http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/30/CHUCK----Chuck-Vs.-The-Sandworm.aspx To recapture interest in this show I have stated that they need to find a true villain, an evil nemesis for Chuck. This week the writers at least took the bat off their shoulders and swung at this goal. It wasn’t a home run though, more like a bloop single. It started with such promise too. A young weapons designer for the government escapes his apparent captivity and returns to the Santa Monica pier, the location of his “recruitment.” Here he is identified by Chuck and the Intersect as dangerous. It is a fortunate thing Chuck keeps bumping into spies and fugitives on random outings otherwise the world would have been blowed-up three or four times already. At first this fugitive, Lahzlo, strikes a sympathetic chord. He approaches Chuck with a water pistol so, of course he seems Chuck-like, i.e. ineffectual, bumbling and goofy. Plus, he says he’s never seen a Bond movie. And he warns Chuck that his handlers are spying on him, that he should check his place for bugs. Sure enough, Agents Sarah and Casey have him tapped to the hilt. Lahzlo uses this fissure to further gain chuck’s trust and it seems this might be a worthy foe as he shares a similar build, look and geekyness. Great villains are supposed to be mirror images of the heroes, right? The car chase and big fight this week involved multiple slappings and doughnuts in the Buy More parking lot. They are virtually the same person. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/30/CHUCK----Chuck-Vs.-The-Sandworm.aspx 77 60 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/30/CHUCK----Chuck-Vs.-The-Sandworm.aspx#1930 still adud WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/10/30/CHUCK----Chuck-Vs.-The-Sandworm.aspx#1930 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 09:34:19 GMT