Chuck

I just finished the entire first season of Chuck (NBC). When I first downloaded this show, I wasn't so sure about what to expect because it isn't typically something I would choose to watch. After watching all the episodes, I found that I was glad I downloaded it. 

From the director of Charlie's Angels, Chuck is about a computer geek whose college roommate has become a rogue spy, and sends him an email with all the government's top secret information imbedded in a series of images before he gets shot. Before Chuck knows it, he has downloaded an entire server of sensitive data into his brain, thereby making him an asset of the NSA, CIA, and a bunch of other government agencies. Just like that, he now has access their most important kept secrets. 

Chuck, who works for the Nerd Herd at an electronic shop called Buy More fixing computer viruses, now has to adjust to a new lifestyle as he becomes one of the government's most precious secret agents. With such integral information in his brain, the preservation of his life has become a priority of the US government, so a NSA agent and a hot CIA agent had been assigned to protect his life. So now, Chuck has to life his normal life and keep his crappy day job, lie to his close friends and family, while saving the world from assassins and international terrorists from time to time. 

It's really just a light action/comedy with a clever script and a unique plot. It's not Alias and it doesn't even try, rather it gives a new, fun definition to being a government spy. Chuck's geekdom is very charming, making me instantly miss him when the season had to come to an end. Here's a line from the show that stuck in my head: "The next millennium belongs to the geeks!" Surely, it does! :)