FILM.COM: The Top 5 Chucktastic Moments
by Ashley Warren
January 27, 2012
Chuck comes to end tonight on NBC, and in celebration of The Little Show That Could, we’ve compiled a list of our favorite moments from its five improbable seasons.
I could have done an almost endless permutation of lists here, guys. Best kisses. Funniest lines. Best Casey grunts. Best guest stars. Best use of 80s music. Best homage to an old spy movie. Best Sarah kicks so much ass fight. Best Sarah skimpy outfits. The most awesome Awesome moments. Best use of a train. Best fight scene. Most romantic moments. Saddest moments. Best use of Morgan as a spy . . . I’m telling you, endless.
But in the end, I decided to go for the big moments. Chuck as a show has always known how to make the most out of its semi-serialized nature, and it certainly knows how to throw a mean finale (it’s had at least six by now). You put those two things together and the payoff is moments like these five* below, rich in action and emotion and that wacky Chuck humor we’ve all come to love. But don’t let this list be definitive. Sound off with your favorite moments in the comments [at link above]. Let’s have a Chuck party.
*Okay, so I cheated a little bit and there are actually twelve moments listed below. Don’t really care. Too many moments to choose from, so little space...
... 5. Chuck Versus Shaw
“Chuck Versus The Other Guy” was the first of Chuck‘s almost-finales, and what a doozy. Rogue CIA agent Daniel Shaw (Brandon Routh) has turned on his former partners for the cause of vengeance (Sarah was ordered to kill Shaw’s wife years back, and it doesn’t matter to him that his wife was a traitor, he just wants Sarah to pay). In Paris for a mission, Shaw drugs Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) with a paralytic and plans to throw her in the river, but Chuck (Zachary Levi) shows up just in time. He is unable to defeat Shaw using his Intersect Superpowers (in season three, the Intersect was often on the fritz because Chuck’s emotions would get in the way), so he follows Shaw to the bridge. Shaw doesn’t think Chuck has it in him to murder someone, but he underestimates just how much Chuck loves Sarah. Chuck shoots Shaw in the chest (almost pulling Sarah over with him), and he falls into the river, presumably dead. Later, Chuck and Sarah finally finally get together. Shaw is Chuck’s scariest baddie because, like Chuck, he does everything for love. It’s a tense, well-written sequence that pays off three years of story...
[Watch the clip here.]
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