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A Screengrab of Literally the Only Moment on Last Night's "Chuck" Worth Watching

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under TV Reviews | Comments (17)

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Last night’s “Chuck” was one of the most tedious, frustrating, pointless episodes of the series’ run. It was an exhausting 58-minute set up for yet another plot turn that will likely be completely ironed out by the middle of the next episode. Worst still, all the teasers leading up to this “Chuck,” which featured Sarah with a new hairstyle and new attire, weren’t even in this episode. They’re apparently in the next episode. It’s sad enough that the only thing one has to look forward to in an episode is a character’s new hairstyle. It’s sadder still when they can’t even deliver on that.

And so, I give you: The only moment in last night’s episode of “Chuck” worth revisiting. And even that’s a stretch.

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Comments

Great moment.

/Yvonne Strahovski: SERIOUSLY underrated.

Posted by: Fredo at January 18, 2011 12:03 PM

I liked the pretty Indian girl. She seemed like she'd be a great character. I hope she finds a good show. The one she wandered into was not it.

Posted by: Reba at January 18, 2011 12:09 PM

Please, put this show out of its misery. This show is a husk of what it once was.

Posted by: Allen at January 18, 2011 12:41 PM

I haven't seen one good review of a Chuck episode on this site. I haven't looked hard. Because it looks like a crap show. Stop reviewing it.

Posted by: Brenton at January 18, 2011 12:51 PM

If only they would have kept the camera on Sarah as she rappeled down the side of the chauteau in that little short dress.....

Just give me more Casey being a cranky badass/Jayne, please....and maybe more Jeffster.

Posted by: dammitjanet at January 18, 2011 1:09 PM

Don´t anger the Chuck-ppl Dustin, they are everywhere on the www.
Literally.

Posted by: UncleKaiser at January 18, 2011 1:30 PM

Even Jeffster was disappointing. I'm a bit tired of Chuck, the character. The bumbling nerd with a crush on Sarah was cute the first two seasons. But ever since him and Sarah have gotten together and he has the new intersect that makes him a badass it just doesn't work as well.

Yvonne Strahovski on the other hand is as great as ever. There is just something about her, the way she carries herself. I buy her as a badass and as a woman who deeply cares about Chuck. And she is just sexy as hell.

Posted by: Dave at January 18, 2011 1:48 PM

I'd give her a stretch, if you know what I mean.

Posted by: the_wakeful at January 18, 2011 2:29 PM

NO, I don´t.

Posted by: UncleKaiser at January 18, 2011 2:45 PM

Granted, Chuck has been on a steady downhill trajectory, albeit with moments of its former humour, but it is really tedious every week for pajiba to put up the most prurient still from the show as the only watchable moments. It's worse than tedious and worse than lazy, it's pubescent idiocy to keep saying, 'well, at least it has a leggy blond'.

either drop it, or lambast it in a MST3K fashion.

or pick some geeky show worthy of pajiba's attention and write real recaps

Posted by: idleprimate at January 18, 2011 4:23 PM

You complain that the show just onjectifies Strahovski, then you complain when they don't objectify her enough.

dude, make up your mind!

Posted by: jthomas666 at January 18, 2011 4:23 PM

I didn't think it was that bad. They're going to end the show once Chuck and Sarah get married, so they need to milk it for what it's worth. Yes, that makes every other character totally obsolete, but there you have it. I thought Casey's proposal advice was funny, and I enjoyed that Sarah's character totally bought into Chuck's desire to give Sarah the perfect proposal. It was cute how she sneaked his engagement ring back into his pocket, for example. Yes the show is tedious sometimes, but it is still better than The Cape.

Posted by: Stella at January 18, 2011 5:27 PM

The way they built up the proposal, I kept thinking, "It's not going to happen this episode. It's gonna be all build-up and no payoff until the next episode." And then Sarah slipped the ring into his pocket and I thought, "Yes! He's actually gonna propose!" And then the floodlights came on and it didn't happen after all, and I totally fell for it like a goddamn sucker.

I love this show, but how many more times are they gonna contrive to separate Chuck and Sarah?

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at January 18, 2011 6:00 PM

I liked when Sarah got into the proposal and was like, "I'm taking over this op!"

Though seriously, did anyone see that double agent thing coming? Because I definitely didn't.

Posted by: denesteak at January 18, 2011 11:06 PM

brimful of asha, though. times two.

Posted by: rubynicole at January 19, 2011 1:08 AM

And, really, how cool is it that Sarah's willing to put it all on the line for Chuck and his mom - we've seen time and again how much Chuck is willing to do anything for Sarah, it's nice to see her doing the same (I am purposefully ignoring her whole Rambette episode, THAT was painful).

Posted by: Stella at January 19, 2011 2:55 PM

I loved, loved, loved this show for so long, but at this point I'm just going through the motions of watching it every week. Let it die and give Yvonne Strahotski a role in some other show that lets her be a badass and half-naked all the time. Maybe something science-fictiony?

Posted by: ReZ at January 20, 2011 2:03 AM