Family dynamics on #Chuck are fascinating. The show is centered around secrets - keeping them, revealing them - and family secrets top the list. Stephen Bartowski is back on S3 E17 and Chuck tries to hide his return to spying (1 of 5)

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When I'm with family I see where my values come from. Chuck & Ellie valued a quiet, safe life. Not all people do. Maybe Chuck's Dad, upset by his wife's job, impressed those values on his kids? He works to keep spying out of their lives (2 of 5)
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His efforts seem doomed to fail; the legacy of the parents falls upon the children. Secrets harm more than help. It's bc Ellie is kept out of the loop that she becomes vulnerable to Ring deception. Now she, too, keeps secrets (3 of 5)
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Chuck keeps secrets from Sarah, too: 1) the Intersect may permanently damage his brain, 2) conviction that Shaw's alive and deadly. Sarah's a spy, though; she wheedles the truth about the 2nd out of Morgan. She believes Chuck (4 of 5)

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Where do these many secrets lead? Family and friends who want to protect each other get drawn deeper into an intricate web that threatens them all. Despite surface appearances, the Bartowskis have never been an ordinary family (5 of 5)
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