Chuck is in fashion!
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Monday night’s episode of Chuck was definitely one for the guys; a former Victoria’s Secret model in the shower, Sarah in her underwear (again - although not that you'll get any complaints from me!) and a good old high-kicking chick fight between the two of them. Of course, the ladies were treated to a shirtless Awesome, which kinda compensates! It begs the question, why NBC have done so little to promote this season, especially this episode with so much flesh on display?
The suitcase of the title we found to be both what Sarah has been living out of, since she has a fear of settling down given both her childhood and her job, and also a reference to her emotional baggage. This is keeping with trend that some episode titles, correct me if I’m wrong, but not all titles, have a double meaning.
We got treated to the fact that Casey was banned from going to fashion shows, in a professional capacity at least, because of ‘The Yves St Laurent Incident’, although we were informed of some of what happened, unlike the famous and mysterious Buy More ‘Volleyball Incident’!
In the world of the Burbank Buy More, Morgan got promoted to manager in order to protect its cover. He pointed out that it was too efficient to be realistic, enemy agents would instantly know it was more of a ‘Spy More’ than a ‘Buy More’ – not his words, my rubbish pun!
Of course we had the return of the Buy Morons, along with the ubiquitous ‘wind machine entrance’, this time provided by Morgan with a large fan, a little humourous nod to the entrances of a number of characters to the store. The question is, will Morgan be able to keep the Buy Morons from finding out the truth about the store and their highly efficient co-workers? He’ll have help from Team Bartowski no doubt, but Lester is naturally suspicious most of the time, or maybe he’ll be too busy wrangling Jeff to notice.
Speaking of Jeff and Lester, I liked the continuation of the ‘Buy Hard’ video diary aspect, linking those in with the show. We also got given some classic Jeff, first his tolerance to tranq darts – how many did it take?! - and his creepy come-on to a pregnant Ellie. Oh, and I can’t not mention the classic squeal from Lester when Casey turns up at their van – it’s like a distressed hamster or something, and very funny!
A question that I find I’m asking myself now is how long will it be before Morgan hires back Big Mike to run the store, because we all know that Mark Christopher Lawrence is back at some point this season as our favourite donut-eating boss.
We got a little hint of what may be ahead; Morgan has had more contact with Casey’s daughter Alex than he has, and Casey is none to pleased. I did like the fact that he was comfortable enough (eventually) to phone her and call himself ‘Dad’, with a little smile even. So it seems that both Sarah and Casey have something to tie them to Burbank, not just as a cover any more.
We saw the Achilles Heel that Morgan informed Chuck existed in every relationship. Chuck is happy with the idea of getting married to Sarah and starting a family, whilst Sarah is uncomfortable with the idea. She was barely comfortable enough to unpack for eight months, so it’s not to be unexpected that talk of settling down like a normal couple wouldn’t freak her out a bit.
On a final note, I think it was a pity that Bronson Pinchot’s role lasted only for a few seconds on screen. Whether the rest of his role ended up on the cutting room floor or if it was just a quick turn, I think to have a big(ish) name like that and not really use him was a bit of a waste.
As always, I recommend checking out the latest ChuckYouTuesday podcast – just click the link to the Chuckgasmic blog in the side bar, but remember, it contains strong language.
