Information asymmetry happens when a party in a situation have better information than the others. Accordingly before 9/11 tragedy happened authorities in the United States have scattered information of the attack but it was scattered with different authorities. Therefore they can't act accordingly to prevent the attack as noone had the complete picture. So the folks on Chuck TV series decided to use this situation as a byline for Chuck's existence.
The NSA and CIA in the series pilot have decided to integrate their intel into a super computer. A rogue CIA agent downloaded the intel and send it to a computer technician/Stanford dropout by the name Charles 'Chuck' Bartowski. To prove the limitless of human brain capacity all the intel downloaded into Chuck's brain. By having the super computer in his brain, Chuck is now an asset to the CSI & NSA and able to use the Intersect during tricky missions while at the same time avoided being killed.
The heights of Chuck was in Season 2 but despite that the threat of cancellation was there. It was warded off with the help of Subway and the show managed to continue until its 91st episode.
There are several things that made Chuck among the best shows on TV.
- Evolution of its characters
Chuck started off as an underachiever/schlub working for $11/hour as a computer repairman in The Buy More (a big box electronic store). Added to his back story were the fact that he was expelled from Stanford University and his college girlfriend dumped him. With the help of the CIA/NSA agents handlers Chuck found confidence, handled greater responsibilities and at the start of Season 5 he was an entrepreneur.
The characters around Chuck also evolved into a better version of themselves. By the end each of them take on greater changes that include moving to a new city or with another person.
- The pop culture references and awesome guest stars
Chuck has among the best popular culture references seen on TV. There's an episode where a character crawled through air vents with no shoes and in white singlet like John McClane in Die Hard. This clip is a homage to Princess Leia's transmission in The Star Wars Episode 4.
Chuck also had the best TV parents one could ever get. This is his dad:
His dad Stephen Bartowski was played by Scott Bakula aka Dr Sam Beckett of Quantum Leap.
And his mum:
Linda Hamilton aka Sarah Connor
Other than cool parents, Chuck also have a nice set of guest stars like Michael Clarke Duncan, Nicole Richie, and Steve Austin. For the list of Chuck gueststars, it is here.
- Good fight scenes
Yvonne Strahovski has a stunt double in this series and I think her character did the most ass-kicking in the series. More on the stunt double: http://www.v10stunts.com/photos/alisa_yvonnes_stunt_double.htm
Here's one in Thailand. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4qb5-BRTtU
A fight with Karolina Kurkova http://youtu.be/6I4GUYfpGIw?t=13s
The one with Nicole Richie http://youtu.be/04hFFchsdn4?t=21s
A fight scene in a car http://youtu.be/NBmoUTEy9QY
- Jeffster
There's a cover band in the show by the name of Jeffster. They are so lame and over-the-top. However Jeffster captured the spirit of underdog everywhere that you should at least for 5 minutes believe in your dream and deliver your outcome no matter how bad it is. Who knows you might end up in Germany one day. Here's them performing Fat Bottom Girl in Comic-Con.
Then there are:
- Is This Love : http://youtu.be/HNwL-tM0ajk
- Mr Roboto: http://youtu.be/JNiIwHB60Mg
- Africa: http://youtu.be/0ufiQxhig3s?t=35s
- Blaze of Glory: http://youtu.be/lErkYdnr_50
- Push It: http://youtu.be/5WGf_Sxrb3Y
- Love Hurts: http://youtu.be/tUIEMBt8Nhw
- Fortunate Son: http://youtu.be/TA_AdBS-9eI?t=17s
Chuck ended it course today. It never made it to its 100th episode. It served a lesson to underdogs everywhere that with the correct push one can be a better person and with love you can be great.
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