I still haven’t gotten around to watching “Double Down”, the newest episode of Journeyman, but since I promised to write something about it today, I’d just like to point out that if you’re not watching this show, you should be. Think of it as something of a cross between Early Edition and Quantum Leap, and you’ve got a decent idea of the tone of it.

Dan has a secret: he’s randomly jumping through time, apparently on “assignments” for… well, something… to “help put right what once went wrong”. The problem is that when he jumps back in time, he disappears in the present, and at least as much time passes in the present as he spends in the past. That leaves him with missing time he has to explain to his brother and his employer (thankfully, they had him explain it to his wife very early on, so that’s at least one person helping him to cover things.

I love this show so far; I’m really pleased that it was chosen to follow Heroes.

The professor who kicked Chuck out of school turns out to be a CIA “asset”, and when he gets in trouble, Casey, Sarah, and Chuck try to save him and retrieve the data he’s put at risk, which leads to Chuck learning a few secrets… about himself. Meanwhile, Morgan rebels against Harry Tang’s new rule at the Buy More.

Heroes has been somewhat disappointing this season, and probably more so because the shows surrounding it have been so good. Chuck is a very fun show. I expected to like it from the original descriptions, and I like it far more than I expected. Zachary Levi does an excellent job selling Chuck as a nice guy who genuinely wants to help, even when he knows he’s so far out of his league.

This episode finally gave us some information about why Chuck was kicked out of college, and gives us a few more questions to worry about.

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