Yay!  It’s time for some hardcore Charah action while Sarah & Chuck are on the run from a very unhappy John Casey.

I can’t really imagine a better setup for a good time, so let’s just get to the review of Episode 2.21 – Chuck Versus the Colonel.

“Your country thanks you, Colonel Casey.”

I don’t usually start with Casey, but tonight he deserves it.  After Chuck betrayed Casey a few too many times, I was really having a hard time imagining Chuck not taking a bullet to the brain.

But Adam Baldwin is a masterful actor and brought Casey’s cold shoulder paired with his deeply buried warm heart in full force.  His quips are always to die for, but tonight we got closer to Casey than we have in 2 seasons of Chuck.

If it were any other script or any other actor, I think I would balk at the speed with which Colonel Casey forgave his charges and joined their cause.  But I bought it, and I loved it.

Three cheers to Adam Baldwin.  In an episode full of Charah, he stole the show.

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Editor’s Note: I’ve bumped this post to remind people to send their letters.  There are a number of other initiatives online to help out as well which you can find in our forums.

As some of you may already know, a number of fan sites in the Chuck community have called for fans of Chuck to write letters to NBC to ask for renewal of the show.

These letters could be as simple as a plea for renewal, or more complex with some personal feelings about the show and what it means to you.

I’ve already mailed my letter off, and I urge you all to do the same if you feel so inclined.  Sending a letter via snail mail makes a much bigger statement than simply typing a few words on the computer, or signing an online petition.

The address(es) for mailing letters to NBC is:

NBC’s Chuck
3000 W Alameda Ave
Burbank, CA 91523

Ben Silverman
Co-Chairman
3000 W. Alameda
Admin Building
Burbank, CA 91523

Angela Bromstad
President of Primetime Series
100 Universal City Plaza
Bldg 1320, 4th Floor
Universal City, CA 91608

I imagine the first two addresses end up in the same place. I only sent my letter to the first, but it is at the sender’s discretion which address to choose.

We try to keep the main site clutter free, but we all want Chuck Season 3.  More Chuck means more Yvonne Strahovski, and if you’re a fan of Strahotski.com then you’re also a fan of Yvonne!

I’ve also started a thread in our forums where you can post your letter.  I’ve posted mine there and I’m eager to read others!

Be sure to check out the awesome postcards that were posted in the thread for an alternative to a letter.

It might have felt like a Jill episode, but I still managed to come up with an impressive 72 screen captures to the gallery for Episode 2.20 – Chuck Versus the First Kill.

Sarah had a lot of background jealous-acting to do as Chuck dealt with Jill.

Doing the screen captures always makes me appreciate the subtle facial expressions that Yvonne Strahovski so capably brings to Sarah.  You can tell she’s not a fan of Jill in many a scene.

I was also proud to have gotten a relatively high number of action shots.  The blur makes them so hard to capture usually, but Yvonne’s extended shoot-out helped to get some good ones.

Don’t forget to check out our Chuck music page to listen to some of the tunes of this episode as well.

Enjoy!

The weeks are ticking by as we get closer and closer the Chuck season finale.  Hopefully, it’s not a series finale!

I’ll take my intro this week to remind everyone to write your letter to NBC — Chuck has to come back or I will be lost and roaming this world with no purpose.

But for tonight I have a purpose; for tonight we focus on first kills.  Time for my  review of Episode 2.20 – Chuck Versus the First Kill.

“It’s time to try our latest flavor – Obama Guava.”

This is a fitting quote to this episode because First Kill was a completely different flavor of Chuck.  I don’t know what they were smoking when they scored this episode, but the music placement was atrocious.

It was also sadly another episode with not nearly enough Yvonne Strahovski for my taste, but at least she got one of her coolest gun fights to date near the end.

I’ll talk more about the pacing and music near the end of the review, but let’s get to the content of the episode.

“Here they are — Mr and Mrs. Bartowski!”

So here comes Jill again.  She wasn’t nearly as hateable this time around, but she certainly wasn’t likeable either.  I feel like the writers felt like they need to ‘finish’ the Jill storyline and worked her into a plot she didn’t need to be part of.

I have nothing against Jordana Brewster, but does she always talk as if her jaw is broken?  Maybe there was a bad accident on the set of Fast and Furious or something, but she barely moved her teeth the entire episode.

She provided a pretty convenient plot device to get Chuck defiant, but the chemistry that the two had in the earlier episodes was completely lost this time around.

I guess that’s to be expected, but at least she redeemed herself and created a reason for Beckman to get mad.

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This isn’t exactly Yvonne Strahovski related… ok, who am I kidding it’s barely related to Yvonne at all… but I do have a piece of news related to Patricia Rae, a good friend of the site.

She’s co-producing (and starring in) a movie!

On top of that, though, she’s recruited Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike) and Scott Krinsky (the Jeff half of Jeffster) to star.

Looks like “Chuck” actors will have strong representation in the film with that cast.

The name of the film is “Silverlake Video the Movie” and the script was written, produced, and directed by Patricia Rae’s partner, Matteo Ribaudo of Make it Happen Films.

Keep an eye out for it as I’m sure it’s bound to make good use of our favorite “Chuck” Stars!