An example: I dimly recall that Chuck once saw Sarah "murder" a bad guy in cold blood. The viewers were in on it the whole time, because they see Chuck watching from a distance, but also get to hear the conversation where Sarah is pushed to commit murder. Even letting the audience understand the whole matter, the show could've run with this new problem for a while - Chuck could be extremely mistrustful of the woman he adores and who protects him.
Nope! They resolved that storyline either 2 minutes later before the episode ended, or about minutes in to the next ep. So why did they use up so much screen-time with these moments if they just dissolve away right quick?
I partially agree and partially disagree with the stuff you said about Chuck (I thought the second and third seasons were both still very good; the fourth season has dragged and been schizophrenic in its plotting, though), but I don't have the time or the inclination to get into a debate, so I'll just point out that the storyline you mentioned above was actually resolved at the end of the next episode (which started with Chuck having a dream about Sarah murdering him in bed and continued with Chuck acting weird around Sarah as he tried to protect Charlie from Lost). While it's true that they could have played it out longer, it's also true that playing out specific relationship plot bumps for more than a couple episodes has never been Chuck's style, for better or for worse -- and I just wanted to point out that this one wasn't resolved quite as quickly as you remember.
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ATTENTION ALL FIREFLY FANS...
- 21/02/2011 08:07:10 AM
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Oh hell, read the various threads over at AV club, they're hysterical
- 21/02/2011 09:11:03 PM
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There is almost no point in doing "Firefly" without Baldwin, and he seems busy with "Chuck."
- 26/02/2011 05:36:25 AM
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I don't see V lasting beyond next season. And Summer Glau is the kiss of death for TV shows. *NM*
- 27/02/2011 02:30:33 AM
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Baccarin's V haircut is the worst short-hair-on-an-attractive-woman move since T'Pol. *NM*
- 04/03/2011 04:21:03 AM
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Clearly you've thought about this a lot, but V, Chuck, and The Cape are not long for the air
- 27/02/2011 05:04:19 PM
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Just on one point ...
- 27/02/2011 05:19:08 PM
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Thanks, it's been a while - you're right and it wasn't the best example of "impatience" *NM*
- 27/02/2011 05:23:48 PM
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Inara was always my least favorite anyway.
- 27/02/2011 06:18:19 PM
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Of the whole cast, she's the easiest to cut. But I loved when she called Mal a petty thief =D *NM*
- 27/02/2011 10:41:28 PM
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V under uses several of its actors and just doesn't have the bite of the original.
- 04/03/2011 04:27:49 AM
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As others have said, Chuck is hardly CSI. It's a bi-annual discussion of whether they'll get renewed
- 04/03/2011 04:19:46 AM
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FYI, Glau's "new" show "Cape" is now 8 or 9 eps in with it's order already reduced.
- 04/03/2011 04:23:26 AM
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The final 10th episode will not be aired on TV. It's going to be online only.
- 04/03/2011 09:56:27 PM
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