Ever since he first gets the Intersect trapped in his head, Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) has grown close to his handlers. Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin), of NSA persuasion, teams up with CIA Agent Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) every week in order to try and keep Chuck out of terrorists' hands. Why? The analytical skills Chuck has make him a valuable part of the team. He can put together the bigger puzzle out of a few individual pieces.
What he hasn't yet been able to do is figure out his relationship with Sarah. Normal? Hardly. Since so much of intelligence work is based on lies, he knows better than to believe everything she tells him. General Beckman (Bonita Friedericy) is concerned when she thinks their emotions compromise the mission. She sends Agent Alex Forrest (Tricia Helfer) in to evaluate the situation.
Anybody who has seen Helfer in Burn Notice knows she can play a strong character. In Chuck, she plays a character who is the mirror image of Baldwin's Casey. There is one big difference. One of the reasons Baldwin is so much fun to watch as an actor is that he takes on comedic roles so well. As Casey, Baldwin's best work can often come by being ticked off. Who else but Casey would get the terrible trio to leave the apartment patio by using a hose? Yes, he draws out a gun first. He has to, since he has no way of knowing Chuck's kidnappers were Morgan (Joshua Gomez), Lester (Vik Sahay), and Jeff (Scott Krinsky). They were only trying to get invited to the bachelor party of Captain Awesome (Ryan McPartlin), who should be marrying Chuck's sister Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) before too long. The finale is coming up fast. The terrible trio might not have meant harm, but Casey's job is to protect the Asset, aka Chuck. I did appreciate the notice he took in Alex simply because he's a man. The armor drops a bit, and everyone remembers he's human.
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