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*How does Chuck has info on Vivian Volcoff in the Intersect without an update? She's a relatively new villain that shouldn't even be in the Intersect.
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***[[spoiler: Alexi Volkoff is actually Hartley Whinterbottom a scientist who was implanted with the first version of the intersect and became his cover of Volkoff. So the Russian is just the cover and he is British.]]
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** To be fair, if English was a second language for him, and he learned it from someone with an British accent, he would speak it with an English accent. Alternatively, he may be of British nationality and just have Russian heritage.
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** Orion's disappearance from the government's radar may have occurred much later than his disappearance from Chuck's life, which explains the age thing.
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* Why would a Russian criminal mastermind have a British accent? I mean, I know Timothy Dalton's Welsh, but the only times he use a (very fake-sounding) Russian accent is when he wants to confirm his "Russianness". His HQ is in Russia.
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** We see him pull them off once. We don't see the week of recuperation. Also, he probably went through a lot of physical training during superspy camp. Also, he ''has'' been training with Sarah and Casey.
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** Because this time, instead of having the intersect forced on him, disrupting his life, he's chosen it and has realized that he's actually good at it.
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** Why the entire angle with Sarah trying to get Chuck to run away with her was even thrown in is questionable. It seemed rushed, forced, and existed solely to strain their relationship for the first half of the season.
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** Justified in various ways throughout the series. In the first 2 seasons, Chuck's involvement in field work is usually by accident, either through his own impulsiveness or through circumstance. Season 3 and forward, the Intersect 2.0 made it safer to deploy the Intersect into the field. Either way, quite a few missions were saved from failure by Chuck being on scene, so I imagine that would play into the CIA's decision to allow Chuck to train as a field agent.
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* The main thing that bugs me is that the intersect was probably too huge a file to send by email, no matter how it was encoded.
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* One slight nagging issue I have with the second intersect is that while it may give Chuck's mind the ability to pull off a whole load of karate moves, his mind is still in the body of an untrained guy who spends most of his time on computers and does not do much in the way of strenuous physical activity. His body would physically not be capable of performing some of the moves he does, such as head height round house kicks and various flips etc. Moves like that would require a substantial amount of flexibility training, especially for a guy.
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** Beating up thier agaents isn't a good way to convince someone that you're actually on their side.
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* In "Chuck versus the Ex," a ''[[TooDumbToLive two-way wiretap]]''? Seriously? [[WallBanger Why would]]...[[WhatAnIdiot if somebody in the van sneezed]]...''[[StupidestThingIveEverHeard WHY]]?''

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* In "Chuck versus the Ex," a ''[[TooDumbToLive two-way wiretap]]''? Seriously? [[WallBanger Why would]]...would...[[WhatAnIdiot if somebody in the van sneezed]]...''[[StupidestThingIveEverHeard WHY]]?''



* Shaw [[spoiler: doing a FaceHeelTurn, it doesn't make sense as he should know the Ring set it up so that his wife died. Understandably, he's angry at Sarah but that shouldn't of meant he all of a sudden decides to work for the Ring. ]] The way it happened just seemed rush and comes off a bit of a wallbanger.

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* Shaw [[spoiler: doing a FaceHeelTurn, it doesn't make sense as he should know the Ring set it up so that his wife died. Understandably, he's angry at Sarah but that shouldn't of meant he all of a sudden decides to work for the Ring. ]] The way it happened just seemed rush and comes off a bit of a wallbanger.wall banger.
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*** Yeah, but didn't Justin say something like it was meant to ''look'' like Malaria, but my question is was the point of it to kill Awesome or just get them out?
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** The Intersect is unusual ''because'' it is a joint venture between the CIA and NSA. Neither of these organizations would normally communicate with each other past what is absolutely necessary. And they would ''never'' discuss national secrets with the FBI. The show is based in Burbank because Chuck's cover is his real life. If he starts being whisked away to other places too often, or for too long, it starts to look suspicious.
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She\'s not, just a Knife Nut in a civilian setting.


* Yes in the Episode Chuck versus the Fear of Death Greta shouldn't have threatned Jeff and Lester in that matter but, why is she made out to be the villan in this situation and ultimately fired when you know what Jeff and Lester did to her would qualify as maybe sexual harrassement maybe even stalking.

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* Yes in the Episode Chuck versus the Fear of Death Greta shouldn't have threatned Jeff and Lester in that matter but, why is she made out to be the villan in this situation and ultimately fired when you know what Jeff and Lester did to her would qualify as maybe sexual harrassement maybe even stalking.
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* Yes in the Episode Chuck versus the Fear of Death Greta shouldn't have threatned Jeff and Lester in that matter but, why is she made out to be the villan in this situation and ultimately fired when you know what Jeff and Lester did to her would qualify as maybe sexual harrassement maybe even stalking.
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** God, this. At least give him a beard, Goddammit!
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*** It's stated a mere MOMENT after they drive off that Justin feigned symptoms of malaria on Awesome.
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** Well, I've always assumed that during the first two seasons he is regarded as a temporary asset, so there wouldn't be much of a point of training him - remember that the first order was to kill him, only the fact that he defused the bomb convinced the NSA and CIA that they could benefit from letting him live.


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** They use the house calls as explanation for Chuck's every mission-related disappearance, so it's probably easier. Also, if not Chuck, who in the damn store would do it? This would raise way to much suspicion.
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* Chuck's new short haircut. Totally lacks the nerdy charm.
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** Before season 3 Chuck is a human tool that barely survives numerous adventures with a pair of hyper-lethal spooks, one of whom sees him as nothing more than luggage that needs to be carried along from mission to mission. After the season 3 finale he has uber ass-kicking skills downloaded directly into his brain. It's plausible that the constant feeling of helplessness and worthlessness of his position as the Intersect, a feeling significantly reduced by said ass-kicking skills, was the main reason he wanted out.
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* After spending two seasons wanting to get rid of the Intersect and go back to a normal life, suddenly in Season 3 everything Chuck wants is to be a super-spy? Did the writers deliberately change his characterization just to boost the show's ratings?
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** The CIA director ordered Sarah's red test, thinking Shaw's wife had turned to the ring. Then allowed Shaw to believe it was the ring that killed her for 5 years. Why would he believe it was the Ring who set it up if the CIA refused to tell him the truth about it?
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** There's no evidence that the Ring set up his wife's assassination.
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*** I always thought that the implication was that the CIA is replacing the destroyed Herders. As for the additions, it could just be Chuck's Herder that got them. In the pilot, Chuck drives the car to work, so Nerd Herders must be assigned to specific people.
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** I'd say it was to get Ellie to Burbank so as to enact what it is they end up pulling with her.
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** Was it the Ring? My memory may be foggy but I'd thought that was all CIA, and at the very least Shaw seemed to believe so.
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* Shaw doing a FaceHeelTurn, it doesn't make sense as he should know the Ring set it up so that his wife died. Understandably, he's angry at Sarah but that shouldn't of meant he all of a sudden decides to work for the Ring. The way it happened just seemed rush and comes off a bit of a wallbanger.

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* Shaw [[spoiler: doing a FaceHeelTurn, it doesn't make sense as he should know the Ring set it up so that his wife died. Understandably, he's angry at Sarah but that shouldn't of meant he all of a sudden decides to work for the Ring. ]] The way it happened just seemed rush and comes off a bit of a wallbanger.
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* Shaw doing a FaceHeelTurn, it doesn't make sense as he should know the Ring set it up so that his wife died. Understandably, he's angry at Sarah but that shouldn't of meant he all of a sudden decides to work for the Ring. The way it happened just seemed rush and comes off a bit of a wallbanger.

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