finale watch (chuck, heroes)

Finale season is off to a bad start – the Chuck finale blew. 

(SPOILERS COMING, SPOILERS COMING, SPOILERS COMING!!!)

Why would you turn Chuck into a super agent guy? Isn’t the premise and charm of the show that he’s this dorky doofus in a world of super agents? So what does that mean when you turn him into a @sskicking Neo clone? Does that mean he doesn’t need Casey and Sarah anymore? Is he going to be working with the government now? Do I care about the answers to any of these questions?

Umm, no.

Plus, series producer Josh Schwartz had been plugging some kind of huge death to a main character. Bryce? Bryce is a main character? He was in his seventh episode Monday. There have been 35 episodes. I’d say Big Mike is a more integral character than Bryce.

At this point, I could care less if Chuck came back next season. But there is a vocal minority out there that thinks I’m crazy. Maybe they’ll be a little more subdued now that they’ve seen the el stinkerino of a finale.

I don’t watch Heroes, but here’s the recap. OK, that one is really negative, so here’s a more positive one.

Looks like the only other finale this week of note is Private Practice. Although I will say that if you are looking for the Better Off Ted finale on Wednesday, forget it — ABC will be airing Obama’s national address.

Luckily, not everyone will be. It’s tough to put into words how much more I’d like to see Lie to Me than watch Obama’s 100-day speech. Let’s try – I’d rather watch “Kate’s Crazy!” an eight-hour Jon and Kate marathon highlighting episodes where Kate is deemed to be at her zaniest. Please note that when other people think she’s just acting zany, I think she’s acting like a man-hating, stark-raving, self-obsessed lunatic who should have her kids taken away from her. So yeah, I really don’t want to see Obama instead of Lie to Me. Mind you, I don’t necessarily like or dislike Obama and I wouldn’t even put Lie to Me in my top 15 shows right now. I just hate presidential speeches on TV. Useless.

What’s the gift for 100? Do you start over and go back to paper? Lost isn’t the only show hitting 100 episodes this year, The Office’s 100th episode will be the season finale. I’m a little offended though that they’re wearing random Scranton shirts when Steve Carell, Jenna Fischer and John Krasinski never made an appearance there.

Say what you want about Jay Leno — and I usually do, mainly that he’s horribly unfunny — but at least he’s trying to help, even though subjecting someone to his comedy routine might not be the best way to make them feel better. So where does Wolverine go for its premiere? Tempe. The same city that had a Super Bowl less than 16 months ago, an NFC Championship (and champion) in January, hosted the West Regionals of the NCAA Tournament and has the hottest co-eds in the country and world’s biggest party school. Half of Detroit read this and inched closer to drinking a gallon of bleach.

Of course there are going to be spinoffs of the Wolverine spinoff! Why else would they be making this movie unless they thought they could make additional money off it? I’d say the Deadpool spinoff is a lock. Ryan Reynolds is too big to be the 10th billed star on a summer blockbuster. The only way he makes this movie is if he’s got something ready for the future. Gambit should be a lock, but Tim Riggins isn’t a big enough name to carry a movie, so they have to wait to see if the movie does crazy business to make sure he’s a known commodity.

If I said I could analyze this story, I’d be kidding you. The only thing I know about agents is what I see on Entourage. But it seems like a big story.