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NBC 'Chuck' finale chat, video previews

By April MacIntyre Jan 24, 2012, 18:40 GMT

Chuck stars- Adam Baldwin, Zachary Levi and Ryan McPartlin - © Alan Hess / PR Photos

NBC recently had "Chuck" star Adam Baldwin and Executive Producer Chris Fedak talk to reporters on a conference call regarding the end of the popular NBC comedy.

The grand finale airs this Friday, January 27 at 8 o’clock.

Adam and Chris shared what they both took away from this series:

Adam Baldwin: What I take away from Chuck first of all, a five-year run on any show these days is a true blessing and to have been able to go through it with people who are nice and creative and funny and hardworking and just lovable.

I mean, we’re gypsies really in this business -- we’re circus players -- and we travel from town to town it seems like and we travel from family to family on different projects. So to land on one for five years has been a joy and it’s sad to see it go. But at least we have those five years together and we appreciated it while it was happening. So I just feel blessed and honored to have been a part of it.

Chris Fedak: That’s a great point. And I think the other thing, going off your question this show was a lot of fun to make, but it was also an incredible challenge. It must be one of the most difficult shows to do especially in the amount of time we have. And to do something that challenging to work with such a great team is really it’s fantastic. To have worked with a great team like this is really one you’re going to measure the rest of your career against.

Adam Baldwin: I was just going to say that I don’t and I haven’t envied the work that writers have had to put in. They’re locked in basically in a cage and having to figure out how do we walk this tightrope and for them to have through week in and week out for us has just been - what a great reward.

Baldwin and Fedak talked about what to look forward to for the big finale:

Chris Fedak:  Well, I think that we have essentially an epic finality for you guys and it’s going to be different than anything we’ve ever done before on the Chuck show. We knew that we were building toward our final episode and we really wanted to put together something special.

It’s going to be a two-hour finale and the first part of it is called Chuck versus Sarah and the second part is called Chuck Versus the Good Bye... and everything is at stake..

It is like all of our characters are at a crossroad, and it’s going to be interesting to see how it all falls out. But it’s definitely the biggest thing we’ve ever done on the Chuck show.

And regarding Colonel Casey?

Adam Baldwin: Well, there’s some resolution there with his relationships that come into play which I found very heart warming and dangerous at the same time. So I appreciate it, but that was the thing about Casey. The biggest challenge for Chris and the writers to keep him dangerous while at the same time being lovable and I think they walked that fine line.

I kept asking well how do I play this guy down the line yet still maintaining within the realm of this romantic comedy. Basically, it was this dangerous romantic comedy that Casey had to walk this line. So it was nice to get the personal aspects of his life really highlighted in the last couple of seasons. So I really appreciate it. I thought that was fun.

Chris Fedak: Yes ...I mean that was a real revelation for us is to watch not only what Adam did with Josh Gomez, but also what he did with Mckenna Melvin. I mean it was something the more we saw of what our actors were going to do between each other and the building up (and) family part of the story was something that we really kind of wanted to follow and to see.

And there’s a moment in the finale which is kind of like the epitome of ...where Casey is holding a sniper rifle... Adam’s so fantastic that it’s also a heartbreaking moment. And it’s like very few people can like look through a sniper rifle and also deliver something really heartbreaking. It's a testament to what Adam has brought to the character of not like a stone cold sniper for the government but also a heart warming dad.

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NBC sent M&C the latest finale previews: 

Zac Says Goodbye

The Chuck star talks about saying goodbye and his appreciation for the best fans anywhere.

Joshua Gomez

Remembers Josh fondly recalls shooting the pilot and what makes the Chuck fans the very best anywhere.

Yvonne on The Finale

Yvonne Strahovski keeps a stiff upper lip as she talks about saying goodbye and recalling just how far the series and she have come over five seasons.

A New World Morgan waxes nostalgic with his friend, John Casey.