MUSE: CHUCK's Awesome

SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T CAUGHT UP ON CHUCK YET. WHICH YOU SHOULD. GO WATCH NOW. 

Chuck isn't the only one getting a character overall this season; Devon aka Awesome has also been given a new dimension. And I like it.

I don't know if this was planned from the beginning, but, Awesome as Chuck's foil does track.  You can see where with slightly more classic good looks, and less abandonment, betrayal and tragedy in family and love life, Chuck could have been Awesome. They both are extremely smart, charismatic men who care more for other people than themselves. However, when we first met Chuck and Awesome, Chuck was a loser still living at home with a crappy job and no love life and Awesome was the opposite in every way. 

Now, at the beginning of season three, Chuck is finally coming into his own with his own apartment, a second cool career and... well, even if it is complicated, he does have a love life.  At the same time we are getting to see the less awesome sides of Awesome; he craves more out of life, he gets scared and flustered easily when out of his comfort zone and when he tries to help with spy stuff he screws things up. In fact, Awesome in spy world is a lot like Chuck from the first season. 

Hopefully, they will not end up with Awesome as a spy. The show needs the emotional backbone that Ellie and Awesome as Chuck's family in the real world supply.  However, seeing Awesome go through the first steps of Chuck's journey has highlighted our hero's character arc and given more screen time and depth to the show's most lovable supporting character; two things I am all for.