Wednesday, February 17, 2010

I.O.U.

Heartbreak. That's what the viewers felt and got when they tuned into "Chuck v the Pink Slip." As of last season and with the installation of Intercept 2.0 our lovable protagonist, Chuck Bartowski quit the Buymore and devoted his time and resources to training with the CIA.

While Chuck has all these amazing abilities in the crevices of his mind, he's still the same Chuck with all his human emotions. Well apparently emotions and spy work don't mix and after attempting to fulfill the duties of a spy General Beckman fires Chuck. So losing his chance at being spy Chuck succumbs to what I call "growing a symbolic beard, literally" in this case his beard symbolizes heartbreak. Because in choosing to throw himself fully into the process or spy work he loses the girl. And that is the theme of season 3, the creators Chris Fedak and Josh Schwartz have discussed that season 3 is about Chuck fully stepping into the spy life--but in the process, I believe he is going to loose a lot....everything comes with a price.


That's right!1!!!! Sarah was so ready to run away with him, but he chose to the noble route...and I can't bring myself to fully blame him. While Sarah and him are meant to be and have endured many life threatining situations together, Chuck realizes that it would be selfish of him to runaway from the calling given to him by the Intersect.

But back to Chuck's despondency to life and his beard. After being fired he has no ambitions it seems until he flashes in the Buymore, and is suddenly "awakened" yet again. In so doing he comes into contact with Sarah and Casey on a mission and Sarah--wow she behaves as cold as an iceberg towards him--and despite this he still tries to help and comes into contact with an assassin of the ring. After a bunch of confusion, the kidnapping of Sarah and Chuck through which he proves his true hero potential. So Beckman welcomes him into the fold and gives Sarah the special mission to keep Chuck calm so that the Intersect can work properly.

And in true Sarah nature, as much as we can guess about her, she attempts to be professional and during a staff fight between her and Chuck, it is clear that Chuck could never purposefully harm her.

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