Fall TV -- Make it a Point to Join the Nerd Herd with NBC's "Chuck"

"Chuck" is about a late twentysomething who works at a local Best Buy type electronic store called Buy More. A bright, but apparently shy guy, he spends his days working and geeking out with computers and video games with his best friend Morgan.

Chuck's life takes a dramatic turn when he receives an e-mail from his old college roommate. His old roommate is a government agent who, in a visually stunning action sequence, downloads thousands of images onto a PDA type device, and just before being caught, manages to forward them to Chuck. These submliminally arranged and coded to trigger information in Chuck's brain when he sees certain situations.

Because of the data contained in the e-mail, two agents are sent to track down Chuck and his hard drive. Sarah, a beautiful blonde with ninja like moves, and John, a jerky guy who doesn't care what happens to Chuck, as long as he gets his information. When Sarah's attempt to take Chuck's computer by force ends badly, she decides to woo him to find out what he knows. When it becomes clear to her that Chuck's brain is where the information now resides, she becomes his protector.

In a funny sequence about midway through the pilot, Sarah and Chuck go to a club, where they are being pursued by several baddies. Sarah asks the clueless Chuck to dance, and choreographs her moves to several knife throws designed to dispatch the bad guys. She then whisks Chuck away to his Nerd Herd vehicle, a Toyota Yaris decked out in full "Nerd Herd" regalia. While it is obvious product placement, it is incredibly amusing to see a car chase with the good guys driving perhaps the world's geekiest looking econobox.

The show finally reveals where future episodes will be taking it when Chuck has a vision of an assassination in the middle of a confrontation with John and Sarah. They follow his information to a hotel where a General is speaking, and Chuck finds a very funny way to save the day.