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The Darling Buds of May
Series titles
Starring
Pam Ferris
Philip Franks
David Jason
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original language(s)
English
No. of series
3
No. of episodes
20 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time
50 minutes approx.
Production company(s)
Excelsior Productions
Yorkshire Television
Distributor
ITV Studios
Release
Original network
ITV
Picture format
4:3
Original release
7 April 1991 (1991-04-07) – 4 April 1993 (1993-04-04)
The Darling Buds of May is a British comedy drama television series, produced by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network, first broadcast between 7 April 1991 and 4 April 1993. It is an adaptation of the 1958 novel of the same name, and its sequels, by H. E. Bates.
Set in rural 1950s Kent, it follows the life of the Larkin family. It starred David Jason as "Pop" Larkin alongside Pam Ferris as "Ma" Larkin, with Catherine Zeta-Jones playing their eldest daughter Mariette, who marries tax inspector Philip Franks as Cedric "Charlie" Charlton. A ratings success, it proved to be Zeta-Jones' breakout role.
Featuring a total of 20 episodes, it was broadcast as three series of six double-episode story lines in the spring of 1991, 1992 and 1993, plus two single episode Christmas specials aired in 1991 and 1992.
The title is from the third line of Shakespeare's sonnet 18.
Contents
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1 Synopsis
2 Time period
3 Cast
3.1 Main cast members
3.2 Recurring cast - Larkin family
3.3 Recurring cast - others
4 Episodes
4.1 Series 1
4.2 Series 2
4.3 Series 3
5 Production
5.1 Conception and development
5.2 Casting
5.3 Filming
5.4 Filming locations
5.5 Music
5.6 Future
6 Themes
7 Release
7.1 Broadcast
7.2 Home media
7.3 Soundtrack
8 Reception
8.1 Awards
9 Source novels and other adaptations
10 References
11 External links
Synopsis[edit]
The square oast house of Buss Farm, featured in the opening credits, seen in 2007
The Larkin family lives on a farm in rural England, in the county of Kent. Sidney ("Pop") and his partner Florence ("Ma") have six children, eldest daughter Mariette, followed by their only son Montgomery, and other daughters Primrose, twins Zinnia and Petunia, and Victoria. Ma is a housewife while Pop supplements his farm income with various other not entirely legitimate enterprises. Tax collector Cedric ("Charlie") visits to audit Pop, but falls in love with Mariette and quits his job to live the rural life. As Ma and Pop raise their other children, Charlie attempts to provide for his now wife Mariette. Ma and Pop soon have a seventh child, Oscar, followed around a year later by Charlie and Mariette's first baby, John Blenheim.
Pop and Ma's relationship is depicted as loving and affectionate throughout, although Pop is flirtatious and subject to numerous advances, most of which Ma is aware of and evidently unconcerned by. Proud of all his children, Pop's schemes evidently provide well for the family, enough to fund boarding school for the twins, naval boarding school for Monty, a swimming pool, a fairground, and a holiday to France, although he is just as motivated by doing good and helping others as making a profit. Ma occasionally becomes involved in Pop's schemes, or creates a scheme of her own. Possessing some very close friends, their lifestyle, in particular the fact they have never been married, nonetheless raises eyebrows in the stuffy environs of the local village.
Mariette and Charlie's relationship is more torrid, in part due to his insecurity over her attractiveness, and his varying success in providing financially, with their newly acquired hop farm struggling. Mariette's business skills eventual come to bear as they purchase a local brewery. Primrose is depicted as a frustrated romantic, moving to France to live with a boy her own age and attempting to seduce both Charlie and the village minister upon her return. Monty meanwhile contends with bullying, both at home and at naval boarding school. The increasingly mischievous twins gradually grow apart from their younger sibling Victoria, who delights in teasing and embarrassing all her siblings, especially Primrose.
Time period[edit]
All the episodes are seemingly set during 1958–59 despite the timespan of events across all three series making this a logical impossibility. The first serial is based on the first book, written and set in 1958, during which Florence finds out she is pregnant. In the second serial ("When the green woods laugh") Sidney is accused of committing indecent assault on 23 August 1958. The trial takes place on July 7th, the same day as Charlie's and Mariette's wedding; this would seem to be a continuity error because it cannot be July of the following year as Florence's baby had not yet been born. By the time of the third serial ("A breath of French air") Florence has already given birth to Oscar and the Larkins have a late August holiday in Brittany, during which Charlie and Mariette celebrate their first wedding anniversary. The fourth serial ("Christmas is coming") is set at Christmas and it is established Mariette is five months pregnant; she gives birth in the fifth serial ("Oh! to be in England!"), which would be some time in the spring of 1960 at the earliest according to the dating of the first series and the chronology of events up to that point. However, in the sixth serial ("Stranger at the gates") the twins celebrate their birthday, which a close-up of a wall calendar reveals to be 15 August 1959.
In the eighth serial ("Le Grand Weekend") the Larkins' weekend getaway coincides with Charles de Gaulle's state visit, which would date the events of the episode to April 1960 if it does indeed coincide with the real-life visit. Primrose's birthday was revealed to be in May in "Stranger at the gates" and she celebrates it in the ninth serial "The happiest days of your life", dating the events either to May 1960 (using the retconned second series date) or 1961 (going by the date given in the first series). By the eleventh serial ("Climb the greasy pole"), when the children are older and the babies have grown to toddlerhood, another close-up of a calendar reveals the month to be October 1959. At the end of the final episode, Sidney is elected to the Rural District Council on 5 November 1959 (Guy Fawkes Night).
Cast[edit]
Main cast members[edit]
Of the four main cast members, Jason and Ferris appeared in all twenty episodes, while Zeta-Jones and Franks appeared in eighteen, their only absences being in the third series double episode "Cast Not Your Pearls Before Swine" (3.3 & 3.4).
David Jason, as Sidney Charles "Pop" Larkin, the father of the family
Pam Ferris, as Florence Daisy "Ma" (Parker) Larkin, the mother of the family
Catherine Zeta-Jones, as Mariette Charlton, née Larkin, eldest Larkin daughter
Philip Franks, Cedric "Charley" Charlton, husband of Mariette
Recurring cast - Larkin family[edit]
The actors playing the other Larkin children and grandchild were as below (listed in descending character age). All the children except those yet to be born appeared in the first episode. After appearing in the first six episodes, the actor playing Primrose was replaced, the second appearing from the seventh episode (the first Christmas special) onwards. The actors playing the roles of Oscar and John Blenheim first appear in episodes 1.5 and 2.1 respectively. Although a male character, John Blenheim was played by Daisy-May Bates, granddaughter of the author of the books.
Julie Stichbury, as Primrose Larkin (1991) (6 episodes)
Abigail Rokison, as Primrose Larkin (1991-1993) (12 episodes)
Ian Tucker, as Montgomery 'Monty' Larkin, their eldest son (13 episodes)
Christina Giles, as Petunia Larkin, twin sister to Zinnia (18 episodes)
Katherine Giles, as Zinnia Larkin, twin sister to Petunia (18 episodes)
Stephanie Ralph, as Victoria Larkin, the youngest Larkin daughter (19 episodes)
Ross Marriott, as Oscar Larkin, their youngest child (16 episodes)
Daisy-May Bates, as John Marlborough Churchill Blenheim Charlton, the only son of Charlie and Mariette (11 episodes)
Recurring cast - others[edit]
Various other actors appeared in more than one story-line, i.e. in more than one double-episode.
Rachel Bell as Edith Pilchester, a local spinster (16 episodes)
Moray Watson as the Brigadier, a local retired army officer (11 episodes)
Kika Mirylees as Angela Snow, a local woman (7 episodes)
Martyn Read as Sergeant Wilson, a local police officer (6 episodes)
Tyler Butterworth as Reverend John Candy, the local vicar (4 episodes)
Michael Jayston as Ernest Bristow, the brewery owner (4 episodes)
Carol MacReady as Mrs. Daws, a local shopkeeper (4 episodes)
Sheila Burrell as Mrs. Kinthley, owner of the hop-garden bought by Charlie (4 episodes)
Steven Brand as Tom Sargent, love interest of Mariette (4 episodes)
Anna Massey as Mademoiselle Antoinette Dupont, a French hotelier (3 episodes)
Michael Culver as Sir George Bluff-Gore, a local landowner (3 episodes)
Richenda Carey as Lady Bluff-Gore, wife of Sir George (3 episodes)
John Carlin as Reverend Spink (3 episodes)
Episodes[edit]
Series 1[edit]
No.
Title
Original broadcast
1.1 & 1.2 "The Darling Buds of May" 7 and 14 April 1991
Cedric Charlton, the tax inspector, arrives on Home Farm to help the Larkins fill in their tax form. He is distracted by their beautiful daughter, Mariette. The Larkins distract him further by attempting to teach him crib and getting him drunk. He wakes with a hangover, and is unfit to return home. Eventually, he forgets life in the office. He accompanies the family on their annual strawberry-picking trip, where he attracts Pauline Jackson, the local flirt. Mariette and Pauline fight for him but Mariette wins and the episode ends with Mr Charlton (called Charley by the family), proposing to Mariette, and Pop Larkin giving them his blessing.
1.3 & 1.4 "When the green woods laugh" 21 and 28 April 1991
The day of Charley and Mariette's wedding is looming. Pop sells a country mansion to an aristocratic couple. When Pop rejects the advances of Corrine Perrigo (Celia Imrie), she gets her revenge by persuading the woman to charge him with assault, when all he attempted was stop her from falling. The Brigadier is best man for the wedding. Eventually, Pop is found innocent and the wedding goes ahead.
1.5 & 1.6 "A breath of French air" 5 and 12 May 1991
The Larkins go on holiday to Brittany. The weather is appalling, the food revolting, the receptionist unfriendly. The weather improves, and a mechanic sees the crest on the doors of Mr Larkin's car and thinks him a lord. As a result, he is treated better, even by the receptionist, Molet. The hotel patronne, Mademoiselle Dupont, gives Pop and Ma her room. Primrose falls in love with a local boy named Marc - Antoine Gammelin and wants to stay in France. Tension springs up between Charley and Mariette when she attracts local young men and wants to spend time with them on the beach. She refuses to go on a miniature railway with Charlie. Incensed, Charlie says he will go on his own. The train is late and he wanders into a bar, where he meets a tomboy and her pals. They get him drunk; he misses his train and has to be escorted home by Pop. But he sobers up at the sight of Mariette playing in the sea with her new friends. Charley drags her away, and tells her she will come on the train with him next day whether she likes it or not. Mariette surrenders and enjoys it. The Larkins get together with the tomboy, Max (short for Maxime), and Angela Snow (who, by a coincidence, is also visiting Brittany) and her sister Iris, who with the hotel staff organise a wedding anniversary celebration for Charley and Mariette.
1.7 "Christmas is coming!" 22 December 1991
As Christmas approaches, Charley and Mariette go to view a house to rent, unaware that Tommy Mason, an escaped convict is hiding there. Pop later discovers him in the Larkins' hen-house where Victoria is taking food to him. He explains that, since his imprisonment, his wife has severed all ties with him but he is anxious to see his children. Pop usually dresses as Father Christmas to give local children toys but Charley suggests Tommy play the part so he can see his children, which he does, as well as making up with his wife and then returning to prison. Mrs Mason and her children join the throng already invited to spend Christmas Day with the Larkins.
Series 2[edit]
No.
Title
Original broadcast
2.1 & 2.2 "Oh! to be in England!" 26 January and 2 February 1992
Mam'selle Dupont comes to stay with the Larkins, and discovers the truth – Mr. Larkin is not a lord. She is disappointed but comes to terms with it, and enjoys her stay. Pop saves an old woman from being cheated, and buys a fair from his friend, Fruity Pears, who is unable to run it after being attacked by thugs. Primrose's relationship with the French boy has fizzled out; back in the UK she falls for Mr Candy, the young vicar in charge of christening the young Larkins ... and a newly arrived Charlton.
2.3 & 2.4 "Stranger at the gates" 9 and 16 February 1992
A young man named Pieter who says he is Danish arrives on the farm, and starts doing odd jobs for the people in the village. Everyone, including Mariette, thinks he's the bee's knees, much to the resentment of Charley. Meanwhile, Montgomery is being bullied by local boys, and Primrose is attempting to win Mr. Candy's heart. She mistakes his sister for a girlfriend, and angrily leaves him. Charley discovers that Pieter is German and has been hiding his identity because of the anti-German sentiment in post-World War II Britain. The villagers turn against him on this discovery, but Pieter is restored to favour again after he rescues John Watson, one of the bullies from a quarry ledge. The Larkins arrange for Pieter to marry his girlfriend, an English lady named Eileen.
2.5 & 2.6 "A season of heavenly gifts" 23 February and 1 March 1992
Pop Larkin unwittingly becomes involved in smuggling when he receives gifts from a grateful pilot he helped after a crash-landing. Meanwhile, an evil Polish man named Mr. Cope attempts to prevent Charley and Mariette from buying Mrs Kinthley's hopgarden. The pilot invites the family to a party at his club, which they greatly enjoy. Montgomery Larkin is unhappy at Naval College, where he is training to be a sailor in the merchant navy. The family go to his Open Day; the Brigadier goes along and helps them solve the problem by showing Pop how to humiliate the bullying instructor, Strickland.
2.7 "Le Grand Weekend" 26 December 1992
Pop and Ma's proposed week-end in Paris is disrupted by a storm, and they spend the time in a country house.
Series 3[edit]
No.
Title
Original broadcast
3.1 & 3.2 "The happiest days of your life" 28 February and 7 March 1993
The twins go to boarding school, while Charley starts doing the books as a part-time job for the brewery to which he wishes to sell his hops. Charley and Mariette decide to buy the brewery. The whole family repairs the twins' boarding school, which was otherwise going to be forced to close by the bank for not keeping up with the repairs.
3.3 & 3.4 "Cast not your pearls before swine" 14 and 21 March 1993
Pop builds a swimming-pool, and buys two hundred pigs from George Harran, a confidence trickster who is also cheating Edith, who has fallen in love with him. Meanwhile, Primrose has a new love interest – a member of the swimming pool building crew, from Liverpool. Pop prepares a trick against George to put all to rights without hurting Edith. Primrose runs away to Liverpool in pursuit of her love after Victoria teases her, causing Pop to realise the scam, but returns home when she realises he is not the man for her.
3.5 & 3.6 "Climb the greasy pole" 28 March and 4 April 1993
Pop runs for rural councillor while Charley and Mariette struggle at the brewery and have problems in their relationship. Gypsies get involved in Pop's campaign for rural councillor. Charley and Mariette have to work on their marriage as Mariette is attracted to Tom Sargent, after which they at last finalise the deal to buy Bristow's brewery.
Production[edit]
Conception and development[edit]
Having been sold to MGM films in 1959, it wasn't until 1989 that Richard Bates, son of the author of the original books H.E Bates, was able to purchase the rights to the novels. At the same time, Yorkshire Television were looking for a new project for David Jason, having starred for them in A Bit of a Do.[1] Richard Bates went on to Executive Produce the show, alongside Vernon Lawrence of Yorkshire Television.[2]
Casting[edit]
Bates had originally considered Bob Hoskins as ideal for the role of Pop, but Lawrence was of the view his increasing fame as a film actor would create problems.[2] Jason was cast first, followed by Ferris and Franks. Finding an actor to fit with the novel's description of Mariette as a black-haired and olive skinned beauty proved difficult, with over 300 rejected until Zeta-Jones was cast. With filming due to start, she had been spotted appearing in 42nd Street at the Drury Lane Theatre.[1]
Filming[edit]
Each one-hour episode took two weeks to film, followed by two months in post production.[1]
Filming locations[edit]
Farmhouse of Buss Farm, seen in 2007
Much of the series was filmed in and around the village of Pluckley in Kent; Executive Producer Richard Bates lived just a few miles away.[3]
The location for "Home Farm", the Larkin residence, was Buss Farm a few miles south of Pluckley, owned by the Holmes family. All four main buildings of the Grade II listed farm were utilised, the farmhouse itself, a square oast house (depicted in the title sequence), a Tudor barn and cart lodge. After being put up for sale by the family in 2012, it was purchased in 2013 by a businessman. Renaming it "Darling Buds Farm", several buildings were converted into guest accommodation themed around the show.[4][5]
The Black Horse pub in Pluckley, seen in 2009
Other locations in Pluckley village itself were used extensively; the Black Horse pub in The Street was renamed the Hare and Hounds and used as the Larkins' local. Church Gate Cottage and Fig Tree Cottage in The Street served as Edith Pilchester's and The Brigadier's homes respectively. Pluckley primary school, also in The Street, served as the village hall. The butcher's shop also featured, and the Post Office (dressed as the grocer's). Church scenes were filmed at St Nicholas Church in the village.[6]
The cricket scenes were filmed at Little Chart Cricket Club, a village north east of Pluckley.[6]
St Nicholas Church, Pluckley, seen in 2013
Further afield, in and around Tenterden, Kent, Halden Place in Halden Lane, Cranbrook, served as Mrs Kinthley's hop garden, Wentwood Cottage in Swain Road served as Charley and Mariette's cottage, and the Kent & East Sussex Railway was the location of Charley's arrival in Kent, and the station used by Ma, Charley and Mariette shopping for her wedding dress. Other scenes shot in Kent included the exteriors of "Bristow's Brewery", filmed at Shepherd Neame Brewery in Faversham, and scenes of the Larkin's beach holiday, filmed in Folkestone, including a backdrop of the Leas Lift. Mlle. Dupont is met by the Larkin's at Folkestone Harbour after her channel crossing.[6]
Little filming was done inside the farmhouse, the interiors having been shot in a studio at Yorkshire Television. Scenes shot in the former Wennington School in Yorkshire were included.
To mark the series' 20th anniversary, Kent County Council established a tourist trail featuring the various film locations and other local attractions and Kent food.[6][7]
Music[edit]
The series' music producer Pip Burley wrote the title theme, "Perfick!". He had submitted the piece anonymously, having deemed the submissions received from a shortlist of composers missed the point of the essential romanticism of the show. Although it also featured lyrics, drawn from the words used in the novels, the theme music for the series did not feature them. The song with lyrics was later sung by David Jason for the radio adaptation of the last book in the Larkin series, A Little of What You Fancy.[8][9]
Future[edit]
After the series ended, Ferris wished to film more episodes. Having performed it for radio in 1996, she theorised in 2008 that the reason the fifth book was never adapted for television was because the storyline featured Pop recovering from a heart attack, something the producers likely thought the audience would not want to see.[10]
In 2016, having filmed a cinema adaptation of another classic TV series, Dad's Army, Zeta-Jones responded positively to suggestions that The Darling Buds of May might also be similarly remade, stating "I’d be playing Ma Larkin, but I’m up for it".[11]
Themes[edit]
Locally produced food and drink intentionally played a core role in the series.[1] Due to not being ripe at the right time, the strawberries used in the series were imported from Holland.[3] One of the most iconic scenes featuring Pop and Ma eating a meal together while having a bath.[3] With several scenes featuring eating, the fact Ferris was a vegetarian had to be worked around by the production staff.[3] Both Ferris and Jason gained weight due to the amount of food they had to consume, often in multiple times and for multiple scenes at one time, to make the scenes look realistic.[2]
Another theme of the series was the Larkin family's habit of giving their children unusual or themed first and middle names. Mariette was created by combining 'Marie' and 'Antoinette'. Montgomery was named after wartime officer Field Marshall Montgomery. Victoria was named for being born during the plum season (Victoria plum). While Monty and Victoria have no middle names, the other children have multiple instances of them: Primrose Violet Anemone Iris Magnolia Narcissa, twins Petunia June Florence Nightingale and Zinnia June Florence Nightingale, and Oscar Columbus Septimus Dupont, the last one being in tribute to the French hotelleir Mademoiselle Dupont, who features in the series. In comparison, Mariette's wedding ceremony reveals her middle name is simply Jane. Mariette and Charlie continue the family tradition by naming their son John Marlborough Churchill Blenheim.
Release[edit]
Broadcast[edit]
The first episode was transmitted on the ITV channel at 8pm on a Sunday night.[1]
Home media[edit]
When the series was first released on video, it sold £1m worth of copies in the first four days.[2]
DVD releases:
Country
Publisher
Title
Rating
Release date
Notes
United Kingdom Cinema Club The Best of The Darling Buds of May PG 15 July 2002
Cinema Club The Darling Buds of May: The Perfect Collection PG 10 November 2003 all 20 episodes
ITV Studios The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Series - Special Edition PG 7 February 2005 all 20 episodes & exclusive interviews
ITV Studios The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Series PG 1 September 2008 contains all 20 episodes & exclusive commentary
ITV Studios The Darling Buds of May: The Complete 20th Anniversary Collection PG 8 August 2011 all 20 episodes
Australia Shock Records The Darling Buds of May: Series One PG 3 March 2007[12] Special 2-Disc Edition - contains all 6 episodes & bonus episode "Christmas is Coming"
Shock Records The Darling Buds of May: Series Two G 5 May 2007[13] Special 2-Disc Edition - contains all 6 episodes & bonus episode "La Grande Weekend"
Shock Records The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Collection PG 29 March 2008[14] all 20 episodes
Reel DVD The Darling Buds of May: The Complete Collection PG 6 February 2013[15] all 20 episodes (contains same packaging as UK 2011 release)
Note: The 2008 and 2011 DVD sets from ITV Studios list that there are 11 episodes; this is due to the fact that all episodes in series 1-3 (not including the specials) contain two parts making them count as a whole.
Soundtrack[edit]
A 16 track soundtrack of the series was released by EMI on CD in 1991.[16]
Reception[edit]
The series was a ratings success,[17] its "feel-good" factor during economic recession often noted as the reason[citation needed]. While Yorkshire TV classified it as a drama, audiences and critics have generally considered it a comedy/drama.
The first episode broke a British broadcasting record, becoming the first instance of a new series topping the national ratings, beating the soap opera Coronation Street (also an ITV production) on the night. This came as a shock to producers, although they had been hopeful of good ratings, based on the dull weather and the belief people would be looking for something to lift their spirits following the end of the Gulf War.[1]
Jason attributed the series' popularity to the public wanting a more wholesome, inclusive and inoffensive viewing option, at a time when violence on television was increasing. This was one of the main reasons he decided to take the role.[2]
The series generated an upsurge in sales of H.E. Bates' novels.[2]
Awards[edit]
1992 Ivor Novello Award - Best Theme from a TV/Radio Production[18]
Source novels and other adaptations[edit]
The Larkin family truck, seen at the Darling Buds Classic Car Show at Buss Farm in 2007
The series is based on the works of H. E. Bates, who died in 1974. Having moved from the industrialised English Midlands to a granary in Little Chart in Kent in 1930 in search of new inspirations for his work, he was initially frustrated in his efforts to create a novel based on the Kent way of life. His inspiration for the Larkin stories eventually came in 1955 while on a trip to Sittingbourne. Pausing at Faversham, he observed the joyful camaraderie of a large boisterous family as they emerged from a shop and departed in a large blue truck. Combining this with observations of another family on a nearby small-holding, he set about writing about how these families might live. Originally a short story, he expanded it into a novel, followed by a further four books, the titles of the first four of which were used as episode titles for the TV series:[1]
The Darling Buds of May (1958)
A Breath of French Air (1959)
When the Green Woods Laugh (1960)
Oh! To be in England! (1963)
A Little of What You Fancy? (1970)
The first novel in the series was originally adapted to the screen in 1959 as The Mating Game, starring Debbie Reynolds and Tony Randall as Mariette and Charley.
The fifth novel, A Little of What You Fancy?, was never adapted for television, but it was adapted into a six-part series by Eric Pringle for BBC Radio, with Jason and Ferris reprising their roles, first airing in February 1996.[19][20]
In May 2011 a stage production of the series was put on at Buss Farm.[7]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "The Darling Buds of May and Kent". Kent Life. 21 June 2011.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Hildred, Stafford; Ewbank, Tim (2012-09-03). Sir David Jason - A Life of Laughter. John Blake Publishing. ISBN 9781782190721.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Darling Buds of May – Garden of England Trail – Behind the Scenes". Kent Film Office. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
Jump up ^ "Darling Buds of May farm in Kent for sale for £1.35m". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
Jump up ^ "Darling Buds of May farm to open to public". RadioTimes. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
^ Jump up to: a b c d The Darling Buds of May Trail (PDF). Kent Film Office.
^ Jump up to: a b "Darling Buds of May visitor trail set up in Kent". BBC News. Retrieved 2016-05-29.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds of May". Pip Burley. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "Perfick!". Pip Burley. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "Little Dorrit star Pam Ferris on her 15 year rift with Catherine Zeta-Jones". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "Catherine Zeta-Jones on Darling Buds of May film: "I'm up for it"". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds Of May Series 1 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds Of May Series 2 on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds Of May The Complete Collection Collectors Edition on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds Of May Complete Collection on DVD". dvdorchard.com.au. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Darling Buds Of May, The- Soundtrack details - SoundtrackCollector.com". www.soundtrackcollector.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "The Darling Buds of May".
Jump up ^ "The Ivors 1992 - The Ivors". The Ivors. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "A Little of What You Fancy - BBC Radio 4 FM - 15 February 1996 - BBC Genome". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
Jump up ^ "Radio A Little of What You Fancy / Heartache Radio 4". The Independent. 1996-02-16. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
External links[edit]
The Darling Buds of May on IMDb
Darling Buds Farm – Kent farm location used for the TV series.
Darling Buds Cookery Courses - cookery course at the Kent farm location used for the TV series.
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Sarah Walker (Chuck)
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Sarah Bartowski
Chuck character
Yvonne Strahovski as Sarah Bartowski
First appearance
"Chuck Versus the Intersect"
Last appearance
"Chuck Versus the Goodbye"
Portrayed by
Yvonne Strahovski
Stefanie Scott (young Sam)
Alexa Blair (young Sam)
Information
Aliases
Sam Lisa (real name; surname unknown)
Sarah Walker[1]
Jenny Burton[2]
Gender
Female
Occupation
Former CIA Agent
Co-Owner of Burbank Buy More
Title
Agent
Family
Dr. Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb (sister-in-law)
Clara Woodcomb (niece)
Jack Burton (father's alias)
Emma (mother)[3]
Molly (adopted sister)
Stephen J. Bartowski (father-in-law, deceased)
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski (mother-in-law)
Unnamed grandmother[4]
Spouse(s)
Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski
Born
May 1982[5]
Affiliation
Central Intelligence Agency
Operation Bartowski
Carmichael Industries
Partners
Chuck Bartowski (partner)
John Casey (partner-employee)
Morgan Grimes (partner-employee)
Brigadier General Diane Beckman (former commanding officer)
Expertise
Trained in espionage, hand-to-hand combat, and firearms. Exceptional con artist (trained by her father prior to being enlisted in CIA). Highly skilled with throwing knives and various bladed weapons. Trained pilot. Downloads the intersect late in the series which makes her even more superhuman despite her already expert skillset.
Sarah Lisa Bartowski (f/k/a Walker)[6] is the alias[2] of one of the main characters of the television show Chuck on NBC. She is portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski and is one of two agents assigned by the NSA and CIA to protect Chuck Bartowski after he unwittingly downloads the secret government computer known as the Intersect into his brain. Throughout the series, she is Chuck's primary love interest and initially poses as Chuck's girlfriend to conceal their identities as spies from the public. In the Season 4 finale, "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger", Chuck and Sarah were married, dismissed from government service, and given ownership of Volkoff Industries, with which they bought the Burbank Buy More and the secret Castle base thereunder. During the final three episodes of season 5, Sarah gets her memories suppressed due to a faulty Intersect upload, the signs of recovery from which are exhibited throughout the final episode.
Contents
1 Biography
2 Series
2.1 Season 1
2.2 Season 2
2.3 Season 3
2.4 Season 4
2.5 Season 5
3 Development
3.1 Personality
4 Reception
5 References
Biography[edit]
Very little information about Sarah's past has been revealed throughout the series. The only people outside of her family confirmed to know her real name, revealed to be "Sam", are Director Graham[2] (now dead), Daniel Shaw, and Chuck. It is otherwise only known that she has confessed her middle name is Lisa.[7] Chuck stated she was 28 years old before he met her father for the first time,[8] and later Gertrude Verbanski had a dossier on her stating she was born in May 1982.[5] Her father was a con artist she introduced to Chuck as "Jack Burton," and much of her youth was spent moving from city to city under a series of aliases as part of his ongoing schemes. She attended at least her senior year of high school—and graduated in 1998—under the alias of Jenny Burton.[2]
As a child, Sarah was not only aware of her father's activities, but actively participated in them. One of their scams was the "Lichtenstein," in which her father would masquerade as a struggling German inventor or businessman attempting to unload an invention or other valuable commodity that never actually existed.[8] Christmases were spent scamming the Salvation Army.[9] "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" reveals that Sarah spent at least some of the ten years between 1988 and 1998 in the care of her grandmother, who did not think much of her father.
Sometime in 1998 before her high school graduation, Sarah's father was arrested for his own protection after a scam went wrong and put his life in danger. He left her a hidden cache of money for just such an emergency, and it was while recovering this cache that she was first approached by CIA Director Graham. He took her in as a protege after remarking on her many aliases and gave her the cover name of Sarah Walker. Although apparently "recruited" at this point, flashbacks make it clear that she continued in high school; several of the popular children cruelly mocked her as the "jailbird's daughter" because of her father's imprisonment.[2]
It has been revealed that the relationship between her parents began to fall apart after her father's disastrous proposal attempt.[10] Additionally, "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" shows that Sarah and her father were largely on their own at least as early as 1988.
Sarah has an adopted 5-year-old sister (circa 2011) named Molly, whom Sarah saved as a baby in Hungary. At first, her job was to deliver the child to her handler, Kieran Ryker, but Sarah discovered he was corrupt and left the baby with her mother, whom no one at the CIA knew existed. Upon dropping Molly off, Sarah tells her mother that they can never see or speak to each other again in order to protect them and to make sure the baby grows up having the normal life Sarah never got. However, when Ryker resurfaces and finds out that Sarah's mother has the child, Sarah saves them from him and is reunited with her mother and Molly for the first time in 5 years where she is introduced to Molly as her sister.
According to NBC.com's Spy Dossiers she was (officially) recruited out of Harvard University.[11] She also spent a year with the Secret Service.[12]
Sarah's earliest known assignment after being recruited was with the C.A.T. (Clandestine Attack Team) Squad, a team of female spies that also included Sarah's DEA friend, Carina Miller. The team eventually broke up in 2003, when Sarah discovered a bug indicating one of the members, Zondra, was a traitor. Although Zondra was cleared by a government inquiry, their relationship was strained.
Later, Sarah's CIA "red test," or first kill, was Evelyn Shaw in 2005. Sarah was given no background information about her target, and couldn't check on the kill because she had to flee from the scene before police arrived.[13]
Also beginning in 2005 Sarah was partnered with Chuck's former friend and college roommate Bryce Larkin. Their professional relationship eventually evolved into an intimate one. After Bryce went rogue, Sarah was assigned to Budapest under the handleship of Kieran Ryker. Ryker requested Sarah because her file indicated that she was a loner and knew she would keep secrets. After leaving the baby with her mother, Director Graham sent her to Burbank to investigate why Larkin sent an email to Chuck Bartowski.
Series[edit]
Season 1[edit]
When Bryce apparently goes rogue to steal the Intersect computer, Sarah—not realizing that he did so to protect it from a cabal of rogue spies called Fulcrum—feels both personally and professionally betrayed. Sarah is subsequently assigned by Graham to attempt to recover the Intersect. The only lead is the e-mail Bryce sent to Chuck, and she tracks Chuck down to the Buy More where, posing as a customer with a broken phone, she first makes contact.[14]
Sarah soon becomes one of Chuck Bartowski's two government handlers. She is partnered with NSA agent John Casey and assigned the task of protecting Chuck.[14] This extends to acting on information Chuck "flashes" on.
As part of her cover, Sarah pretends to be Chuck's girlfriend. One of the complications and the main focus on the development of her character throughout the series is that although initially she insists this is only part of her cover, a genuine romantic interest grows between them. While Sarah herself is initially slow to recognize or acknowledge her feelings, other characters have readily picked up on her attraction to Chuck. Sarah's DEA friend Carina is one of the first to recognize that Sarah's feelings for Chuck are more than merely professional.[7] Casey also recognizes that she is falling for him,[15] something he teases her and Chuck about frequently.
The development of a relationship between Sarah and Chuck meets with two major sets of obstacles throughout the series. First, professionally Sarah is supposed to avoid romantic entanglements, and her affection for Chuck sometimes does put him in danger.[16] Second, both characters become jealous of competing romantic interests, including instances where one of them has to seduce someone for a mission.
There are two particularly notable cases of these love triangles in the first season. Chuck's interest in finding a real relationship leads Chuck to "break up" his cover relationship with Sarah and pursue Lou the sandwich girl,[17] which causes Sarah to become jealous and protective.[15] Just after the "break up" Sarah passionately kisses Chuck seconds before a bomb is meant to explode. Soon afterwards, Bryce Larkin returns[18] and competes for Sarah's affections. Sarah is torn, but ultimately decides to stick with her mission protecting Chuck rather than follow Bryce.
By the end of the season, Sarah displays a willingness to go to great lengths for Chuck, and is even prepared to go rogue and draw her gun on another CIA agent attempting to take him into government custody.[19]
Season 2[edit]
In the second season, Chuck and Sarah haltingly move towards establishing a real relationship. Sarah agrees to go on a first "real" date with Chuck as it appears he is being released back to civilian life.[20] However, the rebuilt Intersect is sabotaged, pulling Chuck back into his spy life and re-establishing Sarah's professional barrier.
Then, as Chuck attempts to pursue Sarah anyway, Larkin returns a second time.[21] This time Sarah's feelings are clearly for Chuck, but when her affection for Chuck places both her life and Chuck's at risk, Bryce convinces Chuck to "break up" with her.[16]
Shortly thereafter, Chuck runs into his ex-girlfriend Jill Roberts, creating another love triangle that makes Sarah jealous and protective of Chuck. But this time she shows more restraint, trying not to interfere, at least until she discovers Jill is a member of Fulcrum.[22] Yet another love triangle arises later in the season with the arrival of Cole Barker, who (like Bryce) is a suave and formidable spy, but that only goes as far as a kiss.
Chuck provides Sarah with emotional support when a mission forces her to revisit part of her childhood,[2] and later when Sarah's father returns.[8] Chuck makes some strong suggestions that he loves Sarah, including notably in the mid-season finale when he gives Sarah his mother's charm bracelet, a gift Sarah says is something he should save for a "real girlfriend."[9]
Sarah's personal feelings for Chuck lead to her temporary replacement as Chuck's handler in "Chuck Versus the Broken Heart", as Beckman is concerned those feelings jeopardized the mission. However, the replacement agent, Forrest (Tricia Helfer), failed to effectively protect Chuck and he refused to work with her because of her methods. Sarah's feelings also gave her a close insight that warned her something was wrong when Forrest couldn't. Beckman reluctantly acknowledged Sarah and Chuck's feelings for each other were actually a benefit to their working relationship rather than a danger, and allowed Sarah to resume her role as his handler.
In the meantime, while Sarah's professional obligations to Chuck are suspended, she becomes more personally involved. Sarah makes an unauthorized and illegal search of the CIA database at Langley to locate Chuck's father after his own efforts fail, and ultimately she takes Chuck to meet his father.
In "Chuck Versus the First Kill" General Beckman orders Sarah to lure Chuck to Castle so he can be taken into custody and brought back to Washington. Sarah objects, but is about to carry out her orders when at the last minute she warns Chuck that it is a setup and takes him on the run.[23]
While on the run, Chuck and Sarah spend the night in a motel, and share a bed. While not under surveillance, they kiss and are close to having sex but are interrupted by a lack of a condom, followed by the appearance of Agent Casey. After Chuck successfully removes the Intersect from his head, Sarah is reassigned to work on the new Intersect project with Bryce, but soon decides not to go and instead stay with Chuck. But even after learning that she turned down the assignment, Chuck consciously re-establishes the professional barrier by uploading the new Intersect.
Season 3[edit]
By the beginning of "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip" Sarah's relationship with Chuck is shattered. Flashbacks throughout the episode reveal that shortly after uploading the new Intersect, Sarah asked Chuck to go AWOL and run away with her so they could be together. Chuck was initially enthusiastic, but by the time they met with each other he refused so he could pursue his spy training. Sarah was heartbroken and subsequently cut him off. She was forced to reconnect again when Chuck interfered with an operation against the Ring. Ultimately, Chuck was reinstated on the team and Sarah was ordered by Beckman to help train Chuck. Their relationship issues again came to a head during an assignment with Carina. Because of Chuck's remaining feelings for her she requested a transfer from Beckman on grounds she was a liability but was denied. They managed to partially resolve their situation, and Carina showed Sarah security footage of Chuck trying to explain to her that he chose to take his spy training because of Sarah's own encouragement, and his realization that he could help people and a desire to protect those he loved-including her.
Team Bartowski's new leader, Daniel Shaw, began romantically approaching Sarah in "Chuck Versus the Mask." Although initially Sarah very vocally rejected his advances, when she and Shaw were exposed to cyclosarin gas Sarah admitted that she overreacted and somewhat enjoyed Shaw's attention. Sarah and Chuck agreed that they were free to pursue relationships with other people, and Sarah began allowing Shaw to get closer. In "Chuck Versus the Fake Name", Sarah tells Shaw that this job is making her slowly forget who she was before and says that for the last three years, she has never once told anybody her real name. When Shaw asks her what it is, Sarah reveals that her real name is Sam (most likely from Samantha). Chuck also finds out her real name after he overhears this conversation while posing as an assassin the Ring hired to kill Shaw. She is still initially reluctant to allow herself to become involved with him, but by the end of the episode relents.
Sarah administered Chuck's "final exam" as a spy alongside Shaw in "Chuck Versus the Final Exam." During the mission Chuck tried to talk about what happened in Prague, but the mission interrupted them. Although pleased with Chuck's successful handling of the assignment, Sarah was greatly disturbed when Shaw instructed her to order him to kill a rogue CIA agent. She attempted to resist, fearing what it would make Chuck into, but eventually gave Chuck his instructions. When Chuck finally cornered his target he hesitated and Casey completed the hit from the shadows, however from Sarah's perspective it looked like Chuck pulled the trigger. After the mission she refused to answer when he attempted to call, and expressed to Shaw her distaste over what she had turned Chuck into. When Shaw pressed if she was still in love with Chuck, she replied she no longer was.
In "Chuck Versus the American Hero" Chuck presses her on how he feels, and asks for a second chance at Prague. Sarah is in the process of packing to meet him when Casey arrives. Although she insists what he has to tell her won't change her decision, Casey admits he killed the mole instead, to Sarah's visible relief thus removing any reservations that Sarah had against Chuck. However, before she can leave, Shaw arrives and tells her they have a new mission and there is no time contact Chuck. In Shaw's car Sarah is distressed that there is no signal to call Chuck and asks where they are headed. Shaw tells her only they are going to "settle an old score."
"Chuck Versus the Other Guy" revealed that Sarah was taken by Shaw to a Ring facility where, masquerading that they were still on a mission, he revealed to Sarah that she was set up to kill Evelyn. Despite the revelation, Sarah continued to trust Shaw over Chuck's misgivings. She and Chuck did reconcile their feelings for each other, as she admits she fell for him before the climax of the Season 1 pilot. As they were preparing to begin a relationship, Shaw lured her to Paris and took her to the street where Evelyn was killed, revealing that he had turned to the Ring and intended to kill Sarah in retaliation for his wife's death. Chuck correctly guessed Shaw's intent and destination and arrived in time to save Sarah's life by shooting Shaw when he refused to back down. Unlike the death of Perry, Chuck's killing of Shaw to save her life (and his handling of the situation as a whole) put Sarah's mind at ease, realizing that although Chuck is capable of killing someone, he won't resort to that until every other option has been exhausted. The two chose to spend a few days together in Paris before returning to Burbank.
She and Chuck did attempt to run away from the spy life together in "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners", until an encounter with a defecting Basque terrorist helped them realize that they "wanted it all," and were determined to build their relationship without giving up on their careers. Although Beckman was not pleased when she learned of the couple, even she noted "it's about damn time."
In "Chuck Versus the Role Models", Chuck asks her to move in but she initially declines, telling him that they aren't a "normal couple" so they shouldn't pretend to have a "normal life." General Beckman assigns them to observe an experienced spy couple, the Turners. After seeing the Turners' rocky relationship, Chuck and Sarah find that their relationship could be more of a challenge than they thought. However, Sarah agrees to move in with Chuck at the end of the episode, so that they can have something "to fall back on after [their] spy life is over."
In "Chuck Versus the Tooth" even though they are living together, Sarah still has difficulty expressing her emotions to Chuck. When Chuck starts to show signs of a mental breakdown and is locked down in a CIA mental hospital, Sarah believes in and supports his claims that a Zamibian scientist has connections to the Ring. Although her investigation indicates that Chuck is wrong, she goes to his doctor and tells him that she loves Chuck and wants to help him work through whatever problems he is facing. At the end of the episode, she candidly tells Chuck that she loves him.
Sarah struggles with Chuck lying to her in "Chuck Versus the Living Dead" about his dream that Shaw is alive. After she obtains the truth from Morgan, she confronts Chuck and along with Casey, go through her relationship with Shaw to find any clues as to his whereabouts or plans. She breaks into Shaw's penthouse with Chuck and recovers Shaw's Intelligence Safe after a confrontation with a Ring agent. When Chuck's father leaves, she provides Chuck with his address and takes him to Stephen's cabin, where she saves Chuck from a trap by Ring agents. At the end of the episode, Sarah gives her spy will to Chuck, saying that he's the only one she wants to have it in case something happens to her.
In "Chuck Versus the Subway", Sarah, along with Casey and Chuck, is arrested by Shaw under charges of treason after Shaw puts in motion his plan to take over the CIA. While supposedly transporting them to a detention facility, Shaw stops the truck and tells them to uncuff themselves, planning on killing them and making it look as if they were trying to escape, at which point Morgan and Devon use Casey's highly modified Crown Victoria to blow up the truck, rescuing Team Bartowski.
In "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II", Sarah and Team Bartowski carry out a plan to expose Shaw at a security convention. The plan succeeds and they're able to identify and detain the Ring Elders, but Shaw manages to escape just as Sarah walks into his office to find Chuck heavily debilitated by his latest attempt at flashing without the Governor. Sarah takes a barely conscious Chuck back to Castle when Shaw enters the Buy More and plants several bombs, threatening to blow up the store unless Chuck meets him. Sarah leaves Chuck in Castle and meets Shaw alone just as Jeff, Lester and Big Mike pull the fire alarm, emptying out the store, although Shaw is able to prevent Sarah from escaping. Chuck sees through the monitors in Castle that Shaw is holding Sarah hostage at the Buy More and manages to get up and meet him. After their confrontation, Chuck decides not to kill Shaw and Sarah knocks him unconscious, taking the Governor from him and returning it to Chuck. She later accepts Chuck's decision to follow through on his promise to Ellie and quit the CIA.
Season 4[edit]
At the beginning of the fourth season Sarah continues working for the CIA partnered with Casey, while Chuck is retired. "Chuck Versus the Anniversary" reveals that the two have been assigned to investigate Volkoff Industries, run by a notorious black market arms dealer. Their mission dovetails with Chuck's own search for his mother, which she and Casey agree to aid. Most of Sarah's actions for the remainder of the season revolve around this combined mission and around the personal challenges from her past that she confronts as she and Chuck decide to commit to marriage.
Sarah confronts her old high school enemy Heather Chandler again in "Chuck Versus the Cubic Z." Heather admits that she tried the route that Sarah is currently travelling (with Chuck being her personal moral beacon), but her nature overwhelmed any inclination at a normal life; she further doubts that Sarah will be any different. Under fire, Sarah denies being anything like Heather; the two come to an understanding and as a peace offering, Heather surrenders what she knows about Project Beacon and Frost (Chuck's mother).
In Chuck Versus Phase Three, after Chuck is captured, Sarah goes on a rogue mission to find him, during the course of which Casey describes her actions as those of Langston Graham's "wild card enforcer," a side of her he didn't like. Sarah ultimately agrees with Casey's statement and says "I'm different without Chuck, and I don't like it." When she finally finds him, Sarah resolves her expressed fear of marriage in multiple previous episodes by telling an unconscious Chuck that she loves him and wants to spend the rest of her life with him, with or without the Intersect.
Sarah tells Beckman in "Chuck Versus the Balcony" that if there is anything she can do to bring back Chuck's mother to let her do so. Just as Chuck is about to propose to her, she is pulled away to establish her cover as a rogue CIA agent and goes undercover in Volkoff Industries to help Mary bring it down. After Alexei Volkoff is defeated, Chuck finally proposes to Sarah while waiting for the arrival of Clara Woodcomb.
The pending wedding with Chuck presents Sarah with a number of personal hurdles owing to her childhood. In "Chuck Versus the Seduction Impossible" Chuck's family starts prying the couple with questions about their wedding plans causing Sarah to panic. She suggests eloping, as she would have no one to invite to the large family wedding Chuck desired. To help her reconnect with her friends, Chuck reunites Sarah with her old team, in "Chuck Versus the Cat Squad", prompting the return of their nemesis Augusto Gaez and some internal grudges. Sarah had long suspected her teammate Zondra of being a traitor working with Gaez, having found a transmitter in her boot. When it was discovered that Amy was in fact the traitor, Sarah mended her friendship with Zondra, inviting her and Carina to be her bridesmaids. Sarah also deepens friendship with Ellie, agreeing to discuss her family issues, and inviting her to be maid of honor.
In "Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil", Sarah is at first not truly excited about making wedding plans but Ellie explains that a portion will cause her make the situation more real, alluding to her own factor in her and Devon's wedding: their wedding rings. Sarah is doubtful, but when she tries to find the right dress, Ellie's prediction is justified. At the end of the episode, Sarah has become a Bride-zilla, horrifying both Ellie and Chuck.
Sarah reconnects with her father, "Jack Burton," in "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner" when the wedding planner she hires with Chuck steals their savings. She fails to conceal her upcoming wedding from him, and ultimately Jack and Sarah have a father/daughter dance at the reception. Jack laments it might be the only one they have. Chuck invites Jack to stick around but he says he won't make promises to Sarah he can't keep. Instead Jack leaves Sarah her old piggy bank to which he has only added cash, never taken, to cover the costs of their wedding.
In "Chuck Versus the Last Details", Vivian discovers that Chuck's mother and father were responsible for the undoing of her own father, Alexi Volkoff/Hartley Winterbottom. She takes her revenge by targeting Sarah with the Norseman device. Sarah is barely clinging to life throughout most of "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger", but is saved when Chuck and Hartley retrieve the antidote for the Norseman from Vivian. She and Chuck are then finally married. When they return from their honeymoon two weeks later she and Chuck reveal to Casey and Morgan that Hartley turned over all the wealth of Volkoff Industries to them. She and Chuck used this money to purchase the Buy More and Castle, and announce they intend to go into business for themselves as independent spies.
Season 5[edit]
Sarah's devotion to the spy life wanes, subtly at first, but much more pronounced in later episodes. Her decisions become more geared towards using her emotions and believing in her friends rather than relying on distrust, suspicion and self-sufficiency. The start of this mind set began most notably in "Chuck Versus the Frosted Tips", when she believed (correctly) that Morgan's drastic change in attitude was due more to a malfunctioning Intersect than a power trip, even when Chuck believed that Morgan was simply acting like an overconfident ass.
She further displays a dislike for her spy life when she asks Chuck not to get reintegrated with the CIA. This dislike proceeds further as she suggests that Carmichael Industries become an Electronic Security Company, focusing on Chuck's primary strength with computers, and minimizing the amount of gunplay they would be subjected to in "Chuck Versus Bo". However, Nicholas Quinn's emergence and the reintroduction of the Intersect glasses leads to the team having a "last mission", which was successful, though Quinn kidnaps Chuck in exchange for the glasses. Sarah and Casey go to save him, but are ambushed by Quinn's men and heavily outnumbered. Sarah, after running out of ammunition, puts on the glasses and uploads the Intersect into her head, which allows her to save both her and Casey after she flashes on how to neutralize Quinn's men and go to rescue Chuck, but Sarah begins to suffer uncontrollable flashes shortly after.
She's kidnapped by Quinn after he realizes that she has the Intersect and forces her to flash on Intersect images, wiping her memories, including those of her relationship with Chuck. He then manipulates Sarah into believing that he's her CIA handler and that she has orders to bring him the Intersect glasses and kill Chuck. Sarah is able to get the glasses, but Chuck had managed to switch them. Sarah then takes Ellie hostage as leverage against Chuck and Chuck agrees to give her to the glasses and Sarah threatens to kill Ellie if she senses that it's a trap. As they drive to where Chuck hid the glasses, Ellie notices that Sarah isn't wearing her seatbelt and tells her that if she had her memories back, she would want her to do whatever needed to protect Chuck and then crashes her car, which knocks Sarah out. Chuck then tells Ellie that he knows where to take Sarah to help her get her memories back. Sarah awakens in the house she and Chuck had planned to buy and Chuck tells her that he brought her there hoping that she'd remember the house, if not him. Sarah tells him that their relationship was nothing more than a cover and he was just an assignment. Chuck tells her that he was an assignment, but then that she fell in love with him. With tears in his eyes, he tells her about their first real, non-cover kiss was when they thought they were going to die from a bomb and how he closed his eyes and felt her grab him and then kiss him and how they tried to pretend it never happened and how one day he was so sure that she could never love a nerd like him, she came over and he asked if she loved him and that she said yes. Chuck then tells her that when he proposed, they knew they would be together for the rest of their lives, living in this house and raising a family.
Chuck then tells Sarah that he's going to give her a choice: they can start over or she can take the glasses and never see him again. Sarah then asks if Chuck really loves her to which he replies "With all of my heart." Sarah then tells Chuck she's sorry for doing her job too well and that she's going to finish the mission. As she tries to grab the glasses, Chuck grabs them away for her and they get into a scuffle, with Chuck refusing to fight back. She then kicks him down the steps and takes the glasses and then points her gun at his head. Chuck tells her that she can kill him, but that he'll never hurt her. Sarah then notices the carving of their names and remembers writing it. At that moment, Quinn arrives and takes the glasses and tells Sarah that Chuck was right about him and pulls out a gun to shoot her with. Chuck then jumps in front of the bullet and is shot in the back. Sarah tries to shoot Quinn, but he escapes. She then kneels down next to Chuck to see if he's okay and he tells her that he's wearing a vest. Hearing the sirens, Chuck tells her that the CIA is coming for her and tells her to run and she flees.
Back at her place, Sarah is quickly packing her things when Casey walks through the door. She pulls a knife, but Casey tells her that he's not there to fight. He asks what she remembers about him to which Sarah replies his reputation: how he's unfriendly, unforgiving, and unquestioning about orders. Casey chuckles and says that people said the same thing about her when they first met and says that it was probably the reason they never got along. Sarah asks if they didn't along, why he was here now and Casey pulls out an envelope out of his jacket and sets it down for her, saying that Chuck ended up making them both soft. He tells her that in the past five years, the two of them changed and they became friends. Casey tells Sarah to take care of herself and then leaves. Sarah then opens the envelope he left and pulls out a disc of mission logs. She watches them and it's of her telling how she's started to fall in love with Chuck and even one confirming the kiss Chuck had told her about.
Sarah then shows up at Chuck's apartment just as he's about to go inside. Sarah tells him that she believes everything he said about them, but that she doesn't feel it. Chuck asks her why she's there right now and Sarah tells him that she wanted to say she was sorry for everything that happened and that she wanted to say goodbye. She tells Chuck that she's going to go look for Quinn. The two of them say goodbye and then Sarah leaves.
Sarah then started pursuing Quinn, learning that he's trying to reassemble The Key, a device that can modify the Intersect's original function. When she fails to stop him on a plane, she returns to Chuck to ask for his help. They track Quinn to Berlin, where by coincidence, she started re-enacting the events from the pilot. However, she made the mistake of assuming that Chuck would kill Quinn, who not only allowed Quinn to escape, but accidentally shot down Casey's helicopter in the process. Locked back in Castle, Sarah was convinced to work with the team as they tried to stop Quinn. Sarah is forced to shoot Quinn when he reaches for his gun, ruining their chances of deactivating the bomb Beckman is sitting on. Chuck then decides that he must upload the Intersect back into his head in order to figure out how to defuse the bomb, thus eliminating the only chance of Sarah getting her memories back. He gets the Intersect, but cannot figure out to disarm the bomb once he's on the computer for it. Sarah suggests searching for "Irene Demova" (a porn virus) on the Internet which Chuck does and is surprised that she knows about, pointing out it was from five years ago and the bomb is disarmed after the virus crashes it
Afterwards, Sarah felt unsure of herself because her memories have still not fully returned and tells Chuck that she needs time alone to figure out who she is. Chuck later finds her on the beach, pointing out that it was the same beach they were at after their first "date" when Sarah told him to trust her and that he's doing the same thing now, asking her to trust him. He tells Sarah that no matter where she goes, he'll always be there for her. Sarah asks Chuck to tell her about their story, to which he does. When he has finished, Chuck suggests that they try Morgan's theory and have a "magical kiss" to see if her memories will return. Sarah tells Chuck to kiss her. They share a kiss, thus ending the series. Whether it means that Sarah's memories will come back or she will have to fall in love with Chuck all over again remains unknown.
Development[edit]
On February 12, 2007 Australian actress Yvonne Strahovski was announced[24] for what was then the role of "Sarah Kent," joining Zachary Levi (Chuck) and Adam Baldwin (Maj. John Casey). Prior to beginning of filming the character's name was changed to Sarah Walker. Strahovski was unable to come to the US for audition so the producers allowed her to make her audition via the internet.[25] The character is a reversal of typical action film gender roles, with Sarah Walker portraying the protector and fighter while Chuck is the more emotional "brain."
Strahovski herself is highly active and performs all her own fight scenes. She considers this one of her favorite parts of the role, especially the fight scene in "Chuck Versus the First Date" against Michael Clarke Duncan's towering Mr. Colt.[26] She also speaks fluent Polish, which she worked into the role in the Season One episode "Chuck Versus the Wookiee."
Very little of Sarah's background is revealed in Season 1 other than her relationship with Bryce Larkin and middle name. However real attention was paid to her past in the first half of Season Two. In June 2008 Nicole Richie was announced to be appearing in a role as a former classmate of Sarah from high school,[27] and in September Gary Cole was revealed to be playing Sarah's father in an upcoming episode.[28] It has not been announced if the name Graham hints at on her birth certificate is actually her real name, or if it will ever be revealed.
At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak revealed that Sarah's mission would shift somewhat in Season 3. According to dialogue quoted during interviews, Sarah's role would begin to change from protecting Chuck from the world, to protecting the world from Chuck due to the unpredictability of Intersect 2.0. Sarah would also have a significant effect on Chuck's development during the third season, due to the profound impact she has on his emotional state. As described by Fedak, with the Intersect being affected by Chuck's emotions, Sarah has the potential to be both his "kryptonite" and his "spinach."[29] Other interviews and panels have indicated Sarah's role with Chuck would also change from more of an asset/handler relationship, to becoming Chuck's "sensei."[30]
Personality[edit]
At the beginning of the series, Sarah's complicated upbringing and government training have made her deadly, determined and guarded.
Her childhood experience in conning and concealing secrets has been sharpened by spy training; she is highly capable at combat, especially with throwing knives (she typically wears several in a sheath strapped to her leg when her wardrobe allows,[2][14]) and to a lesser extent her favored side arm throughout the series, the Smith & Wesson Model 5906; she is able to speak in several foreign languages (Polish,[7][31][32] Russian, Spanish[33] and German,[8][34] and can understand at least some Swedish[7]) and accents.
Before she meets Chuck she is apparently, in Casey's words, "Langston Graham's wild-card enforcer," and in her own words in "Chuck Versus the Tooth", does not envision a future for herself beyond her next mission. She is determined to personally resolve Bryce's perceived personal and professional betrayal.
And finally, her professional need to keep her past and emotions a closely guarded secret also suits her temperamentally. She does not readily discuss her personal history or reveal her real name, and repeatedly states the conventional wisdom of the spy community that emotion and love create vulnerabilities. It is later revealed that a key event in her becoming cold and distant was the day of her "red test," or first kill, which she considers to be the worst day of her life and the details of which she never forgot; and one of her greatest stated fears is Chuck becoming like her when he is ordered to undergo his own red test.[13]
Still, she is immediately receptive to Chuck's good nature and humor, and she much later admits to Chuck that she fell for him during the first episode "after you fixed my phone and before you started defusing bombs with computer viruses."[35] While Sarah lacks Chuck's openly trusting nature, she quickly recognizes that Chuck is just a regular guy and not a threat, and chooses to protect him from the NSA team led by John Casey.[14] A series-long character arc involves her gradually overcoming both professional barriers and deep-rooted relationship baggage from her past to let her guard down and develop a relationship with Chuck.
The first two seasons show her to be much more empathetic and sympathetic to Chuck's plight than Casey, and is highly protective of Chuck, to an extent beyond the requirements of her mission to safeguard the Intersect. Where Casey for a long time only seems concerned with physical threats to Chuck's safety (things that might cost the government the use of the Intersect information in Chuck's head), Sarah is more concerned for him as an individual:
Sarah is quick to reassure Chuck of his own abilities beyond the Intersect, and tells him on several occasions that he has made an excellent spy.[20][36]
Sarah openly warned both Lou[15] and Jill[37]—with whom Chuck carried on brief relationships—not to hurt him.
By the end of the first season, she is prepared to pull a gun on a fellow CIA agent rather than allow Chuck to be detained for the rest of his life. Later, in "Chuck Versus Santa Claus", she executes an unarmed Fulcrum agent, since his special status makes him confident that Fulcrum will find him and that he would then reveal to them that Chuck is the Intersect, and thereafter Chuck's life would be over.
Early on, she objects to orders that put Chuck and those close to him in danger; she also increasingly objects to lying or concealing information from Chuck and using him without his knowledge. Chuck and Sarah have always had a saying 'Don't freak out'.
Though she kisses Chuck when they think they're about to die, and they go on a real date when they think Chuck is about to regain his freedom, Sarah keeps Chuck uncertain about her feelings for him with mixed messages: obvious concern for Chuck, the ambiguous nature of their "cover relationship," noting professional barriers to any real relationship but also occasionally holding out the possibility of eventually having a normal life with her, and her aptitude for taking on different roles/covers and using her appearance on missions, at times flirting with the team's targets when needed.[7][36][38] Further complicating things on both sides are the occasional love triangles.
Despite her attempts to mask her feelings, many characters in the first two seasons, including Chuck's sister Ellie,[39] Bryce Larkin,[16] Casey,[15] Carina,[7] Roan Montgomery,[21] and her father,[8] all detect that she is romantically interested in or in love with Chuck. Though she denies any such interest, she openly acknowledges a desire to remain friendly with Chuck on a personal level, until the end of the second season, when she and Chuck share several intimate moments.
At this time, as Chuck becomes more capable in combat and embraces becoming a spy, she becomes more concerned about how this will change his character, and that if he has to kill he will lose the trusting and good nature she originally came to love about him, just as she thinks her own "red test" changed her.
In "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II", Shaw remarks on how Sarah's personality has transformed from a person who masked her emotions to being just as open, caring and loving as Chuck. She does express relief when Chuck does not kill Shaw after defeating him and shows mercy. While Shaw said that it made him weak, Sarah tells Chuck, "No, that is what makes you great!"
Several episodes imply that Sarah misses or envies the "normal" life Chuck desires to return to. Sarah herself expressed a desire to have a normal life with Chuck in "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip," and has asked Carina[31] and Casey[36] if they ever wondered what a normal, real life would be like. In "Chuck Versus the Role Models", Sarah moved in with Chuck and expressed that she looked forward to living a "normal life" with him after their spy lives are over.
But in keeping with her temperament, Sarah is often unnerved in situations of a more domestic nature. She is visibly flustered as Ellie's maid of honor, and in a deleted scene from "Chuck Versus the Ring," is panicking, stating that she handled covert operations and none of it was as terrifying as Ellie on her wedding day. When Devon suggests that Chuck and Sarah would be next in line for the family life, Sarah becomes scared; she later channels her frustration and fear by pummelling Casey in a sparring match, and becomes instantly relieved when a romantic mission is cancelled. After Clara's birth and Chuck's proposal when Chuck's family begin to plan Chuck and Sarah's wedding, Chuck, Casey and Sarah become visibly scared at the family's intensity; Sarah remarks that she's "sweating. The last time [she] sweat, gunfire was involved."
Throughout the rest of Season 4, Sarah becomes more accepting of the concept of marriage and normalcy and ultimately Chuck and Sarah are married by the end of Season 4.
Season 5 has Sarah become more interested in having a normal life, to the point of admitting she was excited about the possibility of having a baby, which prompts her to start questioning the constant risks she and Chuck put themselves through in their line of work. Her change from a cold-blooded spy to a warm and loving person culminates with her reconnecting with her mother, to Chuck's excitement.
Reception[edit]
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She was included in TV Guide's list of "TV's Sexiest Crime Fighters".[40]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff"
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Chuck Versus the Cougars"
Jump up ^ Patrick, Andy (26 September 2011). "Scoop: Chuck Introducing Sarah's [Spoiler]!". tvline.com. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
Jump up ^ Character portrayed by Pamela Roylance in "Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner"
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit
Jump up ^ Use of her real middle name, Lisa, with her Sarah Walker alias was revealed on the prenuptial agreement shown in "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff"
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Chuck Versus the Wookiee"
^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Chuck Versus the DeLorean"
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus Santa Claus"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Balcony"
Jump up ^ NBC.com: Spy Dossiers Archived 2009-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte"
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus the Final Exam"
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Chuck Versus the Intersect"
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami"
^ Jump up to: a b c "Chuck Versus the Break-Up"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Truth"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Nemesis"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Marlin"
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus the First Date"
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus the Seduction"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Ex"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Colonel"
Jump up ^ Development Update: Monday, February 12, The Futon Critic
Jump up ^ Interview: January 23, 2008, YvonneStrahovski.net Archived 2011-04-29 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Interview: October 8, 2007, BuddyTV.com Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Cast Update: June 26, 2008, TV Decoder
Jump up ^ Cast Update: September 10, 2008, IGN.com Archived 2008-09-14 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Chicago Tribune: July 26, 2009: Chuck vs. Season 3: What's coming next on the spy dramedy Archived 2009-07-28 at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ Blast: Comic-Con 09: Chris Fedak, co-creator of Chuck Archived 2009-07-31 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Jump up to: a b "Chuck Versus the Three Words"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Honeymooners"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Sandworm"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Other Guy"
^ Jump up to: a b c "Chuck Versus the Crown Vic"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Fat Lady"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension"
Jump up ^ "Chuck Versus the Tango"
Jump up ^ "TV's Sexiest Crime Fighters". TV Guide. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved June 26, 2012.
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Death and taxes (idiom)
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Death and taxes is a common reference to the famous quotation:[1]
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
—  Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy, 1789
However, Franklin's letter is not the origin of the phrase, which appeared earlier in Daniel Defoe's The Political History of the Devil.[2]
Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believ'd.
—  Daniel Defoe, The Political History of the Devil, 1726.
And in The Cobbler of Preston by Christopher Bullock (1716)
"'Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes,"
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Jump up ^ Smyth, Albert Henry (1907). The Writings of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. X (1789-1790). New York: MacMillian. p. 69.
Jump up ^ DeFoe, Daniel (1726). The Political History of the Devil, As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts. London: Black Boy in Pater-noster Row. p. 269.

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