Chuck Vs The Last Details

They've got the week off, what could possibly go wrong?

Move it along, Chewie.                         Photo Credit: NBC

I think that this episode is one of my favourites of not just the season, but of the series. References and callbacks were flying in places and the humour and tension were ramped up in all the right places.

Chuck certainly needs to nerd-ucate Sarah after she failed to get any of the Star Wars references, both asking why Chuck called Casey ‘Chewie’ and looking wonderfully bemused as Chuck and Morgan hummed the Imperial March to get the latter into a villainous mindset.

The plan to get into the mine was taken directly from Star Wars, even Casey knew that, as were a couple of lines of dialogue. The scene where we see Mary on the security camera was, I think, very much a reference to Terminator, with her doing Sarah Connor style pull ups in her cell.

It’s very convenient that the Norseman can kill a specific target, even if that target is apparently ‘half way around the world’. I can buy into a lot of things in the context of the show, but I’m not sure I can fully embrace this small but very important detail.

In order to make sure that this super weapon doesn’t fall into the hands of the bad guys, they have to infiltrate a group of buyers. Cue Morgan who is not only the only member of the team that Vivian and Riley don’t know, but he also looks like a recently detained Italian arms dealer. Well, not so much looks like, but has a beard like the guy, so that’s convincing enough!
Bringing Morgan onto the team has allowed for some great storylines, and pairing him up with Casey, his possible future father-in-law, has given us some great moments. This was shown in this episode by the fact that Casey wants to keep Morgan safe because he made a promise to Alex. I think it goes a little deeper than that, but I doubt that Casey would ever admit to caring about Morgan.

Jeff finally had a dream come true; thanks to his Chuck/Sarah montage video, he got a smacker from Ellie. It seems that despite the creepy drug-addled stalker exterior, he’s a romantic at heart, who knew?

It was also a good episode for using the entire cast in a way that made sense, with Jeff, Lester and Big Mike having a role to play in the rehearsal dinner sub-plot. It provided some laughs and, as you’d expect from Jeff and Lester, some slightly disturbing imagery. Strangely enough, despite Jeff’s ‘nips slips… of Chuck’ thing, Lester managed to come out in the lead on the freakiness stakes with his bizarre montage.

Things to be learned from this episode: Casey can snipe using a video feed to target, never ask Lester to make you a video, and never order the house special from a grubby Colombian cafe. 


*Final ratings are in, with Chuck scoring a 1.4. NBC seems to be under-performing in the ratings compared to the other big networks, certainly on a Monday, so it seems a 1.4 is pretty good.

We find out the fate of Chuck with the NBC upfronts on Mon 16^th, the same day as the finale. Fingers crossed people; it’s a big day for both Chuck and the fans.
With the last two season finales being possible series, we’ve grown used to them being big, bold and with a twist at the end setting up a possible next season. Even if next episode does turn out to be the last of the series, it’s still been a helluva ride.


Next episode: Chuck Vs The Cliffhanger – Before he can kiss the bride, Chuck must enlist his wedding party to take down Vivian Volkoff and stop her from destroying the big day. When he turns to Alexei Volkoff for help, the CIA sends its toughest agent, Clyde Decker, to stop them.

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