I’m buried in snow, and my dreams are haunted by Mass Effect 2 but it’s time to finally come up for air.  Nothing like an episode of Chuck to bring back some normalcy.

After enjoying some of the most fun on television last week with a big helping of nacho samplers, it’s time to do it all again for Episode 3.07 – Chuck Versus the Mask.

“It’s murder on your ears.”

After a break from Shaw, he’s back in what I considered to be a much better use of his character.  Though his fascination with Sarah seems sorta sudden, it’s fun to watch him flounder.

I credit the writers a lot here.  It’s easy to bring in a new love interest for Sarah, but handling it this way seems much more mature.  Add Hannah to the mix and it’s a surprisingly believable road block.

Only time will tell how serious these new budding relationships are, but I like this particular quadrangle more than some of the romantic tension of the past.

I don’t even completely hate Shaw this week… not completely anyway.

“When do I get to blow something up?”

The humor usually comes from Morgan, Chuck and Casey but I liked the subtle humor between Shaw and Sarah, especially the coffee incident.

Casey was mostly background fodder this episode, but as impressive as always.  I wonder if he turned off the conversation between Chuck and Sarah because they “gab like girls” or because he’s on to Shaw.  My guess is the latter.

I really like when we get those hints of Casey being smarter than his character is often written.  I credit a lot of that to Adam Baldwin’s ability to give knowing looks at the right time… or is that knowing grunts?

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I don’t usually make tiny posts like this, but forum-reader Sandrinha whipped up an animated gif of Yvonne that I just cannot ignore.

It’s taken from the Chuck Season 1 gag reel and it shows Yvonne reacting to a stunt gone bad.

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I think we can all agree that Yvonne Strahovski adds adorable to other favorite adjectives, like hot, gorgeous, and beautiful.

I’ve sifted through an added a quality 64 new screen captures to the gallery for Episode 3.06 – Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler.

This episode offered some phenomenal shots of Yvonne Strahovski.  There are the obvious caps of the ‘Frak Off’ shirt and the bedroom scene afterward, but also some really fun facial expressions.

I’m sure that some people will notice that there are some missing shots that certainly happened in the show.  It’s a fine line to walk between capturing what’s there tastefully and not.  It’s only a judgment call by me, but some things didn’t make the cut on those grounds.

Also be sure to check out the Episode 6 Music.  If you like a song, buy it! Any proceeds from buying through those links go directly towards paying for Strahotski.com hosting costs.

Enjoy!

So after having a slightly unpopular opinion about last week’s episode, I’m taking a break from Mass Effect 2 and my budding relationship with Miranda Lawson.

It’s hard to pull myself away, but the show must go on and it’s time to review Episode 3.06 – Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler.

“Yogurt Time!”

Today I’m gonna start off talking about Adam Baldwin.  I just renewed my HeroOfCanton.com domain name and this episode reminded me why.  This episode was filled with Casey cracks.

I loved the ‘yogurt time’ moments when Chuck kept getting pulled away from Hannah.  It’s interesting that they’re using Kristin Kreuk in such small doses, but I like that she feels like a real new cast member of the Buy More.

By the way, does anyone else find it funny that Anna left the Nerd Herd and she’s been replaced by Hannah?  It is now my challenge to the writers to have a revolving crew of Nerd Herd females that all rhyme with Anna.

“It’s like I’m married to Morgan!”

I have a weak spot for Ellie and Awesome.  I don’t know what it is about them, but if they’re in the episode I’m automatically going to like it that much more.

It’s interesting to see Chuck’s trip to Paris make such an impact.  I like it much better when little things like that make waves than when they set up huge arcs that you can see coming from a mile away.

It’s funny that Awesome is such a bad liar.  It’s the one thing he’s not good at, and I like that Ellie can see right through him.  I also like that Chuck can so easily lie to Ellie at this point.  Having Awesome in constant awe of Chuck is a very satisfying plot device.

“Take it easy, Tranqenstein.”

I led with Adam Baldwin, but let’s talk about Weap-Con!  That’s some hilarious stuff.  It’s like CES for gun nuts.  I like it a lot when they hint at character idiosyncrasies like the fact that Casey attends every year.

Casey had more worthy quotes in this episode than I can possibly fit into a review.  The eunuch quote comes to mind.

I also like the awkward humor that naturally comes from Chuck having to get close to Casey in any situation.  The retrieval of the laser pen hearkened back to the ill-fated kiss between the two last season.

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As many of you surely already know, Yvonne Strahovski has already filmed I Love You Too, an Australian romantic comedy by Peter Helliar.

No clear picture of when the movie will hit state-side, but a new trailer has been released!

Check it out at Herald Sun: Trailer for I Love You Too.

My apologies for not embedding the video.  For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out how to embed their player.

EDIT: YouTube video embedded. It blows out the column a little bit, but oh well.