I’ve added a new album called Sea Patrol with 15 new pictures of Yvonne to the TV Shows gallery. These are screen captures from her stint on the Australian TV series.

Reader Ludwig came through again and found these pictures for us on the forums of a Sea Patrol fan site.

There are a couple of new online polls out. Eonline is asking its readers which of the new shows this season (including Chuck) should be cancelled, and which should be picked up by the networks. Also, Chuck has been nominated for a People’s Choice Award for Best New TV Comedy, and your vote will help decide who wins.

Lets see if we can show our support for Chuck and help it stay on TV! Thanks to forum users Popi and latincandy78 for letting us know about these polls. Check out the Strahotski.com Forums for lots more Yvonne Strahovski related talk!

LA based TV station KTLA had an interview today with our favorite starlet on their morning show. It’s great to see Yvonne making more and more appearances on TV. Among other things, Yvonne discusses how she landed her role on Chuck, what makes an ideal boyfriend, and what words give her the most trouble in an American accent. There’s a great part where we get to hear her switch back and forth between her American and native Australian accents.

Thanks to Jeremy from KTLA and reader Devonnewberry for getting the video online, and to latincandy78 and Ludwig for getting it on YouTube for us to share!

We’ve added a whopping 70 new screen captures to the gallery from “Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami.”

Once again, even though I hand-pick these captures to be the best of the episode, I couldn’t keep it to less than 70 without losing good stuff.

This episode was a blast to watch, and even more fun to screen cap!  There were some great scenes in this episode.

Enjoy!

Did I say last week was the best episode? So soon, but THIS week was the best episode, Episode 1.09 – Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami.

When Chuck was pitched to NBC so many months ago, this storyline must have been the pitch. The show has hit fullstride. It has pulled itself up from charming with potential to be the absolute best new show this season.

Mark my words, the viewership will go up. The story is so angst-ridden, so honest, so fun, and so engaging. It is what television is all about.

In this episode, we find out that Chuck’s new gal Lou is friendly with a pretty important smuggler. That smuggler is bringing in some pretty hot goods, and our team has to figure out what it is. I’ll leave that part to the viewer.

It is rare that a television show can make the viewer feel so much, and this is all thanks to a remarkable cast of characters.

Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski have enough chemistry to carry the show alone. Every emotion comes across in their faces. We don’t need words with actors like these.

I said last week that the most important thing for the show to do was to keep Sarah and Chuck apart, and the way in which they’ve done so is heart-breaking. They can’t be together now. It’s so complicated and so delightful at the same time.

Knowing that the characters really love each other is a common plot device; knowing that they know is even better.

This show is billed as a comedy, plays like an action, and at its core is a romance.

We may have been fans of Yvonne Strahovski here for a long time, and even Chuck. But now Chuck has finally arrived.

Last week I hoped Chuck would be huge. This week I know it will be.

As always, screen captures will be up soon. Until then, check out our forums and talk about the episode!