I really liked the pilot episode of “Chuck” (sidekick Morgan was hilarious, and I loved the mix of action and comedy, not to mention that Zach Levi is totally believable as the geek turned spy), and then was ultimately letdown by what I thought was a very poor follow-up “Chuck vs. The Helicopter”. So much so, in fact, that I considered dropping the show altogether (haha! What can I say, I’m impatient). However, at the sound advice of my friend William, I stuck with the show, and in my opinion, it has delivered the goods in the subsequent episodes (Chuck versus The Tango, Wookie and Sizzling Shrimp respectively). I love the fact that it especially paid attention to the aspect of how Chuck’s new double-life has affected his family life and his friendship with Morgan (particularly in the latest episode Shrimp). Though the will-they-won’t-they romance between Chuck and his handler Sara seems more mandatory than appealing at this point, it does show potential to blossom during the course of the season (and I love the ending scene to Wookie, where Sara couldn’t reveal her true identity to Chuck, despite all his imploring…heartbreaking!), and Casey is a lot of fun as the snarly second handler for Chuck with a surprising sense of gruff humor.
