when i see it. I did wish Chuck would get the Interest back for a while, but that seems highly unlikely now. Sarah is an interesting choice for the super computer encoded images. I’ll say, i’m not a fan, i think Chuck has sole right to the intersect, but that is my fan boy crying out.

We’ve had a great ride so far, and while i don’t want Chuck to leave, i’m happy with where the story is going if we have to say good bye. I have become a personal fan of both Zach and Yvonne, and been a long time fan of Adam since Firefly (Nathan Fillion/Castle shout out). I’m glad too see the writers giving us one last ride even though they know the end is near. My personal thanks to all the cast and crew, especially the writers for dreaming up all 5 seasons of wonderful adventures.

Stay strong Chucksters,
Tony

By: Gord

Gord — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:20:38 +0000

In reply to Sean. The tears haven't started for me yet. I think I'm still in the denial phase. How can this awesome show be ending?

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:13:26 +0000

The character of Nicholas Quinn just felt like a complete cop-out to me. After watching that episode (which, for the most part, I LOVED), I just felt like he was another random “Big Bad” the writers pulled out of thin air to bring the story to a close. I mean, they obviously had to do it SOMEHOW, but I felt like Quinn’s backstory (“Oh, I’m this random agent who was supposed to get the Intersect, but since Bryce stole it and gave it to you I’m going all Shaw on the CIA”) could’ve been more interesting. Even more bothersome to me was the fact that he serves as the conduit for the writers to use the excuse that they haven’t forgotten about the old villain organizations of old (i.e. Fulcrum and the Ring).

I guess this comes to the one and only thing I’ve had a problem with while watching Chuck: the writers have tended to ignore the true backstory of the SUPER baddies. Now, I know they fixed this with Shaw and Volkoff, but my main issue is with Fulcrum and the Ring. My favorite season was Season 2, but the one thing I never quite understood was why the writers just banished Fulcrum (and later the Ring) into the corner. They’re defeated – we can ignore them now. There was never any TRUE explanation as to their intentions (besides a very loose intent of “getting/building their own Intersect”). I mean, I guess you could argue that Fulcrum’s “goal” was the army of Intersect agents, but that can’t have been the “entire point” of the group. And they COMPLETELY ignored Bryce’s deathbed warning of Fulcrum being only one part of the Ring. They basically never explain this or make reference to other sections. How could one section of the Ring be as troublesome to the CIA as the ENTIRE Ring? Argh, I guess every story has SOME plot holes…I guess there’s still 3 episodes left to explain all of this. 😛

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:54:44 +0000

Donovan…interesting thought. I think it would’ve made for a good couple of episodes, I just think that they couldn’t give us that really good story line in one show. Though you never know what TPTB have in mind!

By: Cay

Cay — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 23:23:06 +0000

In reply to paul wilson. Ok, I went back and watched the scenes. They actually are vultures, but it's hard to tell, especially in the first scene. Makes sense. On the other hand, ravens and crows can also be creepy.

By: rockport

rockport — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:27:12 +0000

Love the Jeffster Memento arc. Seriously funny.

As much fun as giving the intersect to main characters other than Chuck (i.e. Morgan and now Sarah) is, I feel it is lazy writing. They spent much of the early seasons emphasizing how dangerous it was for most people to download the intersect; usually ending in fried brains. Chuck was “special” for having the ability to do this.

As each season progressed, it seems more and more people have the ability to successfully download the intersect. Not internally consistent. To me it is sad and disappointing to see such an important series issue so easily forgotten.

Oh well, the show is still lots of fun. Hope we have a great last three episodes.

By: ERIC

ERIC — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:48:07 +0000

Did Morgan drop the F bomb in his video message to himself ??? it sure sounded like it.

By: paul wilson

paul wilson — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:25:10 +0000

In reply to Donovan. DONOVAN- Thanks, but vultures do not have feathers on their heads or necks (blood and gore cleans off easier. ruins the feathers.). I have no way of reviewing the scenes to see The Birds to verify, so don't trust my memory.