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Chuck: The Tao of Morgan

March 17, 2010 in Philosophy, tv/series by Brian Logee

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In life all of us have to wrestle with love, family, and our purpose in life. When on the right path one finds everything moves smoothly and when not one finds difficulty. I’m really enjoying the third season of Chuck and their representation of those real struggles.

By using the intersect and chuck’s ability to access it as a symbol of chuck’s spiritual compass we get to clearly see when his life is out of balance. Like in life, when one gets so out of balance, there comes a time when a spiritual adviser comes along to put one back on the path. For Chuck this was the Tao of Morgan.

Chuck Verses the False Choice

Chuck’s purpose in life is facing a false choice between the old Chuck verses spy Chuck. Unfortunately by working within the confines of labels he is unable to see how both choices are wrong. Old Chuck denies how he is very capable and spy Chuck denies his emotions which is his source of strength. He has to find the real Chuck.

To protect Chuck’s family he made a false choice to keep them at a distance. This false choice is causing great problems in Chuck’s life because it is his family that grounds him. To protect them he need’s them close and to keep a distance between himself and his spy life.

In love Chuck made a false choice by believing Sarah is not an option. This false choice is preventing him from finding out what kind of romantic relationship really exists between them. He is left with unresolved emotions that also prevents any future choices. Thus the relationship with Hanna is not able to move forward because Chuck has not resolved his position with Sarah.

With all of those false choices Chuck is left lost and out of balance. This manifests it’s self by his inability to access the intersect. Then enters his spiritual advisor to put him back on the path.

Tao of Morgan

Chuck reveals his spy identity to Morgan. One might expect two years of lying to hurt the friendship but not in Morgan’s case because he understands the way. I love how out of all the people in Chuck’s life Morgan is his spiritual guide.

The Tao of Morgan: Follow your bliss and be true to yourself. This is the real secret to our purpose in life and it is a path not a destination.

The Real Chuck

The real Chuck is a very capable person who cares to do the good and protect innocent people from harm. He draws his strength from his emotions which is directly tied to his desire to do good and protect innocent people from harm. This is why Chuck’s emotions play such a vital role.

He gets back on the path of following his bliss and being true to himself after putting Morgan back into his life.

The Struggle Continues

Now we must see how chuck resolves his false choices that lead him off the path in the first place. I don’t see him finding his true self right away since it is his peers that keep perpetuating the false choice between being a spy or being his old self. Sarah sees the real Chuck but is unable to clearly tell him because of the unresolved feelings between them.

Will Chuck find his true self?

What kind of relationship do you see Chuck and Sarah having by the end of season three?

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Chuck vs Hanna Spy or Civilian?

January 28, 2010 in tv/series by Brian Logee

What do you think of Chuck’s potential new love interest Hanna?

Kristin Kreuk did a great job on Chuck vs First Class as Hannah. She delivered a likable yet sharp character who has and internal strength. I really like how she is able as a character to stand up to Sarah making Hannah a viable temptation for Chuck.

What I wonder though is she a spy or a civilian?

Hannah has demonstrated some viable spy characteristics. She had a lengthy conversation with chuck without revealing any real information about herself. She has a keen eye for discerning who people really are and their intentions. She was willing to move from Paris, France to Burbank, California to be with Chuck.

If Hanna has been placed to be close to Chuck do you think Shaw could be behind it all to put an end between Chuck and Sarah?

Looking Ahead at Season Three of Chuck

December 18, 2009 in tv/series by Brian Logee

Looking Ahead at Season Three of Chuck Zachary Levi sat down for an interview about season three of Chuck. Some of the answers were most amusing and others were quite revealing about what we can expect in season three.

The 13 episode arc is tightly written and wont be changed
The 6 additional episodes will be a mini arc in it’s own. Informed by the previous arc but not part of a bigger arc.
There will be some international travel in season 3.
Chuck will be more a part of the action like a Neo from the Matrix but he is a flawed superhero. He will kick butt at times but the intersect can fritz out when Chuck’s emotions get the better of him.
They will play more with who Chuck is. I love the tension between Chuck the good guy and the spy who has to lie and do darker things.

One of the cool things in the writing is that it’s noted that Chuck is becoming better and better at lying, which is good and bad. He’s losing himself in this world of espionage a little too well sometimes. Much to the chagrin of Sarah, who really likes Chuck for Chuck and doesn’t want him to lose who he is. I don’t think Chuck wants to lose who he is either, although he does want this spy life because it’s something that gives his life meaning and purpose outside of fixing people’s computers.

(via Slice of SciFi)

Chuck Me! Season 3 To Be a Late Christmas Present

November 25, 2009 in tv/series by Brian Logee

Some great news, Chuck season 3 returns early January 10th for a 2 hour premier! Watch the announcement and a preview of a scene from the premier in the video above.

I can’t wait to see where season 3 will take us:

More Chuck Me! action
Chuck taking charge of some missions
The Buy More gang is back

The scene looks great I laughed watching Chuck trying to play in a band. They show him accessing his internal intersect or as a Matrix fan I like to say getting an upgrade from the operator.

The best is the dancing laser security scene which will rock. I laughed so hard at the few second flash I can’t wait to see the whole thing.

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Chuck Adds Robert Patrick to Line Up

November 18, 2009 in tv/series by Brian Logee

Robert Patrick will guest star on Chuck next year! He is to play Col. Keller in “Chuck Versus the tic Tac” episode 310.

Col. Keller is from Casey’s past so I expect someone with a lot of combat and heavy arms training.

Do you think he is looking for this boy?

Chuck Adds Robert Patrick to Line Up Chuck season 3 will premier in March 2010

(via Slice of SciFi)

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