I know they wrapped it up a few times in the past with the network constantly jerking them around. I thought the xmas episode was the finale' for a bit until they came back from the final commercial to say 'next on chuck...'
STILL, with all the great wrapped up endings they gave us in the past, this didn't feel like one. I get everyone is moving on with their lives, and that's what was written, why couldn't she have gotten her memory back with 5 minutes to go or something and then fade to them opening the door of their dream house and having a kid run out to the school bus or something. Happy ending...
What we got made me feel like it was a season finale' and series finale' and that there's more to the story.
I mean, Ellie/Awesome are off to chicago to start new lives, Morgan gets to move in with his girlfriend, Casey's off to find his dream girl - and chuck has to start over. That's how they want to go out?
One of the things I liked about the show was that the writers didn't shy away from moving forward with things, he got the girl, didn't lose her, got married, etc. I know that was partially pushed by NBC jerking them around every year, but regardless, it's a change from the status quo of 'guy likes girl but never gets girl til series finale'.
I half wonder if the intial 13 episode order got extended on them - again - and the last 3 episodes with the new bad guy were added to fill the order.