Monsters of Television

Eventually Chuck is going to run out of friends and family to put in danger.

Although kudos to the writers for putting Ellie in an episode with a little bit of weight to her role (although, emphasis on little). It’s been a long time since we’ve seen Sarah Lancaster not whine about her nuptials or Chuck. Sure, she’s whining about how the passion has left her young marriage but what is this show without a lot of whining (see Chuck in the first two episodes of this season — and all the time)?

Sarah’s confidence (see after she takes out the two guards in the second half hour) is fun to see, as is Casey dealing with his age compared to pushing-30 Chuck and Sarah (though I don’t remember this being an issue in previous seasons). Watching Devon get deeper into Chuck’s world can bring some interesting plot and exchanges but if they end up making Awesome a spy I’ll be a little disappointed.

Note to NBC: if an episode makes their ending a cliffhanger, how about you don’t spoil the thing with scenes from next week’s episode?

My first week on the job and already I have three episodes of Chuck to review. Network better fill in some holes quick.

Also of note: good job people that work on Chuck for getting a high (for NBC) share for this week’s premiere. You might just stick around yet — especially since NBC has nothing to really show.

More on this stuff later.