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Chuck Season 5 Episode 7

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AIRED: Dec 23, 2011

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As the Bartowskis prepare to celebrate Christmas, an old foe resurfaces and takes over Castle. Meanwhile, the Oomen virus is wreaking havoc across the globe and the only people who can stop it are Jeff and Lester.

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I always love their Christmas episodes!

9.5

By mmmshuddup, Apr 03, 2012

What more can I say? Their Christmas episodes are always jam-packed with goodness, and this one was no exception. While I may not measure up to the older ones, it was still grade A in my book.

Since I loved pretty much everything about the episode, I will just name off a few things that I didn't care for much:

-The CIA Christmas party seemed silly (but Chuck being santa was classic nonetheless)

-Some like the type of symmetry they used with the Chuck vs. Shaw battle - that it was just like the last one - but I actually don't. Wish they would have made the battle better and in a different place. Still, it was a cool scene so I don't wanna dog it too much.

-There was one other thing but it escapes me at the moment.

Everything else was fan-freakin'-tastic!

Wish the show wasn't ending!!moreless
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deja vu ... kinda

9.0

By NeilStott1, Mar 30, 2012

i love this show to pieces and all the characters . caseys the best for me . as for chuck beating the hell out of shaw i just cant see that . only part of the episode that was a little dumb. the rest is as always a hell of a lot of fun . gonna miss this show :(
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Writers just dropped a HUGE bombshell twist !

8.5

By ltcomstella, Dec 28, 2011

WOW, great episode all round,!

shaw was clearly insane, as for chuck being able to beat him in a fight, shaw relied too much on the intersect and probably due to brain damage his co-ordination suffered from not having a 'gouvenor watch' chucks training will most likely of been with sarah and casey, as for the hacking past did you ever think about how he got the nerd herd job in the first place ? Why he stopped being a hacker well imo he was eventually going to get caught and arrested/jailed so once he got a 'job' and a real life it had the same thrills and spills and more when he got the email from bryce..

formula ? chuck left the cia/sacked to start his own company shaw/drecker 'tried to ruin it' chuck has matured improved and out grown the intersect, which is a good thing !

i think a better twist would of been for chucks dad to return/ be alive instead of the 'baby' now this is going to sour chuck and sarahs relationship assuming it's sarah's and shaw's or some other random spy dude, i feel like this is too late in the shows life cycle to throw in, writers clearly like to torture the viewer with a plot twist of this proportion ! yet this feels wrong and almost like the killing off of a main character plot from other shows is not what we the viewer wants to see... still can't be sure till the ep airs but it is possible sarah found an orphaned baby and asked her mother to raise it/her/him.

morgan was good, and casey really opening up :)

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writers have always said they blow their collective loads on finalle's because they didn't know about the renewals and that shows in mid season/ extended seasons.moreless
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Terrible episode!

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By eurodp, Dec 26, 2011

I love Chuck and have even re-watched all the seasons before season 5. However, this season just seems like a ton of filler with the eventual happy send-off. I really want a happy Chuck send-off but what happened to the nerdy sarcasm on this show? What happened to the suspense/awesome missions from episode to episode? They could have turned Carmichael Industries into something great with interesting missions where the whole season moves into a great finale. I really don't get it. Isn't that what the show used to be? I think as fans we would have been super happy to have had 13 episodes of awesome missions with the eventual happy send-off! Mission failed so far in my opinion. I hope I end up wrong and in the end they pull it together.

I didn't laugh once this whole episode and was never worried at all about any of the characters. Just nothing.....also the emotional scenes seemed forced and the dialogue/acting just brutal to sit through. And this "baby" better not be an actual baby of Sarah's as that is just plain stupid.moreless
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I now love Chuck almost as much as before

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By vero94, Dec 26, 2011

I didn`t like Chuck so much at the beginning of the season when Morgan had the intersept. But the last few episodes have almost recaptured the Chuck magic.

I like that Chuck no longer has the intersept. Because it shows the evolution and progress of his character. He now has enough self-confidence and experience to be a spy without the intersept. He outwits Shaw by using his computer skills to figure out the plot and sabotage the interspet 3.0 and has enough fighting training to almost beat Shaw. (Elly helps.)

This season`s theme is character growth. Chuck is becoming a stronger man without the interspet, Sara is learning to commit to a home and relationship, Casey is learning to be a father. Morgan is taking on more responsibility. Even Lester and Jeff are maturing. It`s a good place to end the series.

I also very much liked the surprise of Shaw being behind eerything. It brings nice continuity to the series, and Shaw isa good bad guy.moreless
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Zachary Levi	Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski	Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez	Morgan Grimes
Ryan McPartlin	Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb
Mark Christopher Lawrence	Michael "Big Mike" Tucker
Vik Sahay	Lester Patel

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Mo Collins		Guest Star
Stan Lee	Himself	Cameo
Bonita Friedericy	General Diane Beckman	Recurring Role
Brandon Routh	Daniel Shaw	Recurring Role
Mekenna Melvin	Alex McHugh	Recurring Role

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- Featured Music:
  "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" by Brenda Lee
  "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" by The Platters
  "Silent Night" by the Washington National Cathedral Choir
  "White Nights" by The Golden Filter
  "Love Can Drive Your Mind Wild" by The Kickdrums
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- Chuck: (after Ellie knock-out Shaw) Nice shot, sis. But I told you to stay at home.
  Ellie: I'm Eleanor Woodcomb. Since when do I do what I'm told? That man took our father away from us, Chuck. I wasn't going to let him take anybody else.
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- Chuck: Your Christmas party is not a bust, sis. Don't you know that when you roll with General Diane Beckman, you roll in style? General, don't you think the CIA could help us throw just a little eensy-weensy Bartowski family Christmas party?
  General Beckman: You're talking about American tax dollars at work. Oh, hell, let's do it.
  Chuck: That's the spirit.
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- Shaw: You know what the ultimate revenge is?
  Sarah: Spending Christmas Eve with you?
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- Chuck: What's the best way for me to get into the CIA?
  General Beckman: There's only one way in. With me.
  Chuck: General, I can't tell you how happy I am to hear you say that, but you realize you're putting yourself on the line here.
  General Beckman: This is my team. And nobody, especially Shaw, is going to take us down.
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: January 2, 2012 on SPACE
  Turkey: February 27, 2012 on CNBC-e
  Australia: May 2, 2012 on FOX8
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