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Let’s get this out of the way. Yvonne Strahovski is really really really ridiculously good looking. Not only that but as Sarah Walker she is a bad ass super spy who could kill you in thousands of different ways, hundreds of them even being enjoyable. Of course the producers know this and add in the gratuitous bikini/lingerie scenes every now and again to make sure the male demographic keeps paying attention. There is also a romantic tension between Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah Walker to keep the ladies interested. I think it is safe to say that as long as Yvonne Strahovski stays on Chuck, I’ll keep watching.

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When we featured the Jonah Hex teazer trailer it was right around the time Iron Man 2 was due to be released. To be honest we all gave it some airtime only for one person. Yup Megan Fox, it seems if you don’t have confidence your movie will make bank get Megan Fox on board.

We can’t blame them however.

These days being a nerd doesn’t carry the social stigma that it used to, and many of us carry the title with pride. Maybe that’s why the idea of an underachieving technical support guy becoming an operative for the US government is so appealing. I like the idea of a guy who is good on computers and if given the option would spend most of his time on the couch is in actuality the most potent weapon the government has. Whether he is taking on a Spanish assassins or German Terrorists, Chuck always manages to use his tech savvy and various other knowledge to somehow save the day.

The action in Chuck is actually fairly exciting. We get to see Yvonne Strahovski do high kicks, Adam Baldwin shoot ridiculously large guns and Chuck get captured by the enemy. The stunts are well coordinated and the special effects are believable, except for some of the large explosions. Considering this is a comedy about a nerd turned spy, the action scenes are surprisingly gripping and fit into the episodes well without being overdone. Now that Chuck has the knowledge of various martial arts in his mind we can expect even more ass kicking in every episode, intentional or not.

The storyline of Chuck has gotten more and more intriguing as the series has gone on. In the beginning Chuck was a fairly standard spy show with the US government stopping various evil plots by nefarious villains from foreign countries. As time has gone by we have been introduced to other semi-friendly spies, rogue agents and an insidious secret organization. The plot has subtly gotten more and more complex without becoming too confusing like some other shows. I’m looking at you, Lost. While it might take some background information to get a new viewer up to speed, it doesn’t take all the previous episodes to understand what’s going on. I’d recommend a new viewer watch the old episodes though, just because they are entertaining.

Chuck is one of the funniest shows on TV. Sure Two and Half Men might be the highest rated comedy with their little fat kid and laugh track, but Chuck is the show I can find myself laughing at even when I’m watching it alone. It doesn’t have elaborate setups for jokes or anything, but the dialogue flows so smoothly and naturally that it feels like the kind of jokes I’d tell with my friends. My friends and I are hilarious in case you were wondering. Chuck is always ready with a sarcastic quip to deal with the stress of being an untrained spy defending his country, while at the same time hiding his spy knowledge from his friends, coworkers, and family. It kind of reminds me of Spider-Man, always ready with a joke to deal with stress, providing us with hours of entertainment.

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Being a nerd is no longer the social stigma that it used to be. People who can understand technology, solve complex formulas, and recite the secret identities of every villain Batman has fought are becoming more appreciated in our society, despite their social ineptitude. There is less of a negative connotation when we hear the word nerd now, we just expect to see some lovably awkward goofs. These are some of the most lovably awkward goofs to make it on prime time television.

Marshall Eriksen from How I Met Your Mother is about as lovable as they get. He is big and goofy, a master of every game he has come across, and an amateur cryptozoologist. He is also a believer in supernatural forces. When you add up all these factors, Marshall comes off as a pretty nerdy guy. It’s hard not to love a guy who tells people they’ve been “lawyer’d” after he wins an argument though. Plus he’s married to Lily Aldrin, played by Alyson Hannigan, so we all wish we were a little more like Marshall.

Dwight Schrute is a menace at Dunder Mifflin, inc. He is what I like to call a Know-It-All Nerd. He has an impressive amount of information on some extremely random topics. His areas of expertise include martial arts, Battlestar Galactica, and beets. Dwight Schrute is truly one of a kind. He likes to let it be known to everyone that he possesses this knowledge, which usually ends up with Jim showing him some humility. Dwight himself may not be the most lovable person on this list, but we sure do love his antics.

Lisa Simpson was one of the first nerds to make an appearance on TV. It is unknown how she ended up so intelligent, especially considering who her father is, but Lisa has the brainpower of at least 10 Homers. She is a model student, takes stands on issues she deems to be important, and is somewhat of a social outcast. The other residents of Springfield just can’t come to terms with Lisa’s intelligence, convictions, and desire to induce change. While she may get walked on over there, she is idolized here.

Chuck is a pretty average nerd. He works in the Nerd Herd section of Buy More fixing computers, he loves comic books, and can speak Klingon. If that isn’t an impressive nerd resume, I don’t know what is. Oh yeah, Chuck also has top secret government information stuck in his head that allows him to identify weapons and terrorists, and subsequently teaches him the kung fu he needs to put them down. Plus, anybody who gets to work with someone as hot as Sarah Walker, played by Yvonne Strahovski, is automatically awesome.

Leonard Hofstadter is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 and Sheldon Cooper is a theoretical physicist with an IQ of 187. Need I say more about these Big Bang Theory stars? They are both awkward in social situations, with Sheldon being the more inept of the two. It is mostly because he doesn’t really understand things like sarcasm that Sheldon comes off as a bigger nerd. Still, it is impossible to hate on two guys who hang out with their hot neighbor Penny, played by Kaley Cuoco, as often as they do. I’m a little bit jealous.

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