The Beard," which was chosen by fans.
“We’ve really enjoyed going back,” Fedak tells EW.
“I left that yesterday going like, ‘What a good group!
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What a fun time it was making that show!’
We were at that table read yesterday, just so full of all the feelsall warm and fuzzy.”
Below, Schwartz and Fedak open up about the ambiguous series finale (Did Sarah get her memories back?
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CHRIS FEDAK:There’s so many crazy good fun episodes.
I think that they picked a great one because it gave everybody an opportunity to shine.
Did you always know you were building to this moment in season 3?
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If I remember correctly, season 3 was a 13-episode order.
We knew at the end of episode 13 it would be Chuck and Sarah together.
So, we kind of build to in episode 9.
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Let’s put it that way.
One of the fan questions we received was: What is your favorite season of the show?
SCHWARTZ:Season 2 and season 3 I feel like.
There’s stuff in every season.
With that kind of North Star, it just built and built and built in such a fantastic way.
They hadn’t taken the money away from us yet.
[Laughs]
SCHWARTZ:Season 4, havingLinda Hamiltonand Timothy Dalton.
I mean, some of those stories are so big and fun, and epic.
Eight years later, how do you feel about the series finale?
Would you do anything differently if you could?
And I think that I’m really excited about that finale because we’re still talking about it.
You know, it’s still something that it’s about Chuck and Sarah’s relationship.
To the question of, “Did Sarah remember Chuck and all that stuff?”
I think if you’ve watched the show, then you know the answer.
So, I loved the ending.
Her name is Elizabeth Peterson, and she also was a super fan.
She’s written so many great episodes for me on other shows.
I’ll be like, “What are you talking about?”
like demanding an answer.
It’s up to the audience to decide.
Where do you stand on revisitingChuckin some sort of movie, revival/limited series?
I think it would really be about, what’s the story and what’s the demand?
FEDAK:Absolutely, I totally agree with what Josh said.
Do you have any story ideas in your mind already, or is there just a blank slate?
SCHWARTZ:I think we’re just coming off of yesterday.
We hadn’t really entertained it in a while.
I think it would be about the fan demand and interest from our partners atWarner Brothers.
But at the very least, it was a blast to have yesterday, if nothing else.
How do you think the show would be different if it was still on the air right now?
I think if someone was making the show now, it might need an edgier tone.
NBC and Warner Brothers [were] on board with making an action comedy.
But they also were okay with the comedy because comedy was affordable.
So that allowed us to make this show that was a hybrid action comedy.
SCHWARTZ:If we were doing it today, it would have to be called likeGet Smart.
It would be a re-imagination.
In some ways, that’s become even more of an uphill battle.
I think we’re lucky.
I think we did the show at the exact right moment of the show.
Chuckhad tons of great guest stars during your run.
Were there any actors you tried to get on the show but couldn’t?
FEDAK:We really wanted to do “Chuck vs. We got closest with Van Damme, but we were told we would have to go to Europe.
SCHWARTZ:That was like within 5,000 miles of Van Damme!
[Laughs]
FEDAK:If we went to Belgium to do it.
It’s funny because now people could do that.
Like there are shows that travel [now].
But, we were making it back in the aughts.
It was like, “We make the show in Burbank, guys.
We’re lucky if we get over to Downtown Los Angeles.”
Were there any stories that kept coming up in the writers' room that you never got to tell?
SCHWARTZ:We told a lot of stories.
Probably weirder stories investigating Jeff’s background.
FEDAK:In season 2 was when we did “Chuck vs. Tom Sawyer,” right?
[Laughs]
FEDAK:Do not make fun of a Microsoft product, guys.
SCHWARTZ:I think we almost lost all of our Microsoft integrations.
FEDAK:We really thought we were in deep, deep, deep trouble.
SCHWARTZ:We might’ve been.
FEDAK:But no, that was a big episode for us because it allowed us to explore Jeff.
I mean,Tony Halewas on the show.
If I had more time, I would’ve loved to have done an episode just focused on him.
The fans also asked about your favorite songs on the show.
My friend/former colleague and I text each other whenever we hear “Rivers and Roads"becauseofChuck.
SCHWARTZ:Yeah, I would say that and"Keep Yourself Warm” by Frightened Rabbitwere my two.
If I heard those songs, it just takes me back.
FEDAK:I think “Rivers and Roads” was playing one day.
It was like that kind of feeling when you see someone you haven’t seen in so long.
The music ofChuckwas so much a part of the show.
Watch the reunion and table-read above.
