What I’m Watching: Chuck

Chuck: Season 3, Episode 14 “Chuck Versus the Honeymooners” (B+)

It’s so wonderful to see Chuck and Sarah having the time of their lives relaxing in a train car in France without a care in the world. This is an adorable episode which features the first post-Ring villains, popping up by chance when the two spies run into them on the train. I loved all of the conversations between Chuck and Sarah, with new codename Charles Charles and repeated vows of “do you agree to quit the spy life with me” and later “do you agree to not quit the spy life and be with me.” Casey put it best trying to explain their love to Morgan: “he’s going to need a walker when Walker’s through with him.” Sending Casey and Morgan on a trip together to extract the two lovebirds was awesome, and their interactions are terrific. Casey had a great line trying to intimidate Morgan – “it can take up to seven minutes to strangle someone to death; I’ve done it in thirty seconds.” It turns out that Morgan is pretty useful with his vast knowledge of international trivia and spotting spies. It’s fun to see Sarah so relaxed, posing as a dumb Southern girl lost in the wrong room. Beckman’s reaction to the pairing of Chuck and Sarah was nice, starting off with annoyed sarcasm but ending with “off the record, it’s about damn time.” I can’t wait to see them operating as a true spy couple. Back at home in the non-spy world, it was hilarious in a quick scene to see Awesome packing giant weights in his suitcase.