Chuck

UPDATE: Chuck is now available on Amazon Prime Video in Canada

Chuck is a great television series that launched in 2007 about a computer geek working at a store called the Buy More as a computer technician. While working his everyday job he gets a e-mail from a old college "friend" which downloads all of the computer files from a joint CIA and NSA super computer into his head. At this point the CIA and NSA both send their top agents to find out who chuck is and who, if anyone he is working for, and to try and get their secrets back.

Once they realize who Chuck is and what is happening with the situation the CIA and NSA decide to have the agents stay with Chuck to protect him and the secrets in his head. John Casey (NSA) starts working with Chuck at the Buy More and living in an apartment next door. Sarah Walker (CIA) gets a job at Wienerlicious a German hotdog restaurant located across the street from the Buy More which in later seasons is changed into a frozen yogurt store called Orange Orange. to protect him outside of work she pretends to be Chucks girlfriend as her cover.

Needless to say the general idea of the show is each episode different missions with a general plot for each season. The show lasted for 5 seasons each one developing new plots and advancing the characters relationships in a way you would expect from any drama, with great comedy and action to go with it.

Revenge

I have just finished watching the first season of Revenge. I didn't bother watching it at first thinking it was just a boring chick flick type of soap opera. Then a friend tells me that although it is somewhat soap operaish it is pretty good. I have gotten a some good suggestions from him in the past, so I had no choice but to give it a try.

The general story line is a very rich women moves into the house she and her father lived in when she was a child. The catch behind this is that the family next door is responsible for framing her father for an act of terrorism when she was a young child. So the entire first season of this show revolves around her getting her revenge on the family and other people involved in the conspiracy that ruined her life.

The way she manages to mess with these people is great. Most of these people have no clue whats happening until it's too late, and these people end up in jail, dead, or they just have their entire life destroyed.

In short I would recommend this show to just about anyone who enjoys crime dramas, its not the same as a crime drama, but I don't think it will disappoint.

Revolution

There have been 2 episodes of Revolution so far, and it's not bad, but it hasn't had any great moments yet, but there is plenty of time for it to still pick up. For the people who have not tried seen any of this show yet the idea behind it is for some unknown reason all the power in the world goes out. At this point it skips to several years later when the United States has pretty much broken down into small groups run by militia.

It's hard to be able to have a perfect idea of the show with so few episodes. The big problem here is that most people only watch one episode of a show then if its not a perfect episode they just stop watching. Then regardless of how good it is in later episodes they don't bother watching it at all causing great shows to be canceled after the first season.

Once more episodes are released I will come back to Revolution with more of a review. Right now i just ask that you give it a chance keep watching and hope that it picks up and continues for many seasons to come.

Cancelled 2014

After 2 seasons of this show (42 Episodes) the show was cancelled. Although I found it to be a good show I was not able to get through the 2nd season yet. I do plan on finishing it at some point, however this will probably be the last update on Revolution.

Last Resort

The new show Last Resort premiered with a bang. The show seems to have a lot of the things I personally look for in a show. For those of you who have not seen the show yet it is about a crew on US submarine who receive orders that don't seem quite right, and when asking their superiors for confirmation of the order are shot at. At this point they only see one option available... to run and hide on a Island until they are able to figure out whats going on and try to get back home.

Over all the first episode is what you might expect from any TV show, it has a lot of setup for the story line and character introductions. This however did not take away from the action and excitement you would want in a show like this. As long as the writers are able to keep the show from becoming stale and repetitive I think this show has a good chance of getting a couple seasons under its belt.

Cancelled 2013

After 1 season of this show (13 Episodes) the show was cancelled. Although I found it to be a good show I also found it repetitive. I can't comment on if that was the reason it was cancelled or not, because i never got through the 13 episodes that were aired.