# Chuck (3/22/2010): "Chuck vs the Final Exam" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410 "2010-03-22T23:33:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **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:** [March 22, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/1 "2010-03-22T23:33:04Z")
Last week on Chuck, Casey was booted back to civilian life and Sarah was sent to Washington to join Shaw. Are they breaking up the team? Will Chuck go solo? From the preview guide: Sarah and Shaw observe Chuck’s every move as he takes a final test to see if he is ready to be a spy. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/2 "2010-03-23T14:37:08Z")
Right out of the _Three’s Company Guide for Scripting_. How will they bring the team back together? Nice to see Casey looking out for our hero. Now, how will Casey get back at Jeffster? ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/3 "2010-03-23T16:11:18Z")
i don’t mind it when chuck throws things into disarray because i’m confident they’ll be able to put it back together again without gumming up the works entirely like some other shows (heroes?). the endgame for this season, though, is fairly obvious imo. i’ll spoilerbox my thoughts: chuck is kidnapped by the ring. casey is recruited by the ring (but not really). shaw and sarah go save chuck only to be captured themselves. chuck flashes and saves sarah but shaw is done-zo and everything is intact for next season when it is apparent that chuck needs sarah to flash. the cliffhanger is if casey is actually a turncoat or not. it would make sense since he still wants to be in the spygame and the good guys don’t “want” him. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/4 "2010-03-23T20:31:03Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > i don’t mind it when chuck throws things into disarray because i’m confident they’ll be able to put it back together again without gumming up the works entirely like some other shows (heroes?). the endgame for this season, though, is fairly obvious imo. > > i’ll spoilerbox my thoughts: > > [spoiler] Your scenario sounds pretty plausible! I am really loving this season of Chuck! ---
**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:** [March 23, 2010, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/5 "2010-03-23T20:56:23Z")
It was certainly nice to see Chuck and Sarah working together in the field; just like old times, as Chuck pointed out. It was also great to see the return of Subway - the greatest product placement idea, ever. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/6 "2010-03-23T21:02:21Z")
There were a couple of amusing references. First, the Mission Impossible-style self destructing mission instructions. Also, one of the bodyguards was named Ivan Drago, who was the Russian boxer in Rocky II. (And was the fight in the steam room a reference to Eastern Promises?) ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/7 "2010-03-23T21:09:28Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > (And was the fight in the steam room a reference to Eastern Promises?) That would only have been if Chuck had gone full frontal. I did like Chuck’s quick thinking in the hotel room. Not bad for a nerd. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/8 "2010-03-23T21:11:33Z")
rocky IV. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/9 "2010-03-23T21:21:57Z")
The self-destruct must have been scripted and shot months before Peter Graves’s death, but it was still a nice tip of the hat. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2010, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/10 "2010-03-23T23:54:08Z")
A couple more Casey references: “I made my bunk and now I’ve gotta lie in it” And the whole “Man Who shot Liberty Valance” thing at the endgame. Casey really should’ve told Chuck to “print the legend” or some such. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/11 "2010-03-24T07:28:36Z")
Casey is so bad ass. Is it me or did everyone look a little different today? Chuck looked younger, Casey’s hair looked like it was a slightly different color and Sarah had something different about her too, although I can’t really figure out what was different about her. She still looked great though! ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/12 "2010-03-24T10:34:55Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Casey is so bad ass. > > Is it me or did everyone look a little different today? Chuck looked younger, Casey’s hair looked like it was a slightly different color and Sarah had something different about her too, although I can’t really figure out what was different about her. > > She still looked great though! Her facial make up was off in some of the shots and made her face look almost geisha pale. Casey’s toupee seemed askew at times. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/13 "2010-03-24T16:08:34Z")
Casey wears a toupee? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/14 "2010-03-24T18:43:35Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Casey wears a toupee? Christ, man, don’t say that. He’ll hear you. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chuck-3-22-2010-chuck-vs-the-final-exam/533410/15 "2010-03-24T20:51:29Z")
Casey: according to the US goverment what i just did is technically murder Chuck: but it was a thoughtful murder… How could they miss such a perfectly set up line!