Image Credit: Greg Gayne/NBCMy Buy More mole just tipped me off that Josh Schwartz is casting younger versions of Chuck and Ellie ( 7 and 11, respectively) to appear in a flashback sequence in Chuck‘s season finale. No other details were provided, but I spy a connection between this and Scott Bakula’s return as Bartowski patriarch Steve. Also, if you recall, Schwartz recently declared that Bakula’s Chuck comeback arc would be “the biggest thing we’ve ever done on the show.” Put it all together and what do you get? A comments section bursting with theories. (That’s your cue to tell me what the hell it all means.)
UPDATE: I’m told the ep will flash back to the night Pop B left home, forcing Chuck and Ellie to become each other’s family.
This has to mean that they are going to reveal Mama Bartowski sometime during that episode. And my guess is that we will see her once in the flashback at the beginning, then again as one of the Ring leaders at the end.
Umm… if that’s not it, it should be.
I can accept Chuck’s dad as Orion. But Mama B as a Ring boss? That’s WAY too much. I don’t mind so much if she’s somehow sucked in to the spy world, but I don’t want her to be a spy herself.
Agreed. Can you say jump the shark? Because if the above happens, that’s exactly what this show will do.
please can we find another name other then ‘jump the shark’? it’s gotten lame and old
@hope – Jump the shark has jumped the shark?
Hope his mom wouldn’t be a Ring boss. I already had trouble with the fact that of all people Bryce sent the intersect it to the son of its creator.
instead of jump the shark, how about nuked the fridge after the last terrible indiana jones movie
Yeah, too bad that plotline was already done on Alias. If that were done on Chuck too it would just be stupid.
@Brad: HA! I love the idea of changing it to nuked the fridge! Thanks for the smile!
I fully support changing it to “nuked the fridge.” Let’s start a movement people!
J-t-s is 15 years old and quite lame. N-t-f is newer but still lame (and refers to movies and not tv shows).
Lame.
“Nuked the fridge” – I totally LOVE it!
Bryce knew who Chuck’s dad when he sent to him though. SO it wasn’t random. But the Mom being Ring leader would be too much i think, but I wouldn’t mind if she was in the spy world in some way.
To alias esque
Exactly my thought!
How do we get there? OH, you meant too……
Even doght peole these days stupit like my brother
That would be crazy awesome. Maybe Ellie will be the one to find out about Chuck then as well.
She’s supposed to be dead. Cancer, I think. Bringing her back would require some retconning.
Bryce Larkin ring a bell? Also this is television. No body no death…and even then sometimes
They’ve never said she was dead or that she had cancer. She was just “gone.”
They said she took off on them. Hence their mother’s day in October. So yeah, not cancer or not just “gone”. It was explained. And only tools who think they are pop culture savvy (but in reality are not at all) say jump the shark.
No, they did that with Prison Break, Chuck has to be more original.
I know there is a B in Bartowsky and Bristow, but do they really have to go ALIAS on us to create some good TV.
The whole my estranged dad is the spy who got betrayed by my mom who was also a spy working for priovate interest is too ALIAS!
Clearly, Mamma B is going to show up.
The beginning of the Intersect?
chuck flashes on back to the future then builds a delorean and goes back to visit his younger self just after ellie and his mother left.
Okay really I have no clue what they would be showing us but at least we are hearing something about a show I actually watch instead of constant spoilers for a show that I know noone who watches.
I bet she’s the leader of FOLCRUM!
Umm..As long as Yvonne randomly is in a bikini or getting ready for an assignment, I’ll watch it no matter if they introduce an evil twin of Chuck who runs Russia.
She’s someone’s daughter, stop treating her like a sex object.
Mama Bartowski should be played by Allison Janney.
totally agree if Yvonne’s on, I could care less.. lol but no I like where they are going, I’m just not soo happy bout the whole smallville superman move they made, I say ship kristin back to smallville, better yet lets have superman fly her there!
again i call for lynda carter to be cast as their mom!!!
Lynda Carter would be awesome! There definitely would be a family resemblance between her and Ellie.
Awesome! Is Jennifer Garner too young to play Mama Bartowski in a flashback? ‘Cause that would be amazing. Someone mentioned the original Superwoman and I think that would be a good choice, but not for a flashback.
yeah not for a flashback…but for now i think its perfect casting!
err i meant for present time.
I dont think it will be too deep but just a flashback of them as kids..
How can it be Mama B? As someone else said, isn’t she supposed to be dead?
I’m willing to bet that Ellie is the other one who finds out what Chuck’s really up to.
I’m 99.99999% sure that they said she left. In Vs The Best Friend, Chuck tells Sarah that Morgan sat with him the day his mom took off so I’m pretty sure that’s what happened.
They definitely did not say she died.
Mama B! And I vote for Sela Ward; there’s a likely resemblance, particularly for Ellie (Sarah Lancaster), and she’s age-appropriate!
Sela Ward would be perfect. One of the best looking actresses out there.
Actually I’m pretty sure Mama B is alive or at least she didn’t die of cancer when they were younger. She left first and then their dad left.
But yeah, I also feel like she’ll come back as a spy although wouldn’t it be interesting if she came back only to tell them the reason she left was because she couldn’t be a mom any more or something non-spy related. TV shows really do that though…
Wikipedia says Mama B didn’t die but left them when Chuck was in the 5th grade. I vaguely remember that from the pilot.
I’m guessing Ellie finds out the truth about Chuck and their dad.
Hmm I may have to start watching this show.
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how about the female general as Chuck’s mother?
I’m going to go with my old standby – Mama Bartowski was a CIA agent who was sent to handle her asset – Chuck’s dad. She either left on her own or was killed.
It makes a good parallel to Chuck and Sarah’s relationship.
thats exactly what i think too!
Interesting idea.
This theory for chuck/sarah channelling momy and dady B is still quite ALIAS for me but it makes sense and it doesn’t jump any shark…
The General? No way. Elle’s gene pool is way better than that. How about Sasha Banachek.