While I have not written regularly about Chuck since I sped through the first season on DVD I decided this episode was worth discussing. Since the beginning of season three Chuck has slowly been sliding farther away from himself and becoming a true spy. In this hour, Chuck finally came to terms with his fate and actively accpetted it by breaking up with Hannah. Which is a shame because Hannah is great for Chuck, and cold considering he broke up with her after he showed up late to dinner with her parents.
As I noted, we have seen Chuck become a super-spy over the course this season. We know this because we have watched as Chuck made some tough decisions that bordered on offending the viewer. He chose the life of a spy over the love of Sarah, he imprisoned the intersect 1.5 maker simply because the poor guy could make an intersect, and now he's broken the heart of the one girl that's truly made him happy since we have known him.
We also know that Chuck is becoming an uber-spy and losing his true personality because Sarah has been harping on it every chance she gets. Sarah does not need to mention her disapproval of Chuck's career choice every time she's alone with Chuck, Shaw, or Casey. Fedak and Schwartz (the Chuck show runners) do not need to have Sarah beat us over the head with her verbal disapproval to clue the audience in to the fact that something is truly wrong with Chuck. Sometimes a knowing look is all the audience needs!
As the episode opened it seemed that Sarah and Shaw were done for while Chuck and Hannah were hot and heavy. It's a shame that the episode ended by reversing the couples fortunes because I like Chuck and Hannah a lot more than Shaw and Sarah. We all know that Hannah and Shaw are both simply place holders for the inevitable Chuck and Sarah reunion but that does not mean I cannot root for the underdog pairings!
Sarah opened up to Shaw, who she has barely known for a few weeks more than she opened up to Chuck in three years. Turns out Sarah is actually Sam! I always thought she was a Bernadette myself (mostly kidding). I wonder if Chuck will start calling her that immediately or if he will save it for special occasions? It is funny that the "Fake Name" in the title of the episode was not the alias (I miss Alias) that Chuck took on for his mission but Sarah's.
We did not get any Morgan in this episode. Usually I find him fairly endearing, but I did not miss him at all in this particular episode.
On a serious side note, I can vouch for the Crock Pot they were selling at the Buy More! I have one of that exact model and that thing can cook! Also, I'm glad that the Buy More employee's are noticing that Chuck is not the loser the show had him pegged for in the beginning. Chuck's dated some beautiful women over the course of this series and it's time the show acknowledge that he is not Morgan when it comes to the ladies. Plus Lester admitting that he's lonely was the episode's comedic highlight... Maybe I did miss Morgan this episode.
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