The chicks of "Chuck" and other reasons to watch

I'm stuck on Chuck. (I just had to get that out of the way.) But gratuitous rhyming aside, I am loving this show. Here's one reason.

Her name is Yvonne Strahovski and, obviously, she's hot. But more about her in a minute.

Chuck is about a geeky computer repair guy (redundant, I know), coincidentally named Chuck, who gets an e-mail full of pictures embedded with government secrets that are somehow downloaded to his brain. He can't access the data, though, until he sees something related to one of the pictures. The NSA and CIA send agents to recover the data, but when they discover that the top-secret files are hidden in Chuck's mind, they have to protect him while getting his help with spy stuff.

So, Chuck is a secret agent on the side while trying to live a normal geek life. Jake 2.0 was similar, true. But Chuck doesn't take itself so seriously. The show has action, comedy, suspense and hot women. What's not to love? Maybe I wouldn't like it so much if I weren't a geek myself, but I am and I do.

Strahovski (she changed her name from Strzechowski) plays CIA agent Sarah Walker, who goes undercover as a waitress at the Weinerlicious. She also pretends to be Chuck's girlfriend. Did I mention that she's hot? Even in a cheesy waitress outfit.

Strahovski probably doesn't look familiar, outside of her resemblance to Portia de Rossi, because this is the Australian actress' first role in the U.S. By the way, the ever-cool Adam Baldwin from Firefly plays NSA agent John Casey.

OK. Everything I've told you up till now is setup for what comes next. This is worth the price of admission, I promise you. Here is Sarah at home, relaxing in her very short silk robe.

Yes, AfterEllen.com readers, a girl fight. Not Sydney versus Evil Francie great, but pretty darn nice. The woman Sarah fights is Karina, a DEA agent from Sarah's past, played by Swedish model Mini Anden. Karina does interesting spy things like strip down to a bikini and speed off on a jet ski. I hope we see more of her. Not that she can show us much more on network TV.

Chuck's sister, Ellie, is played by Sarah Lancaster, most recently of What About Brian, but perhaps better remembered as Madison on Everwood.

Rachel Bilson will guest star as a romantic interest for Chuck in a story arc starting in the next week or two. No word on whether her character will get any ninja action with Sarah.

Is anyone else watching Chuck? If you haven't seen it yet, watch it — I think the show deserves to succeed. If you have seen it, how do you like it?