Chuck season 2

*Chuck*
Chuck
Season 2
	Season 2 DVD box set
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 29, 2008 –; April 27, 2009
Season chronology
	← Previous; Season 1 Next →; Season 3
	List of episodes

The second season of Chuck contains 22 episodes and was originally aired from September 29, 2008 to April 27, 2009. The season continues to focus on Chuck's constant struggle to keep his spy life and real life apart as he becomes more accustomed to being a spy. More background on the Intersect project is revealed. Fulcrum, a hostile espionage organization that covets the Intersect, is featured more heavily as the season's main antagonist. Chuck and Sarah continue to grow closer, complicating their asset-handler relationship.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Zachary Levi as Charles "Chuck" Bartowski (22 episodes)
Yvonne Strahovski as Agent Sarah Walker (22 episodes)
Joshua Gomez as Morgan Grimes (22 episodes)
Ryan McPartlin as Dr. Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb (17 episodes)
Mark Christopher Lawrence as Michael "Big Mike" Tucker (18 episodes)
Julia Ling as Anna Wu (14 episodes)
Scott Krinsky as Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes (22 episodes)
Vik Sahay as Lester Patel (22 episodes)
Sarah Lancaster as Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Bartowski (18 episodes)
Adam Baldwin as Major John Casey (22 episodes)^{[Note 1]}

Supporting cast

Bonita Friedericy as Brigadier General Diane Beckman (22 episodes)
Tony Hale as Emmett Milbarge (14 episodes)
Jordana Brewster as Jill Roberts (4 episodes)
Matthew Bomer as Bryce Larkin (3 episodes)
Chevy Chase as Ted Roark (3 episodes)
Scott Bakula as Stephen J. Bartowski (3 episodes)
Arnold Vosloo as Vincent Smith (3 episodes)
Jonathan Cake as Cole Barker (2 episodes)
Tony Todd as CIA Director Langston Graham (2 episodes)
Patricia Rae as Bolonia Tucker (3 episodes)

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
14	1	"Chuck Versus the First Date"	Jason Ensler	Josh Schwartz & Chris Fedak	September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29)	3T7251	6.84^[1]
15	2	"Chuck Versus the Seduction"	Allan Kroeker	Matthew Miller	October 6, 2008 (2008-10-06)	3T7252	5.83^[2]
16	3	"Chuck Versus the Break-Up"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Scott Rosenbaum	October 13, 2008 (2008-10-13)	3T7253	6.17^[3]
17	4	"Chuck Versus the Cougars"	Patrick Norris	Allison Adler	October 20, 2008 (2008-10-20)	3T7254	6.87^[4]
18	5	"Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer"	Norman Buckley	Phil Klemmer	October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)	3T7255	6.70^[5]
19	6	"Chuck Versus the Ex"	Jay Chandrasekhar	Zev Borow	November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10)	3T7256	6.34^[6]
20	7	"Chuck Versus the Fat Lady"	Jeffrey G. Hunt	Matthew Lau	November 17, 2008 (2008-11-17)	3T7257	6.89^[7]
21	8	"Chuck Versus the Gravitron"	Allison Liddi-Brown	Chris Fedak	November 24, 2008 (2008-11-24)	3T7258	6.53^[8]
22	9	"Chuck Versus the Sensei"	Jonas Pate	Anne Cofell Saunders	December 1, 2008 (2008-12-01)	3T7259	7.34^[9]
23	10	"Chuck Versus the DeLorean"	Ken Whittingham	Matthew Miller	December 8, 2008 (2008-12-08)	3T7260	6.94^[10]
24	11	"Chuck Versus Santa Claus"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Scott Rosenbaum	December 15, 2008 (2008-12-15)	3T7261	7.66^[11]
25	12	"Chuck Versus the Third Dimension"^{[Note 2]}	Robert Duncan McNeill	Chris Fedak	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)	3T7263	8.45^[12]
26	13	"Chuck Versus the Suburbs"^{[Note 3]}^[13]	Jay Chandrasekhar	Phil Klemmer	February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16)	3T7264	6.84^[14]
27	14	"Chuck Versus the Best Friend"	Peter Lauer	Allison Adler	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)	3T7262	6.59^[15]
28	15	"Chuck Versus the Beefcake"	Patrick Norris	Matthew Miller & Scott Rosenbaum	March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)	3T7265	6.66^[16]
29	16	"Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon"	Allan Kroeker	Zev Borow & Matthew Lau	March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)	3T7266	5.80^[17]
30	17	"Chuck Versus the Predator"	Jeremiah Chechik	Chris Fedak	March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23)	3T7268^[18]	6.16^[19]
31	18	"Chuck Versus the Broken Heart"	Kevin Bray	Allison Adler	March 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)	3T7267	5.72^[20]
32	19	"Chuck Versus the Dream Job"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Phil Klemmer & Corey Nickerson	April 6, 2009 (2009-04-06)	3T7269	6.10^[21]
33	20	"Chuck Versus the First Kill"	Norman Buckley	Scott Rosenbaum	April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)	3T7270	6.21^[22]
34	21	"Chuck Versus the Colonel"	Peter Lauer	Matthew Miller	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)	3T7271	6.11^[23]
35	22	"Chuck Versus the Ring"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Chris Fedak & Allison Adler	April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)	3T7272	6.20^[24]

Reception

The second season of Chuck averaged on 7.36 million viewers per episode.^[25]

UK BARB ratings

#	Episode	UK air date	Viewers^[26] (thousand)	Virgin1 rank^[26] (weekly)	Viewers^[26] (thousand)	Virgin1+1 rank^[26] (weekly)
1	"Chuck Versus the First Date"	June 9, 2009	307	1	131	6
2	"Chuck Versus the Seduction"	June 16, 2009	—	—	141	4
3	"Chuck Versus the Break-Up"	June 23, 2009	180	8	106	7
4	"Chuck Versus the Cougars"	June 30, 2009	—	—	141	3
5	"Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer"	July 7, 2009	172	5	163	2
6	"Chuck Versus the Ex"	July 14, 2009	201	7	169	2
7	"Chuck Versus the Fat Lady"	July 21, 2009	194	2	157	1
8	"Chuck Versus the Gravitron"	July 28, 2009	174	5	150	1
9	"Chuck Versus the Sensei"	August 4, 2009	237	3	163	2
10	"Chuck Versus the DeLorean"	August 11, 2009	235	3	166	1
11	"Chuck Versus Santa Claus"	August 18, 2009	263	1	125	3
12	"Chuck Versus the Third Dimension"	August 25, 2009	273	4	127	3
13	"Chuck Versus the Suburbs"	September 1, 2009	273	1	141	3
14	"Chuck Versus the Best Friend"	September 8, 2009	213	2	89	8
15	"Chuck Versus the Beefcake"	September 15, 2009	235	1	172	1
16	"Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon"	September 22, 2009	234	1	134	2
17	"Chuck Versus the Predator"	September 29, 2009	249	3	164	1
18	"Chuck Versus the Broken Heart"	October 6, 2009	291	3	165	1
19	"Chuck Versus the Dream Job"	October 13, 2009	318	1	—	—
20	"Chuck Versus the First Kill"	October 20, 2009	388	1	89	6
21	"Chuck Versus the Colonel"	October 27, 2009	300	1	131	1
22	"Chuck Versus the Ring"	November 3, 2009	297	1	159	1

Home media release

Chuck: The Complete Second Season
Set Details			Special Features
22 Episodes 6-Disc Set Widescreen Languages: English, Portuguese Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Thai			Truth, Spies and Regular Guys: Exploring the Mythology of Chuck Dude in Distress: Explore Some of This Season's Best Action Sequences Chuck Versus the Webisodes: Web-Originated Minifeaturettes Chuck: A Real-Life Captain Awesome's Tips for Being Awesome John Casey Presents: So You Want to Be a Deadly Spy? Declassified Scenes Gag Reel "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" in 2D and 3D
Release Dates
United States Canada	United Kingdom	Australia New Zealand	Japan
January 5, 2010 (DVD and Blu-ray)^[27]^[28]	October 12, 2009^[29]	TBA	March 31, 2010^[30]

Notes

^ At the end of the season, in "Chuck Versus the Colonel", Casey is promoted to Colonel.
^ "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" originally aired in 3-D, as the name suggests, using the same ColorCode 3-D technology as some of the commercials in Super Bowl XLIII.
^ "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" was supposed to air after "Chuck Versus the Best Friend". The airing order was swapped in the U.S. due to the show being preempted for the Presidential speech, and since "Suburbs" has a Valentine's day theme, it was aired on the week of Valentine's day.

References

^ Gorman, Bill (October 7, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, September 29-October 5". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Gorman, Bill (October 14, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 6–12". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Gorman, Bill (October 21, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 13–19". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (October 29, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 20–26". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (November 4, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 27-November 2". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (November 18, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 10–16". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 17–23". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (December 3, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 24–30". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (December 9, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 1–7". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (December 16, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 8–14". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (December 23, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 15–21". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (February 10, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 2–8, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ "Obama speech a big ratings draw". Variety. February 10, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2009.
^ Seidman, Robert (February 24, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 16–22, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (March 3, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 23 to March 1, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (March 10, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 2–8, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (March 7, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 9–15, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ "Public Catalog".
^ Seidman, Robert (March 31, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 23–29, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (April 7, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 30 - April 5, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (April 14, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 6–12, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (April 21, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 13–19, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (April 28, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 20–26, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ Seidman, Robert (May 6, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 27 - May 3, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
^ "Season Program Rankings (from 09/22/08 through 05/17/09)". ABC Medianet. May 19, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Weekly Programmes". BARB. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2010.
^ "Chuck: The Complete Second Season". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
^ "Chuck: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray)". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
^ "Chuck – Season 2 (DVD) (2008)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2009.
^ "Buy Chuck – The Complete 2nd Season (6 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". Ezydvd.com.au. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-05-15.

External links

[colonel-1] At the end of the season, in "Chuck Versus the Colonel", Casey is promoted to Colonel.

[3D-13] "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" originally aired in 3-D, as the name suggests, using the same ColorCode 3-D technology as some of the commercials in Super Bowl XLIII.

[preemted-15] "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" was supposed to air after "Chuck Versus the Best Friend". The airing order was swapped in the U.S. due to the show being preempted for the Presidential speech, and since "Suburbs" has a Valentine's day theme, it was aired on the week of Valentine's day.

[2] Gorman, Bill (October 7, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, September 29-October 5". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[3] Gorman, Bill (October 14, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 6–12". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 28, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[4] Gorman, Bill (October 21, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 13–19". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[5] Seidman, Robert (October 29, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 20–26". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[6] Seidman, Robert (November 4, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, October 27-November 2". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 4, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[7] Seidman, Robert (November 18, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 10–16". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[8] Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 17–23". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on October 23, 2012. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[9] Seidman, Robert (December 3, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, November 24–30". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[10] Seidman, Robert (December 9, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 1–7". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[11] Seidman, Robert (December 16, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 8–14". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[12] Seidman, Robert (December 23, 2008). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, December 15–21". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 23, 2015. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[14] Seidman, Robert (February 10, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 2–8, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[16] "Obama speech a big ratings draw". Variety. February 10, 2009. Retrieved May 2, 2009.

[17] Seidman, Robert (February 24, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 16–22, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[18] Seidman, Robert (March 3, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, February 23 to March 1, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[19] Seidman, Robert (March 10, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 2–8, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[20] Seidman, Robert (March 7, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 9–15, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[21] "Public Catalog".

[22] Seidman, Robert (March 31, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 23–29, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[23] Seidman, Robert (April 7, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, March 30 - April 5, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[24] Seidman, Robert (April 14, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 6–12, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[25] Seidman, Robert (April 21, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 13–19, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[26] Seidman, Robert (April 28, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 20–26, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[27] Seidman, Robert (May 6, 2009). "Top NBC Primetime Shows, April 27 - May 3, 2009". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 5, 2010.

[28] "Season Program Rankings (from 09/22/08 through 05/17/09)". ABC Medianet. May 19, 2009. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2009.

[BARB-29] "Weekly Programmes". BARB. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2010.

[30] "Chuck: The Complete Second Season". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.

[31] "Chuck: The Complete Second Season (Blu-ray)". Amazon.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.

[32] "Chuck – Season 2 (DVD) (2008)". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved July 26, 2009.

[33] "Buy Chuck – The Complete 2nd Season (6 Disc Set) @ EzyDVD". Ezydvd.com.au. Archived from the original on 2011-04-12. Retrieved 2011-05-15.

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v t e Chuck episodes
Season 1	"Chuck Versus the Intersect" "Chuck Versus the Helicopter" "Chuck Versus the Tango" "Chuck Versus the Wookiee" "Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp" "Chuck Versus the Sandworm" "Chuck Versus the Alma Mater" "Chuck Versus the Truth" "Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami" "Chuck Versus the Nemesis" "Chuck Versus the Crown Vic" "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" "Chuck Versus the Marlin"
Season 2	"Chuck Versus the First Date" "Chuck Versus the Seduction" "Chuck Versus the Break-Up" "Chuck Versus the Cougars" "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" "Chuck Versus the Ex" "Chuck Versus the Fat Lady" "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" "Chuck Versus the Sensei" "Chuck Versus the DeLorean" "Chuck Versus Santa Claus" "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" "Chuck Versus the Suburbs" "Chuck Versus the Best Friend" "Chuck Versus the Beefcake" "Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon" "Chuck Versus the Predator" "Chuck Versus the Broken Heart" "Chuck Versus the Dream Job" "Chuck Versus the First Kill" "Chuck Versus the Colonel" "Chuck Versus the Ring"
Season 3	"Chuck Versus the Pink Slip" "Chuck Versus the Three Words" "Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte" "Chuck Versus Operation Awesome" "Chuck Versus First Class" "Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler" "Chuck Versus the Mask" "Chuck Versus the Fake Name" "Chuck Versus the Beard" "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac" "Chuck Versus the Final Exam" "Chuck Versus the American Hero" "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners" "Chuck Versus the Role Models" "Chuck Versus the Tooth" "Chuck Versus the Living Dead" "Chuck Versus the Subway" "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II"
Season 4	"Chuck Versus the Anniversary" "Chuck Versus the Suitcase" "Chuck Versus the Push Mix" "Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible" "Chuck Versus the Cat Squad" "Chuck Versus the Masquerade" "Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil" "Chuck Versus the A-Team" "Chuck Versus the Muuurder" "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff" "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" "Chuck Versus Agent X" "Chuck Versus the Last Details" "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger"
Season 5