Chuck (TV Series)

Chuck is an action-comedy/spy drama created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. It's about a nerd known as Charles "Chuck" Irving Bartowski who becomes a CIA agent when he acquires a government database which becomes encoded in his brain known as The Intersect. The series is known to parody spy and action tropes as well as nerd culture while having a well-balanced story and characters.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Very interesting concept of parodying the spy and action genres while mixing it with a humorous take on nerd culture and balancing it with a story.
 * 2) The idea of someone gaining a database in their brain which causes them to gain more intelligence and complex combat such as martial arts is very well-executed, interesting, and could happen in the future.
 * 3) The characters are very likable as many are either comical, serious with sympathetic intent or badass with many traits.
 * 4) * Chuck is a very humorous, pacifistic, sometimes childish but very intelligent, honest and caring guy who'll protect his loved ones and starts to become brave and less naïve in later seasons.
 * 5) * Sarah while at times ruthless and brash, she still has a sweet side to her and cares about Chuck and has a great love chemistry which develops from season to season.
 * 6) * John Casey is a cynical, harsh and strict but is sympathetic and still has a soft side and caring side mostly with his daughter and starts to trust Chuck later on.
 * 7) * Morgan is a perverted yet fun-going guy and is friends with Chuck and is a great comical relief.
 * 8) Very good story and writing that switches from humorous moments to serious action and storytelling with great character development as well as romance.
 * 9) The humor is very charming and it even has sitcom like moments usually in the Buy-More segments and thankfully it doesn't use a laugh track even if some of the humor is forced.
 * 10) The opening theme is very fun to listen as it captures the wacky and action-y tone of the show.
 * 11) Hilarious pop-culture references that fit the series humorous take on nerd culture.
 * 12) The romance chemistry of Chuck and Sarah is well-written as they'll take on even the most dangerous missions, look out for each other, have fun at Buy-More with their friends and companions and defeat any villain or rogue agent that threatens to either take over the world or take control of the CIA.
 * 13) The villains (usually in earlier seasons) are a humorous parody of action and spy villains and their tropes that're used a lot in movies like James Bond and Mission Impossible. Though in later seasons it starts to have villains who are even more threatening and contribute to the story and plot of the show.
 * 14) Very good acting especially Zachary Levi as Chuck and Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Walker.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some of the sexual humor can be too overused and forced at times especially in the earlier seasons.
 * 2) The ending can be disappointing for some as it doesn't tell us if Chuck got The Intersect back from Sarah's kiss as it just says The End after that.
 * 3) The show in Season 4 dropped some quality though it went better after that and still kept its charm.
 * 4) Product placement such as the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3.