Guys!  Quickest Chuck post ever, mostly just so we can have a place to discuss, but also because not a TON happened.  Sarah is still stressed out about not having anyone to invite to the wedding and Chuck is still stressed out about finding people for her to invite.  Chuck calls up Sarah’s old Spice Girls squad, which includes Carina, who is AWESOME, and they make a very inconspicuous entrance, as you would expect.  There is a little tension over previous drama, which will happen in ANY group of girls, let alone a group of spy girls, but Sarah does concede that it’s nice to have girlfriends and in the end, asks a couple of them (the ones who DIDN’T go all traitor for Lou Diamond Phillips).

Morgan has a side plot where Carina is kind of into him again, in spite of not remembering his name, EVER, because he has a girlfriend and she can sense it.  And you guys, no sarcasm AT ALL, we all know that’s a real thing.  So I kind of enjoyed seeing it acknowledged on the show.  There were the usual wacky antics with him and Alex, but in the end it worked out because he told her he loves her, and she was adorable, and I can’t say enough how much I love that actress.  Also, her hair is fucking beautiful.

Oh.  And I dropped EVERYTHING I was doing for the one emotional Casey scene where he was talking about Kathleen.  You guys, I’m not kidding–by the time this show ends, I NEED to see a happy ending for Casey.  Either kind will do, really.  NO, I don’t mean that!  I mean an actual happily-ever-after ending, not the massage parlor kind.  Sigh.

But the main takeaway here is … this episode was awesome for all of the badass girl power, and this is exactly why I don’t think I can ever watch a Charlie’s Angels episode if that ends up happening.  This show has totally ruined me for it–how can it ever outdo this?  And Morgan’s imagination putting them essentially in Charlie’s Angels credits?  Genius.  I’m glad we’ll get to see them again, minus Baby Spice.

Alright, that’s it for me.  What did you guys think?  Favorite lines or moments?  Plot things you’d like to discuss?  Feelings on hearing Sarah Walker say pussy on primetime network TV?  Lay it all on me in the comments!

Ugh, the sickness continues, and I’m actually writing this from the couch, surrounded by Kleenex, medicine, cough drops, my cat, and a pillow on the couch … basically all the props that TV shows use to make good and sure everyone knows who’s sick.  It’s a good look for me … except totally not.  Anyway, all that to say that I’m still not on top of my game and I will likely forget stuff and overuse a phrase or two, so just bear with me and if you think of shit I forget to mention, we’ll talk about it in the comments.  Cool?

Alright, so last week we determined that there are several of us still watching this show, and I’m glad, because it’s been a good season.  Even Billy said so last night, and he’s hard to impress.  I was glad that the Volkoff story wrapped up because I feel like it had run its course, although I do wonder what this means for Linda Hamilton on the show.  Does she stay on as a permanent member of the cast?  Will she still be a spy, or just a grandma?  Or will she get some sort of dramatic death?  And that last question becomes a bigger point of concern when you consider that Alexei is still alive.

When Morgan got trapped in the laser room, did anyone else have a TOTAL Oceans 12 flashback?  God, Oceans 12 was a shitty movie, but that scene was the one totally badass scene from it and god bless Vincent Cassel, it was the first thing I thought of when I saw him in Black Swan.  Plus, he is just a weird looking dude.  Like … majorly weird.  He’d be ideal casting for an alien, or maybe like a man-sized new born baby.  Just ODD.  But he’s got moves.

Basically, the Volkoff wrap up was sort of, for me, just that–a wrap up.  All the good stuff happened in the hospital.  And listen, I know the Chuck and Sarah proposal was the biggie and yeah, I thought it was cute and fitting … and yeah, I made the instant Jim and Pam “we don’t get to hear it” connection too, but forgive my non-shipper heart for not flipping the fuck out on this one.  I mean, we knew it was going to happen, and it did, and I like it, I’m just not delirious or shocked, and I don’t have a TON of commentary on it, although we certainly can discuss it below in the comments.  Although I get the feeling that none of you all are crazy shippers and for that, I thank love you.

Guys, I am in love with Casey, still.  Maybe even moreso this season.  Alex has been a nice addition and has brought out a lot of things in Casey that I don’t think anything else could have.  Having a kid seems like a pretty life-changing experience, and so it was nice to have that running somewhat alongside Awesome and Ellie having their baby.  But the moments between Alex and Casey are always so sweet, and I just think she was amazing casting–she looks like Casey, is badass, but believably likes Morgan, and is just adorable.  And I loved the three of them walking down the hall, with Morgan telling Casey his line about liking him too or whatever.  Casey and Morgan have really been an excellent pairing and I think it’s brought a freshness to both of their characters.

And Casey giving Awesome his pep talk/ordering him to get back into the room was … well, you know.  I like when Awesome freaks out because it’s kind of unlike him, but when he does, it’s so epic a freak out.  And he was adorable taking the baby–he really looked like he didn’t know what he was doing and was worried about dropping it, which … maybe he was, but I like to think it was just good acting for a “small” moment.  Also, it’s kind of weird but the other day I was watching Knocked Up on TV, obviously in spite of Kristin Wiig and Katherine Heigl, but also because of my Freaks & Geeks crushes on Seth Rogen and Jason Segal, plus the amazingness of Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd (did I just list the entire cast?  Almost.), and I got a little emotional at the end where everyone is having fun and playing with the baby, especially the grandparents.  And well, I might’ve been on my period then but I’m not now, but it was still really sweet seeing Linda Hamilton in there and just now I realized … yes, that’s it!  I don’t have a soft spot for BABIES, I have a soft spot for GRANDPARENTS!  Whoa, that was a close one, but it all makes sense now.

And oh god, JEFFSTER.  Y’all, god bless Salt-n-Pepa for their willingness to allow Push It to be used in virtually anything.  I LOVED it, and although I knew it was going to be ridiculous, I didn’t know it was going to be that song.  HILARIOUS!  And I loved the, “Ugh, pregnant women,” and “Ooooooh, pregnant women!”  How perfect.  And Lester’s dancing, Casey’s recognition and disgust, the arrest … Oh, Jeffster.  Never change.

Alright, guys–what did everyone think?  This was a biggie for Chuck–Josh Schwartz was pimping it for a couple weeks and I’ve gotta say, I think it delivered.  Any favorite lines, moments, plot points, etc?  Anything I forgot to mention?  Other stuff you want to chat about?  And of course … what do YOU think Vincent Cassel looks like?  Take it to the comments!

Did anyone heed my advice last week about checking back in on Chuck since it has regained its former greatness?  Guys, I wouldn’t fuck you on this one.  It’s been really good, and if you gave up on it after S3, there’s no one in this world who will judge you less than I will, but it’s time to come on back now.

Jeffster had one scene, and it was really more of a Lester than a Jeff one, but it was HILARIOUS.  That’s where we got the title line, and I loved how he greeted Awesome and Ellie with, “Hello, beautiful!  [pause]  Eleanor.”  The show seems to have regained a grasp on how to use Jeffster sparingly and to maximum hilarity.

Also, I loved Chuck’s side mission of intervening on the baby name, and how Ellie totally played Chuck AND Awesome.  She’s great, and it was the perfect little Awesome/Ellie side story.

Morgan and Casey’s relationship is still my favorite, and I love how they even managed to find a board game that Casey would like (Risk–world domination, how perfect).  Plus, Morgan and Casey’s love talks were perfect.  I like how Casey is all protective dad over Alex, but he does like Morgan and just wants to make sure she’s being treated right, and him saying he loved her with building shelves … gah.  Maybe it’s just me, because my own dad isn’t a real gushy person and tends to do things like check the oil in my car and stuff like that, but I just thought it was super sweet.  And it was good that they’d had that talk, because it made the scene in the hospital that much more emotional.  Did I get a little choked up at that?  Um, you know it.

I would DIE if this show ever killed Casey.  I would have to throw him a funeral, I swear to god, and build a tiny effigy and bury in in my backyard in a shoebox or something.  Nothing weird.

Anyway, the big story was Sarah working undercover for Volkoff and all the little tests he kept giving her, and it was some fucked up shit.  I’m a little surprised at Chuck for thinking she actually turned bad, but you know that we suspend disbelief on this show, so okay.  They’re setting us up for a long wait to Sarah to get back to normal, but I’m hoping it doesn’t go on that long.  I’m such a lowest common denominator, but I sort of like the status quo.  And, in one swoop, I destroyed all my TV fan cred.  But, you know, it’s the truth.  Still, I’m glad they like to stress me out a little.

And finally, last thought, Sarah’s wig was the wiggiest wig to ever wig.

Alright, who else watched and what did you think?  Any favorite moments/lines/plot lines?  Are you more partial to the cute romantic episodes or the darker, more action-filled ones?  Anything I forgot to mention?  Other stuff?  Comments!

Can I just say that I’ve probably spent more time debating with myself about whether to actually write a post about this than I will actually spend writing about it?  Because, on the one hand, getting sick, SUPER tired, and put myself through the Life Unexpected finale tonight, which was like two hours of battle.  And not just any battle … a battle for my soul.  Like, the Life Unexpected finale wanted to meet me in Detroit and make me into its true vessel.

I so digress.

Anyway, I have to write at least a little because my thoughts on this episode of Chuck are too long for Twitter and too positive to just keep to myself.  I really liked it, you guys.  I know several of you have given up on the show and trust me when I say, I get it.  I felt like S3 was a pretty big dip in quality, but S4 has really brought it back with the Frost storyline and more of a return to form, and I would recommend giving it another shot.  And if you kind of but not really but still want to believe me, just go watch this episode on Hulu.  It’s totally worth it for the Lester plot alone.

So let’s start with that.  Lester was hilarious and so Lestery in this episode.  I loved the arranged marriage storyline here (Sidenote: one of my friends got kind of dumped this weekend because, unbeknownst to her, the guy she’d been seeing has an arranged marriage coming up in like six months.  I mean … what the FUCK, right?  But you just have to laugh at that point, because could life get any weirder sometimes?  And who DOES that?  Sidenote to the sidenote, she was not as amused as I was.  Still, all this to say … it was a well-timed episode in my life.) and how Lester’s potential bride was cool, hot, and possibly open to the possibility of Lester, even in spite of the weird Canadian Hinjew tent with Jeff playing the sitar.  I mean, that was some freaky and weird shit, and she survived it so I really thought she might last.  But then he brought out the intensely freaky weird shit, and that is Jeffster.  And you guys, I laughed my way through this entire plot.  It was good stuff.

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Damn, it was a tough call between this line and, “Does anyone else want to be my boyfriend?”, which I MASSIVELY loved, and yet tonight (or last night, if you’re reading this in the morning, which you no doubt are since that’s when I’m going to schedule the post) I was playing bar trivia as I do weekly, and there was, in fact, a giant blonde she-male sitting at the bar that was the subject of much speculation.  I’m pretty sure she was a she, but it was intense, to say the least.

This week was another great episode of Chuck and I’m glad to see this season hitting its stride and maybe getting the rest of the series back on track.  Taking the intersect away from Chuck has been an interesting study in who Chuck is without it, why Sarah loves him, and what his role is independently of a supercomputerbrain.  Yup, totally a word.

Plus, Morgan and Casey are really priceless, and I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, they’re not a pair I would’ve ever picked out.  Still, each character brings out new and interesting dimensions in the other, and while Chuck probably warmed Casey up to touchy-feeliness a little bit, Chuck is largely self-centered when it comes to talks about emotion, whereas Morgan forces Casey to talk about and explore his own feelings.  And Casey has helped Morgan to access his badass side, which is nice.

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Just wanted to write a quick post because although you’re reading this in the morning (at the earliest), it is night for me and I feel like sleeping tonight.  It’s kind of a rarity, but I’m going to go on ahead and embrace it.  Still, this was a fun episode of Chuck and a nice follow-up to the last very emotionally intense episode where Chuck’s mom simultaneously sold him out and saved him.

Briefly–loved the reunion of Adam Baldwin and Summer Glau (aka Jayne and River Tam), loved the quality time we got with Jeffster tonight (I miss them lately), loved Casey’s heart to heart with his daughter, and LOOOOVED Rob Riggle.  Bummer they had to definitively kill him with both a bullet and a fall from an airplane, because the Belgian waffle conversation was incredible.

But a lot of the greatness really came from Chuck and Sarah, and the nature of their relationship–his dependence on her, her protection of him, and how that’s heightened when he doesn’t have the intersect to lean on.  Plus, the action was awesome.  Combine those two elements and my adrenaline totally got pumping.  Overall, a good episode.  I feel like this season is really picking up steam.

Alright, bed time.  What did you guys think?  Any favorite moments or lines, or just thoughts in general on the episode?  Let me know in the comments!