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Chuck Versus the Goodybye

I didn't enjoy this episode as much as the previous two but it was an enjoyable episode. It just didn't work completely for me as a finale.

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Chuck Versus the Bullet Train

Wow - I loved this episode! I'm a little shocked. Maybe it's simply in comparison to the two episodes I just watched that left me disappointed overall but this was a really good episode. In fact this is probably my favourite episode of the season. There was very little I didn't like about it. I'm actually excited about the final episodes now!

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I've finally gotten around to starting the final season of Chuck over the last couple days. Perhaps because I haven't watched an episode in such a long time but overall I've been strangely unmoved and even a little meh. That said I do find myself enjoying the episodes more as the season progresses.

5x01

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5x02

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5x03

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5x04

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5x05

( this was my favourite episode thus far )

5x06

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There is a post here at io9 by Charlie Jane Anders about a genre mashup she'd like to see which she calls 'the Evil Overlord Romance'.

It’s kind of tongue in cheek and I actually can’t tell just how serious she’s being but at the end she says: "Admit it: You want to read a whole Evil Overlord Romance novel now. And my answer is pretty much: hell, yes. I’ve never thought of it as ‘evil overlord romance’ but that is a trope I love. I would be ecstatic if it actually became the new big thing in books. I would read all those books. I would love for this to become a real genre option.

A lot of my fannish pairings would fit under this genre and even more if you look at them in a slightly AU way. This includes Sarah/Jareth (who were pictured in the article), Clark/Lex, Xavier/Magneto, Ares/Xena (or ubber Xena/Gabrielle), Doctor/Master, Carolyn/Riddick, Ba’al/anyone, Elena with pre-show Damon or with Katherine/Elijah/Klaus, BOSS’s Eriko/Nodate seemed set to fit this genre at the end of season one... I would be all over a story where say Lucy Diamond actually did live up to her press and seeing how her relationship with Amy progresses with that true.

“Unless you're going to make Wendy herself into the superhero/world-saver who accidentally falls in love with her arch-nemesis, in which case go for it. But having some other hero besides Wendy just takes away from the all-important focus on Wendy as our protagonist and the light to the Overlord's darkness.” This was a quote from the article that I particularly loved. Why does there have to be a third person, another male character to be the ‘hero’ and oppose the overlord? Why the hell can’t the heroine be that too? Heroes falling in love with their arch-nemesis, especially if there is a more complicated past relationship happening between them, is something I eat up with a spoon. We need more female heroes who don’t have to share the spotlight with a male hero. Actually we need more female Overlords and awesome bad guys as well. And just once I would love nothing more if both main characters in a sci-fi/fantasy/action flick could both be female. I’m dreaming I know but it’s such a nice dream.

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Chuck 4x23 ‘Chuck Versus the Last Details’

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NCIS 8x23 ‘Swan Song’

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Doctor Who 6x03 ‘The Curse of the Black Spot’

That was okay. I didn’t dislike it but I don’t think I'll have any urge to watch it again either.

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Nikita 1x16 ‘Echoes’

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Chuck 4x16 ‘Chuck Versus the Masquerade’

The theme of this episode seemed to be about growing up and moving on from a comfortable life onto something new. It almost feels like the show is preparing itself for its series finale. I wonder if it’s been cancelled?

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Koshonin 1x01

• I found this first episode difficult to get through because of my embarrassment squick. ( spoilers )

White Collar 2x12 ‘What Happens In Burma’

( two thoughts )

Chuck 4x13 ‘Chuck Versus the Push Mix’

( two thoughts )

Bones 6x12 ‘The Sin in the Sisterhood’

( meh )

Chuck Versus the Suitcase

This was a very adorable and fun episode. There were several times it hit my embarrassment squick – I couldn’t watch the fight between Sarah and Sophia after it went onto the runway, for example – but overall I found it amusing and cute.

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Chuck Versus the Ring, Part 2

Overall this was an excellent episode and I can’t wait till next season.

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While a lot of this season has been middling the last couple of episodes were pretty wonderful which made me happy. That said there were a couple of overarching issues I had:

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