Chuck – Recap & Review – Chuck Vs. The Coup d’État

photo: nbc

Chuck
Chuck Vs. The Coup d’État

Original Air Date: Oct 12, 2010

Jeff L – Staff Writer
JeffL@thetwocentscorp.com

Could the ring (note the purposeful lack of capitalization) be the downfall of Chuck and Sarah? I’m still holding out for suggestions on the “Benifer” style nickname for our favorite spy couple. Sheldon and Amy have “Shamey.” I think Chuck and Sarah need one. (Shuck? Chara?)

Anyway, last week’s faux proposal begins this week’s episode. The couple laughs off the embarrassing moment and agrees to move forward at their own pace. Of course, Chuck is on a totally different wavelength having just joined the serious spy world. He’s thinking the traditional picket fence type future while Sarah, having basically grown up in the spy world, clearly is not.

This week marks the return of Armand Assante as Premier Allejandro Goya whom you’ll all remember from Chuck Vs. The Angel de le Muerte and Tia Tecada as his not-so-loving wife.

Goya’s men show up at Awesome’s apartment to invite the good doctor and his pregnant wife to visit Costa Gravas as a thank you for saving his life. Of course, Chuck and Sarah find a way to tag along on the “babymoon.” It’s like a honeymoon only for pregnant couples apparently. Once they arrive, Goya unveils his 10-foot high marble statue of Captain Dr. Awesome and Chuck flashes on some equipment that may have come from the former Soviet Union. I for one was glad Chuck and Sarah decided to come along, especially after seeing Sarah try on bikinis (over and over and over and over again – thank you DVR!)

Over in the b-story Casey is still laid up from his shooting injury and Morgan is taking care of him and looking for the opportunity to tell his would-be father-in-law that he’s been dating his estranged daughter.

It wouldn’t be Chuck if the equipment Chuck flashed on didn’t turn out to be actual live nukes – it seems Goya’s wife has been planning a little coup d’état and the distraction of the statue unveiling allows her the moment to launch her plan. The Premier and all of the Bartowski-Woodcomb clan escape but the statue didn’t make it through the firefight.

Goya returns to Burbank and hides out at Casey’s apartment (I guess the Castle would have been too secure and wouldn’t allow as easy an ambush.) Of course the soldiers sympathetic to his wife’s cause show up to kidnap Goya and obtain his half of the set of keys that would launch the former Soviet nukes.

General Grandma orders Chuck and Sarah to return Costa Gravas rescue Goya and restore him to power and disable the nukes. Chuck uses a self-help touchy-feely book he got from Morgan in order to open up the lines of communication with Sarah to diffuse the situation between Goya and his wife and it reflects the situation Chuck and Sarah are in with both sides wishing for different outcome. Chuck saves the day, however and finds out that the nukes on Costa Gravas came from Volkoff.

Back home, Chuck doesn’t exactly come clean with Ellie about his being a spy, but he does tell her that he’s searching for their mother. Ellie doesn’t understand why Chuck would want to, but he explains that maybe it wasn’t their mom’s fault she didn’t return to them as promised.

At the end of the episode, Chuck is “sleeping” as Sarah explains that if Chuck were to propose, she would accept. A slight smile crosses Chuck’s face but his eyes remain closed.

Next up is Chuck vs. the Couch Lock so tune in here to read all about it and bookmark http://www.thetwocents.com for all your television recap and review needs. Now, I’ll be playing Super Scribblenauts for the next who-knows-how-long. Hopefully I can come up for air by next Monday. Until then, Chuck off and leave your two cents below!