Chuck versus the Boring Superhero Show
Last year, Heroes was appointment television, and Chuck was something I recorded to watch on the wasteland that is Tuesday night.
A few episodes into this season, I’ve become a flip-flopper. Chuck is now my favorite part of Monday night, and Heroes, well, I watch it, but while I’m reading or playing WOW or playing with the dogs. The unfortunate thing is that now I have to watch How I Met Your Mother on my computer Tuesday nights. (Perhaps I should ask for an HD-DVR for the living room for Christmas. I really prefer watching my TV on TV, as I’m sure I’ve mentioned before.)
My thoughts on last night’s episode of Chuck: I have never bought John Larroquette as a lady-killer, not on Night Court, and not now. But, I loved his character, and I think he brought the right level of smarm. Melinda Clarke was fun, but Sasha could have been played by anyone.
I love that Chuck is coming into his own and doing spy stuff rather than just flashing info for the big guys to take care of. I hope this moves toward him becoming a spy, an integral part of the intel team even after the new Intersect is built.
And I was shocked to see Bryce. I can’t wait for next week’s episode to see what he wants. No good can come of it.
My thoughts on Heroes: Well, I’m not sure I really have any. I did pay pretty good attention, even though I was reading and keeping the daggits occupied. But, when someone asked me what the ep was about, I really couldn’t give an answer. I said something like, “They went to the future a lot and people died.”
Here’s hoping the season picks up a little and involves fewer flash forwards. The future visit worked really well as an isolated episode in season 1, but I’m tired of it now.
October 7, 2008 6:03 pm 
