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Chuck Versus the Mask

Season 3, Episode 7, Aired Feb 08, 2010

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After Chuck and Hannah help out Shaw in a critical situation recovering a mask, they are teamed up on the follow-up mission, while Shaw teams himself up with Sarah. Meanwhile, Morgan and Ellie team up to get to the truth behind Chuck's secretive behavior.moreless

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GUEST STAR
Ian Gregory

Ring Boss
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Henri Lubatti

Nikos Vasillis
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Jim Piddock

Curator

Zachary Levi

Charles "Chuck" Irving Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski

Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez

Morgan Grimes
Sarah Lancaster

Eleanor "Ellie" Bartowski
Adam Baldwin

Colonel John Casey

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Chuck my life!!

8.0

"Great"

By mmmshuddup, May 04, 2011

I am so NOT ok with chuck and that stupid girl..not to mention Sarah and capt d-bag over here.. How unreal! How can they both just pretend like that!!?? I mean come on here. For that reason and that reason alone I give this episode the lowest score I've given any Chuck episode to date.. I have to admit it was a really good episode otherwise though. Morgan and Ellie always make me laugh.

Chuck and Sarah need to open their eyes! Hopefully the ring takes care of what's his face soon enough. haha.

I can't take this edge of my seat business anymore!!moreless
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Good, but I am getting a little confused with the direction of the show

5.0

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By ashman2, Aug 25, 2010

The first two seasons were brilliant, I have them on dvd and have a Chuck poster, but this season so far is making me question whether it was all worth it. I spent the whole of the summer thinking that the finale to season 2 would mean that Chuck and Sarah could be together finally, something I have been hoping for since the beginning. And now it does not look like that will happen. The previous episode summed up everything for me in that it showed just how much Chuck has changed since the beginning, and I am not convinced that that is a good thing. This episode was very good, especially with the dynamic with Morgan and Ellie, but it seemed to be missing a few key Chuck elements. There was no Captain Awesome, I prefer the scenes with Awesome and Ellie rather than Morgan and Ellie. Casey's role seems to be being drastically reduced, he was on fire during season 2, such a great character, and the same goes for General Beckman. We had that ominous line near the beginning of the episode and now we have heard nothing either from or about her.

They also, as far as I am aware, have not really explained why Chuck and Ellie's Dad disappeared. The season 2 finale made me think an entire world of storylines would enter the show to keep it Chuckesque while still moving the show along, but so far this season the show seems to be becoming something completely new.

Chuck seems to be getting a lot more serious, and the whole reason I tune into this is because it's lighthearted. Chuck's about to lose his team and no one seems to really care.

These last two episodes have made me think Chuck is going the way of Airwolf. Which is an absolute shame.

But that's just my opinion. Hopefully in the second half of the season the show will return to its greatest moments.

And where the heck has the Intersect gone, we are getting so few flashes, and on such standard things. The plane scene from the previous episode was brilliant, and we have had none of that in this episode.moreless
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Not the best. An enjoyable, but otherwise out of charachter episode. It seemed to be a very jerky episode, but ok. BUT mediocre eppys are usually followed by awesome ones. Hopefully.moreless

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By iamApollo, Aug 25, 2010

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Hmmm, this one seemed out-of-kilter with the rest of the episodes this season, not bad per-se, but strange nonetheless. For instance: what was with the coffee? Ive never seen them drinking it before. And the whole Sarah/Shaw thing seemed so sudden, im not against it, but it was poorly executed, it pretty much all happened in this one episode. Also Chuck and Sarah just seemed so unlike themselves that the change was obvious to the regular audience. Especially the scene where they are talking about seeing other people and Chuck was ok with Sarah seeing someone they work with and it being in his face everyday? It seemed forced, not only for the charachters but the actors aswell, and if the actors arn't feeling a scence then its going to be a hard sell to the hard-core weekly audience. Still, we have no idea what the writers are up to. It wasnt bad, but not amazing like im used to.

However, i'm liking Hannah! Shes super cute and intersting, and i loved how she called Chuck a weirdo under her breath!! But poor Morgan. Makes me wonder if he mentioned to Chuck that he liked her but i get the feeling that he didnt, and is going to harbour some negative feelings. All in all the episode was quite good, up until the last ten minutes anyway. The next one should be good tho, its written by Ali Adler!

Ohhhhh! The mask swapping action in the vault with Chuck and Sarah was actually very entertaining, and the big guns line cracked me up...

Three more weeks until the next one. NOOOOOOOO!moreless
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Chuck is great, but i don't know what happend with this episode, they just showed me something that should take some episodes in 15 minutes.

5.0

"Mediocre"

By ciru3, Aug 25, 2010

I like this show a lot, but this episode let me down. In just one episode Sarah and Chuck get over their relationship, just like that.
I mean, 4 episodes before he was telling her that the reason he wanted to be an agent was because he loves her... so... how in the hell now he is so easily with other girl??
Something else, Sarah seemed to be unconfortable with working with Shaw. She was serious in the museum, and when Chuck switched places with Shaw she cheered up. So... why in the very same episode she hangs with Shaw?
I think that this things happened too fast...
Also... i read that most people likes Kristin Kreuk and Brandon Routh... well i'm not so into them.
I presume that something weird could happend with Hannah and maybe with Shaw too.
Also i hope that at the end Sarah and Chuck end togheter, because i have the feeling that if they don't, fans will get upset. I least i would...moreless
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chuck's training wheels? the episode still have some of the show's original charm, but maybe the show should've ended in season 2

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By iaries, Aug 25, 2010

I agree with some of the other reviewers that the direction of the show is none to be seen. the first couple episodes of the season start with chuck trying with all he has to win sarah back, and after that long declaration of love, and the fact that sarah stayed again instead of heading off with karina... things were looking like if they weren't going to end up together soon, at least they will later.

then chuck went all darkside for a bit, but left us hanging with the question he posed to sarah "harder to do what?" and leaving us again with sarah having feelings for how chuck is changing. thought she would at least try and preserve some of the original chuck even if she can't change him back.

and now this hannah and shaw business.. i'm beginning to think that the writers have no ideas left so they have to throw in more characters. since why was chuck over sarah already? and since when was sarah looking else where? whatever happened to "when you find something you care about, it's hard to let go"? if chuck is so quick to start something with hannah, then he's not the same chuck for the last other seasons. i kept thinking that both chuck and sarah would push hannah/shaw away and then a cut scene showing them looking into the distance as if to each other, but nope.

the whole fulcrum/ring thing already gave me a weird feeling at the end of season 2, i mean, what was the fulcrum/ring agenda/ultimate goal anyway? to protect the country? but they themselve admit that they were the bad guys, if they were truly thinking they were protecting the country, then they wouldnt think of themselves as bad. also, the whole "no one stops us, no one ever has...spies agent walker" if they havent been stopped, and if it was such a clandestine organization, shouldnt they have already taken over? and whats the point of taking over and the thing with 5 people in the dark with back lights? it looked like F.O.W.L. from Darkwing Duck.

as i said, even as a die hard chuck fan, season 3 has been quite disappointing. perhaps the show should've ended at the end of season 3, go out on top rather than leaving the fans with a bitter taste in their mouths, at least in mine. here is to hope that the show will improve after the break.moreless
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- Out of character: Before Sarah and Shaw go to the museum, he wants to make sure that they are in agreement of what their cover story is. From the way Sarah reacts, it is as if she has never before been asked to decide a cover story. It was probably written that way to show her discomfort with Shaw, but I find it unsuccessful at doing so, and instead it makes Sarah look like a rookie.
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- Featured Music: "Let's All Die" by Jack Penate (Opening scenes) "Can't Stop Feeling" by Franz Ferdinand (Mission preparation) "Astair" by Matt Costa (Closing scenes)
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic - Chuck a maska (Chuck and the Mask)
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- The outside of the museum used in this episode is the same as the Command Center in the early Power Ranger series. It has also appeared in a variety of other TV shows and movies.
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- Although credited, Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Christian Woodcomb), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Michael "Big Mike" Tucker), Scott Krinsky (Jefferson Barnes) and Vik Sahay (Lester Patel) do not appear in this episode.
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- Original International Air Dates: Canada: February 8, 2010 on Citytv United Kingdom: July 12, 2010 on Virgin 1 Australia: September 9, 2010 on FOX8 Czech Republic: November 27, 2010 on Prima COOL Sweden: November 29, 2010 on TV6
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- Hannah: Any idea what she's doing here? Other than making you jealous with that ridiculously good looking date of hers. Chuck: (About Shaw) R-Ridiculously good? Him? Him? Nah. Yeah...if you're into the strong kind of Superman-y type of a guy. Chuck makes a joke about how Shaw looks like Superman, while Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw) actually played Superman in the movie Superman Returns (2006). The comment also inquires as to whether Hannah (Kristin Kreuk) is into the Superman-y type. Kristin Kreuk played the part of Lana Lang on Smallville from 2001 to 2009. Lana Lang is the on-again / off-again girlfriend of Clark Kent before he becomes Superman.
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