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Is there anyone in Hollywood who
isn’t a spy? First Stan Lee, now Bo Derek!
Chuck Versus Bo was probably one of
the more fun episodes of the season. With things starting to be wrapped up,
although most of the last few episodes have had a sense of closure to them, it
was time to unveil the final villain.
What they’ve done is neatly bring
everything into play, the fact that Nicholas Quinn (Angus Mcfadyen) was
supposed to be the first candidate for the Intersect, and that he’s been going
after it ever since was a pretty interesting way of linking the past to the
present. He blames Chuck for being broken because he didn’t have the Intersect
when he felt he needed it and it seems he might have plans for him.
It was quite amusing that in the
list of Quinn’s clients, as well as FULCRUM, The Ring and Volkoff Industries,
they also mentioned Kim Jong-il. Spooky timing when they say they’ve taken down
some of his biggest clients and Morgan comments regarding the late Mr Kim; “Did
we get him?” A similar thing happened last year with a gag involving Casey
having Bin Laden targets, just days after he was killed.
Is Casey involved in the
assassination of evil foreign douchebags when he’s not on a mission with Chuck
and Sarah? Just a thought :)
Jeff managed to prove that he has
considerable smarts in the last episode and this continued in this one. While
Lester was more than willing to accept a debauched night in Vegas that he
couldn’t remember, Jeff questioned the evidence.
The X-13 gas that Casey used on
them, multiple times, was meant to knock them out and they’d forget the last 24
hours, but it didn’t quite seem to work. Jeff took a cue from Memento and
started writing clues on his arm to help him remember – surely something that
Casey would have spotted and erased before leaving them at the set-up scene.
Of course, Jeff and Lester got to
the bottom of it in Vail, following the team to the Buy More. Just as Lester
accuses them of being spies, Quinn and his men come in and start shooting. The very
notion of Jeffster being involved in a spy vs. spy shootout would never have
crossed my mind last season, but there we were, Jeff cowering and Lester trying
to scale a climbing wall to safety as the bullets flew!
In the end, Casey managed to
outsmart them by writing ‘not’ into the phrase ‘they are spies’ on Jeff’s arm.
So, with the +1 vultures on the car, Big Mike treated them to a Subway Fresh
Fit meal and they drove off towards Vegas. That could have been a nice ending
for them in the series, but they’ll be back in the palace of emerald and gold,
hopefully with Jeffster! rocking out one final time!
I liked the Vail Buy More, a strange
Twilight Zone version of the familiar Burbank store, right down to the Jeff and
Lester-alikes (note how their Lester IS a woman), the female Big Mike, Big
Michelle, and even a version of Fernando!
Adam Baldwin tweeted that he’d ad-libbed Casey’s “I hate
Twitter” line. Who doesn’t love a good Baldwin ad-lib?
We knew that everything wasn’t going to end smoothly, right
from the moment that Sarah said “one last mission” – even Casey knew that you
never, ever, say one last mission – it’s like saying “nothing can possibly go
wrong” or “this’ll be the best Christmas Walford’s ever had”*
*A trope taken from UK soap Eastenders, where
something terrible happens every Christmas. Line also completely nicked from Doctor
Who episode The Impossible Planet ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hdvMjVSctc
)
The bad guy and his new set of goons grab Chuck demanding
that Sarah bring the Intersect glasses to a location at the docks. Sarah and
Casey go off to save Chuck, only to find that the exchange is a trap. Pinned
down without an exit, Sarah decides the only thing to do is put on the glasses
and upload the Intersect. Well, to be fair, it was either that or surrender and
most likely be killed.
I’ve seen a few people on Twitter complaining that Sarah
doesn’t need the Intersect to be badass. Whilst this is true, it should be
noted that the Intersect 2.0 was supposed to enhance the skills of already
competent spies. The Giant Blonde Shemale might be awesome, but give her the
Intersect and she can dodge bullets.
I would have said that with Intersect-enhanced skills she’s
unstoppable, but we all know what comes from uploading a dodgy Intersect. Can
we expect Sarah to start losing her memory, or worse? There’s only one way to
find out – tune in next week!
A MISSION ABOARD A JAPANESE BULLET TRAIN SPIRALS OUT OF
CONTROL, PUTTING THOSE CLOSEST TO CARMICHAEL INDUSTRIES IN DANGER – ANGUS
MACFADYEN GUEST STARS — When a mission in Japan becomes a hostage situation,
Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Chuck (Zachary Levi) must face the merciless
Nicholas Quinn (guest star Angus Macfadyen, “Braveheart”) aboard a speeding
Japanese bullet train. Meanwhile, the mission leaves Casey with an impossible
decision. Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster, Ryan McPartlin, Scott Krinsky, Vik
Sahay and Mark Christopher Lawrence also star.
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