# Chuck (04/20/2009): "Chuck vs the Colonel" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804 "2009-04-21T02:02:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/1 "2009-04-21T02:02:26Z")
The episode started out kind of slowly, but then…holy crap! Captain Awesome knows about Chuck, the Intersect is gone from Chuck’s brain, Fulcrum gets blown up, the mission is over. Morgan quits Buy More, Ellie is getting married, Chuck and Sarah can finally get together. I think my brain is about to have an Awesome-type meltdown. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/2 "2009-04-21T02:05:28Z")
“CAN … YOU … DIG … IT?!” Yes. Yes, I most assuredly can. (Though if I were in Chuck’s shoes, and hit with Morgan’s IOU, I do believe I would kill the man.) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/3 "2009-04-21T02:53:30Z")
All, and I mean ALL, of the earmarks of a Very Special Series Finale? Yet with At Least One Episode left? Are they letting us down easy while preparing for the inevitable while accepting that Leno will kill all scripted drama on NBC or holding out for the hope that the CW will see a natural connection between _Chuck_ and _Reaper?_ And no, I am accepting no middle ground that does not include _Chuck_ Mon at 8/7C ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/4 "2009-04-21T03:20:10Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > All, and I mean ALL, of the earmarks of a Very Special Series Finale? Yet with At Least One Episode left? Are they letting us down easy while preparing for the inevitable while accepting that Leno will kill all scripted drama on NBC or holding out for the hope that the CW will see a natural connection between _Chuck_ and _Reaper?_ And no, I am accepting no middle ground that does not include _Chuck_ Mon at 8/7C Why would Leno kill all scripted drama? ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/5 "2009-04-21T03:29:59Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > Why would Leno kill all scripted drama? If we have to explain the joke (again!), it’s no longer funny. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/6 "2009-04-21T03:45:07Z")
Yeah, but I’m of the school that, “If you DON’T have to explain the joke, it’s not funny.” For some reason, the only people who subscribe to it are either **Xan** ’S relatives or complete TV geeks. 😃 Leno is getting the 10/9PM Central weekdays hour starting in, what is it? May? Five days a week. When is NBC strongest in scripted dramas? You are allowed one guess. Kiss your dramatic favorites (Medium, various Law and Orders, and Southland) goodbye unless NBC thinks it best to put Heroes at 8 and one of the others at 9 on Mondays. OTOH, Honda, unlike many sponsors, realized that Chuck’s strength is not in raw numbers but in demographics, and created an ad starring Zachary Levi (“Chuck”) that broadcast during the show. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/7 "2009-04-21T04:06:10Z")
I liked how the scene at the drive-in movie theater was a reference to the climax of Spies Like Us. All in all, a great episode, except for the fact that it looks like the show is coming to an end. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/8 "2009-04-21T04:24:18Z")
After tonight’s episode, it would be very difficult to see how they could continue for another season. Does Chevy Chase re-install the Intersect into Chuck’s head next week? At least, it all has been resolved in a satisfying way. The only bad part is that will be gone. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/9 "2009-04-21T05:14:01Z")
No! The previews said _Season_ Finale! **Season**!!!1!!1! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/10 "2009-04-21T06:15:34Z")
Please… God… No… Not the… _ **SLOW CLAP** _ NNNNOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo Other than that, Awesome episode. Was this close to being a satisfying series ender. Next week should be very interesting except… it’s supposedly only a season finale. What on earth will they do next year? Please let there not be a reset button at the end of next week! ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/11 "2009-04-21T13:04:26Z")
Fantastic episode, though I’m not sure how they’ll continue next season if there is one. I loved Awesome and Casey’s scene in Casey’s apartment, and Chuck asking him to be awesome, which he tried to be but just couldn’t. I really like Devon quite a bit, and I’m hoping his role is expanded if the show gets a reprieve. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/12 "2009-04-21T14:42:49Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > I loved Awesome and Casey’s scene in Casey’s apartment, and Chuck asking him to be awesome, which he tried to be but just couldn’t. I really like Devon quite a bit, and I’m hoping his role is expanded if the show gets a reprieve. My wife and I really wanted Devon to whip out some serious martial arts skills and proceed to kick Casey’s butt 'cause, you know, he’s _awesome_. As it was, he still managed to KO the Colonel… with Reagan’s help, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/13 "2009-04-21T16:04:52Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Next week should be very interesting except.. it’s supposedly only a season finale. What on earth will they do next year? Please let there not be a reset button at the end of next week! Seems to me like they’re setting it up to stand as the Series Finale _in case_ the show does in fact get cancelled. But, I can easily see it continuing next season with just a few paridigm shifts. Maybe Chuck will start missing the excitement and volunteer for a new Intersect experiment. Maybe the Intersect story line is truly over and Chuck will join the CIA as a computer expert. Or professional writers will think of something more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/14 "2009-04-21T17:15:45Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > Please… God… No… Not the… > > _ **SLOW CLAP** _ > > NNNNOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo > > Other than that, Awesome episode. Was this close to being a satisfying series ender. Next week should be very interesting except.. it’s supposedly only a season finale. What on earth will they do next year? Please let there not be a reset button at the end of next week! I loved that - I thought it was a great reference to _An Officer and a Gentleman_, although Morgan had put Anna down before they started clapping. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/15 "2009-04-21T17:34:25Z")
Wait…I’m the first person to mention the fanservice? Yvonne S’s/Sarah’s slow walk to bed? Well then, allow me: hummina, hummina. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/16 "2009-04-21T17:49:47Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Wait…I’m the first person to mention the fanservice? Yvonne S’s/Sarah’s slow walk to bed? > > Well then, allow me: hummina, hummina. > > That is all. In re: this. Thank heavens for DVR technology. I think we need a compilation video - Chuck’s dream, various dressing shots from early on, and then last night’s contribution. Awooogah! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/17 "2009-04-21T18:03:40Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > (Though if I were in Chuck’s shoes, and hit with Morgan’s IOU, I do believe I would kill the man.) Please! Given the choice of running out to a drugstore or staying and doing plenty of other things with a willing and compliant goddess right there in bed with him, Chuck’s choice simply shows a very disappointing lack of imagination. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/18 "2009-04-21T18:05:50Z")
According to rumor, they’re not setting next week up to be a series finale. And we’ll all be pissed if it does end up being the final episode of Chuck, because things will become unresolved. But last night’s episode was Awesome. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/19 "2009-04-21T20:42:04Z")
I think evidence in its favor is that Honda created a Chuck-specific commercial for its Insight that starred Zachary Levi. Honda seems to think the show appeals to a golden demographic, and that can beat raw numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-04-20-2009-chuck-vs-the-colonel/493804/20 "2009-04-21T20:44:52Z")
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