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Sarah Walker’s past comes back with a bang in the form of her old team The CAT Squad. Cue the opening sequence pastiche of Charlie’s Angels, similar to last season’s homage to ‘Hart To Hart’. Morgan really loves those old shows, doesn’t he?
Despite this being a fun action-y episode, there were a lot of good emotional character moments. I know I’m not alone in loving the interaction between Sarah and Ellie; the whole scene at the end was wonderfully done, with Sarah truly embracing an almost sisterly relationship with Ellie.
I’m hoping that this relationship between the two will add something to the show, especially with imminent Mr & Mrs Smith comparisons once Chuck and Sarah do get married, assuming that the wedding isn’t hijacked and we have to wait and pray for a 5th season to get there.
Chuck and Sarah were arguing and making up again, both realizing each other’s needs and managing to come to a compromise. Chuck wanted Sarah to embrace her past and have the things that he took for granted, but it doesn’t always work out like that, especially for a spy.
The mission was simple enough, get into a party, capture Lou Diamond Phillips and learn the identity of the mole.
My initial thought was that it was going to be a bust right from the moment they planned it. You suspect one of the CAT Squad of being a mole, so you plan the entire mission with all of them in the room. Can you see a flaw here?
I think a number of us guessed pretty early on that ditzy party loving Amy would be the mole. We’d already seen Carina be untrustworthy but ultimately come good in the first season, and so much suspicion was heaped on Zondra that it couldn’t have been her. I’m surprised that Casey let any of them in on his interrogation of Gaez.
Anyway, during the mission Chuck managed to maintain form and fumble at a crucial moment, falling through the skylight and dangling there like a covert piñata. Luckily his easily accessible intersect skills kicked in and he was able to tranq the dozen guards! Casey managed to provide backup and provide extraction by fist.
Meanwhile, Morgan had a mission of his own: to save his relationship with Alex. With Carina back in the picture, obviously still toying with ‘Martin’, it was always going to be awkward. Since she only became interested in him after he spurned her, it was inevitable that she would be interested in him now that he’s unavailable. However, she did spur Morgan into making a commitment and saying those three important words to Alex.
I’ve said before that Morgan seems to be a microcosmic version of Chuck these days; he’s grown from a bumbling nerd into a pretty competent spy, has a relationship with a beautiful woman, and has managed to tell her he loves her and had affirmation that she feels the same way about him (although it took less than 3 seasons for that to happen).
If, during the first season, you’d been told that Morgan would have two women fighting for his affection, I doubt you would have believed them. I certainly wouldn’t have, yet here we are.
A couple of random notes to finish; I wish that I were as perky as Sarah when I have a hangover. After a night of parties, she still manages to be as gorgeous as ever and completely coherent!
Also, despite the Buy More featuring in several scenes, this was the second episode in a row without Big Mike, Jeff and Lester. Hopefully they’ll be back soon to provide some Buy Moron shenanigans.
Finally, anyone who Googled CAT Squad will have found that there was an awful TV movie directed by William Friedkin called The C.A.T. Squad.
IMDB synopsis here - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090783/
From certain lines in the promo for next week, it could also have been called Chuck Vs Eyes Wide Shut! Take a look:
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