It’s true, everyone has a theory about what happened to our favorite batch of survivors. Last night on Chuck, as he is rambling on some of the many government secrets in his head, Chuck tells us that:

“Oceanic flight 815 was shot down by….”

Sadly, he moves on to another topic before we can find out who the government thinks is responsible for Jack, Sawyer, and the rest being stranded. I don’t know if this was just a general geek nod to another hit show, or if the producers of the two shows are friends. But it was a fun moment.

Sadly, it was one of the few fun moments in last night’s episode. It wasn’t a bad episode exactly, but it wasn’t as enjoyable as the pilot. It relied heavily on bad assumptions and miscommunication, which will get old very quickly on an action show. I’m chalking it up to a sophomore slump, because very show has good and bad episodes.

The way that television shows are done, it could be a large span of time between the pilot and the actual series. So the question becomes: which is more indicative of the show’s future? Should we believe that it will stay true to the ideas in the pilot, or do we think that the second episode is more closely related to their current writing styles?

I give most shows a half a season before I entirely give up on them. Are you as forgiving? How do you think the second episode fared against the first?

This post was Authored by Elizabeth, Our Resident Authority on all things Chuck