Chuck

Pilot

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 9/24/07

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Chuck Bartowski is an average computer geek until files upon files of government secrets are downloaded into his brain. He is soon scouted by the CIA and NSA to act in place of their computer.

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Adam Baldwin

Major John Casey
Yvonne Strahovski

Sarah Walker
Zachary Levi

Charles "Chuck" Irving Bartowski

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It has always been my habit of judging a show by what the Pilot showed us. Although I do admit that some shows, I'd give them a second chance with their second episode but with Chuck, this was not the case.moreless

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By xanderodell, Dec 06, 2011 Report Abuse

After the credit was all over and commercials were already pouring on my TV, I was still there sitting on my couch stunned. My jaw suddenly unhinged and dropped to floor. When I regained consciousness I grabbed the remote and started yelling, "What!? It's over? I want more! That was awesome!" This was the best Pilot I have ever seen since House, it introduced the characters but also gave you something to look forward to for the next episode. I remember thinking, "Casey's going to betray Chuck, or not? Hmmm.." It was funny. The action was pretty good and let's all face it, the first time Yvonne Strahovski walked into Buy More we fell inlove.moreless

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"don't freak out"

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By Sarah_Is_Lost, Jan 12, 2011 Report Abuse

Chuck receives an email from Bryce, an old roommate and friend who is a rogue government agent. The email contains government secrets which are downloaded into his brain. The CIA and the NSA both want to get the data back, so they send their agents Sarah Walker and John Casey to retrieve the data.
I have heard about Chuck from all my friends telling me it is amazing, and well it is. This episode really set the tone fro Chuck, which is amazing. Chuck and Morgan are so funny. And I think Chuck is really cute. This show is really exciting and funny. All in all, a great start for Chuck can't wait to watch the rest.moreless

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Chuck is the funniest TV series ever!

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By Joniboy88, Nov 11, 2010 Report Abuse

Not only has it got a great plot, a fantastic cast, eye candy for us lads and superb scripting, Chuck has to be one of the funniest things I've ever watched. I can relate to all the old school references, film quotes, character names, and props and I can certainly relate to that geeky side too!
If you like fun packed action, comedy, adventure, cute CSA agents and old films like Star Wars and Back to the future (the episodes have far too many references to note) then this is for you!
I love it and I'm addicted to it! A must see for everyone!moreless

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By Chuck_Off, Nov 10, 2010 Report Abuse

Chuck Bartowski is an average computer geek until files upon files of government secrets are downloaded into his brain. He is soon scouted by the CIA and NSA to act in place of their computer. Chuck's Pilot episode is fast paced and exciting, the writers did a great job setting the tone to the series. It showed plenty of potential. I thought that the premise at first sounded weird and far fetched but when you realize this show isn't about realism it easy to forget. I noticed a lot of use of music in the episode which in my opinion can lead to a bad thing but in the Pilot the songs fit perfectly, I have always liked the songs played on this show.moreless

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By Sarah_LOST, Nov 10, 2010 Report Abuse

Chuck receives an email from Bryce, an old roommate and friend who is a rogue government agent. The email contains government secrets which are downloaded into his brain. The CIA and the NSA both want to get the data back, so they send their agents Sarah Walker and John Casey to retrieve the data.
I have heard about Chuck from all my friends telling me it is amazing, and well it is. This episode really set the tone fro Chuck, which is amazing. Chuck and Morgan are so funny. And I think Chuck is really cute. This show is really exciting and funny. All in all, a great start for Chuck can't wait to watch the rest.moreless

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Trivia
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- This episode and every following episode has someone telling another person "Don't freak out", in this episode Sarah says it to Chuck. Edit
- An ad at the Buy More says: When you buy more, you save more. And when you save more, you can buy more. And when you buy more, you save more. It all starts when you BUY MORE. Edit
- Chuck has a movie poster of Tron, a Disney sci-fi picture about a software engineer abducted into a computer world. Edit
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- Like most series, the sets for the pilot are not the same as they are for the rest of the series. In this case the apartment that Chuck, Ellie and later Awesome live in is different as well as the layout of the Buy More. Edit
- This episode won the 2008 Eddie Award for "Best Edited One-Hour Series for Commercial Television". Plus, it was nominated for the 2008 Emmy Award for "Outstanding Main Title Design" and for the Casting Society of America's 2008 Artios Award for "Outstanding Achievement in Casting-Television Pilot-Comedy". Edit
- Original International Air Dates: Latin America: November 7, 2007 on Warner Channel Denmark: February 8, 2008 on TV3+ Turkey: February 19, 2008 on CNBC-e Sweden: March 22, 2008 on TV3 United Kingdom: April 7, 2008 on Virgin1 Poland: April 9, 2008 on TVN7 Portugal: April 30, 2008 on RTP2 Sri Lanka: May 5, 2008 on AXN New Zealand: June 18, 2008 on TV2 Norway: August 18, 2008 on Viasat4 Greece: September 21, 2008 on Star Czech Republic: April 1, 2009 on Prima COOL Australia: April 1, 2009 on Fox8 Germany: August 22, 2009 on ProSieben Slovakia: March 7, 2010 on Markiza Finland: June 8, 2010 on Sub Edit
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- Chuck: Bryce is dead?
  Casey: Yeah. And he's gonna have a lot of company unless you start talking. So pretty please, can we disarm the bomb now?
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- Sarah: You said there was a bomb. Is there time to stop it? Chuck: What? What?! Are you crazy?! Casey: No, we're the good guys. We get paid to keep bombs from exploding. Edit
- National Intelligence Director: This computer did everything. After 9/11 the NSA and the CIA were told to play nice. Share their intel, this is how we did it. Langston Graham: Every scrap of data we had went into this computer. It mined for patterns, chatter, saw things we didn't." National Intelligence Director: The data was encrypted into thousands of images. Who ever received Larkin's email got all of our secrets. Find those secrets, Casey. Edit
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- Matthew Bomer, who plays Bryce Larkin, was Brett Ratner's favorite choice to play Superman. When the director was changed to Bryan Singer he chose Brandon Routh to play Superman in Superman Returns. Brandon Routh plays Daniel Shaw in later seasons. Both actors vie with Chuck for Sarah's affections. Later Kristin Kreuk, who played Lana Lang on Smallville, plays Hannah and vies with Sarah for Chuck's affections. Edit
- Chuck: Do me a favor and stay off the five, okay, because the cops are in a phased deployment. Morgan: Okay. Thanks for the tip, Ponch! "Ponch" was the nickname of Frank Poncharello, the highway patrolman famously played by Erik Estrada on seventies police action-drama CHiPs. Edit
- Zork is a reference to a real computer game which was one of the first interactive fiction computer games. Edit