During last week’s Chuck panel at Comic-Con, fans had one question in mind:

Will Chuck and Sarah ever get together?!?

“You know what they say?” said cocreator and executive producer Josh Schwartz. “Two steps forward, three steps back. The dance shall continue.”

At least Schwartz shed some light on how that dance might be performed on season three. He told E! News: “We do have two major new arcs on the show. One is a potential love interest for Chuck, and the other is a potential love interest for Sarah.”

Sounds both intriguing and frustrating. Why can’t these two just hook up for good? Partly because Sarah isn’t happy about certain developments, star Yvonne Strahovski said.

“There are going to be a lot more complications between Chuck and Sarah, now that he’s downloaded his new intersect into his brain. I think that Sarah is going to be a little upset.”

During the annual festival in San Diego, Schwartz added that Chuck and Sarah will go through “something very emotional and traumatic,” but “it’s going to be very, very good.”

Cocreator Chris Pedak chimed in with: “It’ll be cool. It’ll be deep, and it’ll have a lasting affect on the show.”

Okay. Fine. Consider us in for season three.

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I don’t know about you, but NBC’s official renewal of Chuck has been the highlight of upfront week for me. (ABC’s cancellation of According to Jim finishes a very close second.) But it’s time to bring the victory celebrations to a close and get down to business — the business of asking questions. Will a tighter budget lead to a less awesome (and populated) show? Does the massive Subway deal mean an end to Sarah’s yogurt shop? Will the midseason launch kill the show’s momentum? Will Chuck and Sarah start dating for real? Will exec producer Josh Schwartz answer all of these and then some in the following exclusive Q&A? I can tackle that last one: Yes!

NBC said the show’s budget will remain unchanged from last season. I’m hearing different. What’s the deal?
JOSH SCHWARTZ: I can tell you that [Warner Bros.] asked us to make budget cuts to meet a decrease in the NBC license fee. That’s how it was presented to me. That’s as far as I know. My job is to then be able to produce the show at the number the studio is able to deficit it for.

How will the cuts affect what we see?
SCHWARTZ: Hopefully, you won’t be able to tell. I don’t think the look of the show is going to change. We might have certain episodes where Chuck’s mission is such that we don’t get the opportunity to go to the Buy More [as much]. We love our cast and, obviously, we want to use them as much as possible in as many episodes as possible.

I heard Julia Ling [Anna] might not return. True?
SCHWARTZ: No. We have plans for Anna to return.

Has she been taken off contract?
SCHWARTZ: We actually haven’t finalized all of our actor deals yet. It’s all being sorted out. But, like I said, we’re going to do whatever we can to try to keep the ensemble together.

Will the show’s central trio be in every episodes?
SCHWARTZ: Yes. Chuck, Sarah, and Casey are in all episodes.

Will Sarah be working at a Subway next season?
SCHWARTZ: [Laughs] You know, I don’t know the full details of the Subway integration yet. I know it will be significant. Chuck is a show that happens to be well positioned for effortless product integration, especially because Chuck works at an electronics shop in a strip mall. If Sarah or someone worked at a Subway it would hopefully be no more intrusive or unrealistic than Liz Lemon working at NBC.

Are you concerned at all about the show being off the air for 10 months?
SCHWARTZ: It was really a tough choice that the network faced: Put us on Friday or [hold us until] midseason. I really believe Chuck is the little show that could. Our fans are clearly passionate, clearly loyal, and hopefully all we’ll do is get them more and more [excited] for our return. And we’ll come up with fun ways of stoking the fans throughout the fall. We also have something very, very fun planned for Comic-Con this year.

How about a season 3 spoiler in honor of the show’s renewal?
SCHWARTZ: The biggest thing, obviously, will be dealing with the ramifications of how we ended the season. What does it mean for Chuck [and] how will it manifest itself? And I think for anyone who is concerned that he’s no longer going to be the Everyman, or an accidental hero, fear not.

Will Chuck and Sarah start the season off as a full-fledged couple?
SCHWARTZ: I don’t want to give anything away, but obviously, Chuck having the Intersect in his head will severely complicate their ability to be a couple. Oh, here’s something: Look for… [the rest of this answer will run in this week's Ask Ausiello, posting tonight.]

Really? For who?
SCHWARTZ: [The rest of this answer will run in this week's Ask Ausiello, posting tonight].

Male or female?
SCHWARTZ: Gosh, isn’t it more fun to tease?

I guess.
SCHWARTZ: Teasing is what you’re good at.

“Chuck” is drawing near to its season finale and the show’s third season is till hanging on a balance. Some scenes from “Chuck Versus the Ring”, which could as well be the last one of Chuck’s adventure should it get canceled by NBC, are available through the clips released below.

When Ellie and Awesome’s wedding day finally arrives, Chuck must save Ellie’s life and her big day from being ruined by Ted Roark (guest star Chevy Chase) and Fulcrum. The clips give some momentum scenes including when Chuck quits Buy More, Chuck released from the government, Roark threatens Chuck, and the wedding reception itself.

The episode will air Monday, April 27. Words are, there will be two weddings occurring in this episode apart from Ellie and Awesome’s. Josh Schwartz explained it, “Chuck throws it for someone he cares about.”

There has not been an official confirmation from NBC regarding the renewal but fans of the show have been launching any kinds of supports to prolong the series. Fans site Zachary Levi.com teams up with Subway to encourage people to write letters and watch the show live on Monday.

Meanwhile, Schwartz himself admitted to not knowing the fate of the series. “The difference between being a hit show and being an on-the-bubble show is so small now,” he said. “The metrics have become so narrow that everything does help… Now, more than ever, that kind of fan support can really have an impact. The cost of launching a television series is as high as it’s ever been. And obviously the odds have never gotten any better.”

Last week “Chuck” was still in the last place of NBC’s Monday line-up, gathering 6 millions after “Heroes” (6.4 million) and “Medium” (7.4 million).

Most Recent Role: Ellie Bartowski on Chuck
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Overland Park, Kansas
Birthday: 2-12-1980
Birth Name: Sarah Beth Lancaster

Born in Overland Park, Kansas, moved to Virginia at 4. Sarah grew up in Mission Viejo, California. Sarah enjoys dancing, has more than 8 years of training in ballet and jazz and performed in several theatrical productions as dancer, including I Love Dance at Caesar’s Palace and Les Artists Theatrical. Sarah had appeared in numerous print ads before her acting career began as guest in Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993). She became a regular in the following season of the same show. In 2003, Sarah became a regular character on The WB’s Everwood portraying Madison Kellner. She was also on the CBS show Dr. Vegas, portraying Veronica Harold. From 2006-2007 Sarah appeared in ABC’s What About Brian where she played unattainable love interest Marjorie to Barry Watson’s Brian. Sarah currently lives in Burbank, California and is co-starring in the NBC comedy-spy series Chuck, as the lead character’s sister, Ellie.