Viva Buymoria! Here we have part two of the Jill arc. Chuck and Jill can't seem to find any alone time because Chuck is being observed twenty four hours a day and Emmett Milbarge is now wondering what Chuck is up to on all of those off-site installs.
I would say that while Sarah is happy for Chuck she is also miserable, but at the same time she wants Casey to lighten up and give Chuck some space with his new girlfriend. That's very nice of her and we're totally happy for Chuck too. I mean, Jill seems like a nice girl. A smart girl. In fact Jill and Chuck work together beautifully figuring out Guy Lafleur's puzzles.
Chuck even tells Sarah that his life almost feels normal again. There's only one problem, Jill is a Fulcrum agent which is revealed in a really great sequence cutting between the list being deciphered and Chuck and Jill rolling around in his bed. The song Keep Yourself Warm by Frightened Rabbit plays to much effect as Sarah and Casey see Jill's face pop up on the monitor revealing her as a Fulcrum sleeper agent. The Asset, Chuck Bartowski is now in danger and they finally gave him the space he wanted to be left alone with Jill!
I can't remember if I suspected Jill all along or if I was genuinely surprised when this episode originally aired. I like to think that I was totally fooled. In the Chuck universe, everyone could possibly be a spy and I think the real tragedy is that Chuck will soon realize that nothing that he perceived as a part of his normal life versus the spy life is so cut and dried. He thought it was kinda neat working Jill into his life as a spy, he had no freaking clue that Jill could possibly already be a spy and an enemy spy at that.
I loved the Buy More stuff in this episode, Emmett wants to bust Chuck on some wrong doing so badly that he thinks he can get Morgan to turn on his best bud. There is a great moment when Morgan realizes that Chuck has indeed been lying to him about seeing Jill and if he's lying about that, what else could he be lying about? The question lingers for only a moment when Chuck owns up to his lie and he apologizes to Morgan. I think it's funny that Emmett was going to use the knowledge of Chuck cheating on Sarah with Jill somehow, I almost would have loved to have seen that scene but Morgan saves the day with good old fashioned blackmail. I loved how Emmett got drunk on two fuzzy navel wine coolers with 4% alcohol. Too funny.
It's interesting that the Fulcrum bad guy in this episode is played by Mark Pellegrino, a veteran of many television shows like Lost and Supernatural. Now what I mean by interesting is that he plays such a tiny role. I expected more from his character being that he's played such awesome heavies on other shows like Dexter and Supernatural. In fact, his character who's name we don't even know right now is not even seen again till gulp Season 5 Episode 13, the final episode of Chuck! How strange is that? I have some theories about his character but it is way too early in the Chuck story to talk about it, remind me to bring it up again on the final episode of The Chuck Series Companion. Wow, what a tease!
Listen to the Podcast Episode: S2Ep7 Vs The Fat Lady
This episode had a couple of songs and an opera and they were all quite effective, first there was Buildings and Mountains by Republic Tigers then we have the previously mentioned Keep Yourself Warm by Frightened Rabbit. Finally we have La Traviata by Verdi.
There was a moment in this episode where Casey was a total cold bastard, Chuck is frantic and explains to Casey that Jill has been taken and he has to take the list to the bad guy. Chuck begs for Casey's help but Casey turns him down, he says no. Chuck in a desperate situation takes the list and Sarah doesn't take the opportunity to shoot Chuck like she should or so says Casey. Should she? He's the Intersect, Casey! He's very valuable, remember? I honestly think that if Chuck would have waited a few minutes that Casey would have helped him and if not, Sarah certainly would have but Chuck doesn't operate like that. He felt like he had to act immediately and do what he thought was right and usually it turns out okay.
Here's Alan Sepinwall's review of Fat Lady, feel free to read that just to get a feel on how audiences were taking the season so far. We also have Eric Goldman's thoughts. Here again is a nice review by AV CLUB.
I have to be honest, it was really hard not to try and record all three Chuck episodes of the Jill arc in one day because it feels like the story is just hanging in the air as I have to wait each week to re-watch, record, edit and then post the show. But, that would be so much work to crank out, it's just not possible. But why am I even talking about this? I'm still not done! I still have Chuck versus The Gravitron. I can't wait to wrap up this story arc, I just have to remember to be patient. One episode at a time, one at a time. Heck, I guess that's how it aired on television in the first place. Can you believe this is how we watched the series originally? Once again, thank you so much for listening and reading the blog and I'll see you at the next episode.
Until then...
The Jastrom
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