See? I promised yesterday that I would try to be more proactive on writing about the shows I want to watch. And for today, at least, I’m going to keep this promise. Last night was the second episode of the season for Chuck. And I barely had time to get done with fixing dinner before the show was on, so I think I missed the first minute or so. But that didn’t ruin my enjoyment of the episode.
BTW, 2 lbs of ground sirloin, 1 packet of ranch dressing, 12 crushed saltine crackers, 2 eggs, and 1 tablespoon of minced garlic make damned good hamburger patties for grilling. But that’s another story.
Anyway, on to the episode. Chuck is having some relationship issues with Sarah. He’s nervous about the fact that Sarah hasn’t unpacked after being together for 8 months. It makes him feel like Sarah is not as committed to the relationship as he is. And then he becomes even more neurotic after talking to Morgan, who warns him that every relationship has an Achilles Heel. That is, some issue that will ultimately doom the relationship.
In the meantime, Morgan has been noticing that the Buy More seems ‘off’. It’s too perfect, to the point where people will eventually notice that something is not right. Morgan goes to General Beckman to discuss this, and ultimately goes on a ‘recruitment drive’ to fix the problem.
The big mission of the week is to steal smart-bullets from a beautiful ‘super model’, Sophia. She’s also a weapons smuggler who uses her good looks and position to travel the world meeting with the rich and powerful using her model-lifestyle to disguise her true activities. Chuck and Sarah are sent to the fashion show to steal her latest item, ‘smart bullets’.
Chuck often lives or dies on its use of guest stars. And Karolina Kurkova did fairly well with the role they gave her. She was surprisingly menacing in the role. Lou Ferigno was in it too, but he had much less importance and impact to the show.
So Chuck gets himself in the dog house early in the episode, which distracts the couple who seem to treat the job as something simple. However, Sophia is one step ahead of the group the whole time. She immediately sees through Chuck’s theft-attempt; and plants a bomb in her purse and lets them go for it Sarah disarms it, and the two break into her hotel suite later to steal the bullets. However, things don’t go well there either. Sophia catches them (while naked); and while the two do manage to escape with the bullets back in LA they learn that she stayed one step ahead of them. Though they go the actual bullets…the important part of the tech was in the chips which had been replaced with fakes.
The two eventually manage to determine that the chips are likely in Sophia’s dress; and go back to the fashion show to get it. This culminates in a big fight scene between Sophia and Sarah; while Chuck gets surrounded by bad guys (including a very unhappy Lou). The fight is very brutal, and ends up going quite public on the catwalk before Sarah manages to take Sophia down in a fairly close fight. The two return home victorious and a bunch of relationship related things happen. Chuck and Sarah make up. Sarah begins to unpack because ‘Chuck is her home’. The old Buy More crew returns (just in time to protect Chuck’s cover). Awesome and Elly agree to help each other out. And Casey contacts his daughter for the first time in a long time. Oh, and Morgan is now manager of the Buy More.
Like the premier, the episode was good, but not great. The ending was very ‘Chuck like’ with a lot of great character moments that really help sell the characters and humanize them. Sophia was an OK villain, one who was always a step ahead and quite the bull fighter, but we really didn’t get to see much of her. And at the end, we do learn of Chuck and Sarah’s Achilles Heel…when Chuck mentions children Sarah’s eyes bug out completely and the episode ends.
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