Chuck has returned for its fourth (and likely last) season with a plethora of guest stars and a new plot direction. I thought the episode was very good overall and this season seems to be going in the right direction in terms of pacing, action, plot, and characters we don't hate, all things last season seemed to stumble with until the end.
-I thought the episode had a very good balance of lightheartedness and actual danger/serious plot development, also something last season struggled with a lot.
-Best line of the episode came from Casey when asked if he's ever been in a long-term relationship: "No, I either leave or they die."
-Three out of four guest stars were put to good use. Henry Dean Statton was great as the creepy repo man as was Dolph Lungdren as the week's villain and Linda Hamilton was defeintely the right choice to play Mama Bartowski. Olivia Munn was in the episode for about a minute and was just kind of...there.
-The fact that the CIA now completely owns the Buy More is fun, albeit contrived, but it looks like we won't just be seeing General Beckman on a screen anymore.
-The budget cuts showed though here, but the show definetely made the best of it. I didn't even notice we hadn't seen Jeff, Lester, Big Mike, or Captain Awesome until the end of the episode. Also, the gunfight in the dark was awesome.
-Ellie doesn't show up until the very end of the episode, where she drops the bomb that she's pregnent. This really just seems like a contrivance so that Chuck has to hide he return to spy-dom and the search for their mother. I'll be interested to see how this plotline plays out.
8.9/10
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