"Chuck" Chuck Versus the Truth (2007)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"Chuck" (2007)

Original Air Date:

12 November 2007 (Season 1, Episode 8)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Chuck meets a pretty girl with an unusual name, which causes an internal conflict. At the same time, his sister falls prey to someone the government seeks to apprehend.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Secret Agent | CIA | Forbidden Love | Spy Spoof

Cast

Zachary Levi	...	Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez	...	Morgan Grimes
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Rachel Bilson	...	Lou
Kevin Weisman	...	Reardon Paine
C.S. Lee	...	Harry Tang
Bonita Friedericy	...	General Diane Beckman
Emy Coligado	...	Poppy Tang
Ryan McPartlin	...	Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Big Mike
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sanjay Chandani	...	Mason Whitney (as Sanjaya Chandani)
Chris Dotson	...	Scooter
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff
Julia Ling	...	Anna Wu
Monika Ramnath	...	Lauren
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Trivia:

WILHELM SCREAM: (At 34:55) When Reardon Paine gets shot in the knee.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Captain Awesome is talking to Chuck about 'getting out his bike and riding it again' and the shot cuts to over Captain's shoulder you can see his jaw moving in speech yet there is no audio with it.

Quotes:

Reardon Paine: [knocking on the bad guy's door after being exposed to truth serum] Who's there?
Chuck Bartowski: The NSA, CIA, and me! Which is a little harder to explain...

Movie Connections:

References Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)

Chuck Versus the Truth is the first real excellent episode of "Chuck"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

What an excellent episode Chuck Versus the Truth is! Lots of hilarious stuff involving Chuck and Sarah's cover of being a "couple", of Morgan buying a present for assistant manager Harry and his wife (whose hugging of Morgan so close to her is filmed by his cohorts and brings out jealousy in Harry), of Devon's ("Captain Awesome") talking of "riding the bike" with Sarah, and of everyone talking frankly while inhaling a poisonous truth serum. That last part is courtesy of a former gymnast villain Reardon Paine played by Kevin Weisman (you know, comic relief good guy inventor Marshall Flinkman from "Alias"). While very convincing in his different role, I kept thinking of his character from the former Jenifer Garner-ABC series and the contrasts in between. Also guest starring is Rachel Bilson, formerly of The O.C., playing Lou, a girl from a sandwich shop who Chuck obliges in fixing her cell phone. Both see a spark in each other, so much so that Chuck "breaks" up with Sarah so he can pursue her. So besides great laughs and action, there's also some nice drama not just concerning the triangle of Chuck, Sarah, and Lou but also of Ellie and Chuck's concern for her health after Weisman put the poisonous serum in her ear. This show just keeps getting better! Can't wait for the next one!