Chuck - Season 2 [DVD]

For those of you who have not watched Chuck before, I would recommend that you check out Season 1. Although Season 2 is superior in my opinion, Season 1 really lays down all the groundwork for what is to come.

For those of you who have see Season 1, you will not be disappointed by what the new season has to offer. In S1, Chuck was mainly the passive observer, the guy who flashed on things, and often made situations worse than before. However, at times he was given opportunity to save the day, in something I like to call a 'Chuck Moment'. Season 1 had a few of them (setting off the fireworks to distract the guards to save Sarah and Casey would be one) but Season 2 is full of them - and better off for it. Now don't get me wrong, Chuck can still be blundering and innapropriate, but in the new season, he always gets the opportunity to be the hero. The first episode has a particularly good example of this.

The season starts off very strong, following on with the storyline that involves the governement trying to make a new intersect (and invariably the team have to go on missions to help furthur that cause). In fact, the majority of the season is brilliant television, apart from a few select episodes that are merely good, dotted around the season. The season has a much more coherent storyline, with a smallish story arc near the start, and a solid story arc that takes off around episode 13.

The character's pasts are delved into alot more in this season, with a great appearance from Sarah's father, a conman. Chuck's past gets more attention however, as the long talked of ex, Jill gets reinvolved in Chuck's life. Best of all may be the casting of Scott Bacula as Chuck's father, who does a great job of convincing the audience of his connection to both Chuck and Ellie. Unfortunately, Casey's past does not get an episode that shows him in a new light, like the Ilsa episode, rather a fairly disappointing face-off between him and his old mentor.

Morgan's back, along with the rest of the buy-more crew, and a new face joins the buy-more - that of Emmet (played by Tony Hale, of Arrested Development fame) to provide more comic relief in that bizzare place.

A truly amazing series, with twists and turns abound, and an ending that will only leave you wanting more. BUY.

have just finished watching series 2 of chuck and its funnier than series 1, chuck starts to take a more active roll as the series moves on and the other characters also develop well, relationships change - it's hard to actually say anything as I do not want to ruin the plot for anyone. The last 2 episodes move the series to a conclusion and its very funny with jeffster singing, a great final 15 mins - just as you think its all over its set up for series 3, and then the final 5 mins with chuck are just great (have watched it multiple times), am trying to say how good the final episode is without giving too much away. There are also some great one-liners 'chuck me' and 'unleash the Casey', there is a liner that is just awesome but I am not going too tell you where it is, you can find that out for yourself; look out for the guest stars as they are well know faces. If you are new to Chuck I would start with the 1st series as it gives the series a good grounding and is funny, I have recommended this to all my friends and they are all watching the 1st series, not one of them has a bad word to say about it. Cannot wait for series 3 to see what will happen next.

Having watched both series 1 and 2, I can safely say that Chuck just keeps on getting better.

Right from the start of series 2 we have Chuck almost dying at the hands of a very cool guest star, with Sarah and Casey rushing to protect him.

In the second series we also get to see some of Sarah's past, more of Bryce and there are a number of big-name guest stars, showing just how much this show is loved.
The 'Charah' romantic sub-plot continues to develop and there's a very cool, game-changing series finale. We also get to meet Awesome's parents and Chuck's ex.

Thanks to Subway and an intense fan campaign we can look forward to a third series of my favourite show.