Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) works as a computer geek for a large computer franchise called the “Nerd Herd.” He works with his best friend, Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez), and his mom’s love interest, Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence). Lester Patel (Vik Sahay), Jeffrey “Jeff” Barnes (Scott Krinsky) and Anna Wu (Julia Ling) complete the team of nerd herders that surround chuck with the ability to put a twist on any day. Anna and Morgan became romantically involved but were soon driven apart by Morgan’s first priority: Chuck!
He lives at home with his sister, Ellie (Sarah Lancaster), and boyfriend, Devon “Captain Awesome” Woodcomb (Ryan Mcpartlin), who are both doctors and often nurture Chuck as if he were their child. The two have since married and Chuck has moved out into an apartment within the same complex. Now that Ellie and Devon are parents, their lives are in complete control of the baby. This does not mean that the writers are not going to keep them fully immersed in the storyline.
Chuck’s brain was implanted with a government neural supercomputer called “The Intersect” which contains a database complete with all the government’s secret information planted by Bryce Larkin (Matthew Bomer). He was a roommate of Chuck’s while they attended Stanford University but Bryce’s secret life is catching up with him. He must remove “the interest” from his brain to save himself and ditch it by putting it in Chuck. The C.I.A. wants the embedded computer and dispatches Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin) and Agent Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) to retrieve the device. Their boss is Brigadier General Diane Beckman (Bonita Friedericy) who, for the most part, only communicates through live video feed. Sarah and Chuck have taken a shine to each other, which soon develops into passionate love. It began as part of a plan to deceive the employees of Nerd Herd but it did not take long before the disguise became real.
This is one of the few shows on network television that comes close to being child appropriate for the 8:00pm slot. Most children under the age of ten should already be in bed, preparing their minds and bodies for school the next day. Four seasons later, the writers still are able to balance what often can be a hard time slot with adventure, drama, action, and comedy that will keep the attention of the adults as well as intrigue the younger viewers. Let’s hope NBC does not keep Chuck’s audience in suspense following this season or make them mount another campaign until they agree to season 5.
