Chuck: Season 5, Episode 11 “Chuck Versus the Bullet Train” (B+)
With only the two-hour series finale left this coming Friday, this series shows no signs of letting up, with an action-packed hour that involved pretty much every series regular in a major way. I’m perhaps most impressed by the episode’s incorporation of Jeff and Lester, whose similar dreams permitted them to remember that something was afoot, and whose creepy lurking natures enabled them to be just the assets Casey needed. I loved Casey’s switch to Colonel mode when he charged them with the mission, and nothing was better than Lester’s reaction to hearing his country needed him, “Canada?” Morgan and Awesome really were terrible spies, and I’m glad that everyone is now on the same page, fully aware of what’s going on with no secrets to get in the way of their relationships. That comes with one major caveat, of course, as Sarah, whose memory has deteriorated, has now been tasked with killing Chuck by the man she thinks is her CIA handler. Her dorky bonding with Chuck over how cool the Intersect is was short-lived as she started flashing too much, an interesting reasoning for why the Intersect messed with her mind and with Morgan’s. I’m not sure that the resolution of this series will give Chuck and Sarah exactly the happy ending they’ve always wanted, but I have a feeling that it will be a fun and fulfilling conclusion, so long as neither Jeff nor Lester becomes the Intersect.
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