No one has been more down on Chuck this season than me, but the last 5 or 6 episodes have reminded me why I really like the show. I’m hoping that with a 13 season pick up they can get right to the point and not give us 9 episodes of filler. I’m really starting to think that in this go-go age we live in 22 episodes is way too many for most shows. The reason summer cable shows like Burn Notice, The Closer, Leverage, etc have a tendency to be so much better than Network is they only have 13 Episodes to work with so they poor everything they have into them. Chuck isn’t a series that can sustain itself over 22 episodes and all the interruptions. The same thing goes with ABC’s V which also got renewed for 13. It started off really slow, but I kind of like it and I don’t know why. So I’m curious to see where they go with Season 2 and hope they ramp up the action and danger, because I still don’t feel any tension when I watch the show and the cast has zero chemistry with each other.