Chuck episode 5X09 picspam/recap
So, yeah, here I am again.
I know, I know, don't I have any shame? Actually... No. What can I say? There are two possible ways to tell you why I've been away for so long. The boring way is "Life. It kind of got in the way." The more interesting way is "I died after Chuck's finale and then I had to travel from Hell to Heaven with a man named Virgil as only companion." Anyway... I didn't know if after so many months I it was worth it to finish my recaps but I decided to do so for two reasons: one, I promised I would finish them and two, a gift for the Holidays.
As always, there will be the drinking game. But since this episode doesn't give us many kisses (again), there will be the alternative drinking game. This time, take a drink every time you see a cliché about pregnancy (and believe me, youre going to see a few.)
So without more ado, let's begin Chuck Vs. the Kept Man (AKA that episode about Casey that every season has.)
The episode begins with what usually Chuck's episode begins with. No, not the summary, but somebody trying to kill the main character. The world is full of people who don't care. Also, Chuck has some kind of existencial crisis because being the CEO of a private spy firm is hard. Fortunately, Sarah and Casey save Chuck from death and depression.
Do you think it's okay to touch that without a radiation suit? [you worry too much, Sarah.]
Shouldn't be any worse than a couple dozen X-rays. We'll be fine, as long as no one's pregnant.
[Chuck laughs I don't even know why. Sarah doesn't find it amusing.]
#Alternative drink. Seriously, show? Two minutes in and you already hit us with a foreshadow and a little hint of "What Not to Do When You're Expecting"? Although I find interesting that Casey jokes about pregnancy when he thinks that's not a problem but then he's the first to worry when he thinks Sarah is actually pregnant.
Speaking of Casey and worrying, all his worries go through the window that very night because Verbanski shows up in his appartment and he... er... get's busy. Chuck is busy too that night, although not with Sarah (show her a little love, man.)
I thought you said you were coming to bed. [And then you fell asleep disappointed or something, Sarah?] Have you been up all night long?
That bad guy got me thinking
The one who tried to cut your tongue out? [Trust Sarah to see things with perspective.]
Our mission statement, our mission statement. [Too much coffee. Too much coffee.] We spend so much time focusing on spy that we've lost sight of the-the, you know, uh, [rationality?] missions, "what are we doing, why are we here" mission. [Oh.]
Are you feeling okay? [Does he sound OK, Sarah?] I think that pizza that Morgan left in the fridge is starting to turn. [No, no, it's you. It happened when you realized you're married to a very weird man. By the way, very subtle, writers.]
I have never thought more clearly in my life. [Which frankly, scares me, because how were you thinking until now if this is astuteness for you?]
Oh, "the things we feel but do not share." [This is not the title of your memories, Sarah, although it should be.]
What can we, Carmichael Industries, offer our clients that other security firms can't? Go
Discount electronics? [LOL! You have to love Sarah's answers when she doesn't have a clue of what's happening.]
We care, Sarah. We care. C-A-R-E. Clandestine Agents Relating Emotionally. Get it?
[Sarah looks as if she's going to throw up.]
You hate it. [That too.]
No, I think it's very interesting. I just, uh, I just feel very queasy suddenly. [You know, you can always divorce.]
Huh. Maybe the pizza was bad
First, take another #alternative drink. I love how this cliché always shows up in any media, although it's not always true, and how the morning sickness always disappear after the characters discover they're actually pregnant (which doesn't happen in real life. The sickness continues.)
Second, Chuck is the blindest husband in the world. C'mon, I know guys are a little careless in the "who has to worry about not getting pregnant" department, but this goes a step further. The thing is this is typical of Chuck. When Chuck's attention is focused on something, he usually doesn't see if something is troubling his loved ones (it happened with his sister or with Morgan.)
You know who other people is blind? Gertrude Verbanski. She doesn't see that she's making Casey uncomfortable. giving him cashmere sweaters. I mean, the nerve of that woman, giving nice things to the man she loves. Especially cashmere sweaters. Those things are a real red light for suddenlysoberandsmart!Jeff.
She also hires Carmichael Industries for a little job to apprehend a Miami arms dealer in South Beach. Something that Casey hates but that sounds like heaven to the always romantic escapades' seeking Chuck and Sarah.
What is your problem?
Yeah, seriously, what is your problem? [Don't you love how ruthless Chuck and Sarah are, dismissing any objections Casey may have because he's just a cactus in the love department?] That was not very caring, Casey.
An above-board arms deal in Miami? Sounds like a vacation. [Vacations, ugh! Little socialist things!]
[Sarah won't have any of your bullshit, Casey.] Haven't you had enough kidnapping, torture and bloodshed?
Besides, we haven't made a cent in months, and your girlfriend has deep pockets. [So... prostitution, not a big deal?]
She's not my girlfriend
Whatever you want to call her, she's our new client. [So you don't have to kiss her if you don't want to.]
Pack your bags, lover boy. We're going to South Beach
Don't get between Sarah and the prospect of a weekend full of sex and free drinks.
I love how the relationship between these three has evolved through the seasons, so we went to Sarah and Casey teaming up to lecture Chuck, to Chuck and Sarah doing so against Casey.
So, Casey won't be there to watch Downton Abbey with his daughter (I love you, writers) or to watch over Jeffster. The difficult task to control these two and create a plan with Awesome to divert their attention will fall upon Morgan. By the way...
Jeff and Lester know Bryce Larkin's name? I guess Morgan talked too much. Or even Chuck in her "louser phase," for that matter. And it's nice to know they remember Carina's entire name. How they know about the CAT Squad it's something I cannot explain. And I think they wanted to write "Too hot for Chuck," not "to hot for Chuck."
Meanwhile, in Miami...
Oh, garcon, another daiquiri for me. And you?
Just another sparkling water, please. [Sarah, honey, you can drink orange juice. It doesn't have alcohol.]
You heard the lady
Take an #alternative drink.
You suck as a spy, Chuck. Then again, who has time to see the little details when you're living la vida loca thanks to Verbanski's money?
You know, look, I mean, honestly, Falcone is not gonna be showing his face down here. You wanna go take a little dip in the hot tub
with me?
No. No, I don't think that's a good idea. [#alternative drink. All the clichés. All.]
No booze, no Jacuzz, what's gotten into my wife?
Your penis, which apparently got her pregnant.
Or that's what she thinks, which makes her uneasy. So she does what she always does when she feels insecure: she runs away. This time to check on Casey.
I can't do it, Walker. Sometimes Gertrude, she doesn't even listen to what I'm trying to tell her.
I can sympathize. [Direct jab to Chuck!]
Thank you
But you're putting on that bathing suit. [If she bears with a blind husband, you can bear a deaf girlfriend.]
Like hell
This is a dream mission, Casey, and I'm not gonna let you screw it up. Do you how many skimpy outfits I have had to put on for this team? [She isn't Ms Fanservice for nothing.] Did you hear me complain when I had to put on a cat suit or seven-inch platform high heels [and run with them!] or a belly dancing outfit?
Belly dancing? [That was for hobby, Sarah.]
Okay, that was private. Look, just put on the banana hammock [LOL!] and stop whining
You okay, Walker? You seem a little emotional these days. [Thank God he didn't say something like "are you menstruating?" because I can't stand the guys who say this.]
Shut up
#Alternative drink. Writers, could you stop this? I'm already drunk.
The Casey and Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign is happy to see these two interact, even when Casey says such a cliché thing. Sarah isn't emotional because she's pregnant, she's emotional because she doesn't know how to react at the possibility. It's not the hormones, it's simple uncertainty.
Casey is more driven by hormones (or feromones) and by his lower body part. He doesn't like Verbanski being so bossy, yet he can't take his hands off her. Unfortunately for Sarah, who's an unwilling witness of their "love."
Everything. It's all wrong
Yvonne's face kills me. So funny.
Anyway, Falcone does show up at dinner time and a meeting is settled. But Casey is still uncomfortable and Chuck talks to him, as he used to try in the first seasons (then Morgan took this role.) As always, it doesn't work, especially when Chuck's example isn't that good.
Mmm, you just kind of... gonna have to listen to her, listen to her, okay? I know what she wants before
she knows what she wants. [Patronizing much?] Observe. [Sarah listens to him murmur as if he were a dangerous criminal. "What's he up to?" She thinks.] Actually, I'd love to order for my lady. If you don't mind, hon. I think to wet her whistle, [you keep using that expression, Chuck, and I don't think it's adequate] she'll start with a glass of your Barolo. [Sarah doesn't like your choice!] I'm so wrong. [You have no idea.] We're on vacation. Vodka martini up. Thank you very much. Entree: bone-in rib eye extra rare, I'm talking blue or as blue as you can find. [All you have to do is look at your right, Chuck. Even Verbanski noticed Sarah's sickness.] as in mooing on the plate. [He actually moos.] That's bad-- I don't do a good cow. She's like a book, and I'm an emotional speed-reader, my friend
I think you get the wrong book, Chuck. She's now written in braille and you can't read it.
You can have an #alternative drink if you want. If you're not under the table yet, I mean.
So you can imagine that Chuck's advice doesn't convince Casey. Also, it doesn't help that Verbanski had actually a backup team hid to take down Falcone, giving Casey the impression that this all was a joke by Verbanski.
You know, Chuck tries to help again. He fails, again.
Listen to her signals. What is she really telling you?
You think I need to be more sensitive? [Well, yeah.] More in tune with my girlfriend's emotions, hmm? You're one to talk
What's that supposed to mean?
It means you've got your head so far up your new CARE manifesto [not to say your own ass] you don't even realize your own wife thinks she's pregnant and is hiding it from you
What are you crazy? There's no way... There's no way she could be pregnant. [No birth control method is 100% safe.] I'd have to be the most clueless, [getting warm] insensitive, [warmer] uncaring [so hot]...
Uh, Chuck...
And there it is, the "always in tune with his feelings" Chuck didn't see it coming.
It's true that she didn't tell him, because she wasn't sure and while she wasn't sure she could keep pretending that nothing changed. Because if she knew, if she knew completely sure, she would have told him. That's what Casey knows, that's why he says Sarah "thinks she's pregnant." This shows how pissed off Casey is, because in any other situation, he would have talked with Sarah before blowing it up. The Casey And Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign finds this interesting.
Sarah, I'm sorry. I didn't exactly pick up on your signals
No, I'm sorry. I should have just told you. [Aren't you happy that we're in season 5 and thus, Sarah can admit these things and have a mature conversation?] It just felt like if I said it out loud, it would suddenly become real
It's changing, it's changing, it's changing. What is that-- an equal sign, an arrow? [If it points at her uterus, then it's a positive.]
A peace sign? Is that an option? [It means your fetus is a hippy.] Um... Uh, okay, that means no. I'm not pregnant.
Okay, all right. And you feel...? [It's sweet that he asks how she feels.]
Strange. Maybe a little relieved
Same. Same. [If by "same" you mean "not same, really."] But this whole thing has gotten me thinking about our lives, our future
Chuck...
I mean, honestly, Sarah, is the spy lifestyle really where we want to be raising our kids, you know, putting ourselves
in danger every day? [Aren't these questions you should have had before getting married?]
Chuck...
Yeah?
You're spiraling
He kind of is. And it's not strange: pregnancy scares are weird times for a couple. Especially if neither of the partners spoke about kids. Fun fact: statistically speaking, men want marriage and kids more than women. For women kids are always more problematic, because they will change our lives more. And also, the pregnancy and childbirth. That's scary.
By the way, take a #drink. It's a peck on the cheek, but it counts.
There is a little moment in the scene, when she says she's a little relieved (which I believe, even if she's already getting used to the prospect), and he smiles and she smiles but then the smile dissapear because he seems troubled and she's unsure of what he's actually thinking and feeling. Sarah is still very insecure and fears that something she does could make him sad. When she realizes it's just him babbling she makes him stop. Because his spiralling makes her spiral, and she doesn't like it.
Other people in problems are, for example, Verbanski, who still needs Carmichael Industries' help to catch Pedro St. Germain, a bigger baddie than Falcone.
We're in. We'll be in Miami by nightfall.
Actually, honey, I think we should discuss this.
Discuss what?
I don't think it's safe for prospective parents to be in a situation like this. [Why? Would it hurt the imaginary fetus? And since when are you prospective parents?] I've been toying with cutting back on the grunt work. [Oh, so you have been toying with the idea.]
That's cute. [Verbanski just doesn't CARE.] I just figured you'd want to finish the mission you started and take some of the proceeds...
Un momento. I was just saying maybe we should talk about... And she hung up
Chuck, stop spiraling.
I'm-I'm not spiraling. You're spiraling
The possibility of Sarah being pregnant just fried his brain. He's not thinking very straight.
I'm not blaming him for being flabbergasted and more than confused, but when he is like this he just becomes this babbling person who can't listen to anybody. It's like his pattern. While her patter is, once again, ignoring anything wrong is happening or that anything has changed.
Speaking of changes...
I actually think that Vik is weirdly attractive in this disguise.
Anyway... Verbanski is kidnapped and tries to speak with Casey (or rather, Pedro does), but like the boy who shouted wolf, he doesn't believe her, until of course, he has to.
So there he goes, to the Everglades, with Chuck and Sarah. Although, maybe Sarah shouldn't be there.
Oh, hey, Walker, listen. You sure you're not, uh...?
I'm not pregnant. [False negatives exist, but OK.]
Okay. Because this is going to be dangerous...
I know. I get how dangerous it is
The Casey And Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign approves.
Isn't it funny that Casey never worries about Sarah and her well being or ability for a mission and suddenly he does? Pregnancy does strange things to men. Although I think there is a part of him that still remembers when he was Alex and that the in last call he made to his girlfriend she was pregnant. You know Casey is a softie.
But since he's acting weird toward Sarah and Chuck is also spiraling, Sarah has an existencial doubt in the middle of the mission.
What if we had a baby at home?
Excuse me?
What if we had a baby relying on us to come home, and something happened?
Something?
Something, anything. [She's not good making stories, OK? Even when that's basically her life.] I don't know, we didn't come home. Who would raise the kids? [The Awesomes, I gather.] What-what would happen then?
Honey, we don't have a baby, let alone babies plural. [Because attention, please, she used the plural.]
Not now, but we will. [We will? Really? That's been fast!] Maybe you're right-- spying and parenting just don't go together.
Sarah, you're spiraling, okay? Take a deep breath. Everything's going to be fine, I promise.
Okay.
Are you sure?
Yeah
He assures her and she believes him. It's that easy, actually. Sarah has this blind trust in Chuck, above all in family matters.
For Sarah there has been always this struggle between her personal and professional lives, but Chuck is really good calming down her personal doubts, which makes her focus on her professional side more easily.
We need to split up
When she's troubled she's a mess, but when she's calm she's the best professional. She's also much better than Chuck compartimentalizing. Anyway, his surprised face is funny.
Unfortunately, Sarah gets momentarily... errr... injured?
Okay, that's Casey. You've got to go.
Are you crazy? I'm not going to leave you here alone. [You don't understand Chuck, Casey cares. He cares.]
No. I'll be fine in a minute. Please, just take my gun in case something goes wrong, okay? [Awww... That's sweet. A bit weird, but sweet.]
I'm not gonna need it, I have the AEGIS. I love you
I'm not going to complain for having little scenes where Chuck and/or Sarah profess their love for each other.
So Chuck must back up Casey. Things don't go as well as they would want. Fortunately, Sarah is here.
Don't worry. I wore my seatbelt
You don't know how much I love this. Sarah and the seabelt is like Chuck and "stay in the car", a running joke. In fact, it's a "chekhov gun" joke, because it highlights a behavior in Sarah that will pay off in a future episode. I mean, she doesn't use the sea belt, she tries to use it because Chuck reminds her. It's... brilliant.
So they save the day and yadda, yadda, which means we can go to the Last Scene Between Chuck and Sarah (tm).
Everything all right?
Yeah, I'm just doing some thinking. Uh... I have a small confession to make: [you don't like TRON. C'mon, you can say it] part of me was kind of hoping that I was pregnant. [I just love season 5 and superhonest!Sarah.]
[She shows him a list with boy baby names. I like Liam. Levi? I know this is for Zac, but Levi? Seriously? Besides, everybody knows they're going to call him Bryce :-)]
I've thought a lot about that, too. And... yeah, I think it'd be kind of exciting. ["Exciting" isn't the term I would use.]
I mean, it's not like I want a baby right this second, [that's something Chuck can remedy. I mean, your bed is just right there. Then again, you'll need more than one second.] but it's not the worst idea in the world.
No. No, it's not. Listen to us, talking about kids, and a house, and a real family. [Because, you know, Ellie is false family.] Did you think we'd ever be talking about stuff like this? [Quick answer: No.]
Nope. Especially not with such a huge nerd.
Ah ha ha...
Oh, Sarah, you and your smartass comebacks.
Do you know what I was actually thinking watching this scene for the first time? The Sarah Walker's Life Is A Misery Axiom. I was just dreading for the worst. I sensed something awful in Sarah's future. I hate to be right with this show.
But I like the parallel with the begining of the episode here. Chuck was awake because he felt he lacked something in the professional side of his life. Sarah is awake because she suddenly misses something more in her personal life.
I find amusing that Sarah is looking for baby names that begin with the letter "L." Anything to say, Lisa?
LISA: Uh... You see...
SAM: You traitor!
SARAH: (trying to hold Sam) C'mon, calm down.
JENNY: No, no, let her. I've never seen Sam getting violent.
SAM: That's because we blindfold you when we have sex.
JENNY: Ahhhhhhh!
The rest of the episode closes the open threads: Casey and Gertrude make up and are honest with each other and now they're in a relationship, which means Casey has a talk with his daughter to announce her he is seeing somebody. While they watch Downton Abbey (you have to love this show and its free publicity to the PBS). Also, Morgan's plan to fool Jeffster works, Awesome is clean of the suspicion of being a spy and the secret of Castle is also safe.
Or that's what Morgan thought. Jeff being suddenly sober and intelligent is worse than anybody expected.
Oh... crap. I mean, we got a problem
When I saw this I remembered that Fedak said the show would end when Jeffster knew the truth about Chuck.
I hate you, Fedak.
Stay tuned for the next episode, guys. It's getting more difficult as we reach the finale, and I can see that recap being hell for me, but I'm positive I can stay strong.
PS: Happy Holidays, y'all.
I know, I know, don't I have any shame? Actually... No. What can I say? There are two possible ways to tell you why I've been away for so long. The boring way is "Life. It kind of got in the way." The more interesting way is "I died after Chuck's finale and then I had to travel from Hell to Heaven with a man named Virgil as only companion." Anyway... I didn't know if after so many months I it was worth it to finish my recaps but I decided to do so for two reasons: one, I promised I would finish them and two, a gift for the Holidays.
As always, there will be the drinking game. But since this episode doesn't give us many kisses (again), there will be the alternative drinking game. This time, take a drink every time you see a cliché about pregnancy (and believe me, youre going to see a few.)
So without more ado, let's begin Chuck Vs. the Kept Man (AKA that episode about Casey that every season has.)
The episode begins with what usually Chuck's episode begins with. No, not the summary, but somebody trying to kill the main character. The world is full of people who don't care. Also, Chuck has some kind of existencial crisis because being the CEO of a private spy firm is hard. Fortunately, Sarah and Casey save Chuck from death and depression.
Do you think it's okay to touch that without a radiation suit? [you worry too much, Sarah.]
Shouldn't be any worse than a couple dozen X-rays. We'll be fine, as long as no one's pregnant.
[Chuck laughs I don't even know why. Sarah doesn't find it amusing.]
#Alternative drink. Seriously, show? Two minutes in and you already hit us with a foreshadow and a little hint of "What Not to Do When You're Expecting"? Although I find interesting that Casey jokes about pregnancy when he thinks that's not a problem but then he's the first to worry when he thinks Sarah is actually pregnant.
Speaking of Casey and worrying, all his worries go through the window that very night because Verbanski shows up in his appartment and he... er... get's busy. Chuck is busy too that night, although not with Sarah (show her a little love, man.)
I thought you said you were coming to bed. [And then you fell asleep disappointed or something, Sarah?] Have you been up all night long?
That bad guy got me thinking
The one who tried to cut your tongue out? [Trust Sarah to see things with perspective.]
Our mission statement, our mission statement. [Too much coffee. Too much coffee.] We spend so much time focusing on spy that we've lost sight of the-the, you know, uh, [rationality?] missions, "what are we doing, why are we here" mission. [Oh.]
Are you feeling okay? [Does he sound OK, Sarah?] I think that pizza that Morgan left in the fridge is starting to turn. [No, no, it's you. It happened when you realized you're married to a very weird man. By the way, very subtle, writers.]
I have never thought more clearly in my life. [Which frankly, scares me, because how were you thinking until now if this is astuteness for you?]
Oh, "the things we feel but do not share." [This is not the title of your memories, Sarah, although it should be.]
What can we, Carmichael Industries, offer our clients that other security firms can't? Go
Discount electronics? [LOL! You have to love Sarah's answers when she doesn't have a clue of what's happening.]
We care, Sarah. We care. C-A-R-E. Clandestine Agents Relating Emotionally. Get it?
[Sarah looks as if she's going to throw up.]
You hate it. [That too.]
No, I think it's very interesting. I just, uh, I just feel very queasy suddenly. [You know, you can always divorce.]
Huh. Maybe the pizza was bad
First, take another #alternative drink. I love how this cliché always shows up in any media, although it's not always true, and how the morning sickness always disappear after the characters discover they're actually pregnant (which doesn't happen in real life. The sickness continues.)
Second, Chuck is the blindest husband in the world. C'mon, I know guys are a little careless in the "who has to worry about not getting pregnant" department, but this goes a step further. The thing is this is typical of Chuck. When Chuck's attention is focused on something, he usually doesn't see if something is troubling his loved ones (it happened with his sister or with Morgan.)
You know who other people is blind? Gertrude Verbanski. She doesn't see that she's making Casey uncomfortable. giving him cashmere sweaters. I mean, the nerve of that woman, giving nice things to the man she loves. Especially cashmere sweaters. Those things are a real red light for suddenlysoberandsmart!Jeff.
She also hires Carmichael Industries for a little job to apprehend a Miami arms dealer in South Beach. Something that Casey hates but that sounds like heaven to the always romantic escapades' seeking Chuck and Sarah.
What is your problem?
Yeah, seriously, what is your problem? [Don't you love how ruthless Chuck and Sarah are, dismissing any objections Casey may have because he's just a cactus in the love department?] That was not very caring, Casey.
An above-board arms deal in Miami? Sounds like a vacation. [Vacations, ugh! Little socialist things!]
[Sarah won't have any of your bullshit, Casey.] Haven't you had enough kidnapping, torture and bloodshed?
Besides, we haven't made a cent in months, and your girlfriend has deep pockets. [So... prostitution, not a big deal?]
She's not my girlfriend
Whatever you want to call her, she's our new client. [So you don't have to kiss her if you don't want to.]
Pack your bags, lover boy. We're going to South Beach
Don't get between Sarah and the prospect of a weekend full of sex and free drinks.
I love how the relationship between these three has evolved through the seasons, so we went to Sarah and Casey teaming up to lecture Chuck, to Chuck and Sarah doing so against Casey.
So, Casey won't be there to watch Downton Abbey with his daughter (I love you, writers) or to watch over Jeffster. The difficult task to control these two and create a plan with Awesome to divert their attention will fall upon Morgan. By the way...
Jeff and Lester know Bryce Larkin's name? I guess Morgan talked too much. Or even Chuck in her "louser phase," for that matter. And it's nice to know they remember Carina's entire name. How they know about the CAT Squad it's something I cannot explain. And I think they wanted to write "Too hot for Chuck," not "to hot for Chuck."
Meanwhile, in Miami...
Oh, garcon, another daiquiri for me. And you?
Just another sparkling water, please. [Sarah, honey, you can drink orange juice. It doesn't have alcohol.]
You heard the lady
Take an #alternative drink.
You suck as a spy, Chuck. Then again, who has time to see the little details when you're living la vida loca thanks to Verbanski's money?
You know, look, I mean, honestly, Falcone is not gonna be showing his face down here. You wanna go take a little dip in the hot tub
with me?
No. No, I don't think that's a good idea. [#alternative drink. All the clichés. All.]
No booze, no Jacuzz, what's gotten into my wife?
Your penis, which apparently got her pregnant.
Or that's what she thinks, which makes her uneasy. So she does what she always does when she feels insecure: she runs away. This time to check on Casey.
I can't do it, Walker. Sometimes Gertrude, she doesn't even listen to what I'm trying to tell her.
I can sympathize. [Direct jab to Chuck!]
Thank you
But you're putting on that bathing suit. [If she bears with a blind husband, you can bear a deaf girlfriend.]
Like hell
This is a dream mission, Casey, and I'm not gonna let you screw it up. Do you how many skimpy outfits I have had to put on for this team? [She isn't Ms Fanservice for nothing.] Did you hear me complain when I had to put on a cat suit or seven-inch platform high heels [and run with them!] or a belly dancing outfit?
Belly dancing? [That was for hobby, Sarah.]
Okay, that was private. Look, just put on the banana hammock [LOL!] and stop whining
You okay, Walker? You seem a little emotional these days. [Thank God he didn't say something like "are you menstruating?" because I can't stand the guys who say this.]
Shut up
#Alternative drink. Writers, could you stop this? I'm already drunk.
The Casey and Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign is happy to see these two interact, even when Casey says such a cliché thing. Sarah isn't emotional because she's pregnant, she's emotional because she doesn't know how to react at the possibility. It's not the hormones, it's simple uncertainty.
Casey is more driven by hormones (or feromones) and by his lower body part. He doesn't like Verbanski being so bossy, yet he can't take his hands off her. Unfortunately for Sarah, who's an unwilling witness of their "love."
Everything. It's all wrong
Yvonne's face kills me. So funny.
Anyway, Falcone does show up at dinner time and a meeting is settled. But Casey is still uncomfortable and Chuck talks to him, as he used to try in the first seasons (then Morgan took this role.) As always, it doesn't work, especially when Chuck's example isn't that good.
Mmm, you just kind of... gonna have to listen to her, listen to her, okay? I know what she wants before
she knows what she wants. [Patronizing much?] Observe. [Sarah listens to him murmur as if he were a dangerous criminal. "What's he up to?" She thinks.] Actually, I'd love to order for my lady. If you don't mind, hon. I think to wet her whistle, [you keep using that expression, Chuck, and I don't think it's adequate] she'll start with a glass of your Barolo. [Sarah doesn't like your choice!] I'm so wrong. [You have no idea.] We're on vacation. Vodka martini up. Thank you very much. Entree: bone-in rib eye extra rare, I'm talking blue or as blue as you can find. [All you have to do is look at your right, Chuck. Even Verbanski noticed Sarah's sickness.] as in mooing on the plate. [He actually moos.] That's bad-- I don't do a good cow. She's like a book, and I'm an emotional speed-reader, my friend
I think you get the wrong book, Chuck. She's now written in braille and you can't read it.
You can have an #alternative drink if you want. If you're not under the table yet, I mean.
So you can imagine that Chuck's advice doesn't convince Casey. Also, it doesn't help that Verbanski had actually a backup team hid to take down Falcone, giving Casey the impression that this all was a joke by Verbanski.
You know, Chuck tries to help again. He fails, again.
Listen to her signals. What is she really telling you?
You think I need to be more sensitive? [Well, yeah.] More in tune with my girlfriend's emotions, hmm? You're one to talk
What's that supposed to mean?
It means you've got your head so far up your new CARE manifesto [not to say your own ass] you don't even realize your own wife thinks she's pregnant and is hiding it from you
What are you crazy? There's no way... There's no way she could be pregnant. [No birth control method is 100% safe.] I'd have to be the most clueless, [getting warm] insensitive, [warmer] uncaring [so hot]...
Uh, Chuck...
And there it is, the "always in tune with his feelings" Chuck didn't see it coming.
It's true that she didn't tell him, because she wasn't sure and while she wasn't sure she could keep pretending that nothing changed. Because if she knew, if she knew completely sure, she would have told him. That's what Casey knows, that's why he says Sarah "thinks she's pregnant." This shows how pissed off Casey is, because in any other situation, he would have talked with Sarah before blowing it up. The Casey And Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign finds this interesting.
Sarah, I'm sorry. I didn't exactly pick up on your signals
No, I'm sorry. I should have just told you. [Aren't you happy that we're in season 5 and thus, Sarah can admit these things and have a mature conversation?] It just felt like if I said it out loud, it would suddenly become real
It's changing, it's changing, it's changing. What is that-- an equal sign, an arrow? [If it points at her uterus, then it's a positive.]
A peace sign? Is that an option? [It means your fetus is a hippy.] Um... Uh, okay, that means no. I'm not pregnant.
Okay, all right. And you feel...? [It's sweet that he asks how she feels.]
Strange. Maybe a little relieved
Same. Same. [If by "same" you mean "not same, really."] But this whole thing has gotten me thinking about our lives, our future
Chuck...
I mean, honestly, Sarah, is the spy lifestyle really where we want to be raising our kids, you know, putting ourselves
in danger every day? [Aren't these questions you should have had before getting married?]
Chuck...
Yeah?
You're spiraling
He kind of is. And it's not strange: pregnancy scares are weird times for a couple. Especially if neither of the partners spoke about kids. Fun fact: statistically speaking, men want marriage and kids more than women. For women kids are always more problematic, because they will change our lives more. And also, the pregnancy and childbirth. That's scary.
By the way, take a #drink. It's a peck on the cheek, but it counts.
There is a little moment in the scene, when she says she's a little relieved (which I believe, even if she's already getting used to the prospect), and he smiles and she smiles but then the smile dissapear because he seems troubled and she's unsure of what he's actually thinking and feeling. Sarah is still very insecure and fears that something she does could make him sad. When she realizes it's just him babbling she makes him stop. Because his spiralling makes her spiral, and she doesn't like it.
Other people in problems are, for example, Verbanski, who still needs Carmichael Industries' help to catch Pedro St. Germain, a bigger baddie than Falcone.
We're in. We'll be in Miami by nightfall.
Actually, honey, I think we should discuss this.
Discuss what?
I don't think it's safe for prospective parents to be in a situation like this. [Why? Would it hurt the imaginary fetus? And since when are you prospective parents?] I've been toying with cutting back on the grunt work. [Oh, so you have been toying with the idea.]
That's cute. [Verbanski just doesn't CARE.] I just figured you'd want to finish the mission you started and take some of the proceeds...
Un momento. I was just saying maybe we should talk about... And she hung up
Chuck, stop spiraling.
I'm-I'm not spiraling. You're spiraling
The possibility of Sarah being pregnant just fried his brain. He's not thinking very straight.
I'm not blaming him for being flabbergasted and more than confused, but when he is like this he just becomes this babbling person who can't listen to anybody. It's like his pattern. While her patter is, once again, ignoring anything wrong is happening or that anything has changed.
Speaking of changes...
I actually think that Vik is weirdly attractive in this disguise.
Anyway... Verbanski is kidnapped and tries to speak with Casey (or rather, Pedro does), but like the boy who shouted wolf, he doesn't believe her, until of course, he has to.
So there he goes, to the Everglades, with Chuck and Sarah. Although, maybe Sarah shouldn't be there.
Oh, hey, Walker, listen. You sure you're not, uh...?
I'm not pregnant. [False negatives exist, but OK.]
Okay. Because this is going to be dangerous...
I know. I get how dangerous it is
The Casey And Sarah Can Hug Because They're Like Siblings Campaign approves.
Isn't it funny that Casey never worries about Sarah and her well being or ability for a mission and suddenly he does? Pregnancy does strange things to men. Although I think there is a part of him that still remembers when he was Alex and that the in last call he made to his girlfriend she was pregnant. You know Casey is a softie.
But since he's acting weird toward Sarah and Chuck is also spiraling, Sarah has an existencial doubt in the middle of the mission.
What if we had a baby at home?
Excuse me?
What if we had a baby relying on us to come home, and something happened?
Something?
Something, anything. [She's not good making stories, OK? Even when that's basically her life.] I don't know, we didn't come home. Who would raise the kids? [The Awesomes, I gather.] What-what would happen then?
Honey, we don't have a baby, let alone babies plural. [Because attention, please, she used the plural.]
Not now, but we will. [We will? Really? That's been fast!] Maybe you're right-- spying and parenting just don't go together.
Sarah, you're spiraling, okay? Take a deep breath. Everything's going to be fine, I promise.
Okay.
Are you sure?
Yeah
He assures her and she believes him. It's that easy, actually. Sarah has this blind trust in Chuck, above all in family matters.
For Sarah there has been always this struggle between her personal and professional lives, but Chuck is really good calming down her personal doubts, which makes her focus on her professional side more easily.
We need to split up
When she's troubled she's a mess, but when she's calm she's the best professional. She's also much better than Chuck compartimentalizing. Anyway, his surprised face is funny.
Unfortunately, Sarah gets momentarily... errr... injured?
Okay, that's Casey. You've got to go.
Are you crazy? I'm not going to leave you here alone. [You don't understand Chuck, Casey cares. He cares.]
No. I'll be fine in a minute. Please, just take my gun in case something goes wrong, okay? [Awww... That's sweet. A bit weird, but sweet.]
I'm not gonna need it, I have the AEGIS. I love you
I'm not going to complain for having little scenes where Chuck and/or Sarah profess their love for each other.
So Chuck must back up Casey. Things don't go as well as they would want. Fortunately, Sarah is here.
Don't worry. I wore my seatbelt
You don't know how much I love this. Sarah and the seabelt is like Chuck and "stay in the car", a running joke. In fact, it's a "chekhov gun" joke, because it highlights a behavior in Sarah that will pay off in a future episode. I mean, she doesn't use the sea belt, she tries to use it because Chuck reminds her. It's... brilliant.
So they save the day and yadda, yadda, which means we can go to the Last Scene Between Chuck and Sarah (tm).
Everything all right?
Yeah, I'm just doing some thinking. Uh... I have a small confession to make: [you don't like TRON. C'mon, you can say it] part of me was kind of hoping that I was pregnant. [I just love season 5 and superhonest!Sarah.]
[She shows him a list with boy baby names. I like Liam. Levi? I know this is for Zac, but Levi? Seriously? Besides, everybody knows they're going to call him Bryce :-)]
I've thought a lot about that, too. And... yeah, I think it'd be kind of exciting. ["Exciting" isn't the term I would use.]
I mean, it's not like I want a baby right this second, [that's something Chuck can remedy. I mean, your bed is just right there. Then again, you'll need more than one second.] but it's not the worst idea in the world.
No. No, it's not. Listen to us, talking about kids, and a house, and a real family. [Because, you know, Ellie is false family.] Did you think we'd ever be talking about stuff like this? [Quick answer: No.]
Nope. Especially not with such a huge nerd.
Ah ha ha...
Oh, Sarah, you and your smartass comebacks.
Do you know what I was actually thinking watching this scene for the first time? The Sarah Walker's Life Is A Misery Axiom. I was just dreading for the worst. I sensed something awful in Sarah's future. I hate to be right with this show.
But I like the parallel with the begining of the episode here. Chuck was awake because he felt he lacked something in the professional side of his life. Sarah is awake because she suddenly misses something more in her personal life.
I find amusing that Sarah is looking for baby names that begin with the letter "L." Anything to say, Lisa?
LISA: Uh... You see...
SAM: You traitor!
SARAH: (trying to hold Sam) C'mon, calm down.
JENNY: No, no, let her. I've never seen Sam getting violent.
SAM: That's because we blindfold you when we have sex.
JENNY: Ahhhhhhh!
The rest of the episode closes the open threads: Casey and Gertrude make up and are honest with each other and now they're in a relationship, which means Casey has a talk with his daughter to announce her he is seeing somebody. While they watch Downton Abbey (you have to love this show and its free publicity to the PBS). Also, Morgan's plan to fool Jeffster works, Awesome is clean of the suspicion of being a spy and the secret of Castle is also safe.
Or that's what Morgan thought. Jeff being suddenly sober and intelligent is worse than anybody expected.
Oh... crap. I mean, we got a problem
When I saw this I remembered that Fedak said the show would end when Jeffster knew the truth about Chuck.
I hate you, Fedak.
Stay tuned for the next episode, guys. It's getting more difficult as we reach the finale, and I can see that recap being hell for me, but I'm positive I can stay strong.
PS: Happy Holidays, y'all.