From here on out I’m grouping together Chuck and Reaper into a single post because, let’s be honest, they’re basically the same show with a really good series buried somewhere between the two. While Chuck has continued to grow into itself since it launched last month, Reaper has struggled to provide reasons for return visits. This week it took the first step toward rectifying this problem. More after the jump…
Why can’t I just let loose a little?
The most telling moment in Tuesday’s episode of Reaper came at the end when Sam was having a heart to heart with Andy and she said, “Right now, I just really need my life to stay the same.” And so goes a potential nail in the coffin for this series of once high potential. In the battle of the big-box employees with superpowers, Reaper is rapidly losing ground to NBC’s Chuck. The series’ problem is the same as Andy’s: it refuses to change. More after the jump…
I’ll tell you what, the music supervisor for this show either really loves Spoon’s new record Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga or happens to be Brit Daniels. There is no other way to explain the almost relentless Spoonage on the soundtrack — not that I’m complaining, that’s one bitchin’ record. More after the jump…
NBC
Tonight at 8:00pm Chuck premieres on NBC. Of all the new shows debuting over the next couple weeks, this is one of my three favorites. From Josh Schwartz, creator of The OC (don’t call it that), comes this tale of a big-box electronics store employee who unknowingly downloads the entire archive of the NSA and CSI into his brain when a former college roommate and current spy sends him the information in an email. LET THE HILARITY ENSUE! Needless to say, Chuck is pretty relaxed about the whole plausibility angle, and rightly so. The series is quick, funny and if not action-packed, then certainly action-subsidized. More after the jump…
