Monsters of Television

It feels like we just hit the reset button. At the end of last season, Morgan was going off to Hawaii with Anna, the stars seemed to be uncrossing (ever so slightly) for our favorite couple, and Chuck was one “whoa” short of being The One.

But now Chuck is back in Burbank, Morgan is back to being a loser, and Chuck and Sarah’s relationship is just as messy (if not more) than it was before. “The Ring” (which I assume is Fulcrum) made very little appearance despite being intensely important at the end of last season. The only real intrigue introduced in the episode is a faceless man named Shaul (Saul? Shawl?) that has enough clout to sit on Beckman’s desk and play with a Zippo.

Now, there were a lot of good points. The first half hour was wonderfully uncomfortable even if it was tough to see in shambles the connection that made the romantic element of Chuck such a pleasure to watch. But, like Sarah said, this was a mess they were in and it gives them something to clean up. Especially since everything else is already back to stasis. Heck, even Big Mike is back in charge at the Buy More (by the way, I totally didn’t see that coming).

And where the heck was Jeffster?

We’ll talk more about this later.