Thank you Netflix for giving me a new TV obsession. I totally heart CHUCK.
But I really shouldn't be surprised. After all, the show is created by Josh Schwartz, same dude who gave us The O.C. and Gossip Girl. I know that might scare some folks off of this awesome show but don't let it. Chuck is by no means as girly or teen based as Schwartz's other series. BUT it does have 3 "Schwartz-ian" elements. Observe:
1. An awesome soundtrack: A good place to hear new bands to add to your iPod.
2. A Seth Cohen character: All these series have a lovable nerd character, that is supposedly an social outcast but actually is hot and super sweet. Once the hot female leads gets over his "weird dorkiness" they always fall for the Seth Cohen (and so do all of us who watch). See Seth Cohen from the O.C., Dan Humphrey from Gossip Girl, and duh, Chuck from Chuck..
3. Obsurd plotlines: And we aren't talking subplots, we're talking primary action on these shows. See the Cohen family bringing home and adopting Ryan, a 16 year old criminal, or any Marisa plot from later seasons of the O.C.; Dan and Serena start dating only to learn their parents used to bang 20 years earlier, or any plot involving Chuck Bass on Gossip Girl; Chuck opens an email filled with CIA secrets and they are downloaded to his brain.
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