Strahovski and Masks
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?
