Another reference I felt was Superman 2. Aside from the Raiders of the Lost Arc thing I thought scene was also paying homage to the end of Sup 2 where he tricks Zod and crew to put himself, Superman, inside the crystal that was supposed to take away his powers, but it really was reversed so it effected the people on the outside,

I have a feeling this won't be the last we've seen of Andy Richter. He will probably return with the head of Fulcrum: Conan O'Brian.

Also did this episode seem familar to a season 4 episode of Alias or is it just me?

"skinjob" lol

Whoever's styling Zachary Levi's hair should be shot. It's looking more and more like a wig glued to a helmet. I know the actor's older than your everyday relatively recent college dropout working at a big box store, but there' no excuse in making him appear too old to play the part altogether. I personally hope this season speedily gets to that alleged bringing the Morgan character into the spy fold storyline soon. I agree the scripts are dwelling too long on the tired will-they-or-won't they dynamic. That plot device was exhausted before Moonlighting hit the airwaves twenty+ years ago. oH! and I wish Awesome could be in every remaining episode.

When was the last time we saw Anna? What's up with that? The last time we saw her was in the Delorian episode.

"Charles Carmicheal always comes quickly!"

PREFACE: I LOVE LOVE LOVE CHUCK! Best thing on TV, hands down. That's why I'm going to be hard on how this season is shaping up! Don't want to come across as angry fan boy b/c seriously I LOVE this show. But I do offer up these thoughts to contemplate.

At this point in the Chuck mythology I'm starting to have a hard time with the suspension of belief necessary when it comes to Fulcrum.

It just doesn't make sense to me that they haven't figured out that Chuck is the intersect. Or at the very least that he's affiliated with the CI freakin A. Throughout seasons 1 and 2 we've had countless run-ins with Fulcrum agents. INCLUDING Chuck's ex Jill. Why no one at any point has reported back to Fulcrum HQ to report in that Chuck is involved with the CIA and NSA baffles me. Fulcrum was supposed to be employing elite spies from within the CIA ranks. I don't understand how NO one has made this connection yet.

Chuck vs. the Suburbs makes it even harder for me to understand this "Fulcrum is naive" angle. For pete's sakes Sarah, Casey, and Chuck infiltrated an ENTIRE Fulcrum suburb. You can't tell me that there isn't intelligence, video surveilance, etc. being transmitted to Fulcrum HQ all the time. A simple recon check would show Sarah and Casey as agents. Chuck can flash on every Fulcrum agent in existence. Why does Fulcrum have no intelligence as to who is CIA/NSA?

The second part of my annoyance is a result of the midseason break and how I feel like they're changing story line for no apparent reason. I'm speaking specifically to how Chuck and Sarah's relationship is being handled. The Christmas episode was phenomenal. Chuck and Sarah were at the height of their closeness. Describe that as friends or as want to be lovers, however you want to define it. But they were close and enjoyed spending time together. They cared for each other as family if nothing else. This couldn't have been made any more apparent than the GORGEOUS tree farm scene when Sarah killed the Fulcrum agent jeopordizing her own career and risk being sent to jail. Now in this weeks episode and Chuck Vs. the Third Dimension, I feel like they've written Chuck and Sarah to where they feel awkward being in the same room together. So weird to me. Even Sarah made reference to them cover dating for over a year. You'd think they'd be past the awkward, hey what are we going to do this Friday night. It just doesn't make sense. These two are close friends, and potential lovers. Since when are Chuck and Sarah awkward around each other? Certainly no point leading up to the Christmas episode. This just felt so weird and out of place for me. Hard for me to understand where it's coming from.

I really thought this was a good episode. They seem to get closer and closer to letting Chuck and Sarah be together, so I'm sure that the season will end with something like that happening, leading into next season with the confusion and problems it causes. Great show.
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Every week this question keeps coming up when I'm watching :Why isn't Chuck getting paid?

They refer to him as an agent. They keep telling him it's his job to take these missions, but I think a job means getting paid. I assume Casey and Sarah aren't working for free.

What intrigued me was that his exposure to the Fulcrum program apparently killed Andy Richter's character. And yet as he was zipped up in that body bag, Casey ordered that his body be shipped to headquarters; that they weren't done with him yet.

Could it be they may be using some Massive Dynamic technology on him to extract the info from his head, even though he's dead?

I wonder if that wasn't meant as an in-joke tip of the hat to 'Fringe'?