Chuck: Season 5, Episode 7 “Chuck Versus the Santa Suit” (B+)
I plan to remain a staunch defender of this show until its dying day, which sadly is exactly one month from today, especially if it continues to deliver enthralling episodes like this. Shaw is officially the man who won’t die, causing plenty of mayhem for the Bartowski family and their friends in seasons past and now escaped from prison to wreak more havoc on Chuck and Sarah’s lives. His plan to download the whole CIA computer database into his brain to become the Intersect 3.0 and be reinstated as a spy was cool, and it leaves me with one very pertinent thought, which is that I hope the real CIA has a much more secure network of backups and such things protecting its data from a similar type of hacking. Shaw really seems to have it out for Sarah, but fortunately some clever teamwork from Chuck, Morgan, and Casey helped to save the day. I enjoyed Casey’s usage of the electronic bear to free himself, and the flash of the Christmas movies when Shaw lost the Intersect were amusing. At the CIA Christmas party, I was pleased to see a Stan Lee cameo, and it’s nice to see General Beckman let her guard down for once. Morgan is getting closer and closer to getting Alex back as she continues to be a part of the family, and even Casey found the right words to tell her how he feels about her. Unfortunately, Shaw doesn’t seem to be done creating problems for Chuck and Sarah, dropping a big, sensible bombshell: Sarah’s pregnant! Fortunately, this is the one show taking off absolutely no time for the holidays, running new installments each week straight up to a two-hour finale on January 27th.
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