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Meeting Sarah's Mum

[LoveIsAStateOfMind · 9/10 · 29 December 2015]

Remember when Chuck used to do awesome stand alone episodes before it got so involved with the Fulcrum/Ring/Shaw/Decker arcs?!?! We need more stand alone episodes. However, I am intrigued as to what the final story arc is and what big bad baddie the show is going to have to take us up to the finale? It better be better than the "Shaw is STILL not freaking out of the picture" arc.

I love love LOVE that we have had both White Collar men play CIA partners to Sarah Walker in Chuck now. And I love even more that they played the exact opposite to their White Collar characters. Bryce FTW! Although question about the timeline – Tim DeKay/Ryker was Sarah's handler right before she met Chuck but before that she was partners with Matt Bomer/Bryce? Why then would she go back to having a handler when she was obviously experienced enough to go off and be equal partners with Bryce? Also, the way that Ryker talked about Sarah having no one in her life means that he clearly didn't know about Bryce which is weird since they are all in the CIA and clearly her and Bryce were still something during this timeline because she still looked longingly at photos of her and Bryce a few episodes into Season One. C'mon writers, explain this one to me.

There were so many amazing things in this episode, I don't even know where to start.

Okay, I LOVE that they brought Sarah's old CIA boss back in for the flashbacks. LOVE LOVE LOVE the consistency with that. (If we recall, General Beckman did at one point share the computer screen with this guy until he got blown up).

I love Tim DeKay. I loved that he played the bad guy when we're so used to seeing him as the adorable FBI husband guy on White Collar. I can't get over the fact that Sarah has been partners with both White Collar men. These little fandom collisions really really make me happy. And let's not forget that I love Matt Bomer as Bryce Larkin now.

Erm, so Sarah was beaten up and needs rescuing in two consecutive episodes?!?! What is this nonsense. She is SARAH WALKER. Clearly, she is off her game. Rewind to opening flashback: how badass was she when she walked into that banquet hall and gunned everyone down? That is what I call a Nikita moment because usually that stuff only happens in The CW show. Also, that moment when Sarah has the baby strapped to her and she's holding two huge machine guns. LOL! SARAH'S MUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I knew we would meet her this season and I was really intrigued to see how and why we would meet her. I mean think about the many different ways we've been introduced to Chuck&Sarah's parents: Sarah's Dad, Chuck's Dad and the crazyass storyline that went with Chuck's Mum. There's no way they could top THAT. And instead they did it in such a wonderful way ….. and now Sarah has a sister too! I was pretty sure that the baby wasn't actually Sarah's but I did think we would get into a situation whereby Sarah and Chuck would now have to adopt the girl and bring her up but the minute Molly called Sarah's Mum "Mum" I knew all would be okay and they were going with the "sister" angle. Hurray! Morgan/Alex – I am ridiculously invested in them. I adore Alex and she makes me see Morgan in a whole new light and they are adorable.

Ellie/Awesome – ever the mixture of comedy and being adorable human beings to Chuck and his friends. Also, remember when Morgan was obsessed with Ellie and it was all awkward? I love their scenes now.

ADORED the group scene at the end. It's usually at the end of such scenes that they introduce the next big story arc / evil guy so I was holding my breath but it all stayed fluffy and nice. That moment between Sarah and her Mum!!! I think they really work as mother/daughter. Although, wait, what happened to Molly's inheritance?! Is that going to be the final arc of the series?!?! Something needs to be said about the Chuck/Sarah but I think it speaks for itself: OTP OTP OTP OTP OTP!!!!!!!!!!! Are we going to see Chuck's mother and Sarah's father again before the end of the season? I think we'll definitely have Chuck's mother make an appearance in the finale and possibly have an awkward meeting between Sarah's mother and father?! I mean, surely we're going to have Sarah's mother appear in a couple more episodes?

This should have been where the show ended (spoilers)

[fight_the_future84 · 9/10 · 27 July 2021]

If, like me, you spent five years enjoying all of the twists and turns in Chuck & Sarah's relationship, then stop watching after this episode.

When Sarah's old handler returns, she's forced to confront her past and a mission that changed her life. The reveal that Sarah had not only saved a baby from her handler (to prevent him gaining the fortune of the family she'd just taken out), and that she'd given the child to her mother and, technically, has an adoptive sister. It adds depth to Sarah's character and complete's her arc. The episode brings all of the disparate threads full circle and ends perfectly.

What follows after this is nonsense that undoes everything from the last five years. The entire "Faulty Intersect" business and Sarah losing her memories only to end the series with an ambiguous cliffhanger is such a let down. Use this as your series finale.

Better than the last episode

[sarahm17 · 22 June 2023]

Not sure what to rate this yet so I won't right now. Am I supposed to believe that Sarah, after the opening scene can't take these guys out? She's literally Sarah Walker. They can't keep giving those scenes then do that. She would have not let her guard down here. Her handler looks like he's taken one karate lesson and his only strength is hiding behind his weapons. She's always been badass and has never needed saving. Two episodes in a row as well. Kinda out of character. This episode was clear to me. It's Sarah's story. At least to me. You can't deny she's the star of the series. The stand out actor and her story has came full circle. Her backstory and past, not everything of course as you can never know a person fully but now we know what lead to this and the reasons she doesn't have a relationship with her mother.

To be honest I don't know why I thought in the last episode the baby would be hers. Especially as she's stated. Chucks her proper first relationship. Well love at least. Accidental pregnancy wouldn't happen either as she was always on missions and didn't care for getting close to anyone. I saw a tiny bit of a spoiler and thought someone said it was hers. This makes way more sense to Sarah's whole backstory. I liked her mother, besides the good acting, she seems like a good one. And most of the episode was very emotional and very well acted from them. Really engaging and even the flashbacks with her old colleagues were so good. Sarah's flashbacks have always been golden. It was her last mission Before her assignment was Chuck. It all made sense.

I just have a small problem with why her handler was so focused and driven on killing the baby. Obviously he's been looking for years. Sarah got her out and was never intending on her being in that world, or interested in taking the fortune even if she has a legitimate claim to the money and he would know that. Even if she did, it was years ago and I'm sure he's covered his tracks and the money. What he said about what "he's gonna do to that kid" I don't get why. I don't know why he wasn't in jail after that mission and I don't know why Sarah never hunted him down. I feel like it's something she would have done. Since he's the only person that could danger her mother and sister. I liked that this was a serious tone. I wish more were like this. It works better and makes more sense. It just doesn't make sense as to why she'd shoot him intentionally in the shoulder as well instead of just taking him out like she's done so many times before. But I'm obviously reading into it too much. He's just an awful person so it would be what someone like that would do.

The scenes of the whole gang together at the end was heart warming. I love those scenes so much. I felt a lump in my throat throughout and I'd say this is definitely the most emotional episode yet.