Chuckin’ awesome

Amid the hopeless and terrible procedurals and serialized programs that take themselves too seriously, one program stands alone for being pure fun – “Chuck.”

Season two sees Chuck (Zachary Levi) begin to embrace his role as the Intersect, but that all blows up when he discovers that there might be a way to get the secret-keeping computer out of his head.

A perfect combination of comedy, drama, action and pop culture references, season two of “Chuck” features 22 fantastic episodes that never drag or bore.

Executive producers Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak and their team expand the spy world and the mythology of the series even further without sacrificing the character beats along the way. Though there is a clear separation between the goofiness of Chuck’s cover job at the Best Buy-riffing Buy More and the seriousness of his spy assignments, characters from both worlds are intermixed at will – and it always works.

From energetic performances to sharp writing to great action sequences, “Chuck” really has it all. If there’s one ratings-starved series that deserves to survive for years, it’s this one, so watch it already.