I see no possibility that Casey is gone for good, if they expect the show to continue.
Chuck -3x10 -"Chuck vs. the Tic Tac"-Discuss/Grade <SPOILERS>
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Oh, of course he's not. That's just silly.
This show is worthless without Adam Baldwin.
I loved this episode. Even though the tone was starkly different, I thought it was only a touch down in quality from the last outing. I didn't mind the emphasis on drama since it was about stories that I cared about, John Casey's backstory and the "Chuck losing himself to the intersect" arc. The scene at the end where Chuck takes the pill and comes dangerously close to snapping a guy's neck gave me chills. But it also had some awesomely funny moments, especially Chuck's encounter with the new invisible wall. I also liked his understated "I'm the gas company" line when the bad guys showed up at the end.
I felt things had slowed down significantly this season in terms of story progression (it's hard to beat S2 in that respect) but this episode definitely pushed things forward a lot. I've enjoyed Routh's appearance and I get his character's purpose, but it was really fun just to see a Chuck/Sarah/Casey adventure again.
I think if Baldwin left the show they'd lose a lot. At this point, anyone else they brought in would be compared to him a lot and that's never a good sign for any show (it can work on occasion, but not always). However, nowadays I notice anyone leaving a show like that is announced via some news outlet or another and I haven't heard anything about Baldwin leaving so I take that as a good sign.
I think if Baldwin left the show they'd lose a lot. At this point, anyone else they brought in would be compared to him a lot and that's never a good sign for any show (it can work on occasion, but not always). However, nowadays I notice anyone leaving a show like that is announced via some news outlet or another and I haven't heard anything about Baldwin leaving so I take that as a good sign.
Checkmate
Commodore
I'm not sure I understand what the big deal was about the pill anyway. They're (eventually) going to be mass produced for the military, so getting them will be easy as cake once they go into production, and Chuck is the only one who benefits from it to the point of it being worthwhile. So unless the Ring has some similar emotionally-underdeveloped Intersects running around, who cares if they got their hands on one little pill? By the time they were able to reverse-engineer it, if ever at all, they'd already be in full production.
Well, we don't know that the military was going to proceed with the project. They may have decided that turning soldiers into sociopaths was a bad idea, which is why the prototype pill was locked away and not being used.
I didn't get the impression that CIA was planning to use the pill right away. It was an experimental weapon they wanted to keep out of the hands of the bad guys.
Not really. Remember, the Ring was trying to turn Devon. Who is to say they haven't tried turning other prominently placed professionals into Ring agents as well? And if they had not undergone any real spy training themselves, they may need something like that pill to enable them to follow orders with no questions asked.
Rats, I had to miss what sounds like a great eppy. I wonder if this show ever gets rerun? Whatever happened to reruns anyway? 
Checkmate
Commodore
If only we had acess to something like the Internet that had a place called Hulu on it that showed reruns on-demand. Wouldn't that be grand? Especially if this episode could be found there?Rats, I had to miss what sounds like a great eppy. I wonder if this show ever gets rerun? Whatever happened to reruns anyway?
To dream the impossible dream.
Ech. I despise watching TV shows on computer screens. However, as an experiment I'll see what the experience is like trying to watch this eppy on hulu. Be back in a bit...
Well my first complaint is that I can't figure out how to skip the ads.
So I ignored them and then got caught up in bitching about something in another thread and forgot all about poor Chuck. That's the main problem - online viewing offers far too many distractions.
So I watched the first few seconds and tried stopping and "rewinding" to catch Casey's "real name" but then the whole frakkin' thing had to rebuffer again? Bleh.
...hmm, interesting, my ad blocker does work on some hulu ads. Didn't think it would work at all.
Anyway, very good episode and important to the story arc, glad I watched it even if hulu kinda sucks.
Well my first complaint is that I can't figure out how to skip the ads.
So I ignored them and then got caught up in bitching about something in another thread and forgot all about poor Chuck. That's the main problem - online viewing offers far too many distractions.So I watched the first few seconds and tried stopping and "rewinding" to catch Casey's "real name" but then the whole frakkin' thing had to rebuffer again? Bleh.
...hmm, interesting, my ad blocker does work on some hulu ads. Didn't think it would work at all.
Anyway, very good episode and important to the story arc, glad I watched it even if hulu kinda sucks.
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Seriously? Most ads on Hulu are like thirty seconds long, at the most. It's a very small price to pay for the convenience of being able to watch the show online whenever you want.Ech. I despise watching TV shows on computer screens. However, as an experiment I'll see what the experience is like trying to watch this eppy on hulu. Be back in a bit...
Well my first complaint is that I can't figure out how to skip the ads.
If you don't like watching it on Hulu, have you tried watching it on-demand? I don't know what cable provider you have (if you even have cable), but some offer a "Primetime On Demand" service that lets you watch recent episodes of certain shows from select networks. That's still no guarantee that your provider offers any NBC shows on-demand, but it's worth a shot.
My DVR already lets me watch shows whenever I want, and skip the ads. I just find it annoying having to go to some corporation's website and do things their way.
I'm a brat, I admit it. But it was a pretty painless experience and it was interesting seeing that my ad blocker works on some of their ads anyway (and funny seeing them give me a tech support email to complain that the ads aren't playing properly).As for the controversy about the pill being useful to the ring: I'm sure even their guys get scared sometimes. They can't all be emotionless sociopaths. Probably most of them are in it for the money or thrills, right?
Casey will be back, and so will that pill, which is now the biggest threat to Chuck retaining his glorious Chuckness.
Checkmate
Commodore
As a side note, when your ad blocker blocks an ad, it actually takes longer to get past it (30 seconds of nothingness) than most of the commercials (15-20 seconds).
Regarding the pill, still, it's a minor thing at best for the Ring. It's only "super spy" use is for Chuck, and only because has no psychological training or real experience.
What I really don't get is why they used Casey to get it anyway. Apparently, the Ring has an easy time of breaking into the video game-labeled "level 15" with ease, even beating Chuck and Sarah to the punch in order to break out Casey. Even after the upgrades to the security. So why the hell didn't they do that with the pill, especially since they're the ones who supplied him with the key in the first place (which means they had to already know waaaaay more about the security than the Bumbling Trio did).
Regarding the pill, still, it's a minor thing at best for the Ring. It's only "super spy" use is for Chuck, and only because has no psychological training or real experience.
What I really don't get is why they used Casey to get it anyway. Apparently, the Ring has an easy time of breaking into the video game-labeled "level 15" with ease, even beating Chuck and Sarah to the punch in order to break out Casey. Even after the upgrades to the security. So why the hell didn't they do that with the pill, especially since they're the ones who supplied him with the key in the first place (which means they had to already know waaaaay more about the security than the Bumbling Trio did).
Boy, you're not kidding. Watching him is like eating cardboard.
This show is hugely indebted to the Whedon fans who followed Adam Baldwin over from Firefly. The show has earned its geek cred for sure, but I'm not sure it would have been given the chance to do so if it weren't for the support of Adam Baldwin's fans.
As the resident Hulu apologist, you just can't beat it for online streaming. If you want completely legitimate, commercial-free viewing, you have to pay for it in another way. I prefer my fee to be covered by 15-30-second ads on Hulu rather than spending a couple bucks per episode via Amazon VOD or iTunes. Most major networks also stream recent episodes with ad support on their own sites, but none of them have players as reliable and user-friendly as Hulu's player.
Before my old laptop died (again) I had it set up to stream to my TV. With a good wireless mouse & keyboard - or a specialty gadget like a diNovo Mini, you've got your own browser-based home media center. Love it, miss it, need money to set it up again.
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