OMG Yvonne's facial expressions always say so much more than her words sometimes. She becomes the Sarah we know and love and delivers the messages each scene is meant to tell us. The Chuck Team couldn't have casted a more perfect girl for this series. She and Chuck keep me watching now and it's 2024. I'm re-re-watching it again :>)
Wow! What a fantastic job was done in the creation of this compilation. It really does a tremendous about of work in demonstrating the complexities behind Sarah's character and Yvonne Strahovski's performance.
Thank you. Yes, she did a great job. Her character had a hard time expressing her feelings verbally but she did a great job of expressing them in other ways. But those subtle cues were lost on Chuck who was much more open.
@@SteveFresca-qk1vdExcept when he doesn't run away with her in Prague is really the first time she would've thought that. Up to that point, they both had made it pretty obvious, without saying the actual words, how they felt about each other (although Chuck was obviously more direct about it). But as I said, Sarah obviously still wanted to hear him say the actual words that he loved her. It was SO obvious during their "first real date" , during the seduction scene with Roan, and even in her tone when she says "forced?", in Chuck's statement about being forced to kiss her if their relationship were real (I don't remember off hand which episode)
She wanted to hear it but she knew if she said it back it might involve the 29b because Casey was always listening. She’s be reading Ed if she ever let on she loved him. Great writing. Over the top and it knew it and liven every moment of it
It's like she is giving him permission to open up to her. She is encouraging it, because, especially early on, she knows she can't to protect her identity as protector. She knows the price of opening up, so she has him do it for the both of them. It's her way of showing that she cares, because we find out later, she falls in love with him very early, by her own admission, but still has to stay distant to keep that 'spy hat' on.
Jealous Sarah was actually pretty funny. The episode where Chuck dates Lou, when they're in the trunk , is hilarious, just how obvious they both are with their jealousy. But that's one of the few times that I think Chuck was actually right and Sarah was wrong. Him wanting to protect his girlfriend would be what you would expect from a "regular guy." A lot of times, Sarah seemed to forget that he wasn't a trained spy, at that point.
I don't know if it was intentional planning by the writers, but it fits with the backstory we get for Sarah. She really doesn't have any experience with normal relationships at that point in time. She probably doesn't even fully realize that she is acting out of jealousy at that time. In contrast in season 2 and 3, she is aware that she is jealous of Jill and Hannah.
I have to agree, jealous Sarah was so fun to watch, the only bad thing of jealous Sarah is that we didn't have enough of her, most of Chuck's relationships in the show, other than Sarah, lasted like 2 or 3 episodes, even if chronologically they might have lasted longer, on screen Chuck had practically no stable relationship that would truly test Sarah and force her to deal with her emotions instead of simply try to ignore it or push down her feelings, furthermore, although Sarah's feelings are pretty clear through her eyes and expressions, she was always more withdrawn than Chuck, I personally would have liked for Chuck to have a more stable and lasting relationship with another woman, hopefully a relationship that would last half a season or even a full season instead of 2/3 episodes, just to see more of jealous Sarah, how she deals with her feelings, how the other characters react to Chuck's new relationship and Sarah's clear jealousy, and finally how a more stable lasting relationship would end up either helping Chuck grow as a person or better deal with his own feelings, more specifically his feelings for Sarah. I also have to mention, in my opinion the government in the show seemed to forget he was a civilian when it was convenient to them, they either looked down on him for being a civilian and a nerd working at a buy more, or they forced him to serve the country against his will and expected him to follow orders, know the protocols and/or understand the way they did things, despite him being an innocent individual who didn't ask for any of it and who had no training, it was ridiculous. I always found stupid that he wasn't even getting paid for his work considering that they basically forced him to be the human intersect for the first few seasons, not to mention how they wanted to kill him, he legit had to ask for money, that they gave him like once or twice, just so he could have some, which he didn't even use for himself, and Casey even told Chuck that if he was a good American who loved his country he shouldn't ask for payment for his work, which I thought was ridiculous and hypocritical as both Casey and Sarah get paid for their work, not to mention the multitude of other benefits they got from the government, and they joined voluntarily, Chuck was forced into the job, at least at first, with no payment, basically no perks, the government controlling his life, with constant risk to his life, no proper training of any kind, etc. but they still had the audacity to make it seem as if Chuck should be grateful that they didn't simply kill him or bury him in an underground facility, despite the fact that none of it was his fault and he didn't ask for any of it. Not to mention later on when Chuck had retired from the spy life and the government literally sabotaged any opportunity Chuck had of working on any other company, forcing him to get back to Burbank and the buy more, solely because they wanted him back as a spy.
@@sauravsaha7465 Actually, she was clearly a lot more jealous when Chuck was dating Lou, for some reason. It really made no sense, considering Chuck's past with Jill. Also, in hindsight, they all should've been much more suspicious of Jill from the beginning. Casey was usually suspicious of everyone. And after Chuck and Sarah found out that Bryce had been protecting Chuck when he got him kicked out of Stanford, Chuck should've been suspicious about the whole story that Bryce had stolen Jill from him.
@@pierocubertino5845 But if they had done that, it would've just slowed down the progress of their relationship. Which they prolonged for far too long, anyways. Honestly, I'm not really a fan of the scene of Chuck drunkenly asking Sarah if she loves him and her finally admitting that she does. It just always felt forced, like they knew they had pushed the whole will they/won't they trope too far. I always preferred the scene in Paris after Chuck saved Sarah from Shaw, as well as the scene in the previous episode where Chuck finally tells Sarah he loves her. Both just felt more natural to me.
@@ErikLeber-td7oj She behaves like she is more jealous of Lou as at that point she was more dissatisfied with what was happening (though she probably wasn't completely aware of her own feelings regarding Chuck). When Chuck went with Jill, Sarah had probably internalised that her and Chuck weren't going to be a romantic couple (Thanks to his speech in Break-up). Similar case with Hannah. Much like Chuck's despondent reaction in American Hero when he goes to rescue Shaw, Sarah had accepted that Chuck couldn't be with her and chose someone else. So, the reactions were different from the hot anger she shows when Chuck was dating Lou.
It really should be remembered that neither one of these two has any idea what to do with the emotions they're feeling. Sarah has never had a real relationship. Chuck got burned and never recovered, and has been in a state of adolescent funk ever since. So it's not surprising at all they neither one could read the other's signals. We're well into season two before they start figuring it out. They do care about each other, obviously. Neither has any apparent experience (or skill, obviously) at being able to convey that.
Very true. Chuck is much better at expressing his feelings (got him into a 49B), but Sarah was reluctant to open up because she had been betrayed by her father and Bryce (or thought so). So Chuck could not figure out if her feelings were real or just a cover. Quite the roller coaster.
I love how in the Valentine's Day scene there in the middle, the make up dept. put a whole lot of rouge on Yvonne, and her cheeks are flushed like pomegranates. Blushing like a nervous girlfriend.
@@SteveFresca-qk1vd i went back and looked at it. You're so right. They even lightened up her foundation, as I see it, so that the pink in her cheeks is that much more prominent. It changes for that scene only. It's like a silent film. And she smiles from ear to ear, too. She's very good at talking with her facial expressions. Speaks volumes without words.
A bit off topic, but I have to admit that some of the later episodes just don't make sense. For instance, I've seen a lot of suggestions from people who didn't like the last two episodes, suggesting that they should've ended it with the episode with Sarah's mom and Molly. But to me, there are just too many flaws with that episode. First of all, how would Shaw have known about Molly. Sarah wouldn't have told him. And Sarah's plan, in the flashback, that the CIA wouldn't know about her mom makes no sense. Since Graham knew her real name and who her dad was, it would've been simple for the CIA to find both marriage records for her parents, and a record of her birth. Plus, they easily could've traced the call her mom made at the beginning of the flashback to Hungary. And the whole vibe to that episode made no sense. The whole point of the show was that Sarah and Casey became better people from always being around Chuck and his family. But the episode seemed to suggest that Sarah already had that, contrary to what Sarah said about herself in 4x9 ("I'm different without Chuck and I don't like it", and to Chuck: "Without you, I'm nothing but a spy"), and contrary to her characterization in the last two episodes, prior to the final scene. RANT OVER
Yes, there are some major plot holes. Ya kinda have to overlook that to really enjoy the series. But I think the idea was to show that Sarah was not a completely ruthless killer even before she met Chuck. That is what allowed her to become attracted to him. Deep down Sarah wanted that life. Carina would have never been attracted to Chuck in that way. The only time Carina wanted Chuck was to use him to make Sarah jealous. Even though Sarah was labeled as "Graham's wild card" the scenes that showed her killing someone were in self defense, or they showed a reason, ie when she got the baby she did not kill all those guys at the table until the camera showed the executed bodies of the mom and dad. Or when she killed Eve, it was because she thought Eve was going for a weapon. Or Mauser, only when he explained that he would tell everyone that Chuck was the intersect.
Shaw just set Sarah up about the baby. She didn’t know what he might have learned. The cia knew that there had been a baby. It is one of my favorite episodes
All scenes except that Valentines day scene show the opposite meaning. She is not looking for assurance but she cares about him and making sure he is OK. I am starting to think you do not like Sarah. :D
I will say this. After she comes around she is 100% in love. There is NO push/pull or, will they won't they, etc. No question about how she feels. I like that. But boy was it a roller coaster getting there.
@@ErikLeber-td7oj Yes, Chuck was oblivious but go watch the video, "Sarah burns Chuck". She gave him LOTS of reasons to doubt her feelings were "real" and not just a "cover"
@@SteveFresca-qk1vdBecause she was in denial. But as hard as some of the season 3 episodes are to go back and watch again, both their actions are completely understandable. Obviously, it would take awhile for Sarah to get over the feelings of hurt from Prague. But even her getting together with Shaw isn't wholly unreasonable. She clearly thought she lost Chuck when he started dating Hannah, and when everyone thought Chuck had started to change, she likely felt to blame for that, for getting him into it. So her seeking out comfort for all of this, is understandable. As for Chuck, him wanting to be with Hannah is just as understandable. She obviously liked "the real Chuck". And at that point, he clearly thought he had lost his only chance with Sarah, because of Prague. Now, the scene where he decides to go save Shaw, for her, is actually one of my favorite scenes. He essentially reiterates how much he loves her, by basically saying "I care enough about you, that I just want you to be happy. And I'm not going to let you stop me from doing this, for you."
The "Bye Chuck" at the end gets me every time.... it's just so heartfelt!!
OMG Yvonne's facial expressions always say so much more than her words sometimes. She becomes the Sarah we know and love and delivers the messages each scene is meant to tell us.
The Chuck Team couldn't have casted a more perfect girl for this series. She and Chuck keep me watching now and it's 2024. I'm re-re-watching it again :>)
perfectly put. Her face acting is second to none. Subtle, effective, what a woman.
Wow! What a fantastic job was done in the creation of this compilation. It really does a tremendous about of work in demonstrating the complexities behind Sarah's character and Yvonne Strahovski's performance.
Thank you. Yes, she did a great job. Her character had a hard time expressing her feelings verbally but she did a great job of expressing them in other ways. But those subtle cues were lost on Chuck who was much more open.
There were several instances where Sarah was practically begging him to tell her that he loves her, even though she was already well aware of it.
I agree. She wanted him to say it. She was looking for assurance that she had not lost his affection.
@@SteveFresca-qk1vdExcept when he doesn't run away with her in Prague is really the first time she would've thought that. Up to that point, they both had made it pretty obvious, without saying the actual words, how they felt about each other (although Chuck was obviously more direct about it). But as I said, Sarah obviously still wanted to hear him say the actual words that he loved her. It was SO obvious during their "first real date" , during the seduction scene with Roan, and even in her tone when she says "forced?", in Chuck's statement about being forced to kiss her if their relationship were real (I don't remember off hand which episode)
She wanted to hear it but she knew if she said it back it might involve the 29b because Casey was always listening. She’s be reading Ed if she ever let on she loved him. Great writing. Over the top and it knew it and liven every moment of it
It's like she is giving him permission to open up to her. She is encouraging it, because, especially early on, she knows she can't to protect her identity as protector. She knows the price of opening up, so she has him do it for the both of them. It's her way of showing that she cares, because we find out later, she falls in love with him very early, by her own admission, but still has to stay distant to keep that 'spy hat' on.
Jealous Sarah was actually pretty funny. The episode where Chuck dates Lou, when they're in the trunk , is hilarious, just how obvious they both are with their jealousy. But that's one of the few times that I think Chuck was actually right and Sarah was wrong. Him wanting to protect his girlfriend would be what you would expect from a "regular guy." A lot of times, Sarah seemed to forget that he wasn't a trained spy, at that point.
I don't know if it was intentional planning by the writers, but it fits with the backstory we get for Sarah. She really doesn't have any experience with normal relationships at that point in time. She probably doesn't even fully realize that she is acting out of jealousy at that time. In contrast in season 2 and 3, she is aware that she is jealous of Jill and Hannah.
I have to agree, jealous Sarah was so fun to watch, the only bad thing of jealous Sarah is that we didn't have enough of her, most of Chuck's relationships in the show, other than Sarah, lasted like 2 or 3 episodes, even if chronologically they might have lasted longer, on screen Chuck had practically no stable relationship that would truly test Sarah and force her to deal with her emotions instead of simply try to ignore it or push down her feelings, furthermore, although Sarah's feelings are pretty clear through her eyes and expressions, she was always more withdrawn than Chuck, I personally would have liked for Chuck to have a more stable and lasting relationship with another woman, hopefully a relationship that would last half a season or even a full season instead of 2/3 episodes, just to see more of jealous Sarah, how she deals with her feelings, how the other characters react to Chuck's new relationship and Sarah's clear jealousy, and finally how a more stable lasting relationship would end up either helping Chuck grow as a person or better deal with his own feelings, more specifically his feelings for Sarah.
I also have to mention, in my opinion the government in the show seemed to forget he was a civilian when it was convenient to them, they either looked down on him for being a civilian and a nerd working at a buy more, or they forced him to serve the country against his will and expected him to follow orders, know the protocols and/or understand the way they did things, despite him being an innocent individual who didn't ask for any of it and who had no training, it was ridiculous.
I always found stupid that he wasn't even getting paid for his work considering that they basically forced him to be the human intersect for the first few seasons, not to mention how they wanted to kill him, he legit had to ask for money, that they gave him like once or twice, just so he could have some, which he didn't even use for himself, and Casey even told Chuck that if he was a good American who loved his country he shouldn't ask for payment for his work, which I thought was ridiculous and hypocritical as both Casey and Sarah get paid for their work, not to mention the multitude of other benefits they got from the government, and they joined voluntarily, Chuck was forced into the job, at least at first, with no payment, basically no perks, the government controlling his life, with constant risk to his life, no proper training of any kind, etc. but they still had the audacity to make it seem as if Chuck should be grateful that they didn't simply kill him or bury him in an underground facility, despite the fact that none of it was his fault and he didn't ask for any of it. Not to mention later on when Chuck had retired from the spy life and the government literally sabotaged any opportunity Chuck had of working on any other company, forcing him to get back to Burbank and the buy more, solely because they wanted him back as a spy.
@@sauravsaha7465 Actually, she was clearly a lot more jealous when Chuck was dating Lou, for some reason. It really made no sense, considering Chuck's past with Jill. Also, in hindsight, they all should've been much more suspicious of Jill from the beginning. Casey was usually suspicious of everyone. And after Chuck and Sarah found out that Bryce had been protecting Chuck when he got him kicked out of Stanford, Chuck should've been suspicious about the whole story that Bryce had stolen Jill from him.
@@pierocubertino5845 But if they had done that, it would've just slowed down the progress of their relationship. Which they prolonged for far too long, anyways. Honestly, I'm not really a fan of the scene of Chuck drunkenly asking Sarah if she loves him and her finally admitting that she does. It just always felt forced, like they knew they had pushed the whole will they/won't they trope too far. I always preferred the scene in Paris after Chuck saved Sarah from Shaw, as well as the scene in the previous episode where Chuck finally tells Sarah he loves her. Both just felt more natural to me.
@@ErikLeber-td7oj She behaves like she is more jealous of Lou as at that point she was more dissatisfied with what was happening (though she probably wasn't completely aware of her own feelings regarding Chuck).
When Chuck went with Jill, Sarah had probably internalised that her and Chuck weren't going to be a romantic couple (Thanks to his speech in Break-up).
Similar case with Hannah. Much like Chuck's despondent reaction in American Hero when he goes to rescue Shaw, Sarah had accepted that Chuck couldn't be with her and chose someone else.
So, the reactions were different from the hot anger she shows when Chuck was dating Lou.
It really should be remembered that neither one of these two has any idea what to do with the emotions they're feeling. Sarah has never had a real relationship. Chuck got burned and never recovered, and has been in a state of adolescent funk ever since. So it's not surprising at all they neither one could read the other's signals. We're well into season two before they start figuring it out. They do care about each other, obviously. Neither has any apparent experience (or skill, obviously) at being able to convey that.
Very true. Chuck is much better at expressing his feelings (got him into a 49B), but Sarah was reluctant to open up because she had been betrayed by her father and Bryce (or thought so). So Chuck could not figure out if her feelings were real or just a cover. Quite the roller coaster.
I love how in the Valentine's Day scene there in the middle, the make up dept. put a whole lot of rouge on Yvonne, and her cheeks are flushed like pomegranates. Blushing like a nervous girlfriend.
Haha. I never saw that but you are so right!! Thats funny.
@@SteveFresca-qk1vd i went back and looked at it. You're so right. They even lightened up her foundation, as I see it, so that the pink in her cheeks is that much more prominent. It changes for that scene only. It's like a silent film. And she smiles from ear to ear, too. She's very good at talking with her facial expressions. Speaks volumes without words.
Great Job
Thank you. It was fun to do.
A bit off topic, but I have to admit that some of the later episodes just don't make sense. For instance, I've seen a lot of suggestions from people who didn't like the last two episodes, suggesting that they should've ended it with the episode with Sarah's mom and Molly. But to me, there are just too many flaws with that episode. First of all, how would Shaw have known about Molly. Sarah wouldn't have told him. And Sarah's plan, in the flashback, that the CIA wouldn't know about her mom makes no sense. Since Graham knew her real name and who her dad was, it would've been simple for the CIA to find both marriage records for her parents, and a record of her birth. Plus, they easily could've traced the call her mom made at the beginning of the flashback to Hungary. And the whole vibe to that episode made no sense. The whole point of the show was that Sarah and Casey became better people from always being around Chuck and his family. But the episode seemed to suggest that Sarah already had that, contrary to what Sarah said about herself in 4x9 ("I'm different without Chuck and I don't like it", and to Chuck: "Without you, I'm nothing but a spy"), and contrary to her characterization in the last two episodes, prior to the final scene.
RANT OVER
Yes, there are some major plot holes. Ya kinda have to overlook that to really enjoy the series. But I think the idea was to show that Sarah was not a completely ruthless killer even before she met Chuck. That is what allowed her to become attracted to him. Deep down Sarah wanted that life. Carina would have never been attracted to Chuck in that way. The only time Carina wanted Chuck was to use him to make Sarah jealous. Even though Sarah was labeled as "Graham's wild card" the scenes that showed her killing someone were in self defense, or they showed a reason, ie when she got the baby she did not kill all those guys at the table until the camera showed the executed bodies of the mom and dad. Or when she killed Eve, it was because she thought Eve was going for a weapon. Or Mauser, only when he explained that he would tell everyone that Chuck was the intersect.
Shaw just set Sarah up about the baby. She didn’t know what he might have learned. The cia knew that there had been a baby. It is one of my favorite episodes
Lol yes I do but I'm lying
All scenes except that Valentines day scene show the opposite meaning. She is not looking for assurance but she cares about him and making sure he is OK.
I am starting to think you do not like Sarah. :D
I will say this. After she comes around she is 100% in love. There is NO push/pull or, will they won't they, etc. No question about how she feels. I like that. But boy was it a roller coaster getting there.
@@SteveFresca-qk1vd Chuck was just as responsible for that, by virtue of his being so damn oblivious the first two years
@@ErikLeber-td7oj Yes, Chuck was oblivious but go watch the video, "Sarah burns Chuck". She gave him LOTS of reasons to doubt her feelings were "real" and not just a "cover"
@@SteveFresca-qk1vdBecause she was in denial. But as hard as some of the season 3 episodes are to go back and watch again, both their actions are completely understandable. Obviously, it would take awhile for Sarah to get over the feelings of hurt from Prague. But even her getting together with Shaw isn't wholly unreasonable. She clearly thought she lost Chuck when he started dating Hannah, and when everyone thought Chuck had started to change, she likely felt to blame for that, for getting him into it. So her seeking out comfort for all of this, is understandable.
As for Chuck, him wanting to be with Hannah is just as understandable. She obviously liked "the real Chuck". And at that point, he clearly thought he had lost his only chance with Sarah, because of Prague.
Now, the scene where he decides to go save Shaw, for her, is actually one of my favorite scenes. He essentially reiterates how much he loves her, by basically saying "I care enough about you, that I just want you to be happy. And I'm not going to let you stop me from doing this, for you."
I agree. Chuck saving Shaw was the epitome of his love for her. A great scene@@ErikLeber-td7oj
ahh, simplier times of tv series. now we only have shows like. the acolyte, rings of power, and a bunch of more woke tv shows
Agree
rings of powers is great. gives film critics like the critical drinker easy targets to rant about
Acolyte isn't even out yet 😂 chill