Chuck Versus the Fake Name

Season 3, Episode 8, Aired

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Chuck promises to cook dinner for Ellie, Devon and Hannah, but must first complete a mission that involves him impersonating the world's most dangerous assassin. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to keep her relationship with Shaw strictly professional.
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  • A better title should have been Chuck Versus the shark

    5.0
    "Mediocre"
    By MichaelClark, Oct 15, 2011
    Talk about Chuck jumping the shark. I am a bit late to the party. I just started watching this series. At first I felt nostalgic for the Ross/Rachel scenario. I found it insulting to read that the producers actually weighed their decisions based on the Friends' ratings. Friends was a thousand times better. The first offense was backpedalling from season two. The second offense was retconning Sarah's history. The third offense was Brandon Routh. Common sense after season two would be Chuck kicking ass, Sarah chasing him and Orion running the operation. The best shows of the past twenty years don't exist in a time capsule. The Shield, Friends, X-Files charactersall progressed. I purposely left out spoilers. Most readers will know my references.moreless

  • Chuck and his poofy hair is a bit of a jerkface.

    9.5
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    By Super_Dooper, Jan 14, 2011
    Not cool, Chuck. While it's obvious that Chuck is changing because of his increased spy-ness, his motivations are a bit unclear and a bit weak. Season 2 saw Chuck fighting for his normal life without serets and lies, and by episode 8 of season 3 we see a complete turn-around, with Chuck lying at every turn to keep his cover as a covert agent. This episode highlighted just how far Chuck has come. It seems that Chuck's rash decision at the end of Season 2 to become the intersect once more was his way of choosing his destiny. Working at a company like Roark was not for him and managing the Buy More would not satisfy Chuck either. It seems though that this has caused him to lose himself and it will be interesting to see whether he will continue on this path or whether Hannah is the last heart he breaks for a while. Warning: Chuck is no longer the nerd we know and love, ever since he poofed-up his hair he has turned into the jerky/cool guy at work who always seems to have something going on and treats his friends like crap!

    Also: I kinda love what's happening between Sarah and Shaw, he's super-hot and just what she needs right now.moreless

  • I liked this one... Very Funny! And Casey is awesome!

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    By iamApollo, Nov 14, 2010
    What an improvement over last week!

    Ali Adler wrote this episode, and and this that this made a difference. And i watched it twice so that i got a proper feel for it.

    Gotta say, I LOVED the conversation between the gangsters and Chuck about the Will They/ Wont They question bewteen him and Sarah. Great way to poke fun at the fans concerns, and i had a hearty chuckle!

    Chuck as an assasin was surprisingly beleivable, and what good acting!

    I gotta say, im still not feeling Shaw, but i hope this will change as the show moved foward.

    Hannah was also awesome and i will be sad to see her go, and the fact that she called Chuck out on being an excellent lier and how he was not as a nice guy as he think he is, was very well played. And dumping her just minutes before he was supposed to have dinner with her parents, what a *insert approriate word of your choice here*.

    Anywho liked the episode, loved the acting!

    OH and Casey, what a BADASS! Seriously, letting someone rip a tooth outa your mouth, sans anesthetic, well its just BADASS. You gotta love Casey!

    Bring on the next episode!moreless

  • I am a died in the wool "Chuck-a-holic" and I HATED most of it. Yes three little words can describe this episode for me…painful to watch!

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    By scottnvini, Nov 14, 2010
    I'LL try not to waist your time with a lot of complaining other then to say that I'M A hugefan have been since the beginning, and have never missed an episode. Even so I have to say I'm about fed up with the tired ramblings, twists and turns they continually to take to try to keep Chuck and Sarah apart, instead of putting the team together and letting the magic continue, and for what?!?!?!? Supposed higher ratings. I read a Blog in which Zach Levy and the producers where chatting about where the show was going and why. In this interview they said they continued to keep them apart to keep the ratings up...something about how the ratings had dropped when Rachel and Ross on "Friends" got together and it was because people were board. Sorry I'm so SICK of pretty boy Shaw and his bad acting that I'm about to stop watching the show period! I respectfully submit that if they want to REALLY see low ratings...keep not giving us the fans what we want...Check and Sarah together! I again respectfully submit to the Levy and the Producers, don't be scared...put our lovebirds together, pay the writers and trust them to keep the plot fresh...you won't be disappointed because without the dysfunctional twists they are throwing into the mix, the show is already magical!!!

    Yvonne Strahovski and Adam Baldwin, were awesome as ever and, as well as the rest of the cast. It's not the cast it's the writing...the Buy More antics are even getting cold. Come on guys give us back our favorite show and keep it going up.

    Hopefully they wake up in time to save this once highlight of our TV watching week.moreless

  • Difficult episode: poor story but excellent performance of the actors

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    By rei_vilo, Nov 14, 2010
    This is an episode rather difficult to score.

    On the one hand, the story is poor but consistent with the 3rd season going darker. Series are not forever, and inspiration could vanish. The plot seems to run dry, so the writers try to explore new areas, even if there aren't consistent with the main ark. On the other hand, Zachary Levi / Charles "Chuck" Irving Bartowski delivers an outstanding performance, playing both the foolish geek we love and the sinister spy ready to kill. The script gives him the perfect opportunity to deliver his very best.

    However, there's really a question mark on this 3rd season, and the balance between fun and seriousness. Would the writers be able to deliver a 4th season with the same level of quality as in seasons 1 and 2?

    My guess? Zachary Levi is ready for more than just a series, he's ready for a true movie.moreless
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    • Featured Music: "Faces In The Dark" by The Generationals (Opening scenes) "Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion" by Ennio Morricone (Chuck meets the mobsters) "A Sleep Be Told" by The Traditionalist (Dinner preparation) "Living a Lie" by Daniel Zott (Closing scenes)

    • Sarah reveals her real name to be Sam. And as it is known from Chuck Versus the Wookiee, her middle name is Lisa.

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    • Chuck: I feel like I'm living a lie, Ellie. I used to be able to compartmentalize this things but it's like it's all the time now, it never stops. I feel like I'm not me anymore. Ellie: I think I know what this is about. Chuck: You do? Ellie: Maybe things are moving too fast with Hannah and eventhough you really like her, it feels dishonest because the truth is that you still have feelings for Sarah. Did this sound about right? Chuck: See? This is... This is why I don't come talk to you, Ellie, because you are half a spy. Ellie: I'm sorry, Chuck. Maybe that's not it. Chuck: No. No, no... What I mean by that is that you are an excellent half a spy. Thanks. Ellie: Anytime.

    • Big Mike: Bartowski is killing it with the ladies. Lester: First it was that hot girl from Standford. Jeff: Jill. Lester: Yeah, then the brunette with the overpriced alley. Big Mike: Lou. She was a fine miniature piece of woman. Lester: And now Hannah. Moisturizer fee of my saliva. Jeff: Don't you get it? None of them matter. Chuck might be trying to replace her, but when he's with Sarah, the light in his eyes shines brightly. Big Mike: (starts crying) Damn onions!

    • Lester: Look at that. Chuck's the greatest lady killer Burbank has seen. Jeff: He's a real Chuck magnet. Lester: Please with the puns.

    • (Seeing Chuck and Hannah) Lester: What is that guy's secret with women? Or has he got some kind of deal with the devil? Jeff: I've narrowed it down to either mind-controlling LSD or sorcery.

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