The Morning After: She's Gotta Have One

If HIMYM uses the "we can't conceive" gimmick like every other show for the past ten years has, this show may drop from "must see" status.

What, no Chuck love? James -- seriously, it's one of the best shows on TV right now (excluding FNL, which I cannot get because I don't have DirectTV, and the Office/30 Rock block).
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And last night's episode might have been the funniest/most touching one yet....Sarah's face as she saw Chuck kiss Jill? Wow...

I was pretty disappointed in HIMYM last night, but I'm not inclined to spend to much time on it. Roger Ebert has a pretty good quote about why not to argue about comedy (also porn).
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I will say that the best show on last night was without question Chuck.
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I have been a late comer to this show. I watched some last year and thought it was pretty lousy. I recall plot holes that were just asteroid size, and those are still here in abundance. They just don't bother me now. No show, not even Lost/Fringe/Heroes/Pushing Daisies (ok, maybe Pushing Daisies) requires such a consistent suspension of disbelief, but it is amazing how easily it is to get to that point where the absolute silliness is a feature and not a fault.
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The actor who plays Chuck is just astounding. The way he brings a subtle humanizing nuisance to the character makes you totally recognize and care about this guy. I don't remember the few episodes I watched last season being this entertaining or funny. I'll have to buy the dvd.
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In response to Shara Says from a different thread that was destroyed by political talk (shakes fist a la Colbert SWAMPLAND!!!):
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I thought Terminator was pretty weak. If you are going to do character centered acts, you need to bring more to the table. I didn't find any of the subchapters to be particularly revealing in any way. Did I miss something? I also have a feeling ChromeArtie will be back. You cannot just defeat a terminator with repeated gun fire, and if you can. EPIC FAIL on the continuity test.
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Heroes has been bad for a while, and last night was the final straw. It is off the DVR block altogether (though actually, I thought I had already deleted it oops). 45 minutes of pointless backstory. Arthur Patrelli is a bad guy, Gabriel has a good side, and Elle occasionally has feelings like those of a human being. Yawn These things were already established. The whole episode just felt like a retcon-ish tidying up of the narrative to make things from previous episodes fit a little neater. Only the ending did anything to advance a storyline and it just wasn't enough.

I've lost track on Heroes. As an aside, many young Republicans (and older) have been participating in an open-forum on my blog about how the party should "reinvent" itself. Would you consider linking to it? Called the New Republican - http://newrepublican.wordpress.com/ - Thanks.

@Chaddogg - I agree about Chuck. I don't watch a lot of TV, but Chuck is worth every minute of it. In my house, we want to see Chuck and Sarah together (as I'm sure most other fans do), but I'm glad to see the show try to add some depth. I'm thinking Jill's going to die in the next couple episodes (probably in some shady, confusing, is-she-really-dead sort of way). That's going to give Chuck a more serious outlook on life and the concept of being a spy. And he'll probably get angry at Sarah for it.

@Ashman - I only watch Lost and Chuck, but I definitely think they're much different animals. With Chuck, there are a lot of little details that are either very subtle plot clues or gaping plot holes that are the result of sloppy writing... but it's just a fun, entertaining show where details like that don't bother me. Lost requires a totally different suspension of disbelief for me.