Bye Bye, Buy More!
We’d been told that this was going to be game changing; I feel that was an understatement. It would be like saying that the Sun is quite hot.
I think most people predicted, having been told that one major character would die, Papa Bartowski would be the unlucky candidate. If it couldn’t be any more obvious, he used the line “This is the last time I’m gonna walk away from you, I promise”, which is equivalent to the clichéd horror movie line “I’ll be right back” – you just know they’re going to die.
There is still the question of what happened to his body, but more importantly, his Governor. Of course, I’m assuming that one of The Ring agents took it, because even though it may be damaged, they could still use it to make their own
Ellie finally found out that Chuck is a spy and discovered that her father is as well, or was. Not only that, but after Stephen was killed, she stepped up to the plate and helped to rescue Team Bartowski by using the B Team of Devon and Morgan. Somehow, despite their bungling, they managed to come through and get our heroes out of trouble.
Morgan managed to get in and out of trouble, especially with Casey after the latter discovered that Morgan had his daughter’s phone number. It might be interesting to see a Morgan-Alex-Casey dynamic next season.
Despite that incident, he did earn some respect from Casey by doing something that Chuck was never willing to do. That’s right – he broke his thumbs to escape the restraints, despite it proving amusingly unnecessary.
During most of this season I know a number of people, myself included, have thought that The Ring was a sub-par Fulcrum, but boy were we proved wrong. Whilst Fulcrum were very visible in their evil doing, The Ring were extremely insidious, playing a long game for much higher stakes.
Shaw has been taken into custody and The Ring is in disarray, but have we seen the last of either?
Talking about seeing the last of someone, how about Jeffster? Now that Jeff and Lester are fugitives, suspected of blowing up the Buy More, how can they go on to do the stadium tours?
Mind you, Jeff managed a whole new level of worrying in just one comment – “It’s my dream come true. Ellie is exactly like Chuck, but with lady parts.” Devon decided to leave at that moment, and even Lester looked worried. How much more can be done with the two characters without integrating them into the spy world, which would be interesting, but most likely a huge mistake.
We got a glimpse into the Bartowski family history, and it seems that Chuck has always been special, after downloading the proto-Intersect at a young age. I’m assuming that he got de-Intersected at some point, cos otherwise it would just be weird!
The references during the finale were grand in scope, ranging from pop culture – General Beckman and the Star Wars ref, Big Mike and the Planet of The Apes ref, to meta, to call-backs – the Mexican Hat ringtone from Vs. The Undercover Lover; all juicy titbits that’ll keep you watching and re-watching.
I’ve seen a few people comment that the Intersect vs. Intersect fight was a little disappointing. I think that it was played to the abilities of the actors so that there was as much face time for them during the fight sequence, just to show what they were capable of, with as little need for stunt doubles as possible.
So, for Season 4 we have a new threat, a probable lack of Buy More, Mama Bartowski, the possibility of Casey becoming a family man and so many more things.
As I usually recommend, check out the latest ChuckYouTuesday podcast – just click the link to the Chuckgasmic blog in the side bar, but remember, it contains strong language.
Until next season, Semper Fidizzle, Chuck fans.
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