Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff (11 Apr. 2011)

When the CIA targets Vivian Volkoff for assassination, Chuck turns to an unusual ally to protect her: Vivian's father, Alexei. Ellie suspects her mother doesn't want her to find out about her father's past.

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

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 (credit only)
Ryan McPartlin	...	Devon Woodcomb
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Big Mike (credit only)
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel (credit only)
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff Barnes (credit only)
Bonita Friedericy	...	General Diane Beckman
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Linda Hamilton	...	Mary Bartowski
Timothy Dalton	...	Alexei Volkoff
Lauren Cohan	...	Vivian Volkoff
Mekenna Melvin	...	Alex McHugh
Kevin Daniels	...	Ellyas Abshir

Storyline

When the CIA targets Vivian Volkoff for assassination, Chuck turns to an unusual ally to protect her: Vivian's father, Alexei. Ellie suspects her mother doesn't want her to find out about her father's past.

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Genres:

Comedy | Action | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fake Empire, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min 43 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

John Casey: What is it, Grimes? Spill.
Morgan Grimes: An invite to Alex's graduation. Look, she desperately wanted to invite you, all right? *But*, technically speaking, in her mother's eyes anyway, you are still sort of - well, mostly dead. She just can't.
John Casey: Stupid of me to think otherwise.

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Connections

References All About Eve (1950)

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Soundtracks

Kingston Logic - Tricky

User Reviews

The plots are getting more and more ridiculous.

The plots are getting more and more ridiculous.

They remind me of the old shoestring budgets and lazy plots of the 60s and early 70s series, like The Saint and many others.

We get a "Mogadishu" caption on the screen and our heroes pop inside an obvious set full of extras in silly attire, the good guys retrieve whatever the World's number one arch villain Volkoff had lost whilst gambling (serious lack of credibility, writers!), and off we go to another far away unlikely destination.

Caption "Swiss Alps" and we are in a set with a backdrop of snow and mountains, then we enter a "cave". 5 minute game of chess which includes what seems like an eternity of squealing by Chuck, and we are in the vault. Where does Volkoff get the electricity from? Who reads the meter, high up in the "Swiss Alps"?

Then it gets very crowded in the vault, a bit of waffling, a bit of bashing but as there are still a few minutes left to fill the 42 minutes of the episode, our friends spend them getting locked in and getting out.

The writers should stick to their day job at the Buy More.