CHUCK Episode 10 - Chuck Versus the Nemesis

CHUCK SEASON 1 - EPISODE 10



Chuck's nemesis Bryce Larkin has returned from the dead at this Thanksgiving time and secret forces have been wanting Bryce to get rid of the "intersect," which is Chuck's brain but Bryce has something he wants Chuck to do for him. Through all this trouble, Chuck is facing the busiest shopping day of the year at the Buy More.



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Cast and Crew

Writer: Chris Fedak

Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski).

Recurring Role: Ryan McPartlin (Captain Awesome), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike)

Guest Star: Matthew Bomer (Bryce Larkin), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Scott Krinsky (Jeff), Vik Sahay (Lester).

Episode Recap


Episode 110 | Season 1 | 11/26/2007


Sarah and Casey watch Bryce through an observation window. He woozily asks for Chuck, who is at Buy More, hiding from Big Mike in the vacuum cleaners, leaving Sarah yet another message. Chuck admits to Morgan that he thought it was over with Sarah, but then they had a really big moment, and he realized that he was wrong to break up with her. Morgan asks if he can bring Anna to Thanksgiving dinner, warning that she's a little jealous of his love for Ellie.



Big Mike assembles the workers for a meeting about Black Friday, Buy More's biggest sales day of the year. Everyone is to come in on Thanksgiving Day so Morgan can train them in crowd control. When Sarah stops by, Chuck invites her to Thanksgiving at his house, trying to ask if they're back together. She answers by telling him that Bryce is alive, and he's been asking for Chuck.



Casey warns Chuck that Bryce is trained as a rogue CIA agent, before pushing him into Bryce's secured chamber. Bryce asks Chuck to prove it's really him, by speaking Klingon. Chuck asks Bryce why he did it. Explaining that it's complicated, Bryce grabs a hypodermic and takes Chuck hostage, dragging him into an elevator. He forces Sarah to give him the elevator's code, but it opens to reveal scarred agent Tommy.



Bryce manages to close the elevator doors on Tommy, who he is on less than good terms with. Bryce is delighted to learn that his plan to download the Intersect into Chuck worked. He sticks Chuck with the hypodermic, and takes off, asking Chuck to tell Sarah that it's hard to say good-bye. After Chuck comes to, he wants to chase Bryce, but Sarah says that it's not their assignment. Chuck presses Sarah about the status of their relationship, but Ellie accidentally interrupts.



On Thanksgiving Day, Morgan trains the Buy More troops. Only if something terrible happens are they to use code word "pineapple" signifying complete evacuation of the store. Chuck arrives home with last minute groceries, only to find that Ellie has invited Casey. Casey claims he was only following orders when he killed Bryce, and Sarah knows all about it. And if Chuck gets the chance, he should shoot to kill - Bryce is dangerous.



Anna is rude to Ellie, calling her a hussy, and complaining that her sweet potatoes need marshmallows. Chuck takes the blame, and goes to the Nerd Herder to collect the forgotten marshmallows, and runs into Bryce, who insists on talking to Sarah, claiming that Tommy is after the Intersect. Sarah meets Bryce in the bedroom, and he grabs her for a kiss. Spying this, Chuck returns to the table and sends Casey after Bryce. Casey pulls his gun out, and Bryce runs for it.



When Morgan almost has an orgasm, eating Ellie's sweet potatoes with marshmallows, Anna huffs out. Morgan follows, and Chuck follows him to find Sarah in the courtyard. They find Bryce in Casey's apartment. He claims that he was recruited by the Fulcrum guys to destroy the Intersect. He didn't mean to hurt Sarah, and he isn't rogue. Chuck has a flash, and tells Sarah that Bryce is telling the truth. Casey comes in with his gun drawn and shoots Bryce. Chuck faints.



Bryce is wearing a bulletproof vest, so he's fine. He talks about the night Casey shot him. Bryce talks of waking up in an ambulance with Tommy, telling him that he downloaded the Intersect into himself, so Tommy lets him live. Bryce now wants to turn himself into the CIA, but Fulcrum has agents at all levels. Chuck volunteers to be present for the transfer - if he flashes on the CIA people, then they'll know that it's not safe.



Wanting to make the transfer in a crowded public place, Chuck suggests they do it on Black Friday at Buy More. Bryce tells Chuck that he intends to disappear all over again, and thanks Chuck for everything with a handshake. Chuck scans the two CIA guys picking up Bryce, and they pass muster, so they leave with Bryce and Sarah. Trying to avert a crisis, Morgan sends Jeff to fix the cash registers, which are all broken.



In the car, Bryce and Sarah are about to talk about their relationship, when they are hit by another car, and find themselves lying unconscious on the road. Meanwhile, Tommy infiltrates Buy More, telling Chuck that he has seven killers spread throughout the store, and they've already got Casey, Sarah and Bryce. Jeff runs up, panicked that he can't fix the registers, and Chuck tells him to tell Morgan "pineapple." Morgan calls for the store's immediate evacuation, and carries Anna out of the chaos, winning her love.



After calling for a team, Casey grabs Chuck and stashes him in the home theater room, so he can shoot it out with Tommy and his goons. Bryce and Sarah wake up and speed back to Buy More to save Chuck, who's impressed at how well the ex-lovers kick ass together. When Tommy takes Chuck hostage, Bryce asks if he's wearing a bulletproof vest in Klingon, then shoots him in the chest, and takes Tommy down. Luckily, Chuck is wearing a bulletproof vest.



In the parking lot, Big Mike tells Morgan that he's ruined the biggest sales day of the year, but a fireman claims that there was a gas leak, and Morgan has in fact saved a lot of lives. After reporting to Beckman, Bryce walks out of the Home Theater Room in a tux. He is going deep cover to get the Fulcrum guys, and Bryce Larkin is forever dead. He tells Sarah that they'll always have Omaha, and leaves.



Chuck knocks on Casey's door to offer leftover turkey, but he really wants to know what Bryce meant about Omaha. Casey figures it's probably code, or a contact point. If Sarah wants to get back together with Bryce, she's got to do it now. He tells Chuck not to worry; if Sarah goes, they'll get a new girl. In her room, Sarah listens as both of her phones ring. Chuck's on one line, Bryce is on the other, but she doesn't answer either.