First off I have to put this out there that I love this show. It has been one of the most consistent shows when it comes to the quality and staying true to itself. Tonight’s Episode was more of the same. As the title suggests it was kinda like a Murder Mystery with all the bits that make this show enjoyable.
First off, a little plot. Now that Chuck is in charge, Team Bartowski is looking for another agent to be a new Intersect since I guess Chuck can’t always be in harms way. They decide that they need to find someone like Chuck himself that possesses the qualities that make the intersect work. Enter 4 candidates. Each candidate has their own personality traits including one that is like a mini-Chuck.
As the new candidates are being interviewed and tested downstairs in Castle there is trouble-a-brewing topside in the Buy-More. Big Mike pulls out a costume with the initials B.M. on it to work a promotion on TVs in an effort to compete with the Large Mart (Great store names by the way). In a story line that sounds like it should be out of Animal House or the Brady Bunch, Large Mart kidnaps Buy-More’s mascot in retaliation for Buy-More stealing their mascot, wait for it, a small pot belly pig named Kevin Bacon. Thanks to Jeff and Lester.
Back in Castle after a series of explosions Chuck is put to the test in his new leader role. He has to figure out who is trying to kill them. I’ll admit even thought I knew the title, I was thrown for a bit. I had the notion that Chuck was being put through a test and not actually in danger per se. The reason I thought this was the way Casey and Sarah were acting toward Chuck by excepting his orders and commands. Bently (Robin Givens) also lead me on by the way she was bearing down on Chuck questioning him at every turn. It was all very Kobayashi-maru.
Of course during the ride of our story there is plenty of references to the B.M. custom by name even referring to it as a flaming B.M. of which it was set on fire. I was fine with the B.M. jokes up to the last one. If they had made one more joke it would have tipped the scale. 🙂
I won’t spoil the end here by telling you what happened but I will say that this episode has all the details that have made the series enjoyable…a good story, wrapped in enough comedy and bits to take the heavy off, and a little bit of intrigue as to what happens next…and by intrigue I mean what is happening to Ellie with this rather large Laptop from her Dad!?!
I guess we get a little more intrigue in two weeks.
P.S. Best line of the night “If you love something set it free. If it comes back, eat it.” – Jeff referring to Kevin Bacon, the pig.
Hey, you missed the part about Ellie and Dad’s computer. Captain Awesome did something under handed – and it’s not what you expect. The very final scene before fading to black was intriguing and the music was very suspicious.