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We’ve come to the end of our five year journey. JEFFSTER! are off touring Germany; Casey is doing dangerous stuff with Verbanski; Alex and Morgan are moving in together; Big Mike is working for Subway/Buy More; Ellie and Awesome have awesome new jobs in Chicago; and Chuck and Sarah are restoring her memories and falling in love all over again while .
Most of us have been moving through the five stages of grief for the last week or more. Maybe you’re all the way to acceptance, maybe you’re still on denial. Maybe you just want to reminisce with fellow Chucksters. This is the place to do that.
By the way, stage 2 is “Anger” and stage 4 is “Depression”. Just sayin’. 😉
Please remember to be courteous to each other. This is an emotional time for all of us, and this is a place of support.
If Sarah didn’t get her memory back after this kiss I would be highly upset. I feel like her not remembering anything made it seem like we wasted our time watching Chuck and Sarah develop over the past five seasons.. but Idk that’s just me. Anyways I guess the ending was good, it shows us an ending… and a beginning.. :’)
sarah does remember, mostly.
how, well if i think about it, she remembered about irene demova which is a pornstar that chuck knew, and sarah didnt know about the irene demova virus until she knew it from chuck, so sarah remembering about the virus is a big step for restoring her memory. it means that she is beginning to remember, she even remember a bit about the house, the ” Sarah + Chuck” , she remembered the wienerlicious, etc.
at the end , she was heartwarmed by chuck’s ” trust me sarah” ( which was a callback from the pilot episode) and she asked him about their story together. and then , we can imagine that she is kinda remembering their story together; the marriage, the bedscene, the proposal, all of that. and morga’s theory about the magical kiss, well i sure hope it didnt work because it would be kinda lame but the final kiss was brilliant, bringing sarah’s feelings back again.
so sarah does remember, in my opinion.
I think they straddled the line with the ending: if we never get a “Chuck” sequel, we have enough information to know that things are back on the right track between Chuck and Sarah, and that the Happily-ever-after we imagined is underway; if a sequel were ever to materialise, we were left with enough loose ends to generate a jumping off point. My dissatisfaction with the wrapping-up is tempered by the hope that this is what Fedak had in mind when he wrote it.
Well, I don’t give a F***k (that’s a Fedak) what he had in mind. By presenting us with this ending he destroyed the finale for me. It would only have taken, say, a few extras words from Sarah that I wouldn’t have had to just imagine might be said.
How sad for you that the ending destroyed the finale. How callous of Fedak to expect us to use our imaginations.
Here’s a link to Ryan McGee’s well-written review of the finale and I agree. I didn’t at first but after rewatching I definitely do. By doing what they did with Sarah, though it was painful, it allowed us to see how much she had changed. And I do believe she’ll get back there. And look at how much we care. That’s a true testament to the show.
http://www.avclub.com/articles/chuck-versus-sarah-chuck-versus-the-goodbye,68376/
I think I would have entitled 5.13 “Chuck vs the Estrangement.” Chuck’s genius has always been the notion of the group dynamic. With everyone being flung to the far winds that dynamic is gone. Other observations: How did that Quinn wipe/suppress/reprogram Sarah’s memory thing work? Ellie turned too quickly on Sarah, all of Sarah’s growth was negated, Devin and Ellie left town with Chuck in crisis mode (not very Ellie-like), Casey didn’t have his moorings anymore and Morgan and Alex moved in ‘ta dah’ without any preamble. Being family has always been key to the show’s appeal, along with Chuck’s inherent goodness and intelligence. On this note, I cannot fault…thankfully they left Chuck as his good (and smart) self, willing to die for the woman he loves. I would have preferred an ending with the feel of “Chuck vs the Colonel” (without the Chevy Chase teaser). We’re moving forward and all is well in Chuckland, or leaving as Sarah suggested as a computer security company, which would afford the semblance of a safer life with the people we have come to know and love still intact as a team.
One of the things that made Chuck such a wonderful series was the wonderful community that developed around the show. Obviously, Chucktv.net was our townhall, our museum, and, yes, our therapist when needed, but other sites and podcasts which had an equal appreciation of the show (even if they did not always see issues the same way) made the Chuck experience more than a tv show for its ardent fans. Who of us will ever be able to eat a Subway sandwich again without a bittersweet sense of nostalgia?
I may add further comments as I go through Chuck withdrawals, but I did not want to let today pass without a special thank you to Mel and to all of the people who have added to Chucktv.net. I hope to meet you againas we pass down the internet highway.
Great post, I agree with you on all points.. (My husband & I ate at Subway last night before the finale in tribute & you’re right about the bittersweet sense of nostalgia. Who would’ve ever thought that a chain sandwich shop could stir emotions?) Having to say goodbye to ‘Chuck’ is painful.
I have to say that I would have liked CHUCK to end with a laugh, and a feel-good group supper, or at least included that before they all went their separate ways……The “family and friends” dynamic was always a big part of this series, as much as the “Chuck and Sarah” relationship.
I am hoping that Zachary Levi’s idea of a online movie follow-up happens. I think that’s a great idea!
That’s a great idea. Where did Zach say that?
After watching the last episode early this morning again I think that Sarah got back her memories back because during the beach scene when Chuck was telling her their story you could see Sarah’s body language was changing she was playful laughing, and crying and when Chuck told her about Morgan’s theory Chuck thought it was crazy but it was Sarah who told him to kiss her that’s the Sarah that we know and love because that’s what she did in the last scene of vs the Other Guy
I’m still crying for CHUCK,i just hate that they make chuck and sarah storyline hanging.The beach scene was sweet but it could have been better if sarah suddenly widened her eyes as she kissed chuck that would have been a sign that she regain her memory(if there is only seconds to spare to end the episode)the morgan theory works!!,the great ending is a flashforward with them at their dream house and a baby or just pregnant sarah.That will make it feel more like an ending for a great show and not a mega cliffhanger that makes fans unsatisfied and wondering what happen next.For me a happy ending makes fans feel more satisfied and comforting because chuck is ending.
Bye Chuck……
Was the intersect actually taken out of Sarah’s head? I thought Quinn just repressed it. So if her memories start coming back, won’t the intersect come back too?
I wondered the same thing, especially after some of those moves in 5.12, but Fedak said she doesn’t have the Intersect anymore. That’s all Sarah!
@susan where did Zach say that? That’s an awesome idea.
I read it in one of the interviews that Zach did. I’m sorry – I’ve read so many, that I don’t remember which one it was….
Hi All,
Just watched the “ending” of Chuck & while it was set up to put your emotions through the ringger it was good! I liked vs the Goodbye was a reverse of vs the Intersect. Down to way Chuck & Sarah were sitting re the resturant & the beach. I liked when Sarah was @ the nerd desk and she saw Chuck & he got the “Sarah Treatment”. I thought when Sarah was watching the DVD of herself talking about her Feelings for Chuck & how they effected her – Sarah’s reaction was powerful. Sarah’s Memories will come back in time – the dream house, The Wenerlisous & Irene Demova are eggs to prove that they are. Sarah was never good with emotions & she didn’t trust herself. I would argue that Chuck & Sarah got exactly what they wanted – Chuck got his dream girl/love of his life, Sarah got out of the CIA/Spying game & found her “Knight”. They have sold the “Buy More” so Chuck can buy Sarah her “Dream House”! A very Happy “Ending” all in all!
As I thought about the ending more this morning, the less I liked it. It wasn’t just the Chuck/Sarah relationship that they left hanging, unfulfilled, and without the context of their marriage and growth. It was even more just . . . .Sarah. A big part of this show has been Sarah’s growth, discovery, and blossoming. By removing all of that growth and sticking her back to the icey spy she started the series as, they destroyed all that growth. And while the writers may have given the impression that Chuck could bring her back re their love, what about all the other things Sarah developed into? What about her backstories?
All that was wiped away, and gone. And by removing it without even a glimmer that it was coming back, the writers robbed Sarah, the show, and us of the glory of what Sarah had worked through and become.
Oh, and by the way, what are those two going to do for a living in the future? No longer spies. Buy More now owned by Subway. Lost their Volkoff millions. So . . .
You will probably be surprised but im from SLOVENIA and i’ve watched this show for the whole 5 years. 5 years of my life!?!? IM 17 so i was 12 when i started to watch Chuck ( thank God i was kinda good in english back then). And now it’s OVER!? It’s really the best show i’ve ever watched and i really want another season and i don’t care if it will be a bit boring and ”pushy” i just want that 6 season :S Its really the best serie ever. I really have nothing else to say that serie was just sooo inspiring and the acting and crew was soo brilliant it trully is THE best!
I’ve been a fan of Chuck since the beginning. It was always there for me as a nice pick-me-up during the turbulent teenage years. I always identified with the underdog nerd getting the girl and saving the day because I am essentially that guy minus the girl and the saving the day parts. It’s hard for me to criticize the show because it’s stood out so much to me as better than anything else on TV. So I will go short of criticizing the finale. I respect the finale. I respect that they avoided numerous cliches (and there have been plenty of times over this show’s course where the cliches have not been avoided) and I respect that they were able to convey the show’s formula of humor, romance, action, and tragedy all in two breathless hours. However, the ending did not leave me happy. Unlike most Chuck episodes, the ending left kind of a pit in my stomach that I can’t really explain. At 8:59 I was still wondering how Sarah’s memories would all come back. I was still thinking that they’d find the way and it would all be good. I think there were two questions, one answered and one not answered. The first question: Does Sarah’s memories ever fully come back? Obviously no one knows. There were hints that she regained parts of her memory with the recalls from past Chuck episodes, but there was no closure on whether her memory ever fully came back or ever would come back. The second question: Does Sarah love Chuck? I think they answered that. I think the kiss at the end pretty clearly showed that Sarah indeed does love Chuck. It wasn’t a “princess and the frog” type kiss. It was a passionate, emotional, joyful kiss that doesn’t say, “I might love you, I might not.” Looking back, in that regard, I’m happy. I’m happy that Chuck seems to have won her over again, but I am also sad that she may never recall most of the events of the past five years. I agree with some of the fans saying that it seems like this renders the past five years useless. I can only hope that somewhere down the line, whether it’s an internet special, a feature length movie, or the extended cut on the S5 DVD, that we get some closure on Sarah’s memories. Every time I think of that house with the red door I tear up, and I’m a guy. Why? To think that Sarah wouldn’t be able to remember that kills me, and I’m not a very emotional person. Wow. Sorry for the essay-like comment. This show just means so much to me, and all the comments show just how emotionally invested all the fans were. A bittersweet goodbye to Chuck
Well, I’m from Mexico an I am only 14 years old, I remember the firt time I watched Chuck, I think it was season 2, then I watched season 1 and i loved it, I just watched season 1 because I saw Rachel Bilson on one episode and Ioved The O.C, it was my favorite show but then Chuck became my favorite show. Sorry if my english is not clear XD. First I liked the final episode then I thought: What the hell was this!! but now I’m like : OK, it seems that they will be together… I want a movie but I have to be honest, who wil see a Chuck movie??? Maybe a TvMovie, I really want to cry because for me CHuck is the best tv show ever!!!! I love all the cast, and I’m going to watch the four seasons right now, I bought them 4 months ago and my parents don’t even know :S. Here in Mexico Chuck is not very popular and I hate that because it’s a great show!!!!! I never cried like this before, I cried with the end of The O.C but I was little now I’m crying because I will never see CHarah in action again, Morgan with Casey, I wiil never hear: Awesome!! again or listen to Ellie, I really want one seaon more but…. I don’t know what I am saying right now, nobody in my house like Chuck so I’m alone with this, that’s what I’m writing this 🙁
Clearly, fan reaction to the finale depends on whether we like an abiguous ending or we don’t. For Chuck, I fall into the latter category. When did Chuck become a tragedy? Some of the cast have been reminding us recently that Chuck is a comedy. Too bad they didn’t remind the writers of this before they penned these episodes. I know that ending was supposed to be hopeful, but I couldn’t help but be a little depressed by it. I get the ending: we’re supposed to assume Sarah gets her memory back or at the very least falls in love with Chuck all over again. But, considering how happy these two characters were a few eposides ago, the final scene, beautiful though it was, seemed less than it should have been.
I was sure Sarah would get her memory back before the credits rolled. I was looking forward to her remembering Chuck and her love for them. What a joyful scene that would have been. Sadly, it never happened. The Sarah we have known and adored for the past five years was not in these two episodes at all. I couldn’t help but be disappointed by that.
I’m sure my disappointment in the final scene is derived from a general sadness that this show I have loved for so long is over.
So I just finished rewatching the finale…this time I had tears running down my face, I didn’t last night (I think I was too depressed). I have to say that I feel even stronger about the ending being spot on. The ending left some good opportunities for a Chuckuel…if they had any inclination of doing one. Please give the fans a few more moments of Chuck and Sarah!!
Same things happened to me! I cried so much more the second time. I also think I started picking up on the casts’ emotion. ie I heard Zach and Sarah L. were really crying when Chuck and Ellie were saying goodbye and Zach and Yvonne were really crying on the beach. I can’t stop watching the ending now. I love it.
When I first watched the finale, I felt robbed. I wanted Sarah to have her memories. I wanted her to be the woman that I have watched her become. I wanted Chuck and Sarah to ride off into the sunset, with her pregnant from the “practice”on the bullet train. I didn’t get that. I had the reaction much like everyone else, the last five years didn’t matter. I was torn down from watching the emotion the Yvonne and Zac had on screen. They were simply amazing and were able to suck me in and make me feel their heartache like no other show every has. Well they did for one reason: Chuck grew just as much as Sarah. True love will win out and he found a way to win her over again.
As I am writing this, I feel a sadness over a television show that I have never had. This show was one of the first things my girlfriend and I shared together and having it to look forward to was one of favorite shared moments.
Thank you to the cast, crew, writers, and NBC for giving me five fantastic years of memories. I will love this show for the rest of my life. I will eventually have a have a sense of closure, but for now, I am happy to know that Sarah and Chuck will always be together!
Sorry, it’s me, the mexican girl again. I just wanted to say this, imagine how much I love Chuck that in school we have to take care of an egg, I have three eggs one is Andrew, ZACHARY and CHUCK, CHuck is like the Chuck we know (I mean, is funny, with a good heart, etc) I even drew Levi’s face on it, it seems like Zachary Levi… well that’s all 🙁
Not knowing if Sarah got all her memories back sucks. Now when I got to rewatch every episode the growth between Chuck and Sarah will just seem like its for nothing. I will be watching and be like Chuck dont bother she doesnt remember anything in the end. This series finale was great but the ending kind of ruined seasons 1-4 for me. I hope they give us some closure when the dvd comes out
TROY- That is EXACTLY how I feel. Thanks
God I hope they add more in the DVD. Like a final episode Chuck vs The Answer(S). One final episode where everything works out and somehow Sarah gets her memory back. Would put my sadness to rest. What a good idea. A petition should be created for one final episode. It is much more likely then another season. Seeing how season 5 only got 13 episodes and ratings went down. Plus Zachary Levi said he wanted to do something like that in one of there interviews. You defiantly get the feeling in the interview that the main cast was not totally fond of how it ended. (Especially Levi and Yvonne)
Love this show, the people who worked on this show, and the people who have supported this show….CHUCK was a platform that allowed good people from all walks of life to come together. CHUCK represents a collective consciousness of “good” in the world. I feel sad that this tv show ended yesterday and mixed over the actual last episodes( it will probably take a week before I can decide how I feel), but WE (The Collective Chuck Conscious) don’t have to end. WE can still use CHUCK as a forum to unite and do good in the world and maybe…..lobby for an online movie CHUCQUEL! Chuck fans have always been at the front of the next frontier. I say let’s rally for a new forum for Chuck & Sarah. Viva Buymoria!!! Hugs to all who feel the loss….
To try to bring chuck back go sign this petition. Once it reaches 1,000,000 signatures it will be shown to NBC so hurry sign it fast!!!
http://glorbi.com/bringbackchuck/index?err=fill
I was really angry when I initially saw the end (came in late). After rewatching and reading some people’s comments I actually think it was really well done. I’m not thrilled about the ambiguity, but the ending I think did show they would eventually be happy together.
The Sarah at the end of the episode is not the Sarah we saw for five years, but at the core she’s the character we fell in love with. I’m ok with the ending because aside from the implication they moving forward towards something together, Sarah was the person she was five years ago either.
I felt like there were peaces of the Sarah we saw develop over the five years still there. She new where things were placed in the Wienerlicious, but she didn’t know why. The way she was smiling and crying and the fact she was on the beach showed parts of Sarah from the last five years is still there. I feel like the Sarah of five years ago would have be much more reserved and probably wouldn’t have shown up, she tended to run from or hide her emotions.
Ok, I am goin to admit it I need help. I have watched the end about six or seven times may be more in the past ten hours, the jeffster performance just as many times if not more. Its like an addiction. The more you watch the end the sadder it gets I tried not to cry but the last time it was too much and the waterworks started either that or there is alot of dust in my room.
My heart has been in my throat all day long. That last scene was so perfect, so moving, and so touching that I can’t even put into words how I feel about it. Chucks confident assurances and Sarah’s uncertain tears. Chuck’s words, “trust me.” And Sarah’s last words, “Chuck, kiss me.” That kiss. But it haunts me. It haunts me in a way that I never expected he ending of this show would. I woke up in the middle of the night last night thinking about that ending. I couldn’t sleep. I tossed and turned. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day long. I don’t know how to feel. My emotions are all confused. Please, SOMEONE GIVE ME COMFORT!
This show has been pure magic for me. Without question, my favorite TV show all time. It has been such a big part of my life for the last 4 or 5 years. When everything was going crappy for me, I could always count on Chuck to pick me up, bring a smile to my face, make me laugh out loud, warm my heart, and bring tears to my eyes like nothing else could (but mostly just laugh in a way that was so therapeutic). I don’t know what I’m going to do without it. I feel like the characters had become family. I feel as if I’ve lost a family member. The characters were so endearing, and I fell in love with each of them. Who will every forget Morgan Grimes, Ellie and Captain Awesome (AKA, hot mama and six pack), Colonel Casey, Chuck and Sarah? They will live on in my heart forever. There will always be a special place in my heart for this magical show, and I will forever be grateful to the creators of it. In some way, it has touched and changed my life forever. It makes me appreciate my own friends and family more–love them more deeply. The most important question to ask of any TV show is how it changes the people that watch it. Without question, this show has changed us all for the better.
I WILL MISS YOU CHUCK!!!!
I feel pretty much the same way you do, you’re not alone fellow chuck brother. At first I wasn’t pleased with the ending, still am not that wild about it but at least it shows Chuck and Sarah will always be together and after watching it a couple times, that Sarah will remember, whether in an instant or after a period of time, her life with Chuck and that they will move forward together. I’ve been on the verge of tears all day as well, definitely spilled some last night thinking about it lol. Haunting is the right word. I feel exactly like your last paragraph, except for the laughs, i watched more for the tears(of joy).
You guys are forgetting another key point, the fact Sarah found her way to THAT beach in the first place. The beach that she originally followed Chuck too! Everything about the last episode SCREAMS that she is regaining her memory – the fact it isn’t said is in a clear attempt to get a Movie deal, and Z Levi has said as much in a video interview.
The only thing we didn’t get from the final episode was a child, but we can always dream.
Agreed Tom. She remembered the cup stacking, irene demova and the beach. She also remembered etching Sarah into the woodwork at the dream house. The memories are in there.
They need to find that PICTURE they did on the Bullet Train for heaven’s sake! I really thought that was going to help Sarah but it never came up again. LOL
I loved the finale. You can totally see that Sarah will fall back in love with Chuck while getting her memory back.
So on to Chuck season 5 on DVD while waiting for the movie (online or otherwise)
I’ll be there!
I have to agree that the ending was a cop out (oh you can make up your OWN ending, pffft). This season had so many plot holes, and why is it that no one questioned why Sarah even lost her memories in the first place!
Quinn: Now Sarah, looking at these cards will force you to Flash and lose your memory!
Sarah looks at the card and Flashes.
Quinn: Muwahaha
Sarah again intentionally does NOT CLOSE her eyes and looks at the cards.
YOu know at least in the early seasons they forced the spies to look at something they didn’t want to…
As for the ending, well I am too bitter to post anything more about now.
I loved Chuck and I will miss it, but if it does get picked up — HIRE NEW WRITERS!
After watching the finale again this morning, I thought it was really good excellent writing except for the ending, I know what Chris Fedak was trying to do leave it to our imaginations, but this was the series finale not season finale, leaving the too open ended. I hope there will be a Chuck movie but its a long shot not to many series become movies. I believe that Sarah does get her memory totally back, but they could have showed that and then went to black.Leaving Sarah’s character went backwards to late season 1 early season 2 after all her growth was wrong. I still am a big Chuck fan and always will be! LONG LIVE CHUCK.
I’d like to thank Mel for all you work over the years, also to Liz and Grey.
I tought that the ending was…acceptable, but the series ending up with sarah “not knowing” anyone it was a bit stupid…I always tought that it would end with a last dinner with everyone happy and together at chuck’s apartment (like so many times) before everyone move on with their lives, and than, with chuck and morgan having a last conversation about the last 5 years…that would be perfect for me!
Chuck Fan, From Portugal!
I submitted a comment, but I don’t see it. I don’t understand how this works. I don’t ever usually comment on the internet but felt that I really had something I needed to say. I don’t understand where my comment went. Please help!
its the same for me… i just feel like i have to write down my emotions and thoughts on this because i do love this show so much. it took me 1 hour to find a proper way to describe my feelings 🙁
Jonathan, did u write an extraordinary long comment ? because i did and thats maybe the answer why it didnt show up.. maybe too long :y
It was so long that it got snagged by the spam filter. It’s posted now.
It seems to me that as a writer, knowing that this was the last time anyone was going to see these characters, after five tears of love and growth, you would want things to end in a sweet, happy place. Forget drama, forget angst, even forget mythology. Give the fans what they want and deserve after their die hard dedication to this little show. Why end it any other way? It was so hard to say goodbye in the first place. It’s so much harder with a poorly done ending like that.
well finally… after i did a rewatch of the season finale by myself .. i have to admit that it’s a little bit less dissapointing then yesterday but despite that..im still not happy with the final scene, the rest of the season finale was nice though.
I just think its so sad that they made sarah loose her memory. All the scenes where sarah was moving away from chuck saying goodbye or saying that she is leaving because she didnt feel it.. i was so schocked, i didnt even know what to say, but even 15 minutes before the finale ends in the scene at the concert hall where she was gone like nothing ever happed.. she just passed chuck with.. like she’s the icey spy all over again. Kind of speechless.i just felt sad because i couldnt remember the sarah from 5 episodes ago when she desired normal life and now? dont have these feelings for chuck? Im feeling like that the whole journey sarah took was kind of useless. All the things they have gone through together.. it doesnt come to a full circle for me..its more like i feel they’re starting all over again which means that they are too much things unacknowledged. Doesnt feel like an end to me , they left too much things unanswered.
All in all i think they had to to the end a little bit different.more closure.. it should feel like an end and not to be left to the fans what they imagine out of that.its just too much in my opinion.
i think sarah said ‘Chuck? kiss me..’ because she heard how passionate and emotional he was talking about the journey they had taken throughout the entire time with all the funny/sad/happy things they happened to them. She wanted to feel like it was before and maybe it triggered something in sarah but especially then, they should at least given us those things to become really full circle.A conclusion where they worked towards.
enough of that.. i just hope everybody enjoyed this beautiful ride of 5 years .. i will never forget that.. chuck literally changed my life.. it made me happy day after day and at least im happy that im able to enjoy this beautiful tv show ( really means more to me than a normal tv show ) by rewatching it from where all begins.
much love and peace to all of u chucksters. lets hope for a movie or something like that 🙂
I can’t understand one thing: how was all the conspiracy theory resolved? At Chuck vs The Cliffhanger, Decker said that the Intersect, Fulcrum, everything, was part of a plan. If we assume it was Quinn’s plan, then Decker was working for him. But then it wouldn’t make sense why, in Chuck vs Bo, Quinn would want to upload the bad Intersect version Decker had built specificly to mess with Chuck’s brain. Now if Decker didn’t work for Quinn, then there is no way he could have known about the cospiracy. Besides, Quinn believed that Chuck had received the Intersect only because Bryce had sent it to him; it was an “accident”, as far as he is concerned, and he was pissed off he wasn’t the one to upload it. So where is the big mastermind that wanted Chuck involved from the very beginning? I’m confused…
Decker lied. He was working for Shaw.
I will miss you CHUCK! I was really supriseing by the end. Now Chuck and Sarah can have normal reletionship without spying. They did leave open to maybe do a movie. I hope. But Awesome what they did with jeffester,Ellie and Devon, Morgan and Alex. The End was Very Emotional.After it ended I was very Lost so many Emotions running on high ! I didnt know what to feel. The Ending what we all hope for didnt really happen but It’s was good.
ok, after having watched vs Goodbye twice, im ready for my thoughts. The finale as a whole was great, very sad, funny, and sweet. Pretty much what we have come to expect from this show
That being said, it is my opinion that the writers got “cute” just for the sake of being cute with things, inregards to Chuck and Sarah. IMO, when i go back and watch any other season, now every “awwwww” moment, im going to say, “ahhh, who cares now she won’t remember anyway”. Bottom line on the show its not like they got divorced, but still can’t help but feel almost as if they appeared to be more “i love you” more like in a BFF way. Its almost as if the closing scene was actually Yvonne and Zac sitting on the beach remincing on camera rather than the characters CHUCK and SARAH.
Who knows, maybe in 2 years, they do a little online movie or something that shows where things went from there. Odds are the longer they wait, the more likely the main cast will be off to bigger and better things and won’t have the time.
All in all, great TV series, but just another classic example of a tv series ending in a specific way that you sorta are left scratching your heads even a little
Well, gotta admit, this is the first series I actually followed from episode 1 till the end. LOST totally lost me, and 24 become annoying after the first 2 seaons – hell, even FRINGE got to me after 4 seasons – but for some strange reason, this one really stuck with me – hard.
I guess the last episode closed several stories, however, opened a whole bunch of new ones. Personally, I’d really like to follow Casey’s new life, from a characters evolvement point of view, he’s one of the most interesting ones in the series. There are still many questions that are left open… specifically relating to Ellie’s work investigating the Intersect… you don’t go about start working on something like that and just drop it… it’s just too bloody interesting.
And the most interesting question in my book right now is this: Chuck has a working intersect in his head, what’s next? you can’t really live a normal life with such a thing in your head… It’s like walking around, knowing you’re the smartest guy in town, while pretending you are not.
I know the series is over, but I can honestly see some good writers going about and spinning 2 more series out of these questions – just too bloody interesting in my book.
Greets from Israel everybody.
well finally… after i did a rewatch of the season finale by myself .. i have to admit that it’s a little bit less dissapointing then yesterday but despite that..im still not happy with the final scene, the
rest of the season finale was nice though.
I just think its so sad that they made sarah loose her memory. All the scenes where sarah was moving away from chuck saying goodbye or saying that she is leaving because she didnt feel it.. i was so
schocked, i didnt even know what to say, but even 15 minutes before the finale ends in the scene at the concert hall where she was gone like nothing ever happened.. she just passed chuck with.. like she’s
the icey spy all over again. Kind of speechless.i just felt sad because i couldnt remember the sarah from 5 episodes ago when she desired normal life and now? dont have these feelings for chuck? Im feeling
like that the whole journey sarah took was kind of useless. All the things they have gone through together.. it doesnt come to a full circle for me..its more like i feel they’re starting all over again which
means that they are too much things unacknowledged. Doesnt feel like an end to me , they left too much things unanswered.
i think sarah said ‘Chuck? kiss me..’ because she heard how passionate and emotional he was talking about the journey they had taken throughout the entire time with all the funny/sad/happy things they
happened to them. She wanted to feel like it was before and maybe it triggered something in sarah but especially then, they should at least given us those things to become really full circle.A conclusion
where they worked towards.They just should have shown us what happened with sarah after that kiss. Its a series finale, not a season finale.Just close the gap with chuck and sarah being together and happy
without any threats to their live as a married couple which deeply love each other. Thats the heart of the show.Just hoping the extended scenes on the DVD will lighten up at least some of the unanswered
things about chuck and sarah.They will be together , thats for sure but i wanted to know if their dreams become reality.. family, kids, the dream home..these things should matter. After everybody were moving
on with their lives together ( Ellie & Awesome), ( Morgan & Alex ), ( Casey & Gertrude ) and taking a huge step into their new future together, i feel like chuck and sarah are heading backwards to where they
were before..kind of.Wished it just ended in a much happier way for them with all their dreams AND MEMORIES!
All in all i think they had to to the end a little bit different.more closure.. it should feel like an end and not to be left to the fans what they imagine out of that.its just too much in my opinion.
enough of that.. i just hope everybody enjoyed this beautiful ride of 5 years .. i will never forget that.. chuck literally changed my life.. it made me happy day after day and at least im happy that im able
to enjoy this beautiful tv show ( really means more to me than a normal tv show ) by rewatching it from where all begins.
much love and peace to all of u chucksters. lets hope for a movie or something like that 🙂
Every series I’ve ever watched during the Internet era, going back to Seinfeld, has had its finale followed by fans speculating about post-finale episodes, etc. It almost never happens, and I can’t see any way it makes sense here. The sets are torn down and the cast is already on to other things. Strahovski has the look of a major movie star, Levi will be in demand on television and stage, Baldwin has long been one of the busiest actors in Hollywood, etc.
What might not totally surprise me if there’s something with more closure on the Season 5 DVD. Fedak & Schwartz are already heavily promoting the DVD as having considerable extra time added to the finale. Maybe it’s a final cash grab–that would help make sense of a final episode that doesn’t make a whole lot (why is everyone bailing on Burbank during this crisis? Why isn’t Ellie, a world class neurologist, putting forth a little effort to help Sarah? Why is Casey’s goodbye treated as permanent when Verbanski spent so much time in Burbank herself? How did Chuck, in the midst of an existential crisis, find time to consummate a major real estate deal with Subway? Why would the creators, who have previously given us five or six unambiguously happy endings, pick this time leave us a bittersweet Choose Your Own Adventure?) otherwise.
The finale was fantastic, i cried, i laughed, i was happy and heartbroken at the same time, and that is exactly the way it should be.
I’m glad, that unlike so many other shws, Chuck got a real ending, but i still can’t believe it’s really over yet, i’m rewatching all of Jeffster’s song on youtube atm ^^ .
I still have one TINY complain about the end, i wished they would have not brought a new bad guy from nowhere for the final 3 episodes. They brought Shaw back, they should have had him as the mastermind.
Sarah’s mindwiping would have been much more powerfull for me if Shaw had been the one to do it as well.
I think the ending was great. Very quiet and not too obvoius concerning Sarah’s memories. I don’t need to see her recover because everyone ‘knows’ she will anyway although it may take a while. We have seen many episodes that needed an ending with every family member sitting around the kitchen table, but i think that might have been to much – or too simple – for a season finale like this. All in all it was the family again with everyone (and their storylines) parting.
And most of all I just loved all the references to the first season: the Wienerlicious, Sarah visiting the NerdHerdDesk, Beckman, the porn virus and the final shot on the beach. Well written, guys. And thank you for 5 years of action, nerds and gags. This ride was awesome.
I cried for an for over an hour last night watching the series finale. I wish they would have ended it with Sarah getting her memories back, but the way they ended it was pretty good. At least they left it to our imagination and tied up the loose ends. Yet it was still so sad, watching Chuck trying to support and help Sarah, when she can’t remember anything and tries to kill him, Chuck still loves her after all she did. I’m so happy they got back together. It’s been an awesome 5 seasons. I’m gonna miss the show so much.
I, for one, was sorely disappointed in the final episode…ever.
Like someone mentioned, it seemed like we’d been strung along for 5 years, watching relationships develop, and then get the rug pulled out from under us in the last 15 minutes. I had the distinct impression that the producers hired a staff of new writers for the finale, who had never watched the show!
We all wanted a story book ending for Chuck and Sarah. Everyone else in the show got theirs. Ellie and Devon got dream jobs, with the prospect of a new home in Chicago. Morgan and Alex get Casey’s home. Casey is off to reunite with Gertrude. Jeff and Lester follow their recording dream to Germany. And Chuck and Sarah get….what?
Suddenly in the last couple hours we’re introduce to the Key. A slick little device that can reprogram the Intersect glasses. Never a prior hint it existed. But now it only has “one upload left” before it self-destructs. Now, we don’t know if the version of the Intersect Sarah downloaded to the device is a “clean” copy, or if it’s the flawed program. In any case Ellie has plans to program it to restore Sarah’s memory. Then a heart wrenching moment when Chuck apologizes to Sarah, and puts on the glasses to regain the Intersect so he can disarm the bomb. Then the glasses go up in a puff of smoke, reminiscent of the tape recordings in Mission Impossible.
So the sun sets on the star-crossed lovers. Sarah struggling to remember their life together, and Chuck hoping a kiss will seal the deal. But wait! Chuck still has the Intersect from the last download. Is it the flawed program, that will fry his brain like it did Morgan and Sarah, or is it a good copy that gives him back all the powers that were demonstrated in the past 5 years? And why didn’t he give the glasses to Sarah at the music hall, and let HER disarm the bomb, with the added benefit of all the memories the Intersect contained?
When the credits rolled, I found my popcorn had suddenly gone stale….
Do any sites still post screencaps of episodes? I haven’t been able to find any doing season 5 but would love to make at least a wallpaper out of that last scene.
As soon as we can get “clean” copies of the episodes (as in without all those stupid network symbols and ads at the bottom of the screen) from iTunes or Amazon, we’ll post screencaps from this season.
It’s now Saturday afternoon, more than 18 hours after the end of the show. I could barely sleep last night and I’ve been on the verge of tears all day today, tears that I have to hide from my wife because she doesn’t understand my “obsession” with Chuck. The show did not end the way I wanted it to. I didn’t really want the ambiguity. I’ve scoured the web today looking for commentary and reviews that will give me a measure of solace. I’ve finally decided that Sarah is on her way back, that the memories are returning and will eventually return fully, and that they will find their way back to the future that Chuck sketched following their lovemaking on the bullet train.
While I was mourning the end of Chuck today I happened to listen to the Dave Matthews song, You & Me. For me, the song imagines a future similar to what I hope for the Chuck and Sarah story:
Wanna pack your bags, Something small
Take what you need and we disappear
Without a trace we’ll be gone, gone
The moon and the stars can follow the car
and then when we get to the ocean
We gonna take a boat to the end of the world
All the way to the end of the world
Oh, and when the kids are old enough
We’re gonna teach them to fly
You and me together, we could do anything, Baby
You and me together yes, yes
You and I, we’re not tied to the ground
Not falling but rising like rolling around
Eyes closed above the rooftops
Eyes closed, we’re gonna spin through the stars
Our arms wide as the sky
We gonna ride the blue all the way to the end of the world
To the end of the world
Chuck, Sarah, and company took me with them from the beginning of their story to the end and on to the open-ended future. Thanks to the creators, cast and crew for this one-of-a-kind, deeply appreciated show.
I guess I’m still at denial, I really wanted to ask everyone about this, you know how at the end of the fourth season, Decker tells chuck that fulcrum, the ring, volkoff, etc… were all part of a grand plan where in chuck was a pawn, the show never really explained that. that was very disappointing, I waited and waited and they never did, can someone please explain this to me, what was the plan, and who was behind it, it wouldn’t make sense if decker and shaw were behind it as they only came in later!
Decker lied. He was working for Shaw and wanted to make Chuck question everything. In episode 2 or 3 this season, Chuck told Decker he knew he’d lied about the conspiracy.
Oh, I didn’t notice that, seems like a wanted opportunity though, It would have been amazing if they could everything together, one more thing, and I know it sounds annoying, but I’m too obsessive to let it go, it doesn’t really make sense for the fulcrum agent to be calling the ring “amateurs” since Fulcrum is part of the ring, meaning that every Fulcrum agent is also a ring agent!
Yep. This is gonna hurt for a while. But YOU PEOPLE make the pain seem a litle less painful. Thank you for being here when I needed you and for giving me a chance to contribute a few Friday 5’s. For treating me with respect and supporting my weirdness as well. God Bless you “3 Chuckateers”. You were my only hope. I’ll be right here if you need me again. Happy Trails. Until we meet again.
If it will link to it, here is one I uploaded with
Sarah & Chuck kissing in the sunset.
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Closeup of Chuck & Sarah kissing:
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Chuck & Sarah sitting on the beach happy:
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I am seriously on the fence did she get her memories bck or didn’t she, fedak and schwartz say it’s up to your ” point of view” (yes I grew up on Star Wars also) but that’s kind of a cop out unless they have something added on the dvd that they aren’t sharing Here that guys add something to solve this issue PLEASE