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Holy crap!!
That’s the cleaned up reaction of a lot of people to last night’s episode of Chuck. It seems that our hero wasn’t the only one who was duped by Timothy Dalton’s character of Gregory Tuttle, or should I say Alexei Volkoff.
We all seemed to think when we heard that Dalton had been cast that he would be playing Volkoff, then it was announced that his character was called Tuttle and it seemed that idea went out the window. Bluff!
This episode had some great comedy, good action, and enough intrigue and twists to be worthy of a Bond film. Having been written by the wonder-duo Rafe Judkins and Lauren LeFranc, I had high hopes for it, and it certainly did not disappoint.
I know that a lot of people will have loved the scene between Ellie and Mary, with Sarah sitting in the background. Once again, Yvonne manages to say so much without saying a word.
In an interesting link to last season, I noticed that they played the same song when the house was blown up as they played when Papa B was shot. One death and then another for Orion; firstly he is killed by Shaw and then his life’s work is destroyed by Volkoff with a little help from his estranged widow. Not only that, but it appears that Mama B de-Intersected Chuck, most likely not for the same reasons as Orion did though. Hopefully the computer left in the car will provide something for Chuck, or who knows, maybe Ellie will accidentally be Intersected!
Mary Bartowski/Frost seems to be an interesting dilemma, she’s torn between her feelings as a mother, and her duty as a spy, albeit for the wrong side. She’ll do something to sabotage the mission he’s undertaken as he is an enemy spy to her; then she will do something in order to protect him as, despite their conflicting loyalties, Chuck is still her son.
It leaves me wondering whether something will happen later on this season that forces her to choose between saving her son’s life, or completing her mission. I have a feeling that would not be an easy resolution for her at the moment.
Morgan is enjoying himself as he becomes more involved in the missions. He might not be terribly adept at it, but he certainly brings an undeniable enthusiasm.
The scene at the bar was hugely entertaining, from Morgan’s entrance, in which reminded me a little of David Caruso, to the classic flubbing when he drops the earpiece into the glass of water and tries to retrieve it.
I loved that he referred to Casey and himself as a couple, and Chuck’s reaction to that was brief but brilliant. The scenes between Morgan and Sarah are brilliant, but those between Morgan and Casey show a little more; there is both an element of annoyance and of growing respect, or possibly just tolerance, from Casey towards the little bearded one.
Timothy Dalton seemed to be having fun playing the character of Tuttle, a bumbling wannabe spy, somewhat of a departure from his role as Bond (a role I think he is highly underrated in) and the roles he played most recently in Hot Fuzz and Doctor Who.
Of course, we’d guessed that he would be playing Volkoff, despite the bluff, but it was no less exciting when he eventually showed up, sharp-suited and ready to kill (licence or no) and destroy Orion’s secret base.
There are two things I’d like to point out, the first being Chuck and Sarah resolving their fight whilst fighting off Volkoff’s agents was a brilliantly ironic idea.
Secondly, I thought that the “Burgundy ’68 Mustang” was a little pushed as an idea. It could have been done with a little more subtlety rather than spelled out so that even the village idiot could see that it would be of major import.
As always, I recommend checking out the latest ChuckYouTuesday podcast – just click the link to the Chuckgasmic blog in the side bar, but please remember it contains strong language.
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