Pilot (24 Sep. 2007)

Chuck is a computer geek who gets a computer full of information zapped into his brain...information that contains secrets that the federal government desperately needs to keep in Chuck's ... See full summary »

Director:

McG

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (creator), Chris Fedak (creator),

Stars:

Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Zachary Levi	...	Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez	...	Morgan Grimes
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Wendy Makkena	...	National Intelligence Director
Tony Todd	...	CIA Director Graham
C.S. Lee	...	Harry Tang
Jim Pirri	...	Father
Dale Dye	...	General Stanfield
Matt Bomer	...	Bryce Larkin (as Matthew Bomer)
Ryan McPartlin	...	Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel
Julia Ling	...	Anna Wu
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff Barnes

Storyline

Chuck is a computer geek who gets a computer full of information zapped into his brain...information that contains secrets that the federal government desperately needs to keep in Chuck's head...and keep Chuck, himself, intact. In the opener Chuck meets a woman who agrees to go on a date with him, but she's one of the government agents who's interested more in his head than his body.

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Plot Keywords:

nail gun | archival photograph | speech | break door in | explosion | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 September 2007 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

College Hill Pictures Inc., Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Dropping a computer wouldn't severely damage a computer hard drive. At worst, it would damage the mechanical linkages inside the drive, but the physical damage wouldn't affect the data stored on the platters. The CIA/NSA would easily be able to recover data from the damaged drive.

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Goofs

During the stand off atop the building between the agents and chuck the laser point from Casey changes from a small dot to a larger circle when it crosses Chucks face. It's clearly a light rather than a laser.

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Quotes

Ellie Bartowski: Go home Morgan.

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Connections

References TRON (1982)

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Soundtracks

"The Missionary"
(uncredited)
Performed by Brothers Martin

User Reviews

Pilot episode of Chuck should provide enough excitement for another NBC hit

Just saw the pilot for the new hour-long spy series "Chuck". It has a pretty amusing premise: The title character played by Zachary Levi lives with his sister and her boyfriend. This sister (Sarah Lancaster who I remember from "Everwood" as Madison) tries to get her brother to date again after a long-ago breakup he hadn't gotten over. Also hanging around is best friend and fellow worker in the Nerd Herd of Buy More, Morgan (Joshua Gomez). Then one day, Chuck gets an e-mail from his old college roommate Brice Larkin (Matthew Bomer) who's not an accountant as Chuck thought but a spy who gets killed before sending his message. Suddenly, Chuck has images in his mind. And a woman named Sarah (Yvonne Strzechowski) and a man named John (Adam Baldwin) start appearing in Chuck's store...This was a pretty fast-paced and humorous start for what I'm sure will be a clever and exciting new action series for NBC and should attract many Heroes fans (like me) wanting to watch something as entertaining while waiting. Should be another hit for the Peacock network! Directed by McG (Charlie's Angels and Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle).