Everyone ends up where they belong on Chuck

Tonight’s “Chuck Versus the Push Mix” could easily have been the season finale, but thankfully the show got a full-season pick-up.

There are many reasons why Chuck is a fan favorite, but I think the overwhelming reason is the characters; we fans love the characters. While in most episodes the whole team and extended family seem very connected to each other, tonight’s end showed how they have all created their own intimate families as well. Ellie, Awesome and now baby and grandma. Casey and Morgan have become a team, Morgan and Alex have a great thing going, and Casey is getting another chance with Alex — seeing the three of them walk down the hospital hall together was touching. And, lastly, Chuck and Sarah.

After all that Chuck and Sarah have been through together, to see them sitting in the hospital hallway — just the two of them — was perfect; so perfect that Chuck picking that moment to propose to Sarah, despite the location and all that was going on around them, was heartening. I loved it. It was fitting for them and better than the vineyard proposal could possibly have been.

I’m looking forward to watching these relationships progress from here, with the exception of Mary Bartowski. As I wrote after last week’s episode, I’m not sure how she fits into their lives. Hopefully the CIA will make Mary go through months of debriefings, so she can show up only occasionally. I don’t want her sticking around permanently.

Other stuff:

• I love how Morgan has matured and become a valuable member of their CIA team, and especially that he still has occasional “Morgan” moments, like not wearing anything under his wetsuit and walking around the boat with his flippers still on.
• The end to the Volkov case seemed to come fairly quickly, but Chuck’s plan was perfect and I appreciated the way it played out.
• Little pet peeve: How did they bring down Volkov within a few months, but Frost couldn’t do it in 20 years? Is there more to her story?
• No bullets in the gun — so Chuck!
• Casey rocks! When his heart monitor showed his heart stopped, I knew that there was something going on, but I didn’t expect that he was tricking the assassin. Nice move.
• I’m not a fan of Jeffster, but how did I not think of “Push It” for the song? I hope the show cuts down on the Jeffster appearances. It was fun at first, but now … just annoying.

Clacked by Carla Day
on Jan 31, 2011 @ 22:59 EST5EDT