Chuck 3.10

“Chuck versus The Tic Tac”

Now that I’m back from buying breath mints at the corner store, here are some thoughts on last night’s episode…

Colonel John Casey has always been the most dependable character on “Chuck”. So maybe it was inevitable that there would be a serious weak spot in his patriotic make-up. It isn’t so hard to believe that Casey was once Lt. Alex Coburn, who left behind a pregnant fiancé to join a special black-ops team (that eventually sided with the Ring) by faking his own death. The show has given us clear back stories connecting us more closely to the characters. This connection also illustrated Chuck and Sarah’s deep bond with Casey as they defied CIA orders to help him.

Despite the dark overtones in this episode, it did have the trademarked humor! With Casey forced to team up with his former CO (now Ring agent) Keller, other characters had to pick up the comedy relief slack. The Awesome-Morgan running dialogue about Chuck was amusing, as was Chuck’s face plant against an invisible barrier in a CIA-secured building. However, the funniest moment unexpectedly came from Sarah, who took the access card to Casey’s prison cell from Head of Security Stanley Fitzroy and then casually bopped him once in the face!

And without Shaw to take away any screen time, the three original members of Team Bartowski each had a memorable fight scene: Chuck saving Casey’s ex-fiancé Kathleen against five members of the Ring, Sarah protecting Casey’s back against another five members of the Ring, and Casey going one-on-one with Keller. Casey killed his former commander by snapping his neck with one hand, but Chuck was able to refrain from killing a Ring agent in the same manner (with a little support from Sarah). Maybe Chuck can still be the guy Sarah fell for three years ago!

However, rescuing Kathleen has its price as Casey is no longer a Colonel and no longer a member of the team. Yet if Season 2 was any indication, Team Bartowski will split up only to come back together again before the end of this season. Or at least until episode 13!

My Favorite Line: “I was hoping you’d say that.”

My Coolest Moment: Sarah knowing how many Ring agents she was up against by counting the matches left behind by Casey.

Charah Scene: Even now-civilian Casey admits that Chuck and Sarah belong together. “Walker’s (Sarah) a good woman. It’s not too late.” Adam Baldwin did an incredible job as Casey in this episode!