About Heroes

Series Premiere Monday Sept. 24 8/7c on NBC

So have you ever asked yourself, “when are they going to make a TV show about my life?” I’m sure the question doesn’t hang in the air too long before you realize that it’s kind of boring, so you say, “…but it should definitely have more hot chicks in skimpy underwear, spies, ninjas, ninja-spies, government spooks and ghouls, WMDs, and more hot chicks.”

Well if you haven’t ever had these thoughts than good for you, but if you have then look no further than this falls NBC series “Chuck.” I was first turned on to the series by the commercials where a sexy yet obvious government spy randomly takes out a dork, next thing ya know he’s running around being shot at, and then the line hits the screen, “what’s up with Chuck?”

Asking that question was all it took for me to sit up and say “Yeah, what is up with Chuck?” Then I happened upon the pilot on the Internet, which you may be able to see here . I was hooked right away with the setup of the main character Chuck Bartowski played by Zachary Levi, he’s at a party thrown by his sister so that he will meet women but all he can think about is his ex-girlfriend (gee sounds oddly familiar). He strikes out with every hot baby at the joint, and slumps the next day to his job as an IT geek (gee this is getting too close to home). He excels at his job but lacks confidence (I don’t have that problem myself, but it is played off very believable, and you instantly have sympathy for the guy). His best friend (Morgan Santos played by Joshua Gomez) is even odder than himself and together they talk about…well…the same stuff we talk about in Podcasts every week. If these guys were real they would definitely be About Heroes fans.

Fifteen minutes into the show and I’m sold 100 percent. Chuck does a good deed that is both out of his way and gets him into trouble with the management, I can tell already that serious moral questions are going to come up but he’ll always remain true to this one defining moment.

Twenty minutes in and I’m drooling on my laptop…you’ll see. Before the drool was side splitting laughter that was out of nowhere and totally welcomed at the same time.

I won’t reveal the plot of the show because I think it is very easy to grasp and I want everyone to tune in for the premiere. However, I will tell you what I perceive to be the story of the show (no they are not the same). Chuck is a guy like you and (clearly) me, but he is stuck in his mid twenties with no direction and a lack of purpose. Fate hands him a purpose and his good nature sends him in the right direction on what to do with his new found “ability.” But at its base I think it is a show that just wanted to make a geek into a badass spy, James Bond ain’t got nothing on Chuck Bartowski, and move over Bond Girls, Yzonne Stahovski is takin’ over! The show is funny and cleaver, if you’ve seen any other show, movie, or book where the hero defuses a bomb like that please let me know because I sure haven’t! The pilot gets a big A+ from me!

The rest of the cast is:
Yzonne Stahovski- Agent Sarah Walker
Sarah Lancaster- Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin- Agent John Casey
and NBC didn’t list Captain Awesome’s name, but yeah Captain Awesome