Lost amidst the 23549 new television shows that are getting set to premiere mere hours from now are an entire slew of returning ones. And while we probably don’t have to alert the intensely-loyal CHUCK Army that their favorite nerd-herders are back at 8PM tonight on NBC, they might be interested to know what this fourth season has in store for them. We certainly were, which is why we recently caught up with co-creator Chris Fedak on a conference call to discover just what the revelation of Mama Bartowski mean for our titular hero, the deal with all these great guest stars, and what the writer’s think of all those other spy shows hitting a small screen near you.
After last May’s finale, it appears this fourth season will have Chuck facing the mother of all problems! How big a deal will the search for Mama Bartowski play into the overall arc of the season?
Chris Fedak: You know mother issues, like all mother issues, there’s always a lot of story and a lot of mythology to kind of get into as we’ve kind of broken out this season in the writer’s room. In the past we’ve had organizations like Fulcrum and The Ring which were SPECTER/SMERSH-esque organizations. This year it’s the search for Mom, which is going to be a very interesting and kind of very emotional one. That said, like with most mother issues, there’s also great comic material for us to have fun with.