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If you were still sitting on the fence regarding the awesomeness of Yvonne Strahovski/Sarah Walker, then this episode should have turned you into a fan.
It has been suggested by a number of people on Twitter that Yvonne deserves an Emmy for her performance in this. I think it would be hard to find many fans that would disagree, and I’m sure those outside the fandom would admit that she should at least be in contention.
This episode was, of course, Sarah-centric, and it showed us that she needs Chuck as much, if not more, than he needs her. Fighting her way across Thailand and taking on anyone who got in her way, Sarah proved that she was willing to do whatever it took to rescue Chuck.
For me there was a great comparison to Chuck in last week’s episode. Chuck thought that he needed the Intersect to be a spy, and needed to be a spy to have Sarah; for that he was willing to risk anything. This week, Sarah was willing to risk everything to rescue Chuck because she realised she needed him to have as normal a life as possible.
As well as the kicking of ass that went on, there was a great deal of heart and emotion to Sarah in this episode. Despite the loss of Chuck taking her dangerously close to crossing the line, there were also some very tender moments. The scene where she finds his proposal plan, when she smells his shirt, and when Sarah tells Chuck, as he lies unconscious, that she loves him, that she wants to marry him were very moving.
I loved that Sarah referred to Morgan as ‘The Magnet’. This could be his permanent new nickname; it’s certainly better than ‘Organ’!
Casey was a lot more reluctant in this episode to include Morgan in the mission than he has been recently. From taking him to rescue Chuck and Sarah from his old squad, to telling him he wouldn’t learn anything if he stayed in the van, it seemed that casey had been embracing the bearded one as his protégé. Okay, so Morgan has never been trusted with a loaded gun, but there’s plenty of time – baby steps, little ammo-less baby steps.
“You’re not getting bullets for a long, long time” – Casey to Morgan.
Events in this episode did get me thinking how Casey would react if ever something were to happen to Alex involving the spy world. No doubt that scenario would largely involve bodies flying about, as The Casey would truly be unleashed.
Ellie finally found the computer in the car that Papa B left for her, and it was indeed specifically left for her.
It was nice to see the Buy More gang outside of the store, although why Awesome would agree to give them all a physical regardless of their contribution to fixing the Orion computer is beyond me. Nice callback to Season 2 with Lester referring to it as a Roark 7.
It made for a wonderful cliffhanger having Ellie log into it and then that reaction. I wonder what could be on it? Luckily it seems not to be a version of the Intersect – I dread to think what would have happened in it were and Lester had activated it, or even worse, Jeff!
It seems that the Intersect-less arc will continue, hopefully for a few more episodes. Will we see Chuck being a spy during a mission without having the Intersect to rely on? Perhaps he needs to have the confidence not to use it for it to start working again.
What are your thoughts?
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