Tom talks us through ten great moments from five seasons of the dearly departed Chuck… Feel free to come back after you snag watched it though!
Im crap at watching TV.
The DVD box-set is therefore a big friend of mine.
I took a punt on it, and I am very glad I did.
You name it,Chuckprobably has it.
For Romeo and Juliet, it was the Capulet Ball.
For Anthony and Cleopatra, it was Egypt.
For Chuck Batowski and Sarah Walker, it was the Burbank Buy More.
Its the day after Chucks birthday.
Enter Sarah Walker, blonde bombshell and sexy super spy for the CIA.
She enters the Buy More posing as a customer with a faulty phone, getting Chuck to fix it.
When faced with a pretty girl, hes hardly suave.
His chemistry with Joshua Gomez as Morgan is already in place, as is his attraction to Sarah.
Can you blame him?
Plus, beatboxing about Vicki Vale has got to be a winner.
Chuckwas a great show for balancing action, humour and touching character-driven storylines.
It once again confidently trod that fine line with the birth of Jeffster!.
They ultimately secure an audition from a reluctant Captain Awesome.
Their song of choice?
TotosAfrica, and they rock it hard.
They completely suck, but they rock hard.
This is a great moment for so many of the characters, not just Jeff and Lester.
Toto kick a lot of ass, too.
The title of this entry makes it sound more pervy than it is meant to.
In reality, its one ofChucks sweetest and most tender moments.
The sexual chemistry between the two continues to bubble under as they share a hotel room together.
At this point, that tension has been building for two seasons.
This wonderful scene brings all that to a crescendo.
As they slowly awaken from their slumber in each others arms, their fingers intertwine.
They share a momentary glance before, finally, they kiss.
Theyve kissed before, but this time it is for real.
This moment is laced with comedy too, as Chuck discovers he has no condoms, thanks to Morgan.
Im gonna kill you, Morgan.
Cant say I blame you, Chuck.
Romance is in the air at Ellie and Captain Awesomes wedding.
Our three heroes rush from the wedding to save Bryce from the nefarious Ring operatives.
The Ring agents finally break in, and are about to kill Sarah, Casey and Chuck.
Chuck has truly arrived as a kick-ass spy.
The ensuing fight scene is brilliantly choreographed, made all the better for using Levi as much as possible.
The close-quarters fist fighting is intense.
Casey grunts a lot during the show, but his Uh?
at the end of this fight scene is absolutely priceless.
Sprinkle aMatrixreference on the top, and you haveChuckgold dust.
Among those he found it hardest to keep his secret from was Morgan.
They share pretty much everything.
The tension sparked by Chucks secrecy has become so bad that Morgan fires Chuck as his best friend.
So when they face an impending death, Chuck finally reveals his secret.
Does Morgan react with anger at the news?
My best friend is a spy…?
This is unbelievable, this is the best news Ive ever heard!.
Morgans reaction is completely in character, and he is full of questions.
Chuck is momentarily stunned into silence with relief before spilling the beans.
Chuckmade a thing of using guest stars from TV and film franchises, to varying effect.
Routh plays Daniel Shaw, an exemplary agent working with Team Bartowski to bring down The Ring.
Consumed by his grief, Shaw informs a paralysed Sarah of his intention to kill her.
Chuck catches them up and pleads for Sarahs life.
The use of flashbacks here is brilliant, as is the accompanying music.
The soft piano and ghostly vocals ofKetteringby The Antlers offers the moment a haunting quality.
A spy who detests guns, Chuck finally pulls the trigger on Shaw when left with no other choice.
Shaws admission that he wont reveal Chucks secrets to the Ring shows he still has a moral code.
It makes the moment all the more tragic.
Daniel Shaw, a noble agent fallen from grace, driven by his crippling grief.
I do kind of wish he had stayed dead after this, though.
Not my favourite (Im getting to it!)
Writing about this moment, I had not realised quite how little I have mentioned Casey in this article.
Appalling really, considering his contribution to the show.
Many ofChucks funniest moments, including this one.
Casey is under the influence of paralysis-inducing drugs as part of a mission.
Reluctantly, Morgan reveals to the worlds scariest over-protective father that he is dating Caseys daughter, Alex.
Some people may argue Brandon Routh or Scott Bakula wasChucks best guest star.
For me though, there is only one choice: Timothy Dalton.
Though as Volkoff, Dalton plays a stone cold psychopath, infatuated with Chucks mother Mary.
After a scintillating verbal sparring match, Chuck tricks Volkoff into speaking the words that give access to Hydra.
The scene is a wonderful culmination of a long-running arc, performed by two supremely talented actors.
Stephen Bartowskis posthumous involvement in the takedown of Volkoff is the bittersweet icing on a very sweet cake.
Two moments from the same episode, I hear you cry?
Throughout the fourth series, Chuck has been trying to find the perfect way to propose to Sarah.
He finds it in one of the most unexpected places.
As baby Clara Woodcomb joins the world, Sarah and Chuck sit patiently in the waiting room.
Set to the background hum of a floor waxer, they embrace and kiss.