Nocturnal Nick

Today I’m here to talk about some TV I’ve been watching recently, namely Chuck. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks watching it start to “up to date” (saying ‘Finish’ didn’t seem right) and have enjoyed it for the most part.

The general story follows the life of a Californian Buy-More (fictional “JB-HiFi” type store) employee, Chuck (Zachary Levi – Nothing in particular) (. He was expelled from Stanford for cheating on tests (wrongly) and the story begins when his ex-roommate emails him an experimental database of top secret information previously stored on a CIA supercomputer knows as the “Intersect”. Basically anything that Chuck sees with relation to information in that database triggers him to “Flash” and recall all pertinent info on said trigger. Seeing as the last remaining copy of the intersect resides inside Chuck’s brain, he is assigned two CIA handlers Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski – Mass Effect 2) and John Casey (Adam Baldwin – Firefly). Although suddenly lauched into his life of international espionage, he must maintain his cover as a Buy-More employee.

All in all it’s quite entertaining, though at 40 minutes an episode, it occupies a little more time than I’d rather spend on such trivial stories. That said, while the episodes are made to be comical, there are underlying dramas present, and I find myself willing Chuck and Sarah to be together, as they are constantly on and off cover and real relationships. While not as strong as the Pam and Jim effect (from The Office) it has kept me watching through more than one mostly un-eventful episode.

All in all, while definitely worth the watch, Chuck is a show you should watch AFTER all of those you love (For me that includes The Office, Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother).

Chuck is aired on Mondays (Much like BBT and HIMYM)