Just for the record, I will not be dressing as a belly dancer at any point either.
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This being the first episode after the Volkoff arc, was a chance to slow the pace down a bit, but there were a number of things going on. We had all the relationships that were either featured or touched on; pretty much everyone from the main cast had a little bit of relationship story, be it large, like Chuck and Sarah, Beckman and Roan, or small, like touching upon the relationship between Alex and her mom, who is moving on with her life.
Sarah’s relationship with her family was brought up, signposting the way for the next set of stories.
We also had the relationship between Ellie and Mary. Both of them are making great strides in rebuilding their relationship to one another, in no small part due to the birth of baby Clara.
Interestingly, Ellie seems to have no problem with Mary going off and being a spy once again, rather than settling down with the family. Does this mean she’s accepting the fact that the spy business runs in her family?
There is an interesting parallel in the very first scene; we open with everyone crowded around Clara, freaking her out, quite frankly. Clara registers her displeasure at this by doing what babies do; she starts crying. The next minute, the Bartowski/Woodcomb alliance turns to Sarah and Chuck and starts doing the same thing, crowding them with plans for the wedding and who to get for this, what to do for that. Team B escape from that situation, not by crying, but by bugging out to Castle and begging Beckman for a mission.
This episode brilliantly brought to the fore a gag from the previous Larroquette episode, Season 2’s ‘Chuck Vs The Seduction’ in which General Beckman and Montgomery have a ‘thing’.
As Beckman is usually the character that shows how things should be done in the spy world, it was nice to see her swap sides of the table and be emotionally invested in the mission. I loved that the general got to be a part of the action this time, something I think we’ve been waiting to see for a while. Rather than being on a monitor, or even interacting with Team B, she actually got to be in the thick of it, making this the first episode with a proper Beckman story line.
I’m sure that many of you cheered or clapped or made some sort of celebratory gesture when she whipped out that rocket launcher. Go get ‘em G’Becks!
Also, what about that flashback to Berlin, 1989? For the first time in the series, Diane Beckman got her some sugar!
*Thanks to whoever chose classic cheesy ’89 anthem ‘Wind Of Change’ to represent that time, rather than the terrible cheese that was David Hasslehoff’s ‘Looking For Freedom’
After spending a great deal of time in a hospital bed last episode, Casey was back doing what he loves – hiding in walls! It’ll be a tough time for him when they come across a villain who has cavity wall insulation.
We got to see Casey attempt to seduce the most macho female guard and fail quite impressively. Maybe Roan lied to him about why he failed the seduction class twice, or perhaps he’s just lost it after years of embracing his angry centre.
He did manage to take out those three guards by shooting through the hole in the wall, although in that scene, they did use the clichéd “take one step to the left. The other left, idiot.” which I’m sure most of us saw coming a mile off.
Next episode: Chuck Vs The Cat Squad – Chuck surprises Sarah with her old spy team, The C.A.T. Squad, leading to a mission in Rio. As The C.A.T. Squad works to settle a score with Augusto Gaez (guest star Lou Diamond Phillips), old secrets and grudges come to light. Back at the Buy More, Morgan fends off the advances of Carina, a former flame and frisky member of The C.A.T Squad.
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