The webisodes are structured as sort of mini-documentaries about life at the Buy More, the Best Buy-clone store where Chuck Bartowski works. They feature his friends and coworkers, including Morgan, Lester, Jeff... and Casey, the gruff NSA agent played by Adam "god walks among us" Baldwin. Each segment starts with a little fake instructional film about working at Buy More, and then it segues into a little vignette set at the Buy More.

In one webisode, a weirdly woman who works in the "entertainment" industry comes in for help, because she was uploading "personal" pictures from her laptop, and it froze up. Jeff and Lester fight over who gets to help her, using a modified rock-paper-scissors game on the run called "Roshambo." They succeed in unlocking the porn on her computer and stare, entranced, at the screen. They call over Anna, who's also entranced. They start to tell her they'll need to keep her laptop overnight, but then Morgan busts them for looking at porn, and she grabs her laptop and goes home.

Another porn-related webisode: Morgan sold some underage kids the unrated version of Showgirls for $5, and they're pissed because it's not X-rated enough. They're like, why should I pay $5 to look at this when I can see your mom naked on the internet for free? Morgan is upset, because he was sure those pics of his mom had been taken down. The kids are getting ready to kick Morgan's ass, but then he whispers to the lead kid that he'll tell the others the kid boosted a Hannah Montana disk. The kids back off quick.

And finally, the awesome Adam Baldwin gets interviewed on camera and demonstrates how he has eliminated shoplifting at the Buy More. In a nutshell, Casey has a "three strikes" policy. And you don't want to be the hapless DVD-stealer who incurs the third strike.

The show - which almost went by the even-more-underwhelming title of "Section 5," due to co-creator Chris Fedak's feeling that Chuck was "the worst most terrible name in the world" - came about due to a combination of Josh Schwartz's nerd detournment of the slice of life genre ("I always wanted to do a show about guys in their 20s figuring out their life. That's always tough to do. But if the guy is being attacked by a ninja ...") and Fedak realizing how horrific 24 would be in real life:

[Just think about] how terrifying it would be if Jack Bauer came into your office, because you just know somebody is going to get tortured.

The idea is to reset the show [next season] and remind viewers where we left off, what they've missed, and take it up a notch.

Chuck vs. The Paley Festival [Hollywood Reporter]

• Is Sarah Michelle Gellar's new movie Possession science fiction? Her character's husband and brother-in-law both wind up in comas, then the brother-in-law wakes up thinking he's the husband. Telepathy or mysticism? We'll find out in February. [Shocktillyoudrop]
• The Russian trailer for Cloverfield showcases some previously unseen sequences of soldiers fighting the monster, plus women with fake sweat on their chests. [BloodyDisgusting]
• Similarly, new clips from Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem show battle scenes in a sewer, a hospital and a pool party, plus a soldier doing the whole "you go on without me" martyr dance. [IESB]
• Coming (eventually) in Heroes: more of "badass" future Hiro, Hiro's dad's secret powers, the long-promised Jessica Collins super-spy, and a cop and crimelord in New Orleans. Oh, and Monica will dress up as Saint Joan, that cheesy comic book character, more often. [Ohnotheydidnt]
• Screencaps from the Torchwood season two trailer reveal Martha Jones in bondage! [FreemaAgyeman]
• The new KITT from the Knight Rider relaunch has all-wheel drive, laser weapons, a "mini-KITT drone" and other features that the original lacked. But no grappling hook. [Popular Mechanics, via SFSignal]
• Chuck has two more episodes in the can, which reveal more backstory on Adam Baldwin's character. [SpoilerTV]

Which one will win the Monday night ratings showdown? We'll find out January 14, when Connor launches. (As long as the strike doesn't ruin everything, of course.)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Premieres in January [GiveMeMyRemote]