We’ve added 60 new screen captures to the gallery from “Chuck Versus the First Date.”

It went a bit slower this time since I haven’t done it in so long, but I also realized that they’ve really figured out the firecracker they had on their hands with Yvonne Strahovski.

Not only was she in the episode more than an average episode last season, but they also got her doing some of the sexiest, hottest, and most adorable things on camera.

Check out the date scene for some absolutely adorable images of her using chopsticks to great effect.

Enjoy!

Wow, it’s good to be back.  It seems like forever ago that we fired up this site and started enjoying Yvonne Strahovski for the first time.

It’s been a year since she stole our hearts and she has become no less perfect in that amount of time.

The premiere of Season 2 of Chuck is adrenaline packed action and fun.

The first 20 minutes of the episode contains more action, heart, and  humor than entire episodes from season 1.

Let’s not forget why we’re here, though.  Our favorite Aussie Beauty is back and better than ever.

The beautiful Yvonne Strahovski and her character, Sarah Walker, have a new job this season at the Orange Orange.  Though she isn’t wearing her awe-inspiring Wienerlicious outfit anymore, the new skin-tight tank top is nothing to sneeze at.

The season starts off right with some romance and gooey-eyes between Chuck and Sarah, only to be interrupted with typical spy stuff.  The chemistry between Levi and Strahovski is phenomenal and has only gotten better since we’ve seen them last.

And as always, the action is amazing, culminating in some of the best choreographed fighting on television with Sarah squaring off against Michael Clarke Duncan.  Don’t think a beautiful blonde can hold her own against the 350lb behemoth?  Think again.

I was happy to see that Captain Awesome finally got his dues in the credits.  Hopefully that means he’s going to be around for a long long time.  And Sarah Lancaster is completely and fully integrated into her character finally.  It was good to see them both back.

And of course Adam Baldwin gets his own paragraph.  He’s continuing to make Casey as awesome as Jayne.  He’s not quite there yet, but he’s well on his way.  Who else thinks Casey needs to grow some facial hair?

A great start to what is sure to be a great season.  I’m so happy my weekly Yvonne Strahovski fix is back.  It was harder to live without it than I realized.

Screen captures should be up tomorrow afternoon.  Until then, hang out in the forums or comment on this post.  Let’s get Yvonne the attention she deserves!

Okay, so it may only be one wallpaper of Yvonne Strahovski.

Perhaps that’s not enough to classify as nirvana, but this recent scan from Men’s Health is absolutely too breathtaking to pass up.  Reader bzzg is pretty much my hero for scanning this in.

I opted to keep it simple because there’s really no way to adorn such beauty.

As always, this wallpaper is available in many different resolutions to suit almost any computer’s screen. It may be the first in a while, but I hope it helps to fill the void.

If you have any other ideas for wallpaper themes, let us know by replying to this post, contacting us, or signing up and posting on our active forums.

One of our readers, in his mysterious yet, vastly appreciated ways, scanned in a few photos from the October issue of Men’s Health that features our favorite Australian.

Thanks to bzzg for the scans and find.  You can see other magazine scans of Yvonne in our Magazine Pics section.  They just keep getting better and better!

Editor’s Note: Exquisite photos.  I tried to stitch the two-page spread back together into one awesome photo, but they didn’t line up quite right.  Oh well.  – Lykaon

Before we kick this off, I just wanted to mention this is a spoiler-free review. Enjoy!

I was fortunate enough to attend the NBC Fall Preview Party last night in Beverly Hills, CA at the Paley Center for Media. Chuck was the opening act for the party, and no better way to raise the stakes for what a Fall TV show should be.

The Q&A session before the premieres involved Chris Fedak, Zachary Levi, Josh Gomez, Adam Baldwin, and the executives for Life and Lipstick Jungle. Most of the questions were directed in Chuck’s way and it was only beneficial for me (or us?).

It was relatively brief and stuff we’ve read in interviews, but they did talk about the Back-9 and the fact that they’re already shooting episode 10. I wanted to ask how deep the story would go this season, and how many seasons it would stretch, but I never got around to it. The Q&A wrapped, and my First Date began.

The scene opens with a Christopher Nolan-style of storytelling flashing back between present and past before kicking off a new opening credit montage (Awesome, Big Mike, and the Herders have been added).

I stated this on the forum but I’ll state it here too.Do creators Josh Schwarz and Chris Fedak own the love story right out of the gate? Absolutely. And it’s a fantastic way to start the new season. The date is a very romantic one, but like everything in Chuck’s plans, not all goes to plan.

The other key aspect to the story of our season-opener is the device to Chuck’s freedom: the cipher. It’s the ‘brain’ of the new intersect and Team Bartowski’s job is to recover the stolen device and send it to Washington, resulting in Chuck’s freedom… or so we think.

Back at the Buy More, Chuck is  assigned to hire the new Assistant Manager, but ultimately leaves Morgan to decide his own scheme to decide who the new AM should be.

Chuck is back and better than ever. It wasn’t because it had been off the air for what felt like years, but because the 8-9 month break didn’t phase the creative stride that the writer’s had started in the 2nd half of the first season. It was funnier, it was very romantic, and ultimately a relief to see my (our?) favorite show back.

September 29th couldn’t come soon enough and I promise you won’t be disappointed.It was sad that Yvonne wasn’t there, but the episode did her justice all the same. She (like always) did a phenomenal job, and it’s good to finally see her back!