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[RevoDS]

I might be able to watch live tonight for the first time in months. Chuck and election night should be fun...

 

[Cornballer]

- Video interview with Levi, Strahovski, and Gomez about the show and what's to come for the rest of the season
- TV Guide with a spoilerish pic from the finale along with some other details *spoilers*

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

- TV Guide with a spoilerish pic from the finale along with some other details *spoilers*

I am very much hoping that Fedak is joking about that potential storyline if they get a fifth season. That is about the last thing I would ever actually want to see on Chuck :|

 

[Cornballer]

Chuck Day!

Enjoy the episode!

 

[Sirpopopop]

Not even on the first page 1 minute before the show starts.

Oh Chuck-GAF.

We've lost steam .

 

[Captain Blood]

Well looks like we found out who took down Osama.

 

[The Elite]

I had a feeling it was Casey who took out Osama. His favourite target.

Awesome.

 

[Captain Blood]

I am very much hoping that Fedak is joking about that potential storyline if they get a fifth season. That is about the last thing I would ever actually want to see on Chuck :|

Unless it was Jeff and Lester

Spoiler

adopting.

Then I am 100% for it.

 

[Zabka]

That's the best looking woman ever.

I miss Krod Mandoon.

 

[DominoKid]

oh that was dope

 

[Oozer3993]

I'm calling it now: Agent X =

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Tuttle/Volkoff

 

[NotTheGuyYouKill]

I'm calling it now: Agent X =

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Tuttle/Volkoff

Agreed

Edit: that lady is awesome

 

[Doorman]

Oh hey there actually is a Chuck thread here. Wish I'd ventured into these parts sooner.

Is anybody else disappointed during Chuck's conversation with Ellie that

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he never bothered to explain that the CIA totally sabotaged his efforts to get a real life back

? I guess ultimately it doesn't make much difference but it's something that felt awfully glossed-over.

 

[Shin Johnpv]

I'm calling it now: Agent X =

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Tuttle/Volkoff

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As soon as they said that house was in England I said the same thing.

I still have to say WOW to that.

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So does any one think that if there's a season 5 a good part of it will be trying to reverse what happened to Volkoff?

 

[Solo]

Really enjoyed that one outside of the rather lame and predictable Volkov/X twist. I just don't care about the character, despite Dalton being entertaining. Otherwise, the bachelor party that wasn't made me laugh, as did the trip to Reneaux, and the old lady blowing her house up, and there was some great character interaction in there too. It was nice to see Chuck and Ellie have a lot of scenes together.

- Sarah: "you really have never been to Vegas, have you?"
- Las VeCas :lol
- Big Mike: "it's about steaks, gambling and getting into some freaky stuff that will likely haunt you for the rest of your life" :lol
- really liked the scene with Ellie in Castle and finding out that Chuck is the Intersect
- old woman: "they ruined my primroses. Eat lead, you bastards!"
- Casey mouthing "wow" at the old lady firing the gun :lol

 

[Incendiary]

Yeah, the Volkoff twist was fairly predictable. As soon as Ellie said 1980 I thought it, then when the house was in England it was easy. Chuck's never been very unpredictable with twists. Still a solid episode, though.

I wonder what all the numbers/letters on the silver disc mean.

 

[WascallyWabbit]

Oh hey there actually is a Chuck thread here. Wish I'd ventured into these parts sooner.

Is anybody else disappointed during Chuck's conversation with Ellie that

Spoiler

he never bothered to explain that the CIA totally sabotaged his efforts to get a real life back

? I guess ultimately it doesn't make much difference but it's something that felt awfully glossed-over.

lol yeah, one of those chuck moments where u gotta say, "don't worry about it."

 

[plc268]

Really enjoyed that one outside of the rather lame and predictable Volkov/X twist.

Judging by comments every week here, every twist is lame and predictable.

 

[Silh]

lmao

"Is that a gun? No."

 

[Screaming_Gremlin]

Judging by comments every week here, every twist is lame and predictable.

Well, Chuck has never been that good when it comes to surprise twists. And honestly, anyone else outside of Volkoff (as predictable as it was) would be pretty stupid. Unless Harry Tang came back to be Agent X. That would have been awesome.

I don't really have much to add that Solo didn't already hit. I am glad he finally talked to Ellie. That should have happened back in the first part of the season, although I do like the way it played out in this episode. Also, we need a lot more scenes of Sarah in the bathtub.

 

[Oozer3993]

Yeah, the Volkoff twist was fairly predictable. As soon as Ellie said 1980 I thought it, then when the house was in England it was easy. Chuck's never been very unpredictable with twists. Still a solid episode, though.

I wonder what all the numbers/letters on the silver disc mean.

First time I saw them I immediately thought it was a Youtube video id.

 

[Silh]

Jesus, they abused the hell out of that Kesha song.

 

[Cornballer]

Some good moments this week, most of which have already been covered by Solo. The Volkoff "twist" was pretty obvious. I'm curious where that leaves us for the last two episodes - at the very least we're getting some more Dalton. Nice to get a bit of Ellie and Chuck time, though it's a bummer they didn't give Ray Wise more to work with. Anyone else have Billy Ocean stuck in their head now?

- Sepinwall's review
- Onion A|V Club

- Promo for next week (please spoiler tag discussion)

 

[SRG01]

There have been some hints at the Volkoff twist, especially when he gets emotional during the chess game.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I liked the episode a lot. I enjoyed the twist with Volkoff, and it easily explains why Dalton was not really that Russian to begin with. And it also explains more as to why Mary would go so deep undercover.

Loved the old lady though. She was awesome.

Strangely, I was most impressed that they actually got one of the new Radiohead songs for the ending. The power of Chuck.

 

[roosters93]

Jesus, they abused the hell out of that Kesha song.

Didn't even notice.

 

[Spotless Mind]

Despite the Agent X twist being one of the most obvious of all time, it actually serves as an interesting development. Dalton assuredly coming back is also a giant plus.

Daphne Moon's mum shooting the machine gun was one of the biggest laughs the show has given me. They need to bring her back!

 

[Solo]

Judging by comments every week here, every twist is lame and predictable.

Most of Chuck's twists have been lame and predictable the past two seasons.

 

[Cornballer]

Streams of last night's episode:
- NBC.com
- Hulu

 

[stuminus3]

Hilarious episode. Episodes with the full cast always seem to be packed with the most jokes.

Yvonne in the bath was just gratuitous. I like it.

 

[Cornballer]

- Ratings up slightly

NBC’s Chuck inched up 8% from its its last original to a 1.4 adults 18-49 rating. Law & Order: LA was also up 8% to a 1.4 rating in adults 18-49. The Event was flat vs. last week with a 1.3 adults 18-49 rating.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

- Ratings up slightly

YES! Its up! 1.4 baby!

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God that sucks. However, c'mon, renew it NBC, you're such shit every where else!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Hilarious episode. Episodes with the full cast always seem to be packed with the most jokes.

Was Beckman in this one? She is never the center of laughs, but she is the only main cast member not in the episode I think. But it was nice seeing Big Mike and Jeffster together.

Yvonne in the bath was just gratuitous. I like it.

Gratuitous and wonderful.

I loved her reaction to the strippers though.
"Is that a gun? Oh. No, it isn't."

 

[stuminus3]

Was Beckman in this one? She is never the center of laughs, but she is the only main cast member not in the episode I think. But it was nice seeing Big Mike and Jeffster together.

Actually now that you mention it, I don't think she was. My bad. Maybe I should reword that. Episodes with Jeffster, Big Mike and Awesome = hilarious.

I loved her reaction to the strippers though.
"Is that a gun? Oh. No, it isn't."

I have this problem now where I can't watch a scene with Yvonne in it without being on the lookout for good GIF material. :lol

My wife complained that Yvonne's fake English accent was terrible. Had to remind her that she's Australian and her fake American accent isn't so great, either. Heh.

 

[Seth C]

As much as I love Chuck, I hate seeing the Tuesday bump for this thread. I've not even looked yet, but I expect to see bad news...

Oh boy, it was actually up a tick!

 

[Spitz]

Great Episode it even had Gun Milf Porn.

I hope they will resolve all this and this last 2 Episodes as i don't expect a 5 season.

McNeill did an interview this week with Serienjunkies.de where he spoilered some stuff and that they prepared two endings for season 4 one with an cliffhanger and one that feels like complete Story.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Great Episode it even had Gun Milf Porn.

I hope they will resolve all this and this last 2 Episodes as i don't expect a 5 season.

McNeill did an interview this week with Serienjunkies.de where he spoilered some stuff and that they prepared two endings for season 4 one with an cliffhanger and one that feels like complete Story.

Good. Hopefully they know before airing it if it is renewed or not, then put the other ending as an extra on the DVD set.

 

[Cornballer]

McNeill did an interview this week with Serienjunkies.de where he spoilered some stuff and that they prepared two endings for season 4 one with an cliffhanger and one that feels like complete Story.

Ah, interesting. Makes sense for them to do it that way. The NBC Upfront presentation is the same day as the finale, so someone's going to know if it was renewed/canceled before then.

 

[Spitz]

I just realized that i read that wrong on my Cellphone in the Lunch Break. They have prepared a Finale that feels Complete but keeps some question open. And that there will be some surprise decisions by Chuck in the Finale.

Really sorry for that mistake in my last post my Boss disturbed me a lot while reading the Article on Serienjunkies.

Here is a link to that Interview sorry my English is to bad to translate it for you.

http://www.serienjunkies.de/news/fedcon-interview-chuck-produzent-mcneill-32052.html

He also said that Fedak and Schwartz presented their Plot of Season 5 to NBC.

 

[Cornballer]

No worries, and thanks for the link. That description (and the translation) sound pretty similar to what we've been hearing other places: there's some closure in the finale, but a few things will be left open in case there's a S5.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Enjoyed last night's episode. The evil agent was smokin' hot. Nice twists along the way, and glad to see Chuck and Ellie revealing their secrets. Good, solid, episode without going overboard on anything.

 

[Captain Nemo]

Really enjoyed this episode. Predictable twist once the episode got going, but an awesome development nonetheless and like PhoncipleBone said it kind of explains the ridiculous "20 years undercover" Mama B backstory. I wonder if the writers developed the Agent X/Volkoff story early on or after the full season order. Push Mix had such a feeling of finality to it.

Something worth mentioning: the house explosion looked pretty decent! I think they may have done some (if not all) of it in the real world instead of using CG? I vaguely recall one of the cast member tweeting a pic of the interior after the destruction.

 

[Cornballer]

Something worth mentioning: the house explosion looked pretty decent! I think they may have done some (if not all) of it in the real world instead of using CG? I vaguely recall one of the cast member tweeting a pic from the inside after the destruction.

It was the Seaver's house from Growing Pains.

 

[plc268]

My wife complained that Yvonne's fake English accent was terrible. Had to remind her that she's Australian and her fake American accent isn't so great, either. Heh.

Although, if you listen to some of Yvonne's interviews, her Australian accent is fading away. Maybe she does it on purpose sometimes... who knows.

 

[Captain Nemo]

It was the Seaver's house from Growing Pains.

Awesome! The budget cuts have been the biggest sore point of the show for me over the last two seasons—it's that's great that the crew had the opportunity to do this instead of the typical Chuck explosion.

 

[Enosh]

in no way shape or form did I see the Volkov twist comming, then again I don't do that much thinking when watching tv

or in general

oh and the evil girl agent faced a rather violent death

 

[Tashi]

Damn what an awesome episode. I didn't see that twist coming at all. Holy shit.

 

[Shouta]

Yeah, I didn't really see the twist coming but I only watch the show and don't read any interviews or anything of the sort. It makes sense looking back at it though.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I am shocked Cornballer did not see this. But I may have missed that sly devil posting this:

From Ausiello:

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Question: Since you are almost as big a fan of Chuck as I am, I need to know: What is your degree of confidence that the season finale can also serve as a satisfying series finale if NBC does the unthinkable and unforgivable? —Jeff
Ausiello: To be honest, my confidence level was pretty low. But then I spoke to exec producer Chris Fedak and it shot through the freakin’ roof. Despite the finale being titled “Chuck vs. the Cliffhanger,” Fedak assured me that the episode features “some fantastic resolution to a number of the stories that we set up this season.” But as has become something of a Chuck tradition, the final scene features a “cliffhanger component that launches us very much into [a possible] Season 5,” Fedak adds. What would such a season look like? “There were a number of stories that we’ve always wanted to do – even from Season 1 – involving who Chuck is as a person and as a hero. So [Season 5] would be an extension of that.”

Question: In last week’s AA you mentioned that the Chuck season finale broke the bank, budget-wise. Care to elaborate? Do you know what was so expensive? —Jeremy
Ausiello: The mother of all action sequences, according to Fedak. “It’s set in the desert and includes a super motorcycle, lots of special effects and a truck getting blown off the road,” he says. “It has an element of Duel, which is Steven Spielberg’s first movie. There’s also an element of Road Warrior… and an ode to the television show Street Hawk, which I watched as a kid.”

 

[Wads]

mmmmmmmmmmmm

To bad she got blowed up...