Tuesday, October 28, 2008

TV: Chuck

STARRING: Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect), Yvonne Strahovski (newcomer), Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Daybreak, The Inside, X-Files)
CREATORS: Josh Schwartz (The OC, Gossip Girl) & Chris Fedak (newcomer)
PLOT: A computer geek is accidentally implanted with all the government’s secrets and now must be protected while living out his regular retail life.

FIVE OBSERVATIONS
4 This show just keeps getting better and better. Zachary Levi is superb as Chuck, and nicely balances geeky, freaked out and grounded. He holds the show together beautifully.
4 I understand that many wrote off Chuck based on his best friend, Morgan. True, he was annoying, but this season he is just a minor character along with the rest of the Buy More staff. Their side stories are highly entertaining and usually link nicely with the main plot.
4 The writing is fantastic. All the storylines come together well. The love story is moving along pretty nicely. The one-liners are frickin’ hilarious, and usually given to Casey.
4 Adam Baldwin steals almost every scene he’s in. I’m glad Baldwin found a role reminiscent of Jayne from Firefly. Give this guy an Emmy.
4 Chuck is a much “funner” version of Alias mixed some Office antics. Not bad company to be with.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm watching in the UK. I agree almost exactly with your comments.

It's more than time that Adam had his own name-above-the-title blockbuster [and I hope it's a really good one]; his acting has Oscar potential.