Chuck Season 1, Ep. 9 "Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami"

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When Chuck starts dating Lou (recurring guest star RACHEL BILSON), a sandwich maker, and things seem to be going really well, the situation incites some jealousy from Chuck's "ex-girlfriend" Sarah, who discovers that her feelings may not have been just part a cover story.
  • Starring: Matthew Bomer, Bonita Friedericy
  • Directed by: Allison Liddi
  • Runtime: 44 minutes
  • Original air date: November 19, 2007
  • Network: NBC
 
  
 
 

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1. Pilot
  September 24, 2007
When Chuck Bartowski (series star ZACHARY LEVI) opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. Now, the fate of the world lies in the unlikely hands of a guy who works at a Buy More Electronics store with his best buddy, Morgan Grimes (series star JOSHUA GOMEZ), and who lives with his ever-supportive sister, Ellie (series star SARAH LANCASTER).
 
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2. Chuck Versus the Helicopter
  October 1, 2007
As Chuck continues to come to grips with his new life as a spy, tension builds between his recently appointed partners, Sarah and Casey.
 
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3. Chuck Versus the Tango
  October 8, 2007
Chuck is finding out that living two separate lives is not going to be easy.
 
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4. Chuck Versus the Wookiee
  October 15, 2007
Chuck takes on an unusual task when Sarah's hot colleague from the CIA requests help with a mission.
 
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5. Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp
  October 22, 2007
Chuck faces his first moral dilemma as a spy.
 
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6. Chuck Versus the Sandworm
  October 29, 2007
When Chuck meets a fellow government agent with a double life, a gadget whiz whose brain makes him a national security asset and a dangerous liability -- much like Chuck -- he must decide whether to turn the agent in to Sarah and Casey or help him escape.
 
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7. Chuck Versus the Alma Mater
  November 5, 2007
When Chuck finds out that his former professor is a government operative who is being hunted because of a sensitive top-secret file, he returns to Stanford University, the institution from which he was expelled.
 
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8. Chuck Versus the Truth
  November 12, 2007
Chuck battles with his real love life and "cover" love life when he meets a very pretty girl named Lou (recurring guest star RACHEL BILSON), who seems interested in the real Chuck.
 
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9. Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami
  November 19, 2007
When Chuck starts dating Lou (recurring guest star RACHEL BILSON), a sandwich maker, and things seem to be going really well, the situation incites some jealousy from Chuck's "ex-girlfriend" Sarah, who discovers that her feelings may not have been just part a cover story.
 
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10. Chuck Versus the Nemesis
  November 26, 2007
At Thanksgiving, Bryce (recurring guest star MATTHEW BOMER) returns, after being assumed dead.
 
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11. Chuck Versus the Crown Vic
  December 3, 2007
Still licking his wounds after realizing Sarah still has feelings for Bryce (recurring guest star MATTHEW BOMER - "Traveler"), Chuck must assume the cover of being Sarah's husband on a mission to foil a politically connected counterfeiter and yachtsman.
 
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12. Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover
  January 24, 2008
Chuck discovers that several Russian arms dealers are secretly meeting in Los Angeles.
 
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13. Chuck Versus the Marlin
  January 24, 2008
Captain Awesome (recurring guest star RYAN McPARTLIN) asks Chuck if he can have Ellie's hand in marriage, and then insists that Chuck hold on to the ring until the proposal is planned.
 
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Episode 9, "Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami"
Synopsis: When Chuck starts dating Lou (recurring guest star RACHEL BILSON), a sandwich maker, and things seem to be going really well, the situation incites some jealousy from Chuck's "ex-girlfriend" Sarah, who discovers that her feelings may not have been just part a cover story.
Original air date: November 19, 2007
Runtime: 44 minutes
ASIN: B000ZJ0AOC
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,969 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
Chuck Season 1
Synopsis: Created by Josh Schwartz ("The O.C.") and Chris Fedak, this high-concept action comedy follows a regular 26-year-old everyman whose life is thrown into disarray after his friend, a CIA agent, sends him an e-mail that results in the world's secrets becoming embedded in his mind.
Starring: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski
Supporting actors: Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster, Adam Baldwin, C.S. Lee, Bonita Friedericy, Tony Todd, Scott Alan Smith, Phil Abrams, Matt Bomer, Ryan McPartlin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky, Julia Ling, Greg Baine, Jill Czarnowski, Shawn Huang, James Lowe, Vinny Chhibber, Coronado Romero, Brandon Lim
Season year: 2008
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Executive producer: Allison Adler
Network: NBC
ASIN: B000VUA2MK
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5.0 out of 5 stars A show that is getting better as it goes along, November 24, 2007
This review is from: Chuck Season 1 (Amazon Instant Video)
"Chuck versus the Imported Hard Salami" is further evidence that this show, which started well, has continued to improve as it goes along. My initial concern was that the show would succumb to the temptation of embracing an episodic format. That fear is turning out to be unfounded. I should add that my own bias -- which amounts to a conviction -- is that the serial format is vastly superior to the episodic. Movies are by their very nature episodic. Television is superior to movies specifically because of its narrative advantage to film. Movie can tell a short narrative; television can stretch a narrative over years and take it to a degree of depth and detail that no movie can rival. So, to embrace an episodic format is to refuse to embrace television's natural superiority to movies.

The first few episodes of CHUCK were almost entirely episodic. Furthermore, I wasn't confident that there was much possibility of an ongoing narrative. But now we have some nice ongoing story arcs in play. One revolves around Bryce, Chuck's former Stanford roommate, who not only was responsible for Chuck getting kicked out of Stanford and for receiving the contents of the CIA database but also had a romance with Sarah. The other arc revolves around Chuck's increasing attraction to Sarah and her mutual, but hidden, attraction to Chuck. The final seconds of this episode dramatically complicates both of these arcs.

Both this and the previous episode were enlivened by a welcome guest appearance by Rachel Bilson, who previously starred on Josh Schwartz's first hit show, THE O.C. as Summer. Although her short arc was wrapped up it isn't impossible that she could return from time to time.
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