5.10 Chuck Versus Bo In the opening five minutes they throw some new ideas into play, with the notion that Carmichael Industries will get out of the spy game and become a cyber-terrorist hunting outfit. This seems like a thin plan, but it’s more about how they try to get there, as they take on ‘one final mission’ to retrace a moment in Morgan’s life when he had the intersect.It turns out that Morgan went on a ski weekend, found another pair of intersect glasses (how many of these are floating around?), and got exceptionally drunk. But – and this is the bit where things got stretched, like a towing rope for a super-tanker made from mozzarella – he spent much of that time ‘making rainbows’ with no less than Bo Derek. And the totally weird bit: she’s not playing a character. She’s introduced as Bo Derek and constantly referred to by her full name, like they don’t actually believe it themselves. What’s good about this episode is it’s packed with plenty of gags, like they’ve been hoarding them since season four. Okay, some don’t work, but a few excellent ones do, especially those surrounding Jeff and Lester. Their reoccurring trip to a wrecked sports car in the desert was a nice touch, even if they borrowed an idea from last season’s Doctor Who, with the writing on their arms to remember what happened previously.There was also a nice sequence where the team goes to another store to find that it’s populated by alternative versions of all the main characters from the Buy More. Oddly, both Big Mike and Lester’s alternates are women, though Jeff is still a man, though much older. Overall, this wasn’t classic Chuck, but it kept me interested for its entire running time. The twist that got thrown in at the end was somewhat telegraphed, although I thought that Chuck would have put on the Intersect glasses in the Buy More shootout. In the end, it’s Sarah who puts on the shades to get her and Casey out of a bind, and as she’s already a super-spy, she’s now elevated to a new level. I just hope she doesn’t end up with frosted tips, as Morgan did. You can read our review of season five episode nine here. Follow Den Of Geek on Twitter right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
