tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post2456739411551989046..comments2024-03-18T13:50:45.615-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: Chuck, "Chuck vs. the Angel De La Muerte": Awesome blossomsAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-78834884431925798572010-01-23T01:24:53.640-05:002010-01-23T01:24:53.640-05:00I couldn't tell if they were saying Costa Gavr...I couldn't tell if they were saying Costa Gavras (as in the director Costa-Gavras) or Costa Gravas, but then when Casey read the note that came with the cigars it was spelled Costa Graves. <br /><br />I cracked up at the scene from med school with Awesome and Ellie in a closet. Ryan McPartlin is going to get typecast as the guy who has impulsive sex with women in inappropriate public places: first Betty Draper in the ladies room and now this?<br /><br />My favorite Awesome moment of the night was just his facial expressions, reacting to the Generalissimo dancing with Ellie.<br /><br />Casey's reactions to Chuck's medical ministrations were also hilarious. I loved his outrage, "You gave him my blood!" I was waiting for him to say, "You took my precious bodily fluids!" a la General Jack Ripper in <i>Dr Strangelove</i>.<br /><br />I thought Sarah's concern for Chuck in the final scene was incredibly moving. And then Sarah's sprightly appearance? Heartbreaking!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288100796201737845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19617853014356041712010-01-15T15:21:28.314-05:002010-01-15T15:21:28.314-05:00@ weiqin
really? Ok. He was wearing a green sweat...@ weiqin<br /><br />really? Ok. He was wearing a green sweater in that scene though. I just fanwanked it as maybe he gave it to her later or something.-Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793683518775002906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15613423581501678292010-01-15T14:15:23.008-05:002010-01-15T14:15:23.008-05:00gally said...
Awesome episode. Stunning end. I wi...<i>gally said...<br /><br />Awesome episode. Stunning end. I wish that they hadn't...</i><br /><br />Won't be reading any comments or participating anymore. Even Alan's persistent warnings about no spoilers can't stop douches like you who think the obvious cannot be inferred from your supposed veiled remarks. /no doucheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59843682312321692902010-01-15T07:52:44.665-05:002010-01-15T07:52:44.665-05:00@Jess
No, it's Ellie's sweater. He said t...@Jess<br /><br />No, it's Ellie's sweater. He said the color should belong to her cause L.L. Bean stole it from her eyes. Besides, it's a very girly sweater at that.weiqinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08936231941515064624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8711670765368905652010-01-14T23:02:18.471-05:002010-01-14T23:02:18.471-05:00@filmcricket
re: Ellie's sweater
It's De...@filmcricket<br /><br />re: Ellie's sweater<br /><br />It's Devon's sweater, he had said it should belong to her because L.L.Bean stole the color from her eyes or something like that.<br /><br />If you look right at the beginning of this episode he's wearing the sweater and then takes it off when they start making out.-Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793683518775002906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-37325764039534892652010-01-14T09:04:17.539-05:002010-01-14T09:04:17.539-05:00@Ed: Any chance Awesome actually *is* a spy?
Word...@Ed: <i>Any chance Awesome actually *is* a spy?</i><br /><br />Word of God states that he WAS going to be a spy and that they had intended for the reveal at the end of Season One, but that he had proven to be so awesome that they left him as is.<br /><br />At this point they've pretty much committed to the idea that he's a civilian, and I'd be happy if he remained that way.LoopyChewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07091676474583296903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69702700121828169942010-01-14T01:06:15.464-05:002010-01-14T01:06:15.464-05:00@Millie - I just checked what Sarah said to Chuck,...@Millie - I just checked what Sarah said to Chuck, she said, "Devon's been..." She either stops talking (so fans who don't watch promos can't figure it out) or it's just impossible to hear her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-24874027592915208552010-01-14T00:59:03.638-05:002010-01-14T00:59:03.638-05:00@Ed - Awesome could have just given up on the miss...@Ed - Awesome could have just given up on the mission due to unknown whereabouts of Orion and just didn't care anymore or he loves Ellie so much he gave up. Who knows. But, if it turns out that Awesome is really a spy it would "kill" Chuck. By "kill" I mean, Chuck knows that Awesome can do anything but he isn't a spy. Chuck would look like nothing compared to Awesome. This is kind of Chucks "1-up" to Awesome. He's probably think, "Well, Awesome's Awesome at everything, but I'm a spy!" If Awesome really where a spy, he probably would have (or not) said something to Chuck or the writers (or whoever) would have (or not) had Awesome hint to the audience that he's a spy. Or I missed something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-2499279698833706142010-01-14T00:12:00.688-05:002010-01-14T00:12:00.688-05:00@Anonymous - Yeah, good point about Devin not doin...@Anonymous - Yeah, good point about Devin not doing anything when Chuck and Ellie's dad showed up last season. Well, I suppose he could have a completely different mission, unrelated to Orion or the Intersect. If you think about it, being a doctor is a good cover for a spy. If a mission comes up, you can always say you've been paged and need to get to the hospital. Plus there's the long hours. You could say you've been "on call for three days straight" to explain your absence due to some mission to your friends or family.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497641011271747852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86070657665669752222010-01-13T23:38:35.069-05:002010-01-13T23:38:35.069-05:00A) Yes on shirtless Casey. I've been hot for h...A) Yes on shirtless Casey. I've been hot for him since he shot out the glass panes to save president Pullman in Independence Day.<br /><br />B) When the general first appeared in her evening wear, Chuck said something along the lines of "sorry to take you away from your cocktail party"<br /><br />C) I think all Sarah said in Chuck's ear was "Devin". Freakin' promos. No more.<br /><br />D) Awesome.Millienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-18326624825003042222010-01-13T21:52:01.104-05:002010-01-13T21:52:01.104-05:00What I want to know is when will we get a shirtles...What I want to know is when will we get a shirtless Casey episode?April Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755514927027451165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32713082280079566152010-01-13T21:43:58.353-05:002010-01-13T21:43:58.353-05:00@Ed - I really like what you've thought up. I...@Ed - I really like what you've thought up. It would be a really cool twist if that were to happen. It would show Sarah that even when doing her job and she can still be in love with Chuck. But, I'm not so sure that he is a spy. Why didn't he do anything when Chuck's dad came back? Did he abandon his whole mission by then? About Chuck's dad - He was only known as Orion when he thought up the intersect. He would have either kept is name a secret or created his current name to hide from the government.<br />The General knows about Awesome so she would have known he was a former spy. It really would be, excuse me for this, "Awesome" if he was a spy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-6706514615172387662010-01-13T21:18:34.342-05:002010-01-13T21:18:34.342-05:00Any chance Awesome actually *is* a spy? Sarah kept...Any chance Awesome actually *is* a spy? Sarah kept saying how he'd make a really good spy. It would be some twist if we found out he was a spy who's been out in the cold for *years* trying to get close to Chuck's family (because Dad invented the Intersect). Kind of like Carina's mission with the arms dealer in the previous episode. Hopefully, unlike Carina, he actually fell for his mark (Ellie) and hasn't been faking their relationship all this time. Because that would really suck. <br /><br />I just hope Awesome isn't dead. His character really adds to show. I suspect he's been captured, but the Ring makes it look like he's dead, so Sarah and Chuck actually think he's dead... until they find out he isn't (at a later episode, of course).Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497641011271747852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-85867266518169058822010-01-13T20:03:27.799-05:002010-01-13T20:03:27.799-05:00*stabbed* my bad.*stabbed* my bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45130302293515890512010-01-13T20:02:55.957-05:002010-01-13T20:02:55.957-05:00True, he had been stapped with a syringe and then ...True, he had been stapped with a syringe and then shot in the leg, but it's Casey. WOuld have thought he could have just been like, "The guy's a ring agent." and they would be like, "What??" and they would capture him and prevent what's going to happen. Perhaps that's why they didn't go that route for the show. Oh well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67780396191580351122010-01-13T19:03:48.801-05:002010-01-13T19:03:48.801-05:00Wasn't Casey hurt by then? The Ring probably ...Wasn't Casey hurt by then? The Ring probably wasn't on his mind so much as the pain was.deznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-52786380055340374112010-01-13T17:50:32.305-05:002010-01-13T17:50:32.305-05:00Anybody else think that Casey didn't deal with...Anybody else think that Casey didn't deal with the Ring agent like he should have. IIRC, Casey didn't tell anybody that the guy in the basement was a Ring agent. All he said was something along the lines of "the badguy is in the basement." He should have told Sarah and Chuck right when they got down there to get him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67859117209145191582010-01-13T16:59:18.095-05:002010-01-13T16:59:18.095-05:00It would make sense to me if Sarah teared up a lit...It would make sense to me if Sarah teared up a little even at Awesome's capture, because it's more about what that's going to do to Ellie, or to Chuck who is trying to protect Ellie (and how deep that brother/sister bond goes), etc.CJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-1828351310502371122010-01-13T14:10:43.683-05:002010-01-13T14:10:43.683-05:00Re: Sarah, seems like it makes sense to me in-stor...Re: Sarah, seems like it makes sense to me in-story that she'd be wearing those outfits. If the bad guys are so busy looking at her ... clothes ... they'll be less apt to notice any shenanigans. Or her fists (until it's too late).<br /><br />Clearly it worked (LOL) because once she dropped that tray, one of the guard was actually about to help her clean up the mess. Not sure about the cap though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-44294706562497455022010-01-13T07:31:18.907-05:002010-01-13T07:31:18.907-05:00So much comment on Sarah's disguise. Hasn'...So much comment on Sarah's disguise. Hasn't anyone thought, besides the obvious "distract them with the body" angle, that since Costa Gravas doesn't seem to be such an enlightened country, they would probably think that's the way nurses dress in the US. I mean the #1 TV show there might be Charlies Angels (who dressed like that all the time) or Mannix.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-32884380736024138362010-01-13T00:13:05.192-05:002010-01-13T00:13:05.192-05:00Adam Baldwin deserves more shine than he gets for ...Adam Baldwin deserves more shine than he gets for this role. My favorite line of the night was the 1000 pesos follow up "You owe me 15 American cents!"Chucknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-19201991358525771962010-01-12T23:15:43.104-05:002010-01-12T23:15:43.104-05:00Oh, and +5 on Ellie dancing: her "WTF?" ...Oh, and +5 on Ellie dancing: her "WTF?" looks were absolutely classic work.<br /><br />And here's something that might annoy me, next week: Even Sarah had better think Awesome's dead, cause she's a Professional Agent; she's not even *supposed* to be tearing up for that; "he's captured" wouldn't make the cut at all.<br /><br />"Intelligence Officer", BTW, is the proper title, or so Tom Clancy would have us believe. I wouldn't be surprised to find they use "spy" amongst themselves, though.<br /><br />"derfail": what happened at the beginning of 3x1Baylinkhttp://tr.im/btonicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-67266331582324817472010-01-12T23:00:16.018-05:002010-01-12T23:00:16.018-05:00> Personally, I think it would much funnier (an...> Personally, I think it would much funnier (and dramatically more interesting)if Sarah's disguises were her trying, and failing miserably, to blend in.<br /><br />You mean, like in the lobby of Roark Industries last season?<br /><br />They *do* do that, just not all the time.<br /><br />+1 Ian.<br /><br />+5 Buzz: You make, and, clearly, some other commenters have also noticed it, an excellent point: whatever might have been going between Chuck and Sarah the first 2 seasons was somewhere between heat and cover. More heat on Chuck's side, more cover on Sarah's. <br /><br />Things having gone as they have, Sarah is starting to feel it too -- during Colonel, in fact, when she first Ran Away With Chuck -- but since the caution was always coming from Sarah, it still is... it's just that now, it's not caution about letting *Chuck* off the leash... it's caution about letting *herself* off the leash; Chuck has started censoring himself.<br /><br />It is clearly going to take the writers (and the actors) a few more eps to settle down into what are effectively fairly different characters, but that last scene with Sarah's "on your own/courtyard" double entendre (which seemed to go right over Chuck's head) shows we'll get somewhere good, soon.<br /><br />ingodgen: ... I got nothin'.Baylinkhttp://tr.im/sixernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8252903900330188932010-01-12T22:51:35.240-05:002010-01-12T22:51:35.240-05:00That was one of the most fun episodes of Chuck I&#...That was one of the most fun episodes of Chuck I've ever seen, and I've been watching since the beginning. Awesome and Elie equalled fantastic hijinks. And Elie looked SMOKIN' in that dress. Absolutely gorgeous. And frankly I like that the actress has a little meat on her bones. She's just delightful,<br /><br />I enjoyed that Chuck was the person with the know-how and not Awesome. For once, Chuck had the upper hand! <br /><br />And i was also weirded out by the General in a dress. What was going on there?!? <br /><br />Fun, fun, fun. I'm surprised at some of the reactions comparing this to last night's eps. They're all great, no reason to dog the first two! They're just opposite ends of the spectrum of Chuck!erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16186483042206438665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-91297283182051315462010-01-12T20:54:33.050-05:002010-01-12T20:54:33.050-05:00I might have missed this before, but since when ha...I might have missed this before, but since when has Awesome been aware of his nickname? I always thought it was something they called him when he wasn't around, but Chuck calls him Awesome to his face here...<br /><br />Great episode. I never get tired of Casey being Casey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com