I feel like it’s so rare to have the actual ship name mentioned in the show and I’m obsessed with the fact that it’s Casey that said it.

Why does the intro have an entire bullet and shell firing across the screen? Shouldn’t it just be the tip?

There has been lots of ink (and pixels) spilled on this issue, because it never gets old. There's a general consensus that agrees with Sarah's 3.13 comments that she fell for Chuck between him fixing her phone and defusing a bomb with a computer virus. That's a two-day period--not a very long time frame to be falling in love, and certainly not long enough to recognize what's happening. But I do think the process does actually start in this period, mainly during the date itself, as a number of people have suggested. Why? Laughter.

The alternate (and more popular) theory, though, is that Sarah fell for Chuck when he helped out the little ballerina (and her hapless father.) Well, possibly, but I think it's more likely that her reaction was that Chuck was--as she later says in the pizza video--being sweet. She even implies this in her conversation with her boss the next evening, right before the date. This is only a couple of days after a hugely stressful episode during which Sarah deposited a baby with her Mom, and the conversation about providing her with the things that Sarah never had as a normal girl growing up--like, say, going to dancing school. So Sarah is primed for this. But I think it's more recognizing the kind of person Chuck is--he's not the mark everyone thinks.

Then comes the date, and I think this is the more crucial part of the story. She does laugh at his stupid jokes (saving his life comes later) because they're pretty funny, actually. More important--and the tip-off--is her laughter. This is the laughter of someone who finds herself delighted with the company she is keeping.--both walking on the bridge, and (especially) when he slides down the bannister. I suspect this may be a first for her--when is the last time, if ever, that Sarah enjoyed a delightful relationship--or even such a date, for that matter? She's clearly having a blast. Bryce was probably many things, but delightful probably doesn't show up on that list. (And Shaw? Just forget it.) Chuck and Sarah simply enjoy each other's company.

So I think this is when it all starts--for possibly the first time in her life, Sarah has found someone who it's actually fun to be around. All that stuff about a different life--that comes later. But finding the right person comes first. And she has, but it takes a while for her to figure it out--(my candidate moment is when they're having that discussion on kissing goodnight in 1:03, and the look on her face when it dawns on her what's happening.) It's her laughter that gives the game away here--it's genuine and heartfelt.

This may also explain in part some of the disappointment people felt after the show's conclusion--we don't want just the relationship back, we want that delight back as well. And while it's pretty clear that the relationship will return in short order, it's less clear when the delight will. At least she's laughing at his jokes again, so that's a start.

Me personally I find him annoying af

Fireproof is a semi-cheesy but enjoyable 2008 movie about a firefighter who tries to save his failing marriage. The story does not have anything in common with Chuck as a series, but it tracks with Chuck's season-3 journey, and the final plot twist in the movie is very similar to the one in 3.12 Chuck Versus the American Hero.

Spoiler alert: if you have not seen Fireproof but plan to see it, what comes next in this post gives away the final plot twist, so caveat emptor.

In Fireproof, the main character Caleb is selfish and uncaring towards his wife.

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She grows more and more distant from him and is pushed to seek comfort from Dr. Keller.

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This is a somewhat parallel journey to Chuck, who pulls back from Sarah in order to become the perfect spy, and his character changes in the middle of season 3a push Sarah to seek comfort from Shaw.

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Then, Caleb is encouraged by his father to fight for his marriage.

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Similarly, Chuck is encouraged by Casey to fight for Sarah.

Walker is a good woman. It's still not too late.

On his road back, Caleb shows his wife his love for her...

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And thinks things are turning well when he sees a letter from her...

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But the letter turns out to be divorce papers instead, and he is shocked and devastated.

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Similarly, on his road back, Chuck shows Sarah that he is still Sarah's Chuck.

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And he thinks things are turning well for him...

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But Sarah reads him the Riot Act instead, and Chuck is shocked and devastated.

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In Fireproof, even though his wife Catherine has served him divorce papers, Caleb takes care of her when she falls sick and apologizes to her for the wrong he has done towards her; she is obviously moved by his gesture, but still conflicted.

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Similarly, even though Sarah has rejected Chuck for Shaw, Chuck saves Shaw's life for Sarah's sake, then declares his love to her; Sarah is obviously moved but still conflicted.

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Towards the end of Fireproof, Catherine goes to the hospital to get a few more things for her recovering mother, and here is where she receives the shocking news that all the money that helped her mom get better did not come from Dr. Keller, as she always thought, but from her husband Caleb, who actually donated all his savings after she served him the divorce papers. This news completely rocks her world.

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Similarly, in Chuck, Sarah is packing in her hotel room, and here is where she receives the shocking news that it wasn't Chuck who killed the mole, as she always thought, but Casey. This news completely rocks her world.

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Just as in Fireproof, Catherine would never have found out the truth about who paid for her mother's health equipment if the hospital lady hadn't accidentally brought it up, so in Chuck, Sarah would never have found out the truth about who killed the mole if Casey hadn't told her. In both cases, the truth reveals the selfless nature of the hero and the fact that the hero is too honorable to reveal himself.

I'm starting to think the podcast isn't happening let alone a movie

From the episode I watched last night.

Chuck: “Sarah, we need to talk”

Sarah: “Not now, Chuck”

I mean, maybe it wasn't intentional but the bad guy in the wheelchair, his last name is Lo Pan. That's also the villain in Big Trouble in Little China. Both are businessesmen in both the episode & movie in Chinatown.

Everytime i finish this serie, i got this feeling, like the end of this serie could better, they could do more episodes about Sarah recovering her memory, so then it could have a perfect ending. But anyway i love this serie, i watched it for the first time when i was a kid, the second time i was finishing the midle school, right now i'm finishing my college degree, my life is great but it's going to fast, when i see the back days i have the same feeling as when i finish Chuck serie.

i've started S4 recently but for some reason i can't stand Chuck's mother or talking about her exc. is it just a matter of 4/5 episodes or will the last two seasons only talk about her?

I personally probably would have done a undercover episode for chuck where chuck goes undercover and has to seduce a female spy or something and Sarah gets super jealous and tries to sabotage the mission at every possible turn and maybe some shenanigans happens with Morgan and Casey and the buy morons get into trouble or something