As the number of comments have attested, I was a little harsh on this episode. Playing it back, perhaps I failed to point out some of the really nice parts of the episode. One of these was Mama-Bear Sarah whose concern for Chuck’s safety was very endearing.
If you love screens that capture the many beautiful facial expressions of Yvonne Strahovski, then this episode is what you’ve been looking for. She shows all sorts of emotions across the set, and I absolutely love it!
Also, though is not screen capture related, I was called out for failing to mention Hannah in my review.
For the record, I did like Kristin Kreuk and I look forward to her being on the show more. She may suffer from UNeTYS (Ugly Next to Yvonne Syndrome), but she’s perhaps cute enough to get only a mild case.
Edit by Rob: I’ve added the music from the episode as well. Last two songs are my faves.
My usual goal with the title of my reviews is to use the plural of the episode title.
Unfortunately, neither me nor my wife were able to come up with the plural of first class (first classes didn’t quite sound right), so we’ll just leave it singular this time.
But let it be known that I’m on to the Chuck writers! Last week it was “Operations Awesome” and before that I had to pluralize in Spanish. I think they’re trying to make it hard on me!
Oh, that’s not why you’re here? That’s right. We should get to the review of Episode 3.05 – Chuck Versus First Class.
“Is Chuck Bartowski a real spy?”
I think the answer to that question is an unequivocal no. But that’s why we love Chuck, right? Since he’s been tagging along with Casey and Sarah for two years, I guess everyone expects that he’s going to become more like a spy over time.
But at the same time, if he doesn’t need Casey and Sarah then the show won’t need them either. And as we clearly learned tonight, Chuck without Casey and Sarah is not all that interesting to watch.
I try to keep it light here, but I would be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that this is by far the most awkward and unfunny episodes of Chuck to ever grace our televisions. That’s not to say we should cancel our season passes or anything, but we’ve come to expect more.
We’re pleased to announce the addition of a brand new gallery to our Gallery site, the Video Games Gallery.
Granted, for now there is one lone set of pictures inside but we’re hoping for the best. Surely Yvonne’s voice talents will be lent to future video games, right? At the very least, perhaps Mass Effect 3?
Although predominantly comprised of Yvonne’s ME2 character, Miranda, there are also some pics of real-life Yvonne Strahovski sprinkled throughout the set.
I’ll let you explore the gallery yourself, but let’s just say that there is a saucy picture to be had of Miranda. I almost didn’t include that picture in the gallery, but I figured it’s no worse than a typical episode of Chuck.
These all came from Syfy’s Sci vs. Fi: Mass Effect 2 special. If you missed it the first time, Syfy will be airing it multiple times over the next week leading up to ME2’s launch (search the schedule for ‘Mass Effect 2′).
If you haven’t pre-ordered your copy yet, then get to it by heading over to Amazon and reserving your copy!
Since she didn’t get a lot of action (or costumes), this is primarily a set of what Yvonne Strahovski does best — facial expressions. There’s pensive Sarah, happy Sarah, secretly-in-love Sarah. You name it, she emotes it.
It’s a testament to her fine acting that Yvonne Strahovski can be such a presence even when the story does not directly revolve around her character.
Her subtle encouragement to Chuck was actually quite endearing the second time I watched the episode.
Also be sure to check out the Episode 4 Music. If you like a song, buy it! Any proceeds from buying through those links go directly towards paying for Strahotski.com hosting costs.
