We talk Chuck Versus the Last Details. We do things a bit differently this time. The episode was so quotable that I tossed my favorites right up front. Should be fun.
This episode is safe for all family members to listen to unless they are super sensitive.
Tracks used in this episode, in order of appearance:
Iron Swan - The Sword
Untitled - The Sword
Maiden, Mother & Crone - The Sword
Untitled - The Sword
Maiden, Mother & Crone - The Sword
Awesome podcast. Loved all the quotable...quotes. Just such a blast. Happy to hear you guys enjoyed it too.
ReplyDeleteAs for the bit with Chuck dipping Sarah and Ellie/Sarah Lancaster... LOL. Oh god, I didn't notice that. Was she giving them.. the stink eye? Just.. wow. Hilarious. And yeah.. I noticed her getting bigger in uh.. other 'awesome' zones.
Ellie's look is so funny... it made me roll on the floor when I saw it.
ReplyDelete"Shoot the puppy" My favorite Morgan line ever. I've been saying it randomly all day.
ReplyDeleteI totally know what you mean about Ellie's reaction, it was a serious case of "female dog face" if you know what I mean. Also, if you look behind Chuck, there is some totally random dude just cracking up. Weird motivation in that scene.
Old school podcast. I remember those. Should be interesting. By the way liked how you started the podcast with sound bites. So funny.
ReplyDeleteRich
did the promo lead us in the wrong direction for next episode per chance?
ReplyDeleteor are all the clips actually in the episode
Will the cat squad and/or sarahs dad make an appearance in the finale?
ReplyDeleteCat squad is at least in the dream sequence. No idea if they will be in anything else
ReplyDeleteHT
so are u sure there is a dream sequence and not a real wedding or could there be both
ReplyDeleteI just saw them in the promo which I assume is the dream wedding cause I doubt they would show the real one. All I'm basing it on.
ReplyDeleteHT
Get ready for the announcement...
ReplyDeleteHow should i be getting ready? Should i be getting champagne or hiding the sharp objects?
ReplyDeleteShould I stay up or is this something that can wait till tomorrow? ;)
ReplyDeleteVlad
what announcement? on here? ahhh i always stress during the last weeks of chuck
ReplyDeleteYep. They just dropped the announcement that Harry's is back, LOLA is gone, and they'll probably be picking up WW. Chuck news soon to follow I'm sure. I'm sure it won't be good.
ReplyDeleteIt's not looking good according to TVBTN
ReplyDeleteBreath in... breath out, people... breath in... breath out...
ReplyDeleteMagnus, I think this should be a Chuckgasmic exclusive. Come on, you can do it.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been told anything for certain so no exclusive.
ReplyDeleteYou getting the same vibes as TVBTN? Arg, now I know what Chuck felt like last night.
ReplyDeleteIm laughing at wonder woman being picked up.
ReplyDeleteIs there anywhere you can bet on whether a show will be cancelled within a certain number of weeks? Because id like to put down some money on WW.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst, as they say. >__<
ReplyDeleteYeah. I don't even understand why Harry's was brought back, though I suppose with a decent lead it could do alright. Still hopeful for Chuck, but not keeping my hopes up. Just wanted to say thanks, Magnus, for all you've done for the fandom.
ReplyDeletehow soon should we hear? tonight? i cant go to bed like this!!!?!?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'd go with WW not lasting a full season for sure. At least around the same amount of time as "The Cape" as NBC hopes it somehow works just because it has "Wonder Woman" attached to it.
ReplyDeleteSo yeah, not only do we have to sweat over Fedak's crappy warning (He's terrible at hyping things up), but now this. Woo.
Worst case scenario, you have one more episode left. Best case scenario, you have more than one episode left. So, either way, you have more new CHUCK coming.
ReplyDelete@wyndzorz agreed on Harry's. Its a first season show that performed rather poorly, with a pretty good downward trajectory iirc. It was lucky to get off the air as early as it did before many post-DST ratings could be factored into it.
ReplyDeletewhen should we hear the news? i have a good feeling for some reason but will not be able to sleep until i hear the news
ReplyDeleteNo clue. Whenever they decide to make the cut, or whatever, it will filter out pretty quickly.
ReplyDeleteYou are killing me Magnus. I have a final to study for and I can't focus when Chuck's fate might be revealed soon. I just hope the "breath people" quote meant that we shouldn't hyperventilate when Chuck gets another season. (crosses fingers)
ReplyDeleteKyle
Will be on pins and needles until I hear the news. :(
ReplyDeleteIn any case, if the next episode does become the series finale (dear God, I hope not), I hope we get a satisfying ending. >_<
Go study. If there is an announcement, it won't make any difference whether you heard it when it happened or an hour later.
ReplyDeleteSince we may hear very shortly, want to make a last minute prediction?
ReplyDeleteWill it make a difference if I do?
ReplyDeleteyes
ReplyDeleteReally? OK, then I predict CHUCK is renewed for 13 episodes and moved to Fridays.
ReplyDeleteI predict The EV3NT/Chuck cancelled and they start over mostly on Mondays.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping you're right.
ReplyDeletenothing wrong with that. as long as it is on the air im am ecstatic!
ReplyDeleteWow.... you are predicting what everyone is predicting? You must be an insider.
ReplyDeletehaha what the hell are u doing on here wyndzorz?!? u arent aware that this is a site of positive fans where anythigng is possible.... get out of here
ReplyDeleteAnd my last comment was definitely not directed at wyndzorz, lol
ReplyDeleteHey, hey. I'm terrible with predictions so I'm trying to bank on that by predicting the opposite of what I may want. =[ Don't hate.
ReplyDeleteI predict a 13 episode pickup with a back 9 option that they will get. It will be a final 22 to get to 100 episodes. It wont air on monday nights. And next year this time we will be talking about how awesome they finished out the series.
ReplyDeleteJ says ...
ReplyDeleteWonder Woman will get 6 seasons and a movie !!!
Lol
On a more serious note , FOX sure brought down the axe tonight . Sad for Matt Miller :( but no surprising . Hopefully your prediction comes to fruition Magnus so I can go over to TVBTN comment section and tell a bunch of those a-holes to suck it for at least a little while longer :)
For your prediction of 13 , you think that will be a final 13 and done , or a 13 with an option ?
I went back and watched chuck dipping sarah when dancing and you are right ellie is giving sarah and chuck a weird look I am surprised they did either edit that part out or just film it again.
ReplyDeleteok. so the more i hear about this finale the more i am not looking forward to it. just read fedak's comments on tvline about the finale and it sounds terrible. i want to enjoy this but cant watch an ending for possibly the show if sarah and chuck arent together or sarahs even dead
ReplyDeleteKyle, great though the show is, your exams are a lot more important. Shows get cancelled all the time. If it goes then we've had two more seasons than expected and had an almost complete journey for the main characters, what more can you ask.
ReplyDeletePaul 80 says Chuck band Aid for February 2012. Haggling over license price. I think WB wants this so bad that it will happen.
ReplyDeleteRich
Thanks for the podcast. With all your bleeping going on, I am still completely in the dark about the cliffhanger, but I guess it isn´t long until it airs now anyway.
ReplyDeleteI did notice Sarah Lancaster´s face in the dance scene, because people made gifs from the scene. Hadn´t realized it during the episode. I wonder if Sarah Lancaster even knew, she was in that shot, because I am having a hard time to think of a reason, Ellie would have that expression.
You probably can´t share, if you have any idea about the reason for that expression, but it definitely looks funny within the episode.
Unless Sarah Lancaster is an idiot, she knew she was in the shot. So, she has something in mind for her character... I just can't imagine what.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I was thinking the same thing. Pretty damned confident she knew she was in the shot, but maybe she had another reason behind the face. Here's hoping she comes out and says what it is, or we'll just be left here wondering "Why the hell is she giving them the stink eye?!" Haha.
ReplyDeleteOh lord... I am getting the sinking feeling you nitwits think her face is some weird personal thing that you crazy nutjobs come up with in your concussed minds.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the 'special dance move' mad by C&S (Z&Y) was improvised (not 'choreographed') and did they touch Ellie's belly or she was just taken by surprise and a moment out of balance?
ReplyDeleteI can imagine if you are pregnant that to keep a good balance is lot less easy and you are more quickly to react in a not-amused way.
Maybe the editors liked this take despite (of even because of) this "accident" and kept in the final cut? All just speculation of course.
What? No. I'm just curious why she chose that particular moment to pull the funny face. It's any normal human reaction; curiosity.
ReplyDeleteLet's not start with the personal attacks now! I'll have you know that even if I am crazy, I draw the line at nutjob.
Now you are just begging me to increase the personal attacks.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course the editors used it because they thought it was funny. It isn't like the editors are BLIND!
"Oh lord... I am getting the sinking feeling you nitwits think her face is some weird personal thing that you crazy nutjobs come up with in your concussed minds." You couldn't be more right Magnus .. :)) i really can't understand why she would make that face (it's probably a reaction to a non`scrypted dance move so it's not a big thing) but crazy fans take it to the limits :)) gotta love the fans :X
ReplyDeletep.s. 6 seasons and a movie FTW ! :D
Why do I have to love fans?
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I have to put if with these silly loopies for another year...
Well, if you have no idea why Ellie would have that expression, it´s probably not important to the next episode.
ReplyDeleteMaybe Ellie wondered, if Chuck´s dancing skills came from the intersect, although that wasn´t as impressive dancing skill wise as in Operation Awesome.
Jack posted at TVBN, that a Chuck season 5 would have 13 episodes, if all agree. I guess that´s the same you have been saying and it sounds as if they are still in negotiations.
Hope that is true, and those negotiations are successful.
Silly loopies? Well I never. You're hurting my feelings here, Magnus. Just because of that, they're going to renew Chuck and force you to deal with us for a while longer.
ReplyDeleteOf course they kept the scene because it was funny, who said differently? But sometimes funny is not the object or the highest priority and in that case accidental funny fragments have to be cut or replaced (and perhaps kept for B-rolls and such). In this scene it worked great however - assuming "the look" was accidental in the first place.
ReplyDeleteBTW I have a few professional movie and tv editors in my social circles and none of them is blind. If there is one profession for which blindness is a real handicap then it is this one obviously.. :)
Magnus,
ReplyDeleteIt's the price you have to pay for being our leader. You know heavy is the crown and all that...
Vlad
Awelle, we shall see. I know that last night looked really bleak but I guess WB really wants another season so... if NBC has room, I think we will see it. It got close there for a second, though.
ReplyDeleteThe longer we don't hear about it the more I think lots of negotiating is going on! It's feels like the fat lady is doing her warm up but Sarah has a sniper rifle trained on her.
ReplyDeleteSo it already got nearly canceled, but now there is at least still hope? That´s good to know. And it explains Robert Seidman´s comment on TVBTN and that ET show declaring it canceled.
ReplyDeletePlease let NBC find some room somewhere. 13 hours is not that much.
We shall see. Things could change for better or for worse at any second... which is why I am not sweating it. When it happens, it happens. I think I will watch 4.23 and maybe a few other of my favorites this week.
ReplyDeleteWait, Entertainment Tonight declared it cancelled? I didn't hear about that before.
ReplyDelete"I can't believe I have to put if with these silly loopies for another year..."
ReplyDeleteanother year huh? Cool
I wasn't sneaking in some renewal spoiler. Just saying... it sounded so final last night and then... sigh.
ReplyDeleteNBC needs to realize that it doesn't matter what they put on monday nights. no one is gonna watch as long as house and DWTS are on the same night period. I think they should just let it reach 100 then put it to bed.
ReplyDeleteGM15, I think fans need to realize that NBC is not in the business of making CHUCK fans happy. It is in the business of making money. And to make money, it needs to do something to get viewers back to Monday nights and away from those other shows. CHUCK is not going to be the platform to do that.
ReplyDeleteI wasn´t watching that show and I can´t find anything on their site, but I read on tumblr, that some people watched ET last night and they had a list with cancelled shows, in which they included Chuck.
ReplyDeleteThere were several posts, including here:
http://thatistheburden.tumblr.com/post/5379547874/et-just-said-to-be-prepared-to-say-goodbye-to-chuck
Among the shows Matt thinks are "on the bubble" this time around: ABC's drama "Brothers & Sisters," NBC's "The Event," "Law & Order: Los Angeles" and "Chuck." Those likely to return include: ABC's "Desperate Housewives," CBS's police drama "Blue Bloods" and NBC's "Harrys' Law" and "Parenthood." Where does it say they declared it dead ?... it only says it's on the bubble so i don't know maybe your talking about another thing... cause this is the article i read on ET!
ReplyDeleteSo... ET DIDN'T say it was cancelled, it just said people should prepare to say goodbye to CHUCK.
ReplyDelete:)) this word`game just drives me crazy :)) anyway you take it ... it dosen't look good for our little spy-show :-<
ReplyDeleteSo what now Magnus, are they still negotiating? or they already have the final verdict?
ReplyDeleteOh My God, please bring back Chuck :(
If there has been no announcement that it is over, then it isn't over. If you see it on TVBTN or from Ausiello, then you can put the nail in the coffin. Until then, we still wait.
ReplyDeleteJack says season 5 if all agree. So unless WB and NBC agree then good bye. This is frustrating but we can't do anything about it. If NBC wants it they will get it.
ReplyDeleteAs I said, I haven´t seen the show myself, and I couldn´t find anything but the "on the bubble" on the ET website either.
ReplyDeleteI only read other people´s reports on whatever was said on the ET tv show. And those was mostly secondhand reporting as well. So I have no idea what was actually said, but it sounded as if Chuck had been included in a list with shows to say goodbye to.
Sorry, if my wording wasn´t very accurate earlier.
While Paul and Jack may work for the show or NBC, they aren't saying anything of any use to us, unless it is "cancelled" or "renewed."
ReplyDeletei read what auselio said and i am a little worried. do u think they are gonna blow charah's relationship? pls give us a hint.
ReplyDeleteThe announcement will come when it comes. Follow the right entertainment news websites on Twitter and you'll find out as soon as they find out.
ReplyDeleteThis incessant whining and asking the same question over and over again is getting so annoying, I want the show to end just so people will just stop it. The whining questions, I mean.
Read the Dear DR or the spoiler blog or the 500 other answers I have given related to these final episodes for a "hint."
ReplyDelete$0.25 cashflow per day... and I still have to answer the same question 20 times.
Your cashflow this month has increased a tiny bit. Or didn't you read your PayPal receipts yet?
ReplyDeleteWhat entertainment websites do you recommend that we follow on Twitter? The ones with the most accurate info?
ReplyDeletecant find anyone of them here.. the answers are about the renewal or not of the show
ReplyDeleteThank you, Arsimo. :)
ReplyDeletewhether or not Chuck gets renewed or not..
ReplyDeleteThank you, Magnus! *clap-clap clap-clap-clap*
(repeats xInfinity + 1.2)
ChuckTheWalker
You are welcome, ChuckTheWalker. :)
ReplyDeletechuck will be downloaded new version intersect at the end this is the clifhanger I think. If you watch the promo in chuck says 'oh boy' scene some intersect lights seems on chuck's face!!! This can change chuck's character like alexei and set apart from sarah????
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the single-nostril nose bleeds were another shout out to Lost? First thing I thought of.
ReplyDeleteHT
The things I like in this episode have already been mentioned by some of you guys and Magnus. But what I love about CHUCK can be the references to seasons past...I loved:
ReplyDelete1) The season 1 callback to when Jeffster used the handheld video camera to perve on the pita girl...it was totally in their nature to do the same to Sarah..so when they said they had footage and produced a lovely video I loved that.
2) I loved Casey letting Chuck put the mission first and another great callback when he told Chuck through facial expressions to hit him...great moment and one that reminds me of how proud Casey is of Chuck.
3) I am so, so, so happy that someone finally called out Mama B for being a crappy parent and I am glad that it was Sarah. I mean this has been a long time coming but the fact that Mama B took this dangerous mission so close to her sons wedding is just not great at all...she was trying yet again to tidy up her and Papa B's mess instead of focusing on her family. We know that Sarah will always put Chuck before a mission and to see her lay into Mama B was fantastic! and because it is something Sarah always does that makes it all the more sweeter because it is in character moment and a strong one at that. Sarah (and to some extent Casey) will never know how someone can put something before Chuck and I like that.
4) I like that Mama B recognised that at the rehearsal dinner and praised Sarah for always protecting Chuck first.
5) The video was awesome...it was so adorable and the sweetest part was Chuck and Sarah holding hands...awwww! so sweet!
I really loved this episode, I loved Team B being in the field together like the old days and working so well. The writers nailed all the right moments...
esozcanesk
ReplyDeleteExpanding on that, I think this Agent X thing will come to a head and Chuck will end up being reset to how he was in the beginning by the CIA.
But probably not.
@ Amrit your number 3 and 4 points are so true and I like that Chuck agreed with Sarah in that scene. I couldn't believe Mama B. had the gall to criticize Chuck and Sarah for their spywork when they are essentially fighting a family feud that she and Stephen started before Chuck was even born! And your right it's a great character moment for Sarah. The rehearsal dinner speech was also good, and I thought it packed even more punch considering the previous scene where Mama B. got to see just how much Sarah has and will always protect Chuck, and that she acknowledged that.
ReplyDelete-OPD
Having sung many praises for this episode, I want to point out a mistake they made. The premise of Morgan being sent in to the Vivian meeting was that she wouldn't recognize his face.
ReplyDeleteBut, she should have. Morgan was there at the masquerade bartending with Casey. He jumped into the car when they were escaping and sat right next to Vivian in the backseat.
Then, I presume they all flew back to Burbank in the same plane.
Next came Vivian in Castle and Morgan was there.
Oh well, even though the premise doesn't hold, it lead to an awesome scene. So, I'll forgive them. Shoot the puppy!
@dkd
ReplyDeleteMorgan was wearing glasses like Clark Kent ! So of course she did not recognise him, when like superman he takes his glasses off he is the beard! Tut tut
Yep... glasses are they key.
ReplyDeleteErrrr Errrrr
ReplyDeleteIt'sa me Mario..Spagetti.
Oh well, Morgan was dressed as the help lets just say she glossed him out of her mind.
official announcement to come sunday now.
ReplyDeletedamn i just want news one way or the other.
One thing I didn't understand was when Ray Wise and Vivian were using the Norseman on those people it killed all of them except Morgan and the MI-6 agent.
ReplyDeleteMorgan wasn't even affected by it and was then told by Casey to play dead.
Maybe I missed the line where it explained why Morgan and the MI-6 agent weren't killed by it.
I really enjoyed the episode the best part was Morgan and then Casey sniping everyone.
@Anon-
ReplyDeleteIt targets DNA. Presumably Vivian\Riley had the DNA for all the bad guys they invited to the meeting, so since the MI-6 Agent and Morgan werent them, they werent affected.
Somewhere though, those other two guys just bit it off camera.
I think it was because they didn't have Morgan's dna, they had the dna of the guy he was impersonating.
ReplyDeleteBecause Ray and Vivian didn't had their DNA. ;)
ReplyDeleteThe real guy (the Morgan look-a-like) died in jail at the same time...
Alex, You just made me have a funny thought...if those other two guys bit the dust off camera by way of the Norseman, then what would that have looked like?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the two people that Morgan and the British agent were impersonating were either in custody or off doing something somewhere else while Vivian triggers the Norseman...then WHAM! Two healthy people suddenly drop dead of unknown causes in public. That would be scary.
Variety reporting that chuck looks good for 'at least 13 episodes'
ReplyDelete"Perennial bubble show "Chuck" is likely to return for at least 13 episodes."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036823
Who said Sunday?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036823
ReplyDeleteWoot !?!?!?
NBC having their press conference on Sunday does not prevent news of cancellations and renewals coming out earlier.
ReplyDeleteNBC's schedule was in the press on Sunday last year, but we knew Chuck was renewed the Thursday before.
Deadline also reporting Chuck to return now.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.deadline.com/2011/05/primetime-pilot-panic-chuk-to-return-and-other-bubble-show-updates/
Seems like good news?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tvline.com/2011/05/breaking-chuck-spies-season-5-pickup/
Hooray for awesome news. My negative thoughts worked! You're welcome, everyone.
ReplyDeleteJ says ...
ReplyDeleteYES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you going to have Wendy on CYT next ?
Incoming .....
Ausiello says Chuck is returning:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tvline.com/2011/05/breaking-chuck-spies-season-5-pickup/
:)
Multiple websites are beginning to report that Chuck has been picked up for another 13 episodes:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tvline.com/2011/05/breaking-chuck-spies-season-5-pickup/
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118036823
Let's hope for the best!
I'm surprised the site's not blowing up after this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tvline.com/2011/05/breaking-chuck-spies-season-5-pickup/
Did you hear what Ausiello has to say now? Can you confirm it, Magnus?
ReplyDeleteI just got back... and yes, we can trust Ausiello.
ReplyDeleteWell, Magnus. You were right. Top man.
ReplyDeleteMy source was right... yet again. He was the only one saying 13 episodes in the fall.
ReplyDeleteHe is 3 for 3.
My source says that your source is awesome.
ReplyDeleteDax
ReplyDeleteSo we are to assume nbc will be getting it cheaper
and budget will go lower than it already is.
just 13 ? or with an option ?
ReplyDeleteYour source is awesome. :D
ReplyDelete(Well, you are too.)
I am still a little scared, but this just sounds wonderful. I can´t believe Chuck might have 5!! seasons.
I had no doubt since Magnus predicted it weeks ago when no other site would... But boy is it good to see Twitter explode with the news tonight!
ReplyDeleteMagnus, thanks again for your awesome prediction. You were once again 100% right! I hope it feels nice ;-)
Nini3636
I am your hero.
ReplyDeleteOK, so I am very lucky to have found the best source ever... but I will say that we were close to losing it.
Do I hear a celebratory podcast in the works ?
ReplyDeleteFor anybody who cares we got a 1.4 again and I am hoping for the last episode of this season we get at least 1.7 or and this is really hoping get a 2.0 I know this will not really effect NBC decision though.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting that now Chuck hits trending topics, when it hasnt done that anytime recently that i can remember, even on new episodes.
ReplyDeleteCanadian Greg delivering ratings numbers that dkd scooped everyone else with on Tuesday... thanks for reading the comments and being so timely.
ReplyDeleteMagnus, we call them canuckleheads.
ReplyDeleteYEA CHUCK!!!!
Al
ReplyDeleteIt seem now that dealing about number of eps. To me a final 13 seems right to me. How do you feel magnus?