"Chuck" Chuck Versus the Marlin (2008)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Allan Kroeker

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (creator) &
Chris Fedak (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Chuck" (2007)

Original Air Date:

24 January 2008 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Chuck finds a bug in the Buy More, and gives it to Casey. Neither of his handlers planted that particular bug...

Plot Keywords:

Secret Agent | CIA | Forbidden Love | Spy Spoof | Best Friend

Cast

Zachary Levi	...	Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez	...	Morgan Grimes
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Big Mike
Bonita Friedericy	...	General Diane Beckman
Tony Todd	...	CIA Director Graham
Noureen DeWulf	...	Lizzie
Mark Derwin	...	Detective Conway / Longshore
Ryan McPartlin	...	Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Timothy Brennen	...	Agent Granzow
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

The bug that was found at the Buy More is a GLG-20 which is the same designation as the Spies Milbarge & Fitzhume in Spies Like Us (1985). This is at least the second reference to that film.

Quotes:

John Casey: [to Sarah after they're ordered to get Lizzie] We, meaning I, will find Lizzie. You get Chuck... Well go before I change my mind.

Movie Connections:

References Spies Like Us (1985)

Chuck Versus the Marlin is a wonderfully amusing supposed season finale of "Chuck"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Chuck finds a bug hidden in one of the Buy More appliances. He gives it to Casey who shares the find with Sarah as they share the info to their superiors on the computer screen. Devon arrives at the store to ask Chuck for approval of his sister Ellie's hand and hands him the ring for safekeeping for a couple of days. The next day, the store is stripped clean as boss Big Mike discovers when his marlin is missing. Turns out the agencies ordered all items removed when more bugs were discovered which blows Chuck's cover for an enemy station whose mole is someone inside the store...Perhaps not as hilarious as the previous episode of "Chuck" that aired earlier last Thursday but very funny nonetheless with a very exciting girl-fight between Sarah and the female enemy agent. Also loved Chuck's awkward attempts in trying to use the gun to unlock the freezer that Sarah was stuck in. Chuck's Buy More co-workers, especially Morgan, were probably a little annoying again though not by much but I wondered, where's Anna? Nice to see everything turn out well though Sarah's face at the end seems to tell me she now cares enough about Chuck that she hopes Chuck won't eventually have to relocated. Oh, and the show's promos with the cast being themselves, down to Yvonne Strahovsky's natural Australian accent, that aired throughout the night brought out their charms considerably. Hope that NBC's promise of "More Chuck...Coming Soon" is indeed fulfilled!