CHUCK season 2

It'll be interesting to see how this and some of the other freshman series from last year's strike season do. I was reading an article on Sepinwall that basically said a lot of them are treating the first couple episodes of their new seasons as "new pilots," either to re-introduce concepts (like with this) or to fix problems from last season (like with Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money).

The season 2 premiere is also available On-Demand for Comcast customers.

I just started watching this show but the episode is pretty good.

And the cute Nerd Herd chick is now a regular character in the show, as well as Chuck's other co-workers.

It was pretty good. Shout out to Aliens.

The only thing with the end for me was that it highlights the problem with shows like this. Chuck is basically stuck at the Buy More despite the fact that he wanted to leave and was planning on getting out. And that shit can get old real fast.

Also available on On Demand on Charter cable and through Hulu as well. All of the early reviews I've read so far based on the first couple of episodes have been very favorable.

I may not get to it On Demand until later this week but for those of you haven't watched the show at all you might want to check it out. EW's Ausiello said that the first two episodes this season were as enjoyable as anything he's ever seen on TV. That's some nice praise there.

Can't wait.

Considering how the first season didn't really get a decent ending because of the greedy writers, I'm interested to see how they handle the reboot. I'm going to wait until the HD broadcast next week, though. Yvonne Strahovsky deserves HD.

Yes she certainly does. The most gorgeous woman on television no doubt.

Still I like Chuck too much to wait. So...I'll get the episode twice and twice the Strahotski. Suits me fine indeed.

This new pilot is pretty much the show already. I was kind of hoping that the rumor of fast-forwarding two years would be true but alas. I also hoped that Morgan had died in a fire in the off-season. At least his new haircut makes him less punchable.

Very good premiere. They found a way to balance all the different elements of the show in a funny way. I'm glad they left Michael Clarke Duncan alive so he can be a recurring villain.

This is also currently on iTunes, which I believe has HD thing now.

It's also up for free on Xbox live marketplace if you dont have ondemand and have a 360.

Chuck ep1 S2=greatness. Michael Clark Duncan was great as a rival spy. Now, who becomes the CIA director, after Tony Todd goes up in flames? Yvonne Strahovski is better looking without the milkmaid get up, though it was a humorous look. I am glad that there is a full season of...Chuck to talk about.

Good first episode back. I can't wait for more. Although you have to wonder how many times they're going to have to be this close to getting the intersect back together.

Still, great to have another entertaining show putting out new episodes.

Fantastic Show. This episode balances the action, Romance, and comedy in a near perfect mixture

Loved the Michael Clarke Duncan guest spot as well.

I hope the ratings are good 'cause this is easily my fave show on tv unless Fringe takes that spot. Well OK Lost is probably my favorite but this is certainly in the tope three.

And Yvonne Strahovski is THE best thing on network TV bar NONE.

Can't wait to watch it again on Monday.

"It's okay. I was going for imposing."

I'd forgotten how much I liked this show. If Gossip Girl is all the bad things about The O.C./Josh Schwartz, this is all the good things about that show. I liked the Y: The Last Man shout-out on Chuck's wall, too -- I have a friend who insists that Levi needs to play Yorick.

Just as good the second time around. Still lovinng this show. Adam Baldwin is fantastic.

Did nobody else even watch the show? The fact that this thread has so few new replies boggles the mind.

What? Can't stop watching Dancing with the Leftovers or The Sarah Conner Chonicles? Which is gonna be canceled after 13 eps...basically confirmed by Ausiello...

What Gives guys?

Lovin the Huey Lewis theme.

EDIT: How do they not have Back in Time playing on the alarm clock?

I caught the episode on On-Demand last week. It was pretty good but I liked most of the first season stuff better. The comedy is the key for this show and the episode wasn't that funny. But I am very glad that it's back. And I can't wait for John Laro-I can't spell his last name to join the cast.

I'm not really a fan of blonds but Yvonne Strahovski is just so damned beautiful it's insane. *Insert joke about her guarding my body.

Charming, but I just can't bring myself to like this show. The story has advanced zilch from last year to now. It feels like it should be a lot funnier or more charming or less predictable than it is. I want this show to be clever, but it's just mildly diverting.

The Reagan bit was fairly hysterical, though.

That's the thing. They have a formula, but they don't move from it. It's highlighted in this episode specifically because Chuck tries to move on with his life, but the end just resets everything.

It's also why Reaper got dull for so long until they switched up the formula a little.

If there was any reason to bother with HD...a brief snippet from tonights episode should sell some tv's even in this fundamentally strong economy.

Do people really still watch TV w/o a DVR? Really?!? I can't imagine it. It's unpossible!

I record CHUCK and TERMINATOR, but I watched CHUCK first. It amuses me greatly, and Yvonne is painfully beautiful (I have an HDTV but NBC isn't in HD here - no fair!).

It was rather annoying for them to spend so much time on Chuck moving on, when as an audience, we know they're never going to ditch the Buy More and the cast of characters they've invested in there. It's wasted time, and quite a bit of a downer as well, since they basically presented it as his worst nightmare.

It was cool to see Chuck's competance level rising though. I think I read that he'll be seeking spy training this season to become slightly less pathetic, which would be great, both for comedic value and credible realism. It always annoyed me that on a show like BUFFY, her friends got attacked by vampires/monsters every few days, yet never even took a basic self-defense course. I don't care if you've created a fantasy world, the people in it should still react to it somewhat realistically.

Hopefully, CHUCK will spend a bit more time this season on storylines that have the slightest chance of going somewhere. I don't mind that the show's not going to diverge wildly from its (quite enjoyable) formula, as long as -something- happens, and they don't insult me by pretending they might "shake everything up!"

The show is becoming interminable. The Buy More concept got old 2/3rds of the way through the first scene. Chuck as the utterly incompetent schmuck about halfway through.

Give an episode that's nothing but a montage of Chuck training for a year or two, or this is going to quickly become unwatchable. Figure out where you're going with the character, and get moving.

I'd like to think this episode was just about reintroducing the character and this universe to everyone who's just jumping onboard. Redundant, but way too entertaining to hate.

I do agree, something need to actually happen here, pronto.

Chappers, I like the show...Chuck is now my favorite series, even topping...The Unit. Michael Clark Duncan was great as the enemy spy, and I love how Chuck aka Charles Carmichael was able to save the day in the end with his team. Just one question though? was that Morgan and co with fake guns or was that an actual S.W.A.T. team?

Liked the episode. However I am getting a bit tired of the buy more crew and the sulking over Sara.

MCD was pretty good as the bad guy. THe Charles Carmichael part was great. And I have to say, the actress playing Chuck's Sister is so freaking hot it's not funny.

Gift Shop Girl is nice but she's no Strahotski.

I thought the premiere was a lot of fun. The creators said it was going to be a second premiere so I was okay with it mostly being a retread of the first season. I also really like that Chuck and Sarah basically told each other how they felt. Hopefully, now that Intersect 2.0 needs to be completely rebuilt and Chuck is back in the game, they'll keep the will they/won't they nonsense to a minimum.

And I don't see Chuck as the utterly incompetent schmuck anymore. He was quite able throughout the whole premiere. And, hell, Casey even said he wasn't doing too bad for an untrained novice. And speaking of Casey, it was great to see more of the gadgets and modifications he's made to his apartment.

It was like a second first episode. Except with less Tony Todd.

Stick with Knightrider, Chuck is obviously too smart for you

Dr. Murder, Thank You for your opinion...however, I will continue watching Chuck, The Unit, Knight Rider, as well as the upcoming Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

I found myself skipping most of the Best Buy stuff. It was depressing.

Nobody could disagree. She is just charming, at the Chinese restaurant I was sold.

I'm loving the Laroquette. "This isn't happy hour at Chili's!"

I have laughed quite a bit so far during this ep.

ok, i think chuck may well be my favorite show right now. and to give credit where credit is due, a good percentage of the reason why i checked it out on dvd was chappers continued craving for it back in the writer's strike thread. you kept it in the forefront of my brain so thanks.

but to disagree a bit here...
...i love the formulaic aspect of the show. i feel the whole point of it is to reapproach the action shows of the eighties with the lessons we've learned in this post-24 overarching narrative era of television shows. there is an attempt to balance forward momentum from episode to episode while still maintaining a certain amount of status quo within each episode that i find interesting. and i still love the buy more crew as well.

I would like to see Chuck actually become a spy working with Sarah, with Charles Carmichael as his actual cover. John Larraquette was terrific as the suave James Bondesque agent. I especially enjoyed seeing Chuck ask the CIA to set up his sisters house with all her favorite things as a favor, since he helped retrieve the CIA's missing tech. Chuck...aka...The best series on Television.

i feel that's where they're heading this season. if the first season had been a full season, we'd only be at the mid season point and having "carmichael" start to feel more confident and competent would fit the mid season beat perfectly. and the season would have ended with chuck as a spy.

how this may or may not have been reorganized due to the strike is what we'll find out this season.

Man, Tonights episode just rocked!

Hopefully Larraquette will become the new CIA liason to replace Tony Todd. He needs to be on the show more. Check that, any show more (Except Boston Legal.. he sucked on that to the point I stopped watching)

Loved the whole Buy More scenes, Loved the morgan advice and I loved the Sarah slow motion shots. I hope they're not making him into a spy.. I think that would take a bit from the show. I'm all for him having spy moments but him being geeky and over his head really works at least for another season.

in a related note, i finally watched "The Queen" the other day. i liked it. but i spent the whole film wishing they'd cut to a reaction shot from Christine Sullivan. for ten years now i've wondered how she took princess di's death...

larroquette rocked it tonight.

Dan Fielding LIVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Man, that was a great great episode.
Larroquette was fantastic. It was a really funny episode and i really hope he returns.

Everybody else saw Brice coming from the first 5 minutes?

My word, is that woman beautiful, even without the slo-mo and Huey Lewis.

WITH the slo-mo and Huey Lewis -- oh, sweet jesus ...

I didn't see it. I thought they were going to let Chuck and Sarah play around for at least a couple episodes. I shook my fist at the TV as soon as Bryce pulled the door open.

I really hope Larroquette shows up some more later in the season. He was great.

Didn't Bryce still cheat with Chuck's girlfriend back in college? That's a pretty low blow even if his getting Chuck kicked out of school was for kinda good reasons.

if i'm have to come up with one major complaint about the show, that would probably be it. chuck seemed more upset about losing the girl than getting kicked out of college...as if she were this major thing. then the flashback comes and she's only hinted at and when the chance comes to yell at bryce, she never comes up. is bryce being retconned to make for a more sympathetic character? i ask, you decide.

interview with showrunner Chris Fedak at Newsarama.

Tonight's episode might have been the best one yet. This remains the best show on TV that people are not checking out.

I disagree completely.
It was pretty standard at best. And i kinda hate that the show is turning into a EA games commercial.

Also, Do you really spell Colombia with an U?

We're Americans, we spell shit however the fuck we want to.