CHUCK

CHUCK Season 4 Episode 01 - Chuck Versus the Anniversary

2010-09-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 4 - EPISODE 01

Chuck and Morgan try to find Chuck's mother, while Sarah and Casey investigate a Russian operative.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Linda Hamilton (Mary Bartowski), Dolph Lundgren (Marco)

Featured Music:

Episode Recap

Episode 401 | Season 4 | 09/20/2010

Recalling a flashback from childhood, Chuck listens as his mother reads him a bedtime story about the Frost Queen. As they say goodnight, Chuck forlornly asks his mom if she's leaving again. She admits she is, but promises to come right back to Chuck and Ellie. Now in the present, Chuck stands in his father's secret basement warehouse, announcing that he must find his mom. An amazed Morgan appears and agrees to help his best friend on his quest. Chuck makes Morgan swear under oath that they are to tell no one.

Back at the apartment, Sarah is getting ready for a mission to Hong Kong with Casey. Chuck's already feeling lonely. He kisses Sarah and tells her to be safe; they say "I love you" and goodbye. Sarah and Casey leave and Morgan pops in, announcing he's made all the travel arrangements for their journey. They criss-cross the globe in search of clues for Chuck's mom, the trail leads them back to Los Angeles and a secure data room. Chuck finds a promising-looking safe; he punches in a code he and Morgan were given on their travels. But the safe is empty. Dejectedly, Morgan picks up a discarded menu from a Chinese food restaurant off the floor. At least they can go get dumplings. But unbeknownst to them, they're being watched - by one Mary Bartowski, safely tucked away in a secret location.

As Chuck and Morgan return to Morgan's car, they're confronted by a gun-toting repo man. Their travels have bankrupted them: Morgan's AMC hatchback is no longer his. The repo man drives off with a squeal. Meanwhile, in a Hong Kong high-rise, Casey and Sarah get the drop on Marko, a tough-looking spy for Volkoff Industries who holds an intricate controller in a metal suitcase. Defiantly, he flips a switch and sends a power surge that darkens the entire city. Sarah subdues him, grabs the case. She and Casey leap over the balcony just as Marko's men arrive. The two veteran spies land safely on the street thanks to backpack parachutes.

As Chuck awakens alone in his room, he's surprised by a camera-phone toting Morgan. Morgan wants Chuck to start "sexting" Sarah to keep their relationship passionate over long distances. Chuck really wants nothing to do with it, but Morgan keeps snapping away. He tells Morgan to leave. He's got a big day ahead: Ellie has set up five job interviews for him. But despite Chuck's stellar background, the job interviews don't go well: one interviewer falls asleep, another throws up, another leaves for coffee and doesn't return. The last interviewer is ready to hire Chuck but then receives a mysterious phone call and Chuck is soon escorted from the building by security - without any explanation. Clearly someone's been interfering.

Morgan and Chuck ride the bus to the newly re-opened Buy More. The new store looks beautiful - as does the Nerd Herder who greets them, Greta. Chuck heads to the manager's office to deliver his resume. To his surprise the new manager is none other than Dianne Beckman - aka General Beckman. She welcomes Chuck back - apparently his services are still needed by the CIA, which has now taken over the Buy More. It's a full-blown sub-station, with electronic links to security agencies worldwide. Chuck protests the thought of returning to the CIA, but Beckman informs Chuck that the President himself has authorized his return - and that she'll block any job offer from the outside world that might come his way.

Casey and Sarah return to Castle with the device they captured from Marko. On Beckman's orders, they bring Chuck downstairs into the new Castle, where he's forced to flash. Chuck discloses it's an electro-magnetic-pulse generator from Volkoff Industries, an international arms merchant. In a private moment, Sarah confronts Chuck about the sext message she received. Embarrassed, Chuck pins it on Morgan, but Sarah reveals she thinks it's cute. She also tells him that she's headed out again soon on another mission; they make a plan to celebrate their dating anniversary upon her return. She leaves and Chuck recognizes the logo on the captured Volkoff case: it matches the one on the Chinese menu he found with Morgan earlier. It appears his mom is somehow connected to Volkoff.

Chuck realizes the menu may hold a clue to finding his mom. But Morgan accidentally left the menu in his car - a car that's now been repossessed. The two go into stealth mode, sneaking into the car yard where the repo man has parked Morgan's beloved yellow beater. As he reaches for the menu on the dash, a shotgun blast shatters the side window; the repo man is protecting his bounty. They grab the menu and make a run for it.

Back at his dad's secret basement, Chuck carefully examines the menu. As he and Morgan look for any clue as to its meaning, Chuck flashes. The menu is actually a coded catalog of Volkoff's weapons for sale. They call the printed phone number, presenting themselves as would-be customers from the "new Ring." They're invited to come to Moscow for a meeting.

Casey and Sarah are on a private jet flying overseas on their mission to wipe out Volkoff's Asia facility. Wondering about her relationship with Chuck, she asks Casey if he's ever managed a long-distance relationship. He's not the right guy to ask: all his relationships ended when he either left or the woman died. Sarah starts thinking more about the "sext" Chuck sent to her. When Casey goes to the restroom, Sarah snaps a few (INSERT SKITTLE PHOTO) sexy phone pictures of herself to send to Chuck. (Link to Sarah's sext photo gallery). Moments later, Sarah and Casey are overcome with some sort of gas being pumped into the passenger cabin; Marko has infiltrated their flight!

Sarah and Casey are tied up in a former KGB Facility in Moscow, now under Volkoff's control. A menacing Marko assures them that he will break them both down. Walker answers with a roundhouse kick that knocks him unconscious, just long enough for Sarah to try to summon help via text from her phone. Meanwhile Chuck and Morgan show up at the same facility, posing as the would-be customers. They have no idea Sarah and Casey are being held at the very same facility. Chuck flashes on the data center's location and he and Morgan make a dash for it. They locate the main computer and begin searching for clues about his mom. Morgan discovers an electro-magnetic-pulse suitcase; Chuck tells him to be careful, since activating it would destroy every circuit in the building.

Holding Chuck's phone, Morgan notices a text from Sarah reading "Need U." Morgan assumes that Sarah is sexting Chuck - and invites her to "show me more." Every subsequent message is somehow misinterpreted by Morgan. Sarah and Casey grow desperate; it's a matter of time before Marko's men return. Chuck finds a file on his mom, code named "Frost." He begins hacking the encrypted file to download it. Another text comes in on Chuck's phone; finally they realize Casey and Sarah are being held in the very same building they're in.

Marko and his thugs return, trying to extract information from Casey and Sarah. Apparently two other spies have been trying to infiltrate Volkoff for six months; he shows surveillance pictures of Chuck and Morgan to his captives. Sarah and Casey disavow any knowledge of them. But Marko knows better and he soon receives word that the spies he's looking for have been captured in the building. Sarah and Casey fear the worst as Marko instructs his men over a walkie-talkie to kill Morgan and Chuck. But in the nick of time, Chuck summons a skills flash that enables him to knock Volkoff's men out and escape. He and Morgan head for the warehouse where Sarah and Casey are being held.

Marko retreats; Chuck arrives and knocks out his remaining henchman. Chuck unties Casey and Sarah and takes them back to the data center. As the files that might reveal his mother's whereabouts are downloading, Chuck comes clean about his quest to find his mom. As Sarah upbraids Chuck for lying to her, Marko threatens them over the walkie-talkie: the building is electronically protected and they will die it its traps. Chuck elects to set off the electro-magnetic-pulse device to save them - knowing full well it will destroy the files that could help him find his mom. The building goes dark.

Casey and Sarah lead the way out, engaging in a brutal firefight with Marko and his men. Victorious, our four spies exit the facility and head to their pickup point via the Moscow municipal bus. Chuck and Sarah make up and celebrate their anniversary with a kiss.

Back home, Chuck takes Morgan, Sarah, and Casey to his dad's secret room and explains more about the search for his mom. They all agree to help out - but it means that Chuck's got to re-join the agency. They also decide they should avoid telling Beckman about the search for now, but that Chuck should tell Ellie. Reluctantly he agrees. He returns to his apartment and encounters a radiant Ellie in the courtyard. As he's trying to find the words to convey the truth about their mom and that he's going back to being a spy, Ellie pre-empts him with some big news of her own. She's pregnant.

Later with Sarah, Chuck admits he couldn't tell his sister the news. She understands and goes on to tell him that she dug into the CIA records and found a little bit of information about his mom; her case files shows her as "captured." Chuck's determined to find her. We cut to a stark room at Volkoff where Marko is talking to Chuck's mom: her son is looking for him. She asks whether Marko's told Volkoff of the search. He says "no," at which Chuck's mom bolts upright, sweeping Marko and his henchman to the ground with a lightning-quick series of kicks and punches, followed by a series of quick dispatching shots from a hidden handgun. She stands over Marko, who pleads for his life. "I have a family," he implores. "So do I," she tells him, then finishes him off with a single shot.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 19 - Chuck Versus the Ring, Part II

2010-09-23T08:24:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 19

Morgan, Devon and Ellie team up to save Team Bartowski from the Ring, while Chuck's flashes start to give him headaches, after Shaw took the governor from him.
Meanwhile, the Buy More owner Moses contacts Big Mike with an ultimatum.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"On My Way Back Home" by Band Of Horses (Chuck and Ellie reunited)
"Sundial" by Wolfmother (Team Bartowski goes undercover)
"El Jarabe Tapatio (aka "Mexican Hat Dance")" (Cellphone ring tone)
"Blaze Of Glory" originally by Jon Bon Jovi (Jeffster! performs)
"Blue Beard" by Band Of Horses (Sarah saves Chuck)
"Don't Hide Away" by Bishop Allen (The Buy More aftermath)

Episode Recap

Episode 319 | Season 3 | 05/24/2010

Ellie remembers as a child her father making her promise to protect Chuck, because there's nothing in the world that she and Chuck can't fix if they work together. Back in present time, Ellie's lost the truck with Chuck and his team inside. She calls Awesome for help. In the truck, Sarah tries to console Chuck, but he feels like his father's death is his fault.

The truck stops and Morgan and Awesome see it. Shaw opens the doors to the back of the truck and tells Chuck, Sarah and Casey to un-cuff themselves so it will look like Shaw killed them while they were trying to escape. Meanwhile Awesome wants to devise a plan quickly so he and Morgan don't get killed. Just then, Morgan realizes they are in Casey's car and there has got to be something in there to use - like missile headlights.

Morgan and Casey accidentally and fortunately release the missiles from the headlights of Casey's car and they hit the truck. Although this knocks Shaw out for a short moment, he gets back up. Chuck skill FLASHES on kung fu, but can't focus. Shaw shoots at Casey's car as the team makes their getaway. Once the team drives far enough away, Chuck and Ellie are reunited. The team's next step is to disappear and drop off the grid. However, Ellie doesn't want to give up that easily. She takes Chuck aside for a one-on-one conversation.

At the Buy More, Big Mike answers the Moses phone and tells Jeff and Lester that the Burbank Buy More may be shutting down. They decide to have a going out of business sale. Ellie confronts Chuck about all the secrets he's been hiding from her, but he tells her it's because he wanted to protect her. Chuck thanks Ellie for raising him after their mom left and they both grieve for their father. Chuck tells Ellie their father was a hero.

Chuck and Ellie decide to go after The Ring and Shaw for killing their dad. After that, Ellie wants Chuck to quit the spy life - and he agrees. Ellie goes out of town while Morgan is helping Alex hide. Casey, Sarah, Chuck and Morgan use Casey's apartment to contact General Beckman, who is in a holding cell. Beckman tells the team that Shaw is going in her place at a secret spy meeting, where The Ring will plan to take over the CIA and the NSA. Beckman tells Chuck that the Five Elders (Ring leaders) will be there and Chuck FLASHES on their names.

Chuck's plan: break into the convention, expose Shaw and take down The Elders. It's payback time and the team will have to go undercover as members of the Russian Delegation. Morgan and Casey have to break into the conference's database. In order to make this work, Chuck must convince Shaw that he is a Russian delegate. An undercover Chuck bumps into Shaw and it seems as though Shaw has bought his disguise.

Morgan and Casey break into the conference's database and Casey finds out that Morgan has Alex's number. Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah are apprehended by Justin and another agent; apparently Chuck's Russian disguise didn't work. Chuck skill FLASHES on kung fu but it hurts him instead of helps him. Chuck tells Sarah that the Intersect is hurting him, but he can function as long as he gets the Governor from Shaw.

Jeff and Lester want to screen their music video during the big sales event at the Buy More. At the secret spy conference, things start to go a little wacky for Shaw as he gets an unknown phone call from Chuck, who is calling from Shaw's room. Shaw tells The Elders to leave right away via Ring Phone text message. Meanwhile, Casey wants to know why Morgan has his daughter's phone number.

Morgan, Casey and Sarah move out while Shaw meets with Chuck. Chuck reveals they now know who the Five Elders are, thanks to Shaw's text telling them to leave the convention center. Morgan and Casey catch the Elders in the stairwell before they can get away. With The Ring leaders captured, Shaw still doesn't think anyone would arrest him; he'll walk away a hero. But Chuck's got a surprise for Shaw. He's been recording the whole conversation for all of the CIA and NSA agents at the conference, and now everyone will see Shaw for who he truly is.

Now the only thing left for Shaw to give Chuck is the Governor. Chuck skill FLASHES, but it hurts him and Shaw goes to push Chuck out the window. Sarah comes to Chuck's rescue, but Shaw is a super spy now, and Chuck's FLASHES are getting worse.

Morgan can't believe the Buy More is going out of business, and that Big Mike is in big trouble with the owners from the Beverly Hills store, who have come in to see the sale going on. Down in CASLTE, Sarah takes care of Chuck. Chuck tells Sarah that he promised Ellie he'd quit the spy life. Although Sarah promises she's going to find Shaw, she's not going to have to look too hard, because he arrives at the Buy more and he has set a bomb of C-4 on one of the shelves. Morgan finds it but Shaw captures him.

Shaw calls Sarah and tells her he has wired the store with explosives. He demands Chuck or else he'll blow up the entire store. Casey gets the "Buy More Breach" signal in his car and heads there. Morgan is strapped to a chair. He calls to Casey for help and tells him what's going on. Casey informs Morgan that he has to break his thumbs to get him free from the chair and set off the fire alarm. Jeff beats Morgan to the punch and pulls the fire alarm to distract the Beverly Hills store owners.

Down in CASTLE, the fire alarm severely aggravates Chuck's FLASHES. Sarah tells Shaw that Chuck can't be there, but then, out of nowhere, Chuck arrives. Shaw's ready to test out Chuck's Intersect and the two super spies finally duke it out. They both skill FLASH, and Chuck plays Jeffster's music video accidentally. Shaw and Chuck battle and Shaw is winning.

Chuck is knocked out and remembers walking into his father's computer lab as a child and downloading the Intersect, but nothing bad happened to him. Chuck remembers his father's last words to him, "You're special," and suddenly he realizes he doesn't need the Governor to defeat Shaw. With strong punches and swift kicks, Chuck puts Shaw in his place, but decides not to kill him. Sarah knocks Shaw out and gets the Governor for Chuck. It makes him feel better and for a moment Chuck and Sarah feel safe again.

The cops show up at the Buy More and Big Mike thinks he's going to be fired. Jeff thinks they should burn down the store, but Big Mike has had it with Jeff and Lester and storms out of their van. The CIA sweeps the Buy More for Shaw's detonator, while Chuck tells Sarah he's quitting the spy life. Sarah supports this decision.

Morgan finds Shaw's detonator and drops it, blowing up the Buy More. However, Big Mike thinks Jeff and Lester did it and on the news, they are the prime suspects who are now on the run.

Back at Chuck's apartment, Ellie and Chuck toast to their father and even Alex joins in. Morgan continues to apologize for blowing up the Buy More and Ellie wants to know if Chuck really quit the spy life. Chuck says that he did. To Chuck, Ellie was right, there's nothing more important than family.

Chuck gets a mysterious text message to go to his computer. There, he gets his father's spy will and Steve tells Chuck how much he loved him and Ellie. Next, Steve wants Chuck to do something secret for him regarding ORION. Steve's been a spy for the past 20 years, doing things that the government doesn't want to do. Chuck finds his father's secret lair, and realizes his story is only just beginning: his father did everything for his mother, and she in fact, is part of the spy world too.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 18 - Chuck Versus the Subway

2010-09-23T08:19:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 18

Stephen works on a governor for the Intersect 2.0 in order for Chuck not to go insane, when Chuck finally finds out that Daniel Shaw is very much alive.
Meanwhile, Morgan tells Devon that he thinks his wife is cheating on him, while Ellie is held in custody by Justin Sullivan.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"The High Road" by Broken Bells (Chuck and Sarah at the market)
"One More Try" by Timmy T (Devon drinks)
"England Swings" by Roger Miller (Casey and Justin at the diner)
"Neighbor" by Band Of Horses (Chuck gets the governor)
"One October Song" by Nico Stai (Stephen goes down)
"Congratulations" by MGMT (Alex enters the Buy More)
"Don't Give Up On Us Now" by Menew (Chuck is taken)

Episode Recap

Episode 318 | Season 3 | 05/24/2010

Steve Bartowski works on the governor for Chuck's Intersect. Steve thinks Chuck's cover is blown and his worst enemies are now out to get him. Although Chuck's courage is commendable, it may be time for him to protect the ones he loves the most. Chuck doesn't want to do this because he doesn't want to run like his father did. Sarah walks in and suggests Chuck get some fresh air.

At the Buy More, Awesome is looking rough and worried about Ellie because she didn't come home last night. Morgan tells Awesome that Ellie is cheating on him, and plays Ellie's message that Casey recorded. Awesome immediately tries to contact Ellie, but she's unable to get a signal in the CIA building Justin's been keeping her in.

Meanwhile, Casey visits his daughter at a local diner, although Alex doesn't know that Casey is her father. Chuck voices his concerns about Shaw to Sarah, but she tries to calm him down. Suddenly, Chuck FLASHES on Shaw's voice and gets dizzy. He thinks he sees Shaw in the crowd and chases him down. Just when Chuck thinks he's losing his mind, he sees Shaw on the subway, waving goodbye.

At CASTLE, Chuck tells Casey and Sarah about Shaw. Chuck's dad asks which subway he saw him in and uses the surveillance cameras at the North Hollywood station to see if Chuck is telling the truth. Shaw is identified on the video screen. They follow Shaw's trail through the subway system using the surveillance cameras and while the team wants to go after him, Steve thinks Shaw may be leading them into a trap.

Chuck doesn't think he has a choice, and he's not going to run away from Sarah and Casey. Awesome gets drunk with Lester and Jeff at the Buy More and Morgan comes to the rescue. At a CIA conference General Beckman discusses the Intersect project (Chuck) with General Merriweather and tells him that along with agent Walker and Colonel Casey, the three have been a very strong team.

Sarah, Casey and Chuck follow Shaw's trail through the subway system, each taking a floor into a secret building. Meanwhile, Beckman stands up for Chuck at the conference. When Chuck, Casey and Sarah enter the building an alarm goes off, it turns out they're in the same building where Ellie is being held and it is an actual CIA base. Justin jumps out at the chance to "protect" Ellie, but Chuck takes him down. After Ellie is able to get out of the room, she realizes Chuck is a spy.

Chuck tells Ellie that Justin isn't CIA and is with an evil agency. During General Beckman's conference, Chuck bursts in with Justin and Ellie. Apparently Chuck has no idea what is going on. Beckman tells Chuck that he needs to keep his mouth shut in order to protect the Intersect. The committee wants to shut the Intersect project down because they believe it's dangerous due to one very special agent and his report: Daniel Shaw.

Sarah informs the committee that Shaw tried to kill her and he is working for The Ring. Shaw defends himself - he was working as a double agent with The Ring, until Chuck shot him. Chuck is an "American hero," according to Shaw, but the Intersect is affecting his mind and as proof, he produces Dr. Dreyfus's report stating that Chuck's mental decline is irreversible and inevitable. Sarah is shocked at this news. Shaw wants the Intersect mission to be aborted.

Beckman stands up for Chuck and the Intersect, citing successful past missions. Shaw, meanwhile, FLASHES on the pictures of The Ring agents. Chuck notices this and tells the committee that Shaw has an Intersect. In order to prove it, Chuck throws a knife at him, but Shaw doesn't catch it - it pierces him in the chest. Chuck is immediately removed from the conference hall and taken into custody.

Sarah and Casey believe Chuck, but here's the thing: Shaw and The Ring have taken over the CIA. Casey wants to run, but Sarah is staying to save Chuck. Casey knows the agents are going to go after everyone they care about. Later, Ellie comes clean to Awesome about Chuck being involved in the CIA. Awesome reveals that Chuck has been with the CIA for years, and Ellie demands that Awesome tell her everything right away.

Casey goes to save Alex, but Justin is there to meet him. Chuck's father comes to his aid and remotely releases him from the prison. At the diner, Justin tells Casey he's under arrest, but Casey's isn't going anywhere - he punches Justin out and takes Alex with him. Steve rescues Chuck, but Sarah wants Chuck to stay and fight. This time, Chuck realizes he must run in order to protect Sarah.

Casey tells Alex he kidnapped her for her own good and gives her the key to his locker at the Buy More. Alex is still unaware that Casey is her father, until she tries to make a run for it and he comes clean. Casey tells Alex to find her mom and disappear. The CIA catches Casey while Awesome continues to tell Ellie all about Chuck's spy life.

Morgan informs Ellie that neither Chuck nor Casey are the bad guys and they don't know why the CIA is holding them against their will. Sarah meets with Shaw to confront him about what happened in Paris. She pulls her gun and threatens him, which proves to the rest of the CIA agents that Sarah has gone rogue. The agents arrest Sarah.

Down at CASTLE, General Beckman says they are shutting down the Intersect project and she needs Morgan to find Chuck. She tells Morgan, "You are our only hope," although Awesome is there too, and this could mean they both have lots of people to save. Meanwhile, Steve gives Chuck the governor and he feels better. Morgan calls Chuck and tells him that his team has been caught, but Steve throws Chuck's phone out the window because he knows Shaw is setting a trap.

Chuck is able to convince his dad to turn around and fight. Chuck and Steve come to Ellie for help. She tells them all about where she met Justin and how'd he'd walk to the subway after their conversation. Steve promises to tell Ellie why he left his family years ago - after he and Chuck save the day.

Casey and Sarah, now in Shaw's custody, tell him his plan won't work. Shaw claims that this time, when Chuck and Steve come for him, he'll be ready. Down in the subway, Chuck FLASHES on a control panel that was built by McTiernan Industries, a Ring subsidiary. They discover a fake wall and have infiltrated the Ring base. Casey and Sarah are handcuffed but have faith in Chuck because he's a real spy.

Chuck and his father walk into a lab, something Chuck dreamt about: Dr. Kowambe's medical experiments with cellular regeneration. It suddenly becomes clear: The Ring saved Shaw's life and then made him into the Intersect. Ellie sees Shaw and Justin run into the subway system and follows after them.

Chuck believes this Ring lab will be all Chuck needs to prove his innocence. Shaw takes the Governor from Chuck, but Chuck doesn't need a watch to defeat Shaw, knowing Chuck can't fight when he's emotionally compromised, shoots Chuck's father in the chest, and before he dies, Steve tells Chuck that "he's special." In the background, Ellie has seen the whole thing.

Alex arrives at the Buy More to get stuff out of Casey's locker. Morgan helps her and tells her that she has nothing to worry about. Inside Casey's Buy More locker is a safe with tons of cash and passports. Just then, Awesome tells Morgan what happened to Chuck's dad. Chuck is taken into custody with Casey and Sarah and he has given up. He thinks Shaw has won. The three are taken away in a truck, and when the truck stops, so do their lives.

Unbeknownst to Shaw and the rest of The Ring, Ellie and Awesome are in hot pursuit of the team to help. There are still people out there to save the good guys and those people are Ellie, Awesome, and Morgan.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 17 - Chuck Versus the Living Dead

2010-09-23T08:14:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 17

Chuck still has dreams of Shaw being alive and turns to Morgan for help to keep it a secret from Sarah, but Morgan cannot resist Sarah's interrogating techniques.
Meanwhile, after being contacted by Ellie, Chuck's father Stephen shows up at the Buy More, not knowing about the Intersect 2.0 in Chuck's head.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Love Hurts" originally by Nazareth (Jeffster! performs)
"September" by Earth, Wind and Fire (Big Mike reveals his past)
"I Am Your Skin" by The Bravery (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 317 | Season 3 | 05/17/2010

Steve J. Bartowski receives an encrypted message from his daughter Ellie saying she needs to get in touch with him. After receiving a reply, Ellie calls Justin to let him know she's made contact with her father. Chuck calls Morgan to tell him about his Shaw dream. Chuck believes Shaw is still alive, but he hasn't told Sarah yet. Morgan freaks out - they're in big danger! Chuck says it's up to them to take care of this. Fearful for his life, Morgan stays down in CASTLE.

Sarah catches Morgan down in CASTLE and uses her methods of persuasion to get information out of him. Morgan tells Chuck he told Sarah about Shaw. What's more surprising is that Chuck's father has arrived at Buy More. He doesn't know Chuck has downloaded the new At the Buy More. Steve notices Casey and Sarah are both there, which makes him think that not only is something fishy going on, but Chuck is still in the CIA. Chuck lies to his father and tells him he's no longer a spy.

Justin brings Ellie to a "CIA facility." As soon as they know where her father lives, he'll be safe. Down in CASTLE, Sarah tells Chuck he needs to be truthful with her and his father. Casey hasn't found any leads on Shaw. They should use Sarah to get to Shaw because of their intimate history together. The plan is to go over all the places that Sarah went with Shaw. Hopefully, Chuck will FLASH on something. Although this makes Chuck a bit uncomfortable, he knows he has to go along with it.

Casey asks Sarah what she and Shaw did in Washington D.C. After spending some romantic time together, Sarah was given a massage and taken to Tiffany's, where she received new earrings. Finally, when Sarah mentions Shaw's loft downtown, Chuck FLASHES. Shaw used this penthouse loft to construct a TR-15 safe. Whatever's he's hiding in there, it could lead the team to Shaw's whereabouts.

Outside Buy More, Jeffster performs "Love Hurts." They're begged to stop by passers-by. Big Mike offers to help the band by becoming their manager. Jeff wants in, but Lester doesn't, so the band breaks up. Lester takes the "ster" out of Jeffster.

Steve makes a surprise visit to Ellie at her apartment. Chuck assigns Casey to watch over Ellie to make sure she's safe. Chuck joins Ellie and his father for dinner, but winds up taking off for a mission with Sarah. When Ellie gets a call from Justin, she bails on her father too. Ellie goes to meet Justin alone, still under the impression that Casey's a threat.

Steve's convinced that Chuck's a spy and that he's lying to him. He sees all the evidence around the apartment. Chuck continues to lie, claiming he only does analysis work for the CIA, nothing dangerous. Later that night, Chuck and Sarah climb into Shaw's downtown penthouse loft. Ellie waits alone for Justin, while Casey eavesdrops - could Ellie be cheating on Awesome?

At the penthouse, Sarah finds the safe using thermal glasses. She and Chuck are just about to crack it when someone enters, whom they assume to be Shaw. They hide in the closet while he opens the safe and removes a briefcase. When Chuck's sneaker squeaks against the ground, the man shoots into the closet. Chuck and Sarah chase after him, but he jumps across the roof to another building and drops the briefcase.

Sarah runs to get the briefcase while Chuck skill FLASHES on the Long Jump. Chuck jumps to the other building, but misses the landing, and winds up dangling by his fingertips. He looks up to see Justin stepping on his fingers, with news that Shaw's dead. Sarah shoots from the ground below to save Chuck, but he's losing his grip. Another set of footsteps approach, but this time, instead of another bad guy, it's Chuck's father, Steve, who saves him.

Chuck brings his father down to CASTLE, but continues to lie about being an active spy. Casey and Sarah open the briefcase, which holds Shaw's lockbox containing a spy's last will and testament. Everything Shaw knows about the CIA is probably in this document and The Ring wants it, which means that Shaw really is dead. Sarah reads Shaw's letter, which confirms that not only is Shaw dead, but Chuck was wrong.

Steve doesn't think the mission's ever over. He understands the importance of the lockbox. This is why he doesn't want his family to have any part of the spy life. Back at Justin's office, Ellie learns she must start doing some real spy work to protect her father. Meanwhile at Buy More, Big Mike tries to manage Jeff, and Lester misses his band mate.

Casey tells Morgan that Shaw's dead and Chuck was wrong. Casey wants to know if Ellie would ever cheat on Awesome and lets Morgan listen to part of Ellie's conversation with Justin. Morgan wants to help Awesome, so he talks to him, asking about his daily life with Ellie. By the end of their conversation, Morgan seems like he's in love with Awesome. There's nothing this guy can do wrong.

At the apartment, Steve confronts Chuck about still having the Intersect. Chuck keeps lying about this until Steve throws a knife at his head. Chuck skill FLASHES on knife defense to catch it, shocked that his father threw a knife at his face. Steve tells Chuck that the Intersect has a negative affect on the brain. Steve says he has to leave because he can't stay and watch his son die. Steve takes off and Ellie gives him a hug goodbye; little does he know that Ellie has just placed a tracer on his jacket.

Chuck tells Sarah about his fight with his father. Sarah thinks Chuck should talk to him; she knows where he lives. In the meantime, Steve takes something from his watch and places it in the computer. Suddenly, Steve's surrounded by Ring agents. The leader knows Steve has an Intersect and wants to know what's keeping him alive. Just then Chuck knocks on the door (as Sarah waits in the car) and is also taken hostage by the agents.

The Ring wants to know where something called the "Governor" is. The agents release gas into Steve's apartment and things look bleak for the father and son team, until Chuck proves to his father that he can help people with the new Intersect. Chuck skill FLASHES on Tonfa Fighting and takes out the Ring agents. Sarah hears a scuffle inside and comes to help. When Steve joins in the fight, the three of them are able to defeat the team of Ring agents.

Steve isn't sure how The Ring found his cabin, but he knows the agents came for the Governor, something that governs the Intersect, kind of like a pacemaker for the heart. Steve's gotten close to fixing it for the first Intersect, and he can make something work for the Intersect 2.0. Steve accepts Chuck's spy life and Chuck thanks his father.

Big Mike convinces Lester to rejoin Jeffster, and tells him about his old days in Earth Wind and Fire, when Big Mike used to be "Rain." He hands Lester his old jumpsuit and tells him to wear it with pride. Morgan tells Casey that Ellie's apartment should be empty and to go check it out - something's not right. Casey places a bug on Ellie's phone, but she arrives home early and hears him in the house. Ellie calls Justin, who tells her where he hid a gun. Ellie uses a pan to knock Casey out and Justin arrives just in time to take her away.

Later that night, Sarah gives Chuck her spy will, because if anything happens to her, she wants Chuck to have it. Justin takes Ellie back to the "CIA facility" and unknowingly locks her in the room. Chuck begins to write his spy will as Casey regains consciousness. And somewhere far away, Justin makes a phone call to Shaw, who's still very much alive. The team can't wait anymore. After hanging up the phone, Shaw downloads the Intersect 2.0.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 16 - Chuck Versus the Tooth

2010-09-23T08:09:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 16

When Chuck has a series of disturbing dreams about Beethoven and Zamibia just as the Zamibian President is about to visit a Beethoven concert, he thinks the Ring may be trying to kill the President. General Beckman thinks otherwise and sends Chuck to see a CIA therapist.
Meanwhile, Devon and Ellie are back at home after Devon's supposed Malaria infection, and Anna Wu shows up unexpectedly at the Buy More.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Ode To Joy" by Ludwig van Beethoven (Chuck's dream)
"Right Round" by Flo Rida (Anna shows up)
"Symphony #9 In D Minor" by Ludwig van Beethoven (At the concert)
"Jackie Wants A Black Eye" by Dr. Dog (Morgan wants to know about Chuck)
"Here's Looking At You, Kid" by The Gaslight Anthem (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 316 | Season 3 | 05/10/2010

Chuck professes his love to Sarah while they're enjoying a quiet movie night at home, although Sarah has not yet returned Chuck's verbal affection. The news reports that President Kuti of Zamibia has arrived in Los Angeles and will be attending a Beethoven performance. Chuck falls asleep and has a crazy dream, involving General Beckman with cymbals, Beethoven, and Daniel Shaw delivering Zamibian food to Chuck's front door. Chuck freaks out and shoots Shaw, only to wake up and realize it was all a dream... or was it?

Chuck believes his dream was trying to tell him something and calls an emergency meeting with Sarah, Casey and General Beckman. Chuck believes his dream told him that President Kuti will be assassinated by a member of The Ring at the Beethoven concert. General Beckman knows what she has to do, and orders Chuck to see a CIA therapist in fear that Chuck's dreams are affecting his work and the team's.

Chuck meets with Dr. Dreyfus and he talks about how Sarah doesn't say, "I love you" to him. Dr. Dreyfus tells Chuck that the dreams he has are products of his subconscious interacting with the Intersect. For the first time, Chuck learns that the Intersect comes along with a host of side effects, one being insanity. However, Chuck is still convinced that something bad is going to happen to President Kuti at the symphony.

Although Chuck does his best to convince Dr. Dreyfus of his sanity, the good doctor removes Chuck from duty for the time being. Awesome is on the mend from his "malaria" and Ellie returns from the pharmacy to give him medicine. She runs into Casey who suggests snake herbs as a perfect remedy, however, Ellie still thinks Casey is strange and politely ignores him. At home, Chuck lies to Sarah and says Dr. Dreyfus told him he was fine.

At the Buy More, Morgan notices something is wrong with Chuck. Chuck confesses to Morgan that he's been having crazy dreams and that General Beckman made him go see a doctor. But Chuck is convinced his dream means that President Kuti will be assassinated tonight at the Beethoven concert. Morgan, as Chuck's best friend, believes him and helps out by getting tickets and tuxes for the symphony.

Lester complains to Jeff about needing a woman when a lovely, familiar face walks into the Buy More: Anna Wu. Lester and Jeff hit on Anna, but she's looking for Morgan. Anna is shocked when she sees Morgan in a tux and is even more surprised when he blows her off to help Chuck. There's even more action at the Buy More when Ellie is confronted by Justin, who is back from Africa and has something important to tell her.

Things take a turn for the worse when Chuck and Sarah notice Laura Turner drinking at the open bar at the party. Craig gets caught flirting with a younger woman and Laura causes a scene. When Craig's back goes out, the spy couple becomes the center of attention. Chuck and Sarah decide to make their move before the Turners blow their cover.

Justin tells Ellie that he works for the CIA and he needs to talk to her about her father. He lies and says Casey is a threat to her dad. He also tells her to keep everything a secret because if she were to tell Chuck or Awesome about any of this, they would think she was crazy. Back at Castle, Sarah and Casey realize that Chuck has gone to the symphony with Morgan to try and prove them wrong about President Kuti. They immediately rush to the rescue.

At the concert, Chuck has fallen asleep and is having another dream. This time he is alone on stage and he sees a bloody Shaw. Then he realizes that Dr. Kowambe, a scientist, is the real threat to President Kuti and that he plans to slit the President's throat during the symphony. Chuck needs to get to the balcony as soon as possible before the assassination occurs.

Sarah and Casey arrive just in time to see Chuck running toward the balcony. Chuck convinces Sarah to trust him, while Casey sedates Morgan. Chuck does a body search of Dr. Kowambe but doesn't find anything, instead, he flashes on Kowambe's tooth that has Ring intelligence. Chuck, out of desperation to prove his sanity, punches Dr. Kowambe in the mouth and knocks out his tooth (then grabs it when no one is looking). Chuck rants and raves like a lunatic and gets carried away to the psych ward. Unfortunately for him, no one believes he's not crazy.

General Beckman chews Casey and Sarah out for Chuck and Morgan's actions the night before. Sarah's worried about Chuck and learns that Dr. Dreyfus believes the Intersect is overwhelming Chuck's brain. This means Chuck's mental deterioration may be unavoidable. Sarah's visually upset, but Casey tries to make her feel better by suggesting they pay Chuck a visit at the hospital.

Chuck can't believe he's a patient in a psychiatric ward and meets another patient, Merlin, who is very much mentally unsound. Chuck soon realizes he is in a CIA facility where everyone used to be a spy: some have been waiting for their team to come for them for over 10 years. Later, Ellie visits Casey and notices guns in his closet. When she runs to tell Awesome, Awesome keeps Casey's cover, but this only makes Ellie believe Justin more.

Sarah and Casey visit Chuck and he sneaks the tooth to Sarah for her to get it analyzed in the lab. (He had been hiding it in his mouth all this time). Chuck is still convinced that Dr. Kowambe's tooth holds Ring intelligence. As Chuck puts it, "The truth is in the tooth." Chuck pleads with Sarah not to give up on him and she swears she'll get it tested.

Back at Castle, Sarah is disheartened to find he tooth is just a normal human tooth. In the Buy More, Morgan is worried about Chuck, so Casey tells him what's been going on. Anna finds Morgan to talk to him, but after hearing the news about Chuck, he blows her off again. Later on, Sarah calls Chuck and tells him the tooth is human. Chuck begins to accept that he may be losing his mind.

Dr. Kowambe and his men visit Chuck and force their way into the hospital. This means Chuck was right, Dr. Kowambe is a bad guy - but no one else knows! Sarah visits Dr. Dreyfus and pleads with him to let her see Chuck, because she loves him. Dr. Dreyfus tells her she should let Chuck how she feels. However, Sarah isn't the only one who wants to help Chuck; Casey is at Dr. Dreyfus's house too.

Chuck tries to make a run for it; Dr. Kowambe captures him and the villain admits that Chuck took the wrong tooth. The fake one is in the front of Dr. Kowambe's mouth. Chuck's happy to hear this because it means he's not crazy. Dr. Kowambe wants to know how Chuck knew about the secret intelligence. He injects Chuck with Tetraclydine, a psychotropic cocktail to get Chuck to tell him the truth. And after that, Dr. Kowambe will kill him.

Chuck is able to make a run for it, but the effects of the drugs are making him lose his balance. However, Chuck skill flashes on kung fu and tries to fight Dr. Kowambe and his men but to no avail; the drug has taken over his coordination. Just then, Merlin and the other crazy agents get ready to attack but are taken out by tranq guns. Things don't look good for Chuck and he passes out on the floor. Sarah, Casey and Dr. Dreyfus come to save the day right in time.

General Beckman apologizes to Chuck for not believing him and finds out that Dr. Kowambe was illegally harvesting human organs, experimenting with genetic manipulation with the intent of selling this information to The Ring. Chuck makes another visit to Dr. Dreyfus to get his clean bill of health, but Dr. Dreyfus warns him that his dreams are proof of the stress the Intersect puts on his brain, which will eventually lead to serious mental deterioration. Time will only tell if Chuck will be okay.

Dr. Dreyfus suggests that Chuck tell Sarah about the risks of the Intersect, but when Sarah finally says to Chuck that she loves him, he chooses to keep it a secret. Meanwhile at the Buy More, Anna Wu wants Morgan back because he's been ignoring her, but Morgan rejects her. Justin fools Ellie into getting in touch with her father. Later that night Chuck has another Shaw dream, and this time the bloody bullet holes in Shaw's chest are gone, which means, in his dream at least, that Shaw could still be alive.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 15 - Chuck Versus the Role Models

2010-09-23T08:02:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 15

Chuck and Sarah are assigned as an observational capacity to CIA super spy couple Craig and Laura Turner, in order to watch and learn from them, while Casey is ordered to train Morgan.
Meanwhile, Devon and Ellie start their new job as Doctors Without Borders at the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
* Comin' Home Baby! - Mel Torme
* I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White
* La donna è mobile - Giuseppe Verdi
* Sans Soleil - Miike Snow

Episode Recap

Episode 315 | Season 3 | 05/03/2010

Morgan dreams of his own "Hart to Hart" show with Sarah and Chuck as the spies he's assigned to look after. In his waking life, Morgan has a hard time with Sarah crashing at his and Chuck's pad every night, especially since she likes to roam around almost nude. Morgan tries to talk to Chuck about this, but Chuck wants to ask Sarah to move in with him. Sarah accidentally hears this and tells Chuck she doesn't really see the point in doing moving in together because they're not a normal couple. When Chuck sees how Sarah's been storing her guns under his couch, he realizes living with a spy may break his no firearms in the apartment rule.

Meanwhile, Ellie and Awesome arrive in Africa for the Doctors Without Borders program. Ellie isn't too pleased when she sees how the field clinic is less clinic and a lot more field. On top of that, it's pouring rain. Ellie gets worried when she notices men with guns standing around the tents. Awesome makes her feel better by asking her out for a date night in the jungle.

Back in Burbank, Sarah and Chuck get their next mission: to observe Craig and Laura Turner, a famous CIA team who have a long list of spy accomplishments and have been married for the past 30 years. If Chuck and Sarah continue to see each other, General Beckman insists they must learn how to do it from the CIA's most successful spy couple. Casey's assignment is to train Morgan.

Upon meeting Sarah and Chuck, Laura and Craig are immediately reminded of how they were 30 years ago. Chuck learns Mr. Turner is a bit of a booze snob and loves his Manhattans. The Turners marriage hasn't been all sugar and roses. The two veteran spies have been married three times, and it's clear Mr. Turner has a record of being unfaithful. There's not much time to dwell on this though, as Chuck and Sarah learn their new mission starts tonight. They must attend a party and watch the Turners steal a decryption program that could be used to render CIA security useless from a dealer named Otto Von Vogel. Chuck's excited, but Sarah seems less enthused.

Morgan's pleasantly surprised when he learns Casey will be training him - and training starts right away at Buy More. Morgan's first task is to get a pretty girl's phone number. The first lesson of being a spy is to show you can manipulate anyone. However, Morgan fails his first test when the girl writes, "You disgust me," instead of her phone number on the Buy More card.

Sarah and Chuck follow the Turners into Otto's party. Chuck's really impressed with the veteran spy couple and thinks the CIA should hire more people like them. Sarah doesn't think the Turners are that great. When Otto spots Chuck and Sarah, the Turners quickly distract him. Chuck's feeling romantic but Sarah wants to make sure he doesn't ask her to move in with him again.

Things take a turn for the worse when Chuck and Sarah notice Laura Turner drinking at the open bar at the party. Craig gets caught flirting with a younger woman and Laura causes a scene. When Craig's back goes out, the spy couple becomes the center of attention. Chuck and Sarah decide to make their move before the Turners blow their cover.

Upstairs, Chuck and Sarah run into a very large Bengal tiger. Chuck FLASHES on the jungle cat's collar, revealing the location of the decryption software. Unfortunately, Chuck's forgotten his tranq gun, and he doesn't want to kill the majestic animal. Chuck and Sarah argue about what the Turners would do, when they hear the tiger snoring. Chuck takes this opportunity to get the collar while Sarah covers him. The couple barely makes it out of the bedroom alive, but they do manage to steal the collar.

Meanwhile at Buy More, Morgan steals something from another kind of sleeping giant: Big Mike. Casey has ordered Morgan to do so in order to test his stealth skills. Unfortunately, Morgan fails. Awesome's helping Ellie adjust to the African outdoors when they meet Justin the Camp Security Coordinator, who advises them to set up camp away from where the wild animals are. Although Awesome and Ellie avoid a snake attack, Awesome does get bitten by a mosquito.

Chuck and Sarah leave the party with the software in hand and are met with an unpleasant surprise: Craig and Laura Turner have set them up. The veteran spy couple steals Otto's software from Chuck and Sarah. Chuck can't believe it. Down at CASTLE, Chuck tells Beckman what happened, and she doesn't believe it either. Beckman orders Chuck and Sarah to find an explanation for the Turner's actions, and tells Casey that if he can't properly field train Morgan, they'll both be going to boot camp at Pendleton.

Livid over what the Turners have done, Chuck decompresses, washing the dishes. Chuck thinks Sarah will definitely not move in with him now, since the Turners have turned out to be backstabbers. However, when Chuck mentions Mr. Turner's love of Manhattans, Sarah gets an idea. The Grand Ambassador is the only place in Los Angeles that serves the drink with the right kind of cherries.

Back in Africa, Ellie tries to contact Chuck and leaves a message on his voicemail about how she's having a hard time. Justin overhears the message and tells Ellie she can always talk to him if she's feeling lonely. Ellie tells Justin how she's homesick and doesn't think she's built for the Doctors Without Borders program.

The Turners are enjoying drinks in their Grand Ambassador hotel room. Laura feels sorry for Chuck and Sarah and hopes they didn't hurt their career. Craig thinks Chuck and Sarah are in love, and probably don't have a good future with the CIA. Pretty soon the Turners are arguing with each other, allowing Chuck and Sarah to sneak into their hotel room and steal back the software.

Morgan's last field test: target practice. He completely fails as the gun flies out of his hand after he shoots. Morgan knows this means he's fired. On the down low, Casey tells Morgan he's there for him, as a friend. Chuck and Sarah bring the Turners back to Chuck's apartment. Chuck's had enough of the couple's arguing. Once upon a time, the Turners were great, but they're not anymore. All four spies are in for a surprise when Otto and his pet tiger come to visit.

Sarah checks the tiger's collar and finds a tracking device. Otto and his men hide the Turners in the bathroom and Sasha the tiger sniffs around for them. Chuck and Sarah play dumb when Otto concludes that they're agents and Chuck's apartment is a CIA safe house. Otto wants Laura and Craig right away, but Chuck and Sarah ultimately decide to stay loyal and don't give Otto what he wants. Meanwhile, Laura and Craig escape out the bathroom window.

Morgan and Casey come home from field training just in time to see there's a tiger in the courtyard. Inside Chuck's apartment, Laura and Craig return to help Chuck and Sarah. The Turners want to prove to Chuck they're not traitors. Outside, Morgan decides to lure the tiger into Ellie and Awesome's apartment. Chuck skill FLASHES on Otto's gun and takes control of the situation before anyone gets hurt.

Morgan barely escapes from the tiger. Chuck and Sarah deem it unnecessary to shoot the Turners so they finally give up. Down at CASTLE, Sarah tells Beckman that the Turners double cross was a triple cross, and Beckman buys it. However, the general is surprised when the Turners retire from the CIA. They inform Beckman that Chuck and Sarah will take their place.

Casey tells Morgan he passed his field training because he has balls for going up against a Bengal tiger completely unarmed. However, Ellie and Awesome's apartment is now in ruins since Morgan locked the tiger in there. But all is not lost. Sarah tells Chuck she'll move in with him, so they have something to fall back on when their spy life is over.

Awesome suddenly gets ill and must be moved back to the States. It turns out Ellie's new friend Justin is the cause of Awesome's ailment. Justin makes a phone call to an unknown source to let them know "she doesn't suspect a thing."

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 14 - Chuck Versus the Honeymooners

2010-09-23T07:56:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 14

After Chuck and Sarah agree to quit the spy life together, they find Basque terrorist Juan Diego Arnaldo on their train.
Meanwhile, Beckman orders Casey to use Morgan to find the missing couple, while Devon and Ellie are having their going-away party.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
* Holiday - Vampire Weekend
* Feeling Good - Nina Simone
* Leaving on a Jet Plane - John Denver
* Reach for the Sun - The Polyphonic Spree

Episode Recap

Episode 314 | Season 3 | 04/26/2010

Chuck and Sarah enjoy their new and long-awaited romantic moments together on their train ride from Paris. Chuck thinks the best thing for them to do is to run away from the spy life. Sarah's quickly convinced and with that, they agree to quit the spy life and start a new civilian life together. Back in Burbank, Beckman orders Casey to use Morgan to find Chuck and Sarah's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Ellie and Awesome get ready to go to Africa and Ellie wonders when Chuck will be back in town.

Chuck and Sarah discuss where they should start their new life, but leaving the spy life may not be as easy as they thought. In the dining cart, Sarah notices men with guns and Chuck flashes on Juan Diego Arnaldo, a terrorist in the Basque Separatist Organization. However, both Chuck and Sarah are going to try to stick to their vow. They decide not to share the information about the bad guys on the train with each other.

At the Buy More, Morgan swears he hasn't heard from Chuck, and Casey thinks Chuck and Sarah are busy getting... busy. Awesome is also looking for Chuck, because he knows that Ellie really wants him at their going-away party. Morgan has been tasked to find Chuck and bring him back to Burbank. Morgan declares himself the "Intersect of Chuck." Jeff and Lester overhear Awesome talking about the party, and they offer Jeffster's services.

Back on the train, Chuck and Sarah decide to try to do some undercover spy work without the other noticing. Sarah sneaks into Arnaldo's room and hides in the bathroom when she hears someone (Chuck) entering. When Arnaldo and his men return to the room, Chuck escapes out the window and skill flashes on acrobatics, while Sarah pretends to be a drunk Texas girl and sweet talk her way out of being caught. In the end, Chuck and Sarah come clean to each other about Juan Diego Arnaldo and they share information, deciding to do one last mission before really calling it quits.

At Castle, Morgan helps Casey track down Chuck's last known location: Chuck needs prescription cream for his eczema and he's a huge DC comic fan and won't go anywhere without the newest addition of "Justice League." Morgan and Casey make their way to Europe, but they're not traveling first class like Morgan had hoped. Meanwhile on the train, Chuck and Sarah come up with a plan to get to Juan Diego Arnaldo: Sarah flirts with a rocker to get his handcuffs and Chuck skill flashes on how to speak French, so he can sweet talk an injured skier and steal her pain pills.

Chuck and Sarah pose at the Charles', a newlywed couple from Texas, to get close to Arnaldo and his men. Casey and Morgan arrive in Europe and get on the train to find Chuck and Sarah. Chuck is able to drug Arnaldo's men and Juan Diego makes a run for it, but before Chuck and Sarah can apprehend the wanted terrorist, Casey handcuffs them. Chuck tries to convince Casey that they are on a mission, but Casey doesn't believe them.

Back in Burbank at Awesome and Ellie's, Jeffster practices and blows an amp. It becomes obvious to Awesome, Jeff and Lester that Ellie is upset because Chuck isn't around and hasn't contacted her. Lester tells Awesome not to worry about the amp: tonight, Jeffster is going unplugged.

Left with no choice, Chuck and Sarah double-team Casey and punch him out to chase after Arnaldo. Once Casey regains consciousness, he finds Chuck and Sarah in Juan Diego's cabin with Juan hiding in the bathroom. Unfortunately for Chuck and Sarah, there's been a big misunderstanding. Arnaldo turned himself in and the men that were with him were Interpol agents, taking him into a witness protection program. Casey realizes that Chuck and Sarah didn't go through Beckman for this mission because they're quitting the spy life to be together.

However, unbeknownst to all the spies involved, Arnaldo's enemies (the Basque ETA) are out to get him. General Beckman is livid at Chuck and orders him to keep Juan Diego alive until the new Interpol agents arrive and then to return to Burbank immediately. Both Morgan and Casey talk to Sarah and Chuck about quitting the spy life, and the two both agree they want to be a couple more than spies. Arnaldo offers his unsolicited advice and suggests it doesn't always have to be all or nothing. This is Chuck and Sarah's chance to be together and they won't risk losing each other again.

Casey tells Chuck and Sarah to make a run for it now, before the other Interpol agents come to take Arnaldo into witness protection. Morgan and Casey say their goodbyes to Chuck and Sarah. Back in Burbank, Jeffster performs "Leaving on a Jet Plane" and Ellie gets drunk, upset that she won't be saying goodbye to Chuck before she leaves for Africa.

Morgan and Casey meet the new Interpol agents, who claim that they have been staying in Lake Como. However, the agents are fake -- they blow their cover when Morgan tests their knowledge of the Sagra di San Giovanni (a festival of boats) and the "agents" refer to the festival as a palace. Casey is quick to pull his gun, but it's no use; Morgan and Casey are outnumbered by members of the Basque who are willing to do anything to get to Arnaldo.

Outside the train station, the real Interpol agents arrest Sarah and Chuck for drugging them and tell them that the secondary set of agents who were sent to meet Morgan and Casey are dead. Sarah and Chuck realize that Morgan and Casey are in great danger and they need to help them. The Interpol agents don't believe Chuck and Sarah and once again, the two are stuck in handcuffs and resort to punching the good guys out to save Morgan and Casey.

Morgan and Casey are trapped and Chuck and Sarah come to the rescue. Arnaldo is threatened by the Basque members -- they want to know everything he's told Interpol. But before he talks, Chuck and Sarah come crashing through the window and Chuck skill flashes on Afro-Brazilian martial arts and takes out the bad guys. Even handcuffed, he and Sarah make a great fighting team together -- and surprisingly so do Morgan and Casey. The four are able to take down the bad guys, and save Juan Diego Arnaldo. Chuck and Sarah realize that they can be spies and still be together.

Back at Castle, General Beckman congratulates Casey and Morgan for a job well done on taking down the terrorists. Morgan tries to stand up for Chuck and Sarah, but Beckman doesn't want to hear it. Chuck and Sarah tell Beckman what went wrong on the mission and come clean about their relationship. Even though Beckman doesn't want to know all the details, she cautions them to be careful about letting their private life interfere with their spy careers. But off the record, she says, "It's about damn time."

Chuck realizes that he missed Ellie's party and rushes to her apartment. He finds a DVD from the party and, watching it, he realizes how hurt Ellie is about his absence. However, Ellie's at the apartment and it's not too late for Chuck to say goodbye to her. Ellie says she doesn't want to leave her little brother, but Chuck tells her not to worry; she's not leaving him alone, he has Sarah. Ellie is happy to hear that they're back together.

Alone again, Chuck takes this opportunity to school Sarah in music, since she hasn't had much time for that in her life. Chuck introduces her to a song he thinks is going to be her favorite, "Feeling Good." They cuddle in bed and the two spies are off to a good start.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 13 - Chuck Versus the Other Guy

2010-09-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 13

Shaw teams up with Chuck and Sarah to find the Ring operative who is behind the killing of his wife - The Director.
Meanwhile, Morgan considers quitting his job to go with Chuck.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Kettering" by The Antlers (Chuck vs. Shaw and Sarah)
"If You Leave" by OMD (Chuck vs. Morgan)
"Bye Bye Bye" by Plants & Animals (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 313 | Season 3 | 04/05/2010

Chuck believes that Shaw has kidnapped Sarah to kill her. He gets assistance from a tactical team to trace her location. Shaw and Sarah arrive at the Director's office, only to find Sarah's Red Test video playing on a large screen. This confuses Sarah until Shaw tells her that the woman she killed was his wife, Evelyn Shaw. Chuck arrives on scene with the tactical just in time to see Shaw and Sarah hugging. Apparently Shaw doesn't blame Sarah for the death of his wife, and is still one of the good guys. However, Chuck's tactical team continues with their rescue mission.

General Beckman is not happy with Chuck taking things into his own hands. Chuck apologizes to the General, Shaw and Sarah. However, Shaw stands up for Chuck and says that he would have done the same thing. There are no documents about Sarah's Red Test explaining why she was ordered to kill Evelyn Shaw. Shaw's goal is to bring down The Ring and he has no problem working with Sarah in doing so. Sarah agrees to this, but Chuck isn't thrilled with the news.

Earlier, in the rush to save Sarah, Chuck quickly agreed to let Morgan be a spy, so Morgan quits the Buy More. Meanwhile, Chuck has a private conversation with General Beckman to try and convince her that putting Shaw and Sarah back to work together is a bad idea. Beckman doesn't agree with Chuck and tells him that she is moving Shaw and Sarah to D.C. to head up The Ring there. To the General, Chuck's emotions get in the way, while Sarah and Shaw's don't.

Casey confronts Morgan about his new spy job and Morgan only wishes Casey can come with him. However, when Morgan comes home to Chuck, he is drinking scotch and has given up -- Sarah is leaving with Shaw. Morgan tries to help his friend by taking the scotch bottle away from him, but Chuck uses his skill flash to detain Morgan and continue to wallow in his intoxicated depression.

Sarah comes to see Chuck and he asks her a very important question: Does she love him? Surprisingly to Chuck, Sarah answers "yes" and admits that she fell for him a long time ago. Then, she kisses him. She reveals that Casey told her the truth about the Red Test. But there isn't much time to celebrate, Shaw has found The Ring's headquarters and Chuck needs to pull himself together to help out his team. Morgan, thinking he is a spy, is more than happy to help Chuck sober up.

Sarah and Chuck get ready to rappel down an elevator shaft to find the Director, while Shaw stays behind to pull them back up once they apprehend The Ring's leader. However, Chuck does not trust Shaw one bit. Sarah and Chuck get into the elevator and capture the Director, who says that they will never get their hands on the new Intersect -- but with a little persuasiveness, the Director and his body guards give it to them.

The elevator opens and Shaw comes running in like a cowboy from the wild west, shooting everyone but Sarah, Chuck and the Director. Shaw orders Chuck and Sarah to leave while he takes care of the Director. The elevator doors close and a gunshot is fired, making Sarah and Chuck believe that Shaw has killed the Director. However, just the opposite has happened: Shaw is working for The Ring and everything was a setup to trick Sarah and Chuck.

Back at Castle, General Beckman scolds Shaw for killing the Director, but Sarah and Chuck stand up for him. Beckman says the Intersect that The Ring was building had a number of flaws in it. Beckman orders Shaw and Sarah to go to Paris, France where The Ring first started making their version of the Intersect. Sarah promises Chuck that when she gets back from France, everything between them will happen. There's only one more mission left.

Morgan tells Chuck that Shaw is going to win Sarah, but Chuck thinks Shaw is a hero and that he saved their lives on the last mission. Chuck replays the video of Shaw fighting The Ring agents for Morgan to prove his point, but Morgan sees a huge flaw in the footage: The Ring agent pulled the punch, and the roundhouse kick didn't even land on the agent's face. It's a fake action sequence and Chuck realizes that this means Shaw is working with The Ring.

Chuck tries to inform Beckman of the new information, but she is upset that Chuck has brought Morgan down to Castle and suspends him. Getting no help from Beckman, Chuck has no other choice but to hire Morgan as part of his team to help save Sarah. There's one last thing to do: Morgan convinces Casey to help them, because he isn't a Buy Moron, he's Casey, the ultimate spy.

On the flight to Paris, Casey tells Chuck to calm down and use his smarts to find Sarah. In Paris, Shaw takes Sarah to the exact place of her Red Test and tells her that she killed his wife and there's no way he can forgive her. He lied to her to get her to come to France with him. The Director hits Sarah with a tranquilizer dart laced with a special toxin that will keep Sarah conscious, but immobilize her nervous system. Shaw wants her to see what happens.

The Director tells Sarah that she and the C.I.A. are responsible for the death of Shaw's wife. The C.I.A. believed Eve Shaw turned into a Ring Agent; Shaw wants the C.I.A. to know that they betrayed the wrong man. This is why he needs to kill Sarah. On top of this, Shaw gives the Director the details and materials that The Ring needs to complete their Intersect.

Before Shaw can take Sarah down to the river to kill her, Chuck comes to the rescue. He knew Shaw would be at this location because it's where he goes every year to remember Evelyn's death. He places Shaw under arrest, but Shaw wants Chuck to kill him. Shaw's not going down that easy though and Chuck skill-flashes on close-quarter combat, but it's no use, Shaw is just as good as Chuck and he takes him down, absconding with Sarah into the night.

Shaw takes Sarah to the river, where Chuck finds them. Chuck does his best to try and talk Shaw out of doing this, but Shaw leaves Chuck with no choice and Chuck shoots him. Shaw's body falls into the river and Chuck saves Sarah. Later, Casey gets in touch with General Beckman and shows her that he has captured the Director. He asks to be reinstated as a spy and for Morgan to be part of Operation Bartowski.

Morgan gets his assistant manager job back at the Buy More -- as his spy cover. Meanwhile, Sarah rests and Chuck tells her that Shaw is dead. Sarah realizes that Chuck shot Shaw, but Chuck tells her it's because he couldn't her get hurt. Even though Chuck had to kill Shaw, Sarah doesn't care; he saved her. She still loves him and they are going to be together, with no interruptions this time.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 12 - Chuck Versus the American Hero

2010-09-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 12

Chuck gets his first assignment as a real spy, posing as an independently wealthy young expatriate in Rome. When he finds out that he can choose between the best agents to join his team, he has only Sarah on his mind, so he and his friends team up to win her back.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

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Episode Recap

Episode 312 | Season 3 | 03/29/2010

Chuck, now an official spy, heads to D.N.I. headquarters in Washington D.C. to meet with General Beckman and he's trying his best not to be nervous. However, unbeknownst to Chuck, Monty, a Ring agent, has made his way down to the morgue where Perry's dead body (Chuck's target in his Red Test) is about to be examined. Monty easily kills the pesky morgue attendant and retrieves a metal capsule from Perry's body using a magnetic scanner. He then confirms via Ring Phone with an unknown source, "The package is intact."

Chuck meets with General Beckman and he gets his next assignment: the C.I.A. wants him in Rome right away. He will pose as an independently wealthy ex-patriot, and will stay in an extravagant villa, in addition to a yearly stipend. Chuck thinks things are moving too fast for him, but General Beckman is not sympathetic. Instead, she gives him a week off to go wherever he wants, but after that, Chuck is expected back and ready to assemble his team. Chuck's ears perk up at the idea of picking his own team. So he heads to Burbank with some agents in mind--a pretty blonde one in particular.

Now that Chuck is out of the picture, Ellie and Awesome plan to go to Africa to do Doctors Without Borders--and for Awesome this means an escape from hiding Chuck's spy life from Ellie. However, Chuck is in Burbank and knows that he only has a week to win Sarah back, so he asks his best friend Morgan for help. Awesome sees Chuck and is not happy about his unexpected return, because as long as Chuck is still in town, Ellie won't go to Africa. Awesome understands that Chuck won't go anywhere without Sarah, so he decides he'll do his best to help Sarah and Chuck get back together. When Casey finds out that Chuck can choose his own team of agents, he also dedicates himself to helping Chuck win Sarah back from Shaw. Morgan's also hoping Chuck will choose him to take to Rome.

At Castle, Chuck finds Sarah and tells her about his next mission and that he wants her to go with him. However, Sarah says she is going to Washington with Shaw, but Chuck is confused--he thought his becoming an agent would mean they could finally be together. But to Sarah, Chuck is not the same guy she fell for; she saw him kill the mole, Perry. Even though Chuck tries to tell her that what happened on the train tracks that night isn't what she thinks, Sarah doesn't believe him. Shaw interrupts and steals Sarah away--and he's more than happy to tell Chuck anything he needs to know about Rome.

At the Buy More, Chuck tells Casey he has to tell Sarah the truth about what happened on the Red Test, but Casey tells Chuck the consequences could be fatal. Chuck feels defeated but Morgan and Casey aren't going to let their only chance (Chuck) to escape the Buy More just walk away. Morgan tells Casey that "love is a battlefield" and asks Jeff to borrow his van (Loretta). Later that night, Awesome, Casey and Morgan use Jeff's van to find Chuck and convince him he can't give up on Sarah. Their plan: to interrupt Sarah and Shaw's dinner date. They give Chuck a nice suit to wear and make their way to the restaurant.

While in the van, Morgan tells Chuck that he'll distract Shaw so Chuck can talk to Sarah alone. However, Monty the Ring agent has found Shaw. Morgan calls Shaw at the restaurant, pretending to be a Ring agent, unaware that a real threat, Monty, is there to capture Shaw. Shaw falls for Morgan's phony phone call and Chuck takes this chance to beg Sarah to come with him to Rome. Chuck can't tell her who really killed the mole on his Red Test, but he promises he will never lie to her about anything again. Shaw catches Morgan in his "act" while Chuck tries to convince Sarah that he's changed, but for the better. Chuck wants to be a spy and he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.

The real Ring agents catch up to Shaw, who uses Morgan as a human shield against their tasers. Shaw runs to find Sarah and is stopped by Monty, who tells him the director of The Ring wants to meet with him. Awesome thinks that Shaw is out to attack Chuck. Awesome, being the hero that he is, tackles Shaw through the glass window of the restaurant. This scares Monty off for the time being, but it also ruins Chuck's chance to tell Sarah he loves her.

Ellie bails Awesome, Morgan and Casey out of jail and Casey says that they were helping Chuck win Sarah back. Although Ellie is amazed at the story, she believes it. At Castle, General Beckman informs Shaw that Monty removed a data drive from Perry's body and it holds valuable information. Shaw's mission is to retrieve the stolen drive. Shaw says Monty wanted to take him to the director--he thinks he should go and act as a bull's eye and paint a target on The Ring. Once Shaw meets with the director he'll suggest to Beckman to launch an air strike. To Shaw, decimating the entire Ring operation is worth the risk. Even though Sarah begs him to reconsider, Shaw says he would trade his life for the man that killed his wife and that it's not Sarah's choice. Using the Ring Phone, Shaw tells them he's ready to come in.

Ellie confronts Chuck at home and tells him he didn't go far enough to get Sarah back. He needs to do everything he can to convince Sarah that he loves her. Meanwhile, Sarah still tries to talk Shaw out of going to The Ring. They kiss passionately, just in time for Chuck to see them. Shaw swallows a tracking device so they can find him and give the coordinates for the air strike. Shaw asks Chuck to take care of Sarah for him while he's gone. An emotional Sarah tells Chuck that Shaw is sacrificing himself to The Ring.

Jeff and Lester are mad that Morgan took the van (Loretta) and left them behind, because they are stalking professionals. When they see Shaw, they take this opportunity to show Morgan and Chuck their stalking abilities and follow him. Down at Castle, Sarah is determined to help Shaw, but Chuck locks her in and says he'll go after Shaw because he knows how much Sarah cares about him.

The Ring meets Shaw and painfully takes out the tracking device he swallowed, as Jeff and Lester watch from the van. Down in Castle, Sarah sees Casey in the Buy More and uses Morse code to get his attention. Although Casey has helped Sarah escape, she can't let him stay down in Castle because he is still a civilian. Chuck follows Shaw's tracking device but finds no Shaw. Lester calls Chuck and says that he and Jeff have eyes on Shaw--he is in some kind of warehouse. Once Chuck gets their position, he takes off in Shaw's Porsche.

Chuck meets Jeff and Lester at the warehouse where Shaw is supposed to be. Chuck's impressed with their stalking abilities--and with that, Jeff and Lester leave. Chuck enters the building fully armed and flashes on a Dr. Jibb soda machine and realizes it's a passageway to The Ring's secret lair. General Beckman gives the order to drop the bombs and calls Shaw an American Hero. Shaw meets with the director and he shows him videos of Shaw's wife, Eve. Then, the director shows Shaw the video of who killed Eve: it was Sarah (her Red Test). When Shaw goes to attack the director he finds out that he is only a hologram and then Shaw is knocked out. The air strike is en route and Chuck is racing to get to Shaw before the building gets blown up.

Chuck skill flashes on kung fu and takes down two Ring agents. He then sets off a small white flash bomb that disorients the agents, but Chuck is able to stay strong. He finds Shaw passed out, as Sarah arrives to see the B-2 bomber drop the missiles on the warehouse. Just when Sarah thinks the worst, she sees Chuck carrying Shaw over his shoulder. Back at Castle, it seems as though Sarah is set on going to D.C. Chuck decides to tell Sarah that he loves her over and over again, and begs her to leave with him and meet him at the train station at 7:00. Then he kisses her.

Before Sarah can decide what she is going to do, Shaw wakes up seemingly angry and puts his wedding ring back on before answering a phone call. Casey visits Sarah and tells her all about how he killed the mole, and not Chuck. Sarah seems relieved and thanks Casey before he leaves. Chuck patiently waits at the train station. Sarah seems like she's made her decision to meet Chuck, but Shaw comes to her and says that they have to leave right away for a trace on the director of The Ring. He rushes her out the door before she can call Chuck to tell him where she's going.

Beckman orders Chuck to come to Castle immediately. The C.I.A. recovered the videos from The Ring and she shows Chuck the video of Sarah killing Eve Shaw. They are not sure if The Ring showed this to Shaw, but if they did, Sarah could be in serious danger. Beckman needs Chuck to find out where Shaw is taking Sarah. Meanwhile, Sarah fails to get a signal on her cell phone and when she asks Shaw about where they are going, he only replies that they are off "to settle an old score."

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 11 - Chuck Versus the First Exam

2010-09-23T07:41:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 11

Chuck is sent on a mission that represents his final spy test with Sarah and Shaw as his evaluators.
Meanwhile, Casey is facing problems at the Buy More.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:

Episode Recap

Episode 311 | Season 3 | 03/22/2010

Flash forward: Chuck's chasing down a mysterious man and once he catches up to him it seems as though Chuck is finally ready to use a gun. However, three days ago things were different--Lester and Jeff were up to their usual tomfoolery in the Buy More until Casey, now a civilian and the new Ass Man--put the insurgents in their place by banging their heads together. Chuck checks in on Casey's civilian experience and tells him that he'll quit if Beckman doesn't reinstate him. However, Casey realizes that he put his team and his country in danger and is in full acceptance of the consequences. Casey's got more problems to deal with when Big Mike tells him Jeff and Lester are now threatening to sue Casey for using physical force against them.

Chuck meets Sarah down in Castle and tries to get a feel for what she and Shaw were doing in D.C. Chuck finds out that in D.C. Shaw and Sarah decided with General Beckman to put Chuck through his final spy test. If Chuck fails this test he will have to go back to his old life--but if he succeeds, he will be a real spy, based in Rome, with the cover of a billionaire industrialist. Chuck's excited to hear this news until he realizes that he will be alone in his new life--with no Sarah. She'll be in D.C. with Shaw.

The next morning, Sarah surprises Chuck at his apartment to tell him that his mission has started--this is how real agents get missions in the field. Sarah's job right now is to observe and report. He opens up a blue packet and pulls out a small video player as Sarah records his every move. General Beckman pops up on the video and she informs Chuck of his mission: F.S.B. Russian Agent Anatoly Zevloski has been fed information by a mole in the C.I.A. whom Beckman believes works for The Ring. Chuck's mission is to ascertain the identity of the mole at the Pinnacle Hotel and Spa in Los Angeles. When Chuck wants to hear the message again, the video player self-destructs, just like in the movies. Sarah continues to write down everything Chuck is doing--and she admits that they have been through a lot together.

Chuck realizes this could be his and Sarah's last mission together--and that Sarah wants him to pass his test and become a real spy. Back at the Buy More, Casey watches Big Mike get measured and fitted for a new suit--and Big Mike offers Casey some fashion advice, to which Casey reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, Chuck sets up for his last mission and offers Sarah some champagne and sizzling shrimp, in memory of their first stake-out together.

Chuck inquires about Sarah's relationship with Shaw, but she's foggy about it and says how it's different than how it is with him. Shaw interrupts Chuck and Sarah's moment and tells him to get it together. Chuck admits to Sarah that he thinks about what would have happened if he'd made a different decision about Prague, and if he passes this test now, he'll become a real spy and they could really be together--if Sarah were willing to give it another shot. As they're about to kiss, Shaw interrupts them again.

Chuck's target has entered the hotel and he needs to go after him--Chuck is now on his own. Using surveillance glasses, Shaw watches Chuck's every move as he enters the Spa to meet with Anatoly. Chuck enters the steam room and finds Anatoly Zevloski with his muscle--under the cover name of Ivan Drago. Ivan receives a note to meet someone upstairs and Chuck quickly rushes to find the note--but Ivan's muscle catches him in the act. Quickly, Chuck skill-flashes on judo and takes down both thugs.

By following "Ivan Drago," Chuck climbs from one balcony to another to identify the mole--who kills Ivan because the mole is now directly with The Ring. But Chuck still hasn't gotten a look at the mole's face. He uses a bird call to get the mole to come to the window and gets a confirmed identity: Hunter Perry. Chuck, still hanging from the balcony, believes he has passed his test--he's a spy, a naked spy.

Casey has taken Big Mike's fashion advice and is dressed in a sharp suit to have a sit-down lunch with Jeff and Lester at Subway. Casey apologizes for roughing them up--but Jeff and Lester drive a hard bargain. Not only does Casey have to pay for their lunch, he must also take a bite out of Jeff's sandwich, after Jeff has already eaten some of it. Unbeknownst to these Buy Morons, Casey has been through worse, and gladly takes a bite of Jeff's "tuna-roni" sandwich.

Chuck wants to know when he'll get his "official" spy card. Sarah asks Chuck to meet her for dinner later at Traxx at Union Station. Chuck gives Casey a gun from Castle as a present--and Casey thanks him. Chuck believes he has passed his final test and is excited for his dinner with Sarah--but Casey seems unsure if Chuck really knows what he's in for. He tells him to be ready for anything.

Down at Castle, Shaw tells Sarah that Chuck has to kill Hunter Perry as his last test, the Red Test. Sarah is mad at Shaw for not telling her and will not be a part of it. Shaw believes that if Sarah tells Chuck to kill Perry, he'll do it. Chuck goes to Traxx to meet Sarah for their "dinner" and she tells him about his Red Test. Perry will be meeting Chuck for dinner. She hands him a picture of Hunter Perry and tells him that he must kill him. Sarah then passes Chuck a red napkin with a gun inside of it. Chuck is shocked at this news--but if he doesn't go through with this Red Test, he won't become a spy, and he and Sarah can't be together. One thing's for sure though: after tonight, there is no turning back.

Hunter Perry arrives at Traxx just as Sarah leaves and he meets with Chuck--but it's not long before Chuck's chasing Perry into the bathroom for a brutal knife fight. Perry slashes Chuck on the leg and then Chuck skill-flashes on knife-fight combat. When Chuck has his chance to kill Perry he doesn't take it, and Perry tells Chuck that The Ring was going to kill him. When Perry compares Chuck to Ring agents, Chuck decides to arrest Perry and not kill him.

Perry isn't to be trusted though and he turns on Chuck, making another run for it. Chuck and Perry are in an all-out chase now through the train tracks. Sarah comes to help Chuck, but she can't find the two men between the trains. Chuck holds Perry at gunpoint and right before Perry pulls out his gun a shot rings out: it's Casey--who shoots Perry before disappearing behind a train car. However, Sarah finds Chuck just in time and sees him standing over Perry's dead body and believes that he has killed a man. Sarah confirms with Shaw that Chuck has officially passed his test.

Later, back at his apartment complex, Chuck talks to Casey about the Red Test. Casey tells Chuck that no one can know the truth about what happened tonight because Casey is technically a civilian and what he did was murder. Chuck can't even tell Sarah. All that matters is that Beckman and Shaw think Chuck killed Perry--and this means he's a real spy. But Chuck doesn't feel like one, and doesn't even know who he is anymore. Casey can't offer any advice to Chuck about that--but he does know that Chuck's not a killer and that's why he killed Perry for him.

Chuck desperately tries to contact Sarah. There's another blue packet waiting for him at home with a video from General Beckman and she congratulates him. He has a badge and ticket to go to D.C. for his induction and processing. After the video player self-destructs Chuck tries to call Sarah again, but she doesn't pick up. He leaves her a message, and Sarah tells Shaw that she can't believe Chuck killed a man and she can't help blaming herself. Then she admits that she is no longer in love with him.

Sarah remembers her Red Test and how horrible it was for her--and that she didn't want to kill her target, but then she saw the woman reach for a weapon (or so she thought) and Sarah reacted by shooting her. Shaw tries to comforts Sarah, but she admits it was the worst day of her life. Back in Chuck's apartment he gets a knock on the door; it's a C.I.A. operative ready to escort him to Washington. But Chuck's not sure if he's ready.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 10 - Chuck Versus the Tic Tac

2010-09-23T07:27:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 10

Casey goes on a mission for his old commander James Keller, but something goes wrong, so now Chuck and Sarah have to help him out.
Menwhile, Devon and Ellie have a dispute of whether to join Doctors Without Borders or to take a fellowship at USC.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"You Know You Want It" by Green Go (Chuck versus the hallway)
"Black & Blue" by The Maids Of Honor (Chuck versus the Ring members)
"Swim Until You Can't See Land" by Frightened Rabbit (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 310 | Season 3 | 03/15/2010

Honduras, 1989: At a remote operations base, Lieutenant Alexander Coburn receives bad news from his field commander: he's been rejected for Special Ops training and will be returning stateside in the morning. Dejected, the soldier walks away but is stopped by another senior officer, Col. Keller, who makes an enticing offer: a chance to join the elite black ops team he oversees. But it's a fateful choice: the young officer can rejoin his family back home, or join the elite fighting force he's always dreamed of.

Present day: We see that the young officer who made the decision to join the black ops team was actually John Casey. He sits now in his living room, meeting with the same man who recruited him more than 20 years ago. His former commanding officer has a new mission for Casey: to retrieve a top secret package from inside a secure CIA facility. Meanwhile, Morgan, who is taking his recent entry into the spy circle very seriously, surveils Casey and Keller from a distance. Chuck confronts him and accuses him of going too far. But Morgan's convinced that Casey's getting a mission--and wants in. Chuck doesn't know of any mission. But his suspicions are raised when he sees Casey and Keller shake hands; apparently they've agreed to work together again. Chuck's baffled.

Beckman lays out the day's mission to Sarah, Chuck, and Casey (Shaw has been recalled to D.C.). Their assignment is a trace cell mission--they're to try to break through 15 layers of security at the CIA's Los Angeles facility, penetrating a super-secure storage vault. At the underground facility, Chuck quickly flashes and leads the team through the first level. They work their way through the remaining levels.

Inside the vault, Casey tells Sarah to guard the door, then sets Chuck loose on opening a locked drawer. Meanwhile, he sneaks to a different drawer, unlocks it with a special key given him by Keller, then opens the drawer and retrieves a zippered case with a small container inside. Chuck finishes his assignment, then comes around the corner to spot Casey closing his drawer. He asks Casey what he's doing, accusing him of accessing an unauthorized box. Casey denies it, then pulls his pistol on Chuck, threatening to kill him if he tells anyone. Sarah arrives moments later, none the wiser.

Devon, a.k.a. Captain Awesome, meets Chuck at his apartment; he implores Chuck to help him convince Ellie that relocating to Africa via Doctors Without Borders is a great idea. He reminds Chuck that staying behind would put Ellie in too much danger--and it's making him a nervous wreck. Ellie stops by a few moments later with great news: she's received a neurology fellowship to the USC School of Medicine. The newlyweds have a touch choice to make.

Back at Castle, Beckman relays some bad news: despite the team's best efforts to test and bolster the security of the secret facility, someone was able to infiltrate it before they got there. The thief took a vial of an experimental and highly valuable drug call Laudanol, a prototype pill that can suppress emotions in battlefield soldiers. Chuck realizes that such a drug could be invaluable for him: without fear or emotion blocking him, he could flash at will. The General fears it was an inside job. Chuck, thinking this is yet another test of his suitability for spy work, spills the beans about Casey taking the pill from the vault. Beckman confronts Casey, who pleads his fifth amendment right to remain silent. Beckman quickly assesses the breach and directs agent Walker to relieve Casey of his weapon.

At Buy More, Chuck grills Morgan on his surveillance of Casey from the night before. As they review the video recordings, Chuck flashes on the face of Keller--he's a member of The Ring! He finds Sarah at Casey's apartment, overseeing a clean team who's tearing the place apart looking for the Laudanol. Chuck tells Sarah about his flash. He wants Sarah to help him find Casey, tell him about Keller's Ring connection, and clear his name. Sarah explains that, if they fail, they could all be tried for treason and Chuck would lose forever his chance to be a spy.

Chuck and Sarah return to the CIA facility to try to spring Casey from a holding cell, before he's shipped to a "black site" prison in Thailand. But new security measures are in place and they're caught by a security team. They sweet-talk the security team leader who takes them to Level 15. But he refuses to let them inside. As an intruder alarm sounds, Sarah punches out the security team leader and grabs the key card granting access to Level 15. On a security camera, they spot Casey's cell--but an explosion rocks the building as they go to find him.

Awesome and Ellie are debating over whose dream to follow. They head for Chuck's apartment but find only Morgan, who believes that Devon is being selfish. Awesome pulls Morgan aside and they begin a roundabout conversation about where Ellie would be safest; neither knows if the other is aware of Chuck's spy life. Once they realize they both know, Morgan agrees that it'd be for the best if Ellie and Awesome did go to Africa.

In Casey's holding cell, the smoke clears to reveal Col. Keller and his Ring team; they've blasted their way in to extract Casey. A moment later, Chuck and Sarah show up through the cell's door. Casey is literally caught in the middle: on one side his long-time mentor, Keller, and on the other, his friends and CIA colleagues. Chuck tells Casey that Keller's working for The Ring. But Casey is under his spell--and quickly heads off with Keller and company. Sarah and Chuck are arrested by CIA security. An irate Beckman later explains Casey's real story to them: he was once Alex Coburn, a young soldier who faked his death in Honduras in 1989 to work for Colonel Keller as part of NSA black ops. Now it appears that Keller has recruited him again, only this time for The Ring. Beckman gives them a mission: capture John Casey dead or alive.

Chuck and Sarah figure Keller must not have the Laudanol yet, or he wouldn't have broken Casey out of the CIA cell. They're right. Casey, incognito, has recruited Morgan to help him by retrieving the Laudanol from inside the Buy More, where he's hidden it in a DVD case. Chuck catches Morgan in the act and convinces him to give up the movie case with the drug vial in it. Back at his apartment, Chuck is surprised by Casey, waiting in the shadows. Casey draws his weapon and demands that Chuck reveal the location of the case. But Sarah is watching from a distance and sneaks up Casey and Chuck.

Confronted by Chuck and Sarah, Casey drops his guard. He reveals that he was Alex Coburn and that he once had a fiancée, Kathleen, who now thinks he's dead. He shows Sarah and Casey some worn photographs of the woman who was clearly the love of his life. And now Keller is holding her hostage. If Casey doesn't turn the Laudanol over, Keller will kill her.

Chuck, Sarah, and Casey form a plan. Casey will go meet Keller and signal to Sarah when she can pounce in for an attack. Meanwhile, Chuck vows to find Casey's fiancée and sneak her to safety. He goes to her house, posing as a gas company employee to try to convince her to leave before Keller's men arrive. The goons are at the door as Chuck spirits Casey's fiancée into a closet.

Casey is brought before Keller and gives him the case that had held the Laudanol. Only now it merely contains a Tic Tac, a reminder of Keller's favorite candy from years ago. Outside, Sarah emerges from her hiding place under Casey's car and begins taking out Keller's henchman. Casey and Keller go at it: an epic king fu battle between master and student. Casey prevails, ultimately killing Keller with his bare hands.

Chuck is under siege. Keller's operatives are at the door. He calls Casey and Sarah for help, but they won't be able to arrive in time. They tell him to flash and take care of them. But Chuck is overwhelmed with fear. Casey tells him to take the Laudanol pill, which he's sneaked into Chuck's pocket: the pill will suppress any fear and let Chuck flash and take out the threat. He swallows it and gets a super-skills flash. Chuck proceeds to fight off a small army of attackers, marveling at his own ruthless resolve.

Casey arrives to find Kathleen, the love of his life, on the floor, drifting in and out of consciousness. She doesn't recognize him. We see a flashback from 1989: Lt. Coburn on the phone telling her he's headed on a new assignment and that he'll be back as soon as he can. She tells him to do his best--and that she has some good news from him when he returns. But Keller cuts off the phone call, informing his recruit that Alex Coburn will officially be killed in action that night; he'll now be known as John Casey.

Back in the present, Casey hovers over Kathleen on the couch. She still doesn't realize that the man helping her was once her fiancé. Her daughter comes in to comfort her. Casey realizes it's probably his daughter, but can't bring himself to reveal the truth. "What's dead is dead. It's too late now," he tells Chuck as he walks off.

Back at Castle, Beckman calls the three agents on the carpet. Because the mission was successful, she is somewhat lenient--and she'll give Casey another second chance. She's busting him to civilian status--he's no longer a spy. Chuck protests on Casey's behalf, but to no avail. She orders Chuck to escort Mr. Casey off government property. She goes on to tell Sarah that she hasn't forgotten Sarah's request to be transferred to Washington D.C. (presumably so she could start a new assignment with Shaw full time). Beckman's decided that Chuck is capable of working as a spy without her as a handler; she invites Sarah to hop a ride to D.C. with her on her plane, leaving in an hour.

Back home, Ellie informs Chuck that she's going to help Devon follow his dream--she's headed with him to Africa and Doctors Without Borders. Devon pulls her aside and tells her he wants her to follow her dream--to take the fellowship position. The newlyweds each want their partner happy.

Back in Casey's apartment, Chuck tries to help the former spy settle into his new civilian life. He tells Casey that he could still go back to Kathleen; she lives nearby. Casey stands by his decision--and tells Chuck he needs to make his own decision about Sarah.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 09 - Chuck Versus the Beard

2010-09-23T06:40:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 09

When the Ring plans to turn a CIA agent, the team has to rely on the Intersect for information, but due to emotional interference, Chuck has problems flashing, so he is "grounded".
Meanwhile, the Buy More employees are re-evaluated by potential buyers, while Morgan ends his friendship to Chuck.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Bululu" by Jesus Alejandro El Nino (Ellie and Devon on vacation)
"On Sale Now" by Daniel May (Chuck is paged)
"Dancing With Myself" by Billy Idol (Chuck tries to flash)
"Arroz Con Pollo" by The Latin Mambo Orchestra feat. Martin Padilla (Chuck's communicator)
"Fortunate Son" originally by Credence Clearwater Revival (Jeffster! performs)
"Bedside Manner" by Dawes (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 309 | Season 3 | 03/08/2010

Chuck arrives at Castle to find Shaw, Casey, and Sarah working on the next top-level assignment: they've received intelligence that The Ring is planning to turn a CIA agent against them--but they don't know which agent it will be. They hand Chuck a file with photos of potential targets, but he doesn't flash on any of them. They're all concerned: Chuck hasn't flashed in over a week. It's a problem, Shaw explains. Chuck is benched until further notice.

Chuck thinks his inability to flash is because he's too emotionally wrought. He needs to talk, but he can't confide in Shaw and Sarah. He calls Awesome, who is off enjoying a quick getaway in Malibu with Ellie. Awesome explains to Chuck that he can't help. "I went on vacation to get away from your spy life, Chuck." At Buy More, Morgan calls Chuck into his "office" for a disciplinary conversation. He explains to Chuck that his recent breakup with Hannah caused her to quit, costing the store a valuable employee. He encourages Chuck to open up; true best friends would tell each other what's really going on, he explains. Chuck struggles, but he simply can't reveal his secret life to Morgan. Frustrated and hurt, Morgan fires Chuck as his best friend.

Chuck returns to Castle, but he still can't flash. He begs to go along on the mission, but Shaw is firm: he's to remain behind at the base. Shaw and Sarah pose as a married couple at the Malibu Vista hotel--the location from where The Ring will try to contact the potential double agent. Chuck remains at Castle, trying to flash, with no luck. Outside the hotel, Casey intercepts a call from The Ring, identifying the physical characteristics of their double-agent target. It appears they've identified a well-built man lounging by the pool--it's Captain Awesome!

Big Mike emerges from his office, glad-handing a team of prospective buyers of the store. After they leave, he explains the grave situation to Jeff, Lester, and Chuck: the new owners plan to interview every employee and fire everyone who's not essential. As a team of inspectors goes over every inch of the place, the two would-be buyers begin grilling everyone individually. They press Chuck on why a Stanford grad would be working at Buy More--and why he isn't the assistant manager. "Because they've already got the right man for that job, Morgan Grimes," he says, defending his best friend.

After interviewing Chuck, the "buyers" meet in private. They're actually Ring agents, who have identified Chuck as CIA agent Charles Carmichael. They turn next to finding Shaw's secret Castle entrance from Buy More. Lester overhears them talking, including their plan to terminate the rest of the employees. Morgan, hiding in the employee break room, watches in astonishment as The Ring operatives begin searching for signs of a passage to the CIA base (Castle). Using a scanning device and an electronic lock-picker, they discover the entrance behind a bank of lockers. Morgan waits as the operatives enter the passageway, and then follows them inside.

Shaw and Sarah spring into action, intercepting Awesome and explaining that he and Ellie are in danger. Casey bursts into the hotel room of The Ring operative only to discover they've been set up. The intercepted call came for a recorder--they've been thrown off the trail with false intelligence. They apologize to Awesome and head back to Castle.

Morgan returns to the store, bursting with excitement. He finds Chuck and reveals his discovery. Chuck knows the cat is out of the bag. Morgan suggests they call the police--but The Ring has blocked all communications in and out of the store. Morgan says they should act on their own. Chuck reluctantly agrees, but only if Morgan will help him clear everyone out of the store first and promise not to tell anyone what's happened.

Big Mike and the rest of the Buy More staff have launched a protest. They're locking themselves inside the store as a protest to the imminent layoffs. It's a scene from a '60s protest, with barricades, flags, and music.

As they debate their assault on Castle's intruders, Chuck and Morgan are captured and taken downstairs for interrogation. The Ring goons can't find Shaw's secret files on the mainframe computers, so they turn to Chuck and Morgan. Chuck denies being a spy. But as The Ring operatives threaten Morgan with a straight razor, Chuck comes clean. "The truth is... I'm a spy, buddy." He explains to Morgan how he's wanted to tell him for a long time, but that he had to protect him. Morgan is overjoyed. "You're officially rehired as my best friend." Chuck goes on to explain the whole sordid story of how he became involved in the spy trade.

Shaw and Sarah attempt to access Castle from the Orange Orange but are locked out. Casey tries to enter from the Buy More, but is stopped at the door. The employees have barricaded the entrance and quickly pelt him with Nerf bullets--until he decides to join their cause. As Jeffster! Performing a spirited version of CCR's "Fortunate Son," Casey sneaks to the break room and tries unsuccessfully to access the secret passage.

Faced with infiltration of Castle by The Ring, Shaw makes a hard choice. He wants to call Langley (CIA headquarters) for authorization to activate the Castle self-destruct mechanism. Sarah protests, begging for five more minutes so that Chuck can save the base--and himself.

Strapped back-to-back with Morgan, Chuck empties his heart to his friend, confessing, among other things, that he really does love Sarah. Suddenly relieved of the emotional burden, Chuck immediately flashes, unleashing a vicious kung fu attack on all The Ring goons simultaneously, waylaying them. Morgan even joins in the action, taking out the leader with a wooden sword.

Shaw has no choice. As he connects to Langley for final authorization to destroy the base and all those inside it, the door to Castle opens. From out of the smoke, a victorious Chuck and Morgan emerge.

With order restored, Shaw explains to Chuck that Morgan will have to be placed in witness protection. Casey agrees, Morgan has not earned their trust. Chuck pushes back. "I have 22 reasons why we can trust him. That's how many years he's been my best friend." Sarah agrees. Chuck presents it as an ultimatum: he needs his best friend if he's to continue being able to flash. Reluctantly, Shaw goes along with the plan.

A dejected Big Mike waits at the Nerd Herd desk to learn the fate of the store. Shaw, posing as a Buy More corporate executive, calls to explain that the performance of Big Mike's team was inspirational. The entire Buy More team celebrates.

A nervous Awesome confronts Chuck. The experience of being used as a decoy has frightened him. But Chuck explains they're doing everything to protect him and Ellie. Still nervous, Awesome heads inside and announces to Ellie that he wants them to move to Africa, for a stint with Doctors without Borders.

Chuck and Morgan settle in for a night of video gaming and sandwiches; all is right with their new world.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 08 - Chuck Versus the Fake Name

2010-09-23T05:49:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 08

Chuck promises to cook dinner for Ellie, Devon and Hannah, but must first complete a mission that involves him impersonating the world's most dangerous assassin.
Meanwhile, Sarah tries to keep her relationship with Shaw strictly professional.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Kristin Kreuk (Hannah), Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Faces In The Dark" by The Generationals (Opening scenes)
"Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion" by Ennio Morricone (Chuck meets the mobsters)
"A Sleep Be Told" by The Traditionalist (Dinner preparation)
"Living a Lie" by Daniel Zott (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 308 | Season 3 | 03/01/2010

Ellie vents to Awesome about Chuck's "secret" girlfriend and decides to confront Chuck about it. However, Ellie expresses her feelings to a closed bathroom door and she is surprised when Hannah walks out of it, wearing only a towel. Chuck comes home just in time to make a formal if awkward introduction. To make up to Ellie for all his secrecy, Chuck invites her and Awesome over for dinner with him and Hannah for his famous chicken pepperoni.

Sarah and Shaw seem to be on a casual lunch date, when Sarah tells him that she wants to keep things professional between them. But the two spies are actually on a stake-out of Rafe Gruber, a dangerous assassin that The Ring has hired. The CIA needs to know who Rafe's target is. Casey shoots Rafe with a tranquilizer gun and the agents apprehend him, bringing him to Castle. However, Casey is disappointed to learn that Shaw wants to put Chuck on the mission instead of him.

A cheerful Chuck comes to Castle, and Sarah catches on that he and Hannah have consummated their relationship. Chuck's next mission: assume an alias and pretend to be Rafe Gruber. Chuck, confident from his portrayal as Perchik in "Fiddler on the Roof," thinks he has this assignment in the bag, but Shaw smacks Chuck in the face, reminding him that he must do everything Rafe would do in every situation. Before Casey gets to torture Rafe to extract crucial details, Chuck intercedes. He needs to get to know Rafe to assume his character for the mission. Rafe's phone rings and Chuck imitates the assassin's low, raspy voice to find out where Rafe is supposed to meet his associates. It works and Casey, impressed, says, "Not bad, Bartowski" to which Chuck replies, "Who the hell is Bartowski?"

The Buy Morons are astounded by Chuck's luck with the ladies, as they watch Hannah snuggle up to him during an inspirational speech from Big Mike about pushing the store's new line of crock pots. Chuck informs Casey that he needs to finish the mission by 5:00 p.m. today because he has dinner plans; the Colonel isn't sympathetic to Chuck's personal life. Meanwhile, down at Castle, Rafe comes on strong to Sarah and Shaw doesn't like it. To show just how much he doesn't like it, he punches Rafe out.

Chuck, dressed as Rafe, heads out on the mission, with Casey in tow. They meet a pair of "goodfellas," Matty and Scotty. Matty recognizes Casey from somewhere and wonders if he's a sniper he used to work with named Alex Coburn. Immediately Chuck flashes on this name, but there's no photo of the mysterious and dangerous militant. The goons believe Casey to be a fed and Chuck, in order to protect his cover, whacks Casey in the mouth with a gun and swears to kill him if he's a cop.

Meanwhile, in the surveillance van, Sarah tells Shaw that she is worried about Chuck's ability to lie. They realize that Casey has been made and tell Chuck to stall until back-up can arrive. Chuck plays it cool like Rafe: like any good assassin, he is going to get information out of the "informant" before killing him.

Matty rolls out a special torture kit--filled with dental instruments. Casey secretly signals Chuck to go ahead. Left with no choice, Chuck using a pair of forceps pulls out Casey's tooth. The cavalry arrives just in time and Sarah, in her S.W.A.T. uniform, tells Chuck not to freak out--that he has to continue to act like Rafe. Chuck listens to Sarah and skill flashes on kung-fu, this time fighting the agents and gaining the trust of the assassin's associates. Casey's impressed with Chuck's work, but Sarah seems unsettled with how easy it was for him to keep up the lie.

Back at Castle, Casey's proud of Chuck, but an angry Rafe, being brought out in handcuffs, tries to attack him. In the scuffle, the apprehended assassin grabs a Buy More pen. When Chuck presses Casey about the name Alex Coburn, Casey tells him to mind his own business. And even though Chuck's late for dinner with Hannah, there's nothing to worry about--Sarah and Shaw have gone to his apartment ahead of time and prepared everything for him, including the chicken pepperoni. Meanwhile, at the Buy More, Big Mike, Lester and Jeff all agree that no matter what girl Chuck is with, Sarah is the one that makes his eyes shine the brightest.

Ellie, Awesome, and Hannah are very impressed with Chuck's dinner. When Chuck tries to vent to Awesome about how he didn't have time to make the dinner, Awesome doesn't want to hear the truth--he doesn't want to lie to Ellie anymore. Hannah makes a toast to how happy she is. Sarah forlornly watches this heart-warming moment through the surveillance video at Castle. When Shaw offers her some left-over chicken for dinner, she rebuffs him and goes off alone. There is trouble brewing in other places as well--Rafe, the real assassin, has used the Buy More pen to escape from his handcuffs.

At the Buy More, Hannah asks Chuck to have dinner with her parents tonight. Chuck leaves his phone unattended for a moment while Big Mike asks his cooking advice--and Hannah picks it up, not knowing that Chuck is supposed to be Rafe. Matty and Scotty make their way to the Buy More and Chuck has to turn into Rafe fast. Once Matty and Scotty get to the Buy More, they take Chuck's watch and smash it--but surprisingly this is a good thing. The two thugs give Chuck a gold watch for saving them. They still believe that Chuck is Rafe and even better, they've found the location of the guy he's supposed to kill.

Sarah visits Shaw at his apartment to apologize to him for being cold. After Shaw puts on some clothes per Sarah's request, she admits to him that she's been having trouble adjusting to Chuck's spy transition. More than that, it makes her think of who she used to be before she was a spy. Across from Shaw's apartment building, Matty and Scotty have set up a sniper rifle for Chuck and when he lines up his shot, he sees Shaw and Sarah. It all comes together: The Ring wants Shaw dead and has hired Rafe to do the job.

Chuck has headphones on and can hear everything Shaw and Sarah are talking about--including how she has been having trouble accepting Chuck's recent changes. Then, Sarah reveals her real name to Shaw--it's Sam. Shaw kisses her and she's into it. Chuck sees all of this and can't believe Sarah never told him her real name. He has to play it off to Matty and Scotty that Sam is his girl, and Shaw is stealing her.

Back at Castle, Casey realizes that Rafe is missing and finds Chuck's location. Chuck convinces Matty and Scotty he's got to fight Shaw man-to-man. Chuck arrives at Shaw's and quickly gets him to catch on that they are being watched. Chuck pretends to be Rafe but underneath this layer of undercover, a fine line of truth about the mens' true feelings for Sarah surface. Chuck punches Shaw and reveals that he knows Sarah's real name too. Shaw doesn't hold anything back and while the men fight, Rafe finds Matty and Scotty, shoots them, then makes his way to Shaw's apartment--and is ready to execute all three spies.

Rafe and Chuck fight, and Chuck tells himself to flash but to no avail. Rafe overpowers both Chuck and Shaw, and then holds Sarah by gunpoint. Rafe sees that Chuck and Shaw have a soft spot for Sarah and a shot is fired. Sarah falls to the floor. For a moment, Chuck and Shaw are in shock, but Colonel Casey has saved the day. From across the street, he used the sniper rifle and made an incredible shot, right in Rafe's head.

After the mission, Chuck gets some sisterly advice from Ellie about Hannah. Chuck feels like he is living a lie, and Ellie chalks this up to him still having feelings for Sarah, that things are moving too fast with Hannah. Chuck knows that Ellie's right and decides to break things off with Hannah--which he does at a restaurant right before dinner with her parents. Hannah is hurt, and calls Chuck the best liar she's met, something that really hits a nerve with him, more than she'll ever know.

Shaw must now hide down in Castle since The Ring knows he's alive and Sarah brings him some goodies to enjoy while he's down there. He thanks her, by her real name--Sam, and they kiss. Meanwhile, Chuck walks the streets alone.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 07 - Chuck Versus the Mask

2010-09-23T05:31:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 07

After Chuck and Hannah help out Shaw in a critical situation recovering a mask, they are teamed up on the follow-up mission, while Shaw teams himself up with Sarah.
Meanwhile, Morgan and Ellie team up to get to the truth behind Chuck's secretive behavior.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Kristin Kreuk (Hannah), Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
"Let's All Die" by Jack Penate (Opening scenes)
"Can't Stop Feeling" by Franz Ferdinand (Mission preparation)
"Astair" by Matt Costa (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 307 | Season 3 | 02/08/2010

Trying to steal the Mask of Alexander from a museum's high security gallery/vault, Shaw is trapped. The security system is sucking all the air out of the room, giving him minutes to live before he suffocates. He signals Sarah that he's in trouble and that he needs Chuck's help to disarm the security system. Sarah scurries over to the Buy More and interrupts Chuck as he's showing Hannah the Nerd Herd ropes. Hannah, curious about who Sarah is, learns from Morgan that she is Chuck's ex-girlfriend. Chuck runs off for his "Nerd Herd emergency" and Hannah secretly follows.

At the museum, Chuck has five minutes to get Shaw out of the vault before he runs out of air. Casey and Sarah unsuccessfully try to open the hatch from above; it's all up to Chuck. Hannah appears at the museum to help Chuck out, knowing nothing about his mission. Chuck improvises, using Hannah's technical skills to help him reboot the security system. It works: Shaw is released and Chuck's cover is saved. The museum's innocent curator is so impressed with Chuck and Hannah's work that he hires them to ensure there are no more bugs in the system during the unveiling of the mask. Shaw orders Chuck to comply so the team can complete their mission and steal the Mask of Alexander.

At Castle, Shaw brings Sarah her coffee, thoughtfully including the type of swizzle stick she likes to chew on. But Sarah isn't warming up to his advances. Shaw informs the team that hidden inside the Mask of Alexander is an item of interest to The Ring. Their mission will be to secure the mask before The Ring does. Shaw announces their positions at the museum: Chuck in the control room, Casey on surveillance and, importantly, Shaw and Sarah posing as guests at the unveiling. He and Sarah will infiltrate the vault and swap out the mask before anyone notices. There's only one concern -- Hannah has to come along, but Chuck thinks he can handle her.

Morgan and Ellie deduce that Chuck is being secretive because he is heartbroken over Sarah. Meanwhile, Shaw and Sarah get ready for the mission at Castle, while at the Buy More, Hannah and Chuck get their Nerd Herd supplies ready. Shaw uses the opportunity to flirt with Sarah, since they are going undercover as a couple tonight; Sarah wants their "relationship" to be at the beginning stages.

Casey mans the surveillance van, Hannah and Chuck control the control room, while Sarah and Shaw scope out the museum's guests. Shaw plays up his cover with Sarah, kissing her neck while he tells her where the vault is located. However, instead of succumbing to Shaw's moves, Sarah stiffens.

In the control room, Hannah reveals to Chuck that the real reason she works at the Buy More is because of him; they kiss. The romantic moment is interrupted when Hannah notices Sarah on the surveillance video. Chuck looks at the screen and flashes on a Ring agent -- Nikos Vasillis. Chuck runs out of the room to warn Sarah and Shaw, leaving Hannah alone and confused.

Once Chuck informs Shaw and Sarah of Vasillis, Shaw aborts the mission. Vasillis can't know that Shaw is alive -- on a prior mission Shaw set Vasillis's face on fire and he's sure the Ring agent will recognize him. Sarah and Chuck decide to swap out the mask while Shaw makes a break for it -- but to Hannah, who is watching everything from the control room, it looks like Chuck is running off with his ex-girlfriend.

Chuck shuts down the security system so he and Sarah can enter through the hatch of the vault. As they prepare, a jealous streak comes out in both of them -- each decrying the other's new love interest. Unfortunately, Ring agents soon follow Sarah and Chuck into the vault as they are trying to steal the mask.

Hannah is in the control room with the museum's curator, who is in a state of panic because the doors to the vault won't open for the mask's debut (thanks to Chuck). However, Sarah's fighting skills allow Chuck to swap the masks out just in time before Hannah opens the vault's doors for the big reveal.

When Chuck tries to clear things up with Hannah, she excoriates him for abandoning her and going off with Sarah. Chuck, unable to give a good explanation, seems to have ruined any romantic chance he might have had with his new Nerd Herd companion.

The next day, Morgan wimps out in confronting Chuck about his secrecy. Back at the museum, Ring agent Vasillis reviews the surveillance footage from the previous night and believes that Chuck used Hannah to access the security system. Under the guise of a museum official, Vasillis calls the Buy More to hire Hannah to come in for another service call. The new and ambitious Nerd Herder hops at this opportunity.

When Hannah arrives at the museum, Vasillis escorts her into the vault, locking her in and programming the oxygen in the room to come out. He calls Chuck and threatens that if he doesn't bring the mask back to him in 50 minutes, Hannah will be dead.

Down at Castle, Shaw and Sarah investigate the mask only to release a dangerous poison, Cyclosarin -- and they only have an hour to find a cure. Chuck believes the antidote is at the museum. He rounds Casey up to save Hannah, Shaw, and Sarah.

On the way there, Chuck hatches a plan to use a smoke grenade to trick Vasillis into revealing the location of the antidote. Meanwhile, Shaw admits to Sarah that he was hitting on her and what's more surprising is that Sarah admits she liked it. Sarah's condition worsens and as soon as the room is clear of the poison, Shaw carries her out to the museum to get the antidote as soon as possible.

Chuck confronts Vasillis and fools him into thinking that the fake mask has the poisonous gas in it. The counteragent to the poison is in a vase, and Chuck rushes to flash on the right one. Hannah passes out in the vault. He flashes on the right vase, gets the antidote and gives it to Casey, who then gives it to Shaw and Sarah. Chuck opens the door to the vault and saves Hannah. Realizing that Chuck has just saved her life, Hannah forgives him for leaving her the night before. All is not well though, as Vasillis has recognized Shaw.

Sarah and Shaw tell Chuck that it's time for his "training wheels" to come off, meaning he's going to be in charge of his own missions very soon. Sarah takes Chuck aside and tells him that she thinks Hannah is great, and Chuck thinks Shaw is good for Sarah. The two leave their past on a bittersweet note and are ready to move on to new relationships.

Later that night at the Buy More, Ellie and Morgan are ready to see what Chuck's big secret is. They find him sneaking into the home theatre and when they draw back the curtains they find Chuck and Hannah making out. Ellie is happy to see Chuck with his "secret girlfriend," but Morgan seems a bit heartbroken. He thought he had a shot at Hannah.

While Hannah and Chuck neck at the Buy More, Shaw and Sarah get closer at Castle. Shaw assures Sarah that he's the safest guy she'll know. In a scene from the Ring's mysterious chamber, Vasillis informs his bosses that Shaw is indeed still alive. As soon as the words leave his mouth, Vasillis is assassinated.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 06 - Chuck Versus the Nacho Sampler

2010-09-23T05:26:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 06

Chuck must balance training Hannah at the Buy More with developing his own asset Manoosh Depak, but Sarah and Casey aren't sure he's ready and keep intervening.
Devon is forced to lie when Ellie starts asking questions about Chuck.
Meanwhile, Morgan, Jeff and Lester try to hit on Hannah.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Kristin Kreuk (Hannah), Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:

Episode Recap

Episode 306 | Season 3 | 02/01/2010

Morgan is love-struck with the beautiful new Nerd Herder in town, Hannah. Since it's Hannah's first day at the Buy More, Chuck makes it his duty to protect her from some of the store's creepy staff. More importantly, Chuck tells Hannah to keep his "install" trip to Paris a secret.

With Shaw on a covert mission, General Beckman gives the team their next mission: a civilian, Manoosh Depak, has just received a large sum of money from an off-shore Ring account. The team must find out what the money is for and Beckman orders "Agent Bartowksi" to develop Manoosh as an asset to get information out of him. However, Sarah, from her past experience with Chuck, does not think that Chuck is ready to turn an asset. This will require Chuck to gain Manoosh's trust as a friend, and then burn him at the end of the mission.

Manoosh comes to the Buy More and Chuck thinks he's got this mission in the bag but when Manoosh enters the store, Chuck comes on a little too strong and it seems like he's trying to date Manoosh rather than befriend him. After seeing this, Casey doesn't think Chuck is ready for this mission either.

Awesome's still a bit shaken from all the secrecy and spy action-- and Ellie is starting to notice. Ellie found Chuck's claim ticket to Paris and wonders why he never told her about it. Awesome nervously evades the conversation with her and runs out of the apartment, blaming it on the many kidneys that need his help.

Meanwhile, Chuck asks Morgan to keep an eye on Hannah and keep her safe from Lester and Jeff. Morgan calls Lester and Jeff into his office-a newly converted storage closet; and tells them to keep their distance from Hannah because he likes her. However, Morgan knows that Lester and Jeff have impeccable stalking techniques and he hires them to find out more about Hannah so he can impress her.

At Castle, Chuck and Casey research Manoosh's file: he uses his credit card for comic books and video games, and has only had contact with one female in the past year-his sister. Casey then realizes that he has pulled up Chuck's old file. Seems like Chuck and Manoosh have a lot in common. While Sarah gives Chuck advice on how to develop an asset, Chuck wants to know what her first impression of him was three years ago. Sweetly, Sarah says that she liked Chuck from the start and that it made the mission much harder for her.

At the Two And A Half Amigos restaurant, Chuck engages Manoosh into a conversation by reading "Y, The Last Man" and ordering the very last Nacho Sampler ( Manoosh's favorite). After inviting Manoosh to share the Sampler with him, Chuck bonds with Manoosh by talking to him about dropping out at Stanford and working at the Buy More. Manoosh confesses to Chuck that he has got something big going on and when Manoosh gets a call from work, Chuck notices that Manoosh has a Ring Phone. It's clear that Manoosh is in way over his head and doesn't know who he is dealing with. He tells Chuck that he's got something that's weapon-related.

Back in Morgan's "office" Lester and Jeff have done a good job in finding out lots of information about the lovely Hannah. She likes sushi, classical music, and French cinema. Lester and Morgan believe that even with them spying on her, Morgan doesn't stand a chance.

Casey and Sarah quickly run a trace on the Ring Phone and they realize that they have about five minutes before Ring agents arrive at the restaurant. It's time to bring in the hot blonde-Sarah makes out with Manoosh in order to tranq him and get him and the briefcase he's got, out of the bar before The Ring gets there. In the morning, Sarah simulates a situation for Manoosh to believe that they had sex the night before. This gets Manoosh to confess what he is making for The Ring-a weapon, a new technology that will change everything. Manoosh is shot with a tranquilizer again once they get the information they need.

Manoosh calls Chuck, looking for his briefcase and he plans to meet him at the Buy More to get it back. Chuck, Casey, and Sarah open the briefcase and find a strange contraption-and Chuck isn't flashing on it. Whatever it is, it's not in the Intersect. They take the weapon, and leave Manoosh to fend for himself. Chuck worries about Manoosh's safety, but Sarah tells Chuck he can't worry about it, and it's all part of being a spy.

Awesome confronts Chuck at the Buy More about lying to Ellie. Awesome wants to tell her the truth, but Chuck tells him that he can't tell Ellie about anything or else they'll both end up in witness protection. Chuck tells Awesome that the lying gets easier-and to prove it, Chuck blatantly lies to Ellie when she comes to the Buy More. Chuck tells Ellie that he didn't tell her about the trip to Paris because he got two first-class tickets for her and Awesome to go to Paris for their honeymoon. Sarah watches this and realizes that Chuck has become a good liar, while Awesome can't believe how Chuck's become a bit cold-blooded.

At the Buy More, Manoosh gets his briefcase back from Chuck and Manoosh sincerely believes that Chuck is his friend. Manoosh gets another call from The Ring, and Chuck, wanting to save Manoosh, tries to get Sarah and Casey to help him. However, Ring agents have arrived at the Buy More and they want their weapon. Meanwhile, at Castle, Casey opens the confiscated "weapon" and it sprays shaving cream on him-it was a decoy. Outside, Ring agents, including Julius Burrow, surround Manoosh, but he's got nothing to worry about-he puts on sunglasses and he flashes on Kung Fu mode-becoming the ultimate weapon. Turns out that Manoosh has built a new Intersect.

Morgan uses the information that Jeff and Lester gathered about Hannah to impress her. Morgan calls Hannah to his office and has "Swan Lake" playing in the background, as well as French cinema posters displayed on the walls. However, when Hannah accidentally tells Morgan about Chuck's trip to Paris, Morgan stops hitting on her and worries more about Chuck keeping secrets from him. Also, Hannah learns that Chuck's ex-girlfriend (Sarah) works at the yogurt shop.

Chuck, Sarah, and Casey find out that Manoosh is going to Weap-con in Dubai, something Casey likes to go to every year-looks like he'll be able to write this year's off as a business trip. In Dubai, Weap-Con has all the weapons you can imagine and Casey is like a kid in a candy shop--even buying a laser pen. It doesn't take long for the spies to find Manoosh-he does a special presentation demonstrating the new Intersect. Once he shows off the amazing capabilities of this new weapon to the many generals and sheiks in the audience, Manoosh kicks the bidding off at 50 million dollars.

Instead of using the tranq gun on Manoosh again, Chuck wants to try talking to him. After Chuck tells Manoosh the truth about being a C.I.A agent, Manoosh is genuinely hurt-he trusted Chuck. But Manoosh decides he doesn't need friends, and as soon as he tries to make a run for it, Julius and the other Ring agents capture him, along with Sarah, Chuck, and Casey.

Chuck, Casey, and Sarah have been locked up and bound to chairs while The Ring has taken Manoosh and the new Intersect. However, all is not lost, Casey, has the new laser pen that can cut through anything. Chuck must very carefully use his mouth to trigger the laser pen and get Casey out of his handcuffs. Once he does this, the three bust out of the locked door and chase after The Ring agents.

Julius has Manoosh at gun point, and although Manoosh pleads to make a deal with him, things don't look so good. Manoosh decides to crush the new Intersect to stay alive, but Julius intends to kill him anyway. Chuck and his team get there just in time. Chuck holds up what he thinks is a laser pen to threaten Julius, but it turns out to be a small knife. Chuck is shocked, but is able to flash on a ninja star on the wall and throws the knife into Julius's hand and then is able to save Sarah from a Ring Agent by flashing on discus throwing and using a plate to knock him out.

Once the coast is clear of Ring agents, Manoosh thanks Chuck for saving him, but Chuck can't let him go. Manoosh promises Chuck that he'll disappear and never work on another weapon again. Chuck agrees to this but before Manoosh can make it out the door Chuck changes his mind and shoots him with a tranq gun. Looks like Chuck has what it takes to be a spy after all.

Chuck takes responsibility for his asset, and tells Manoosh that he is going to have to go underground, away from his friends and family. Regardless of how much Manoosh pleads, Chuck tells Manoosh that he's not his friend, he's a spy, and he can't help him. Later at the Buy More, Hannah tells Chuck that she knows about Sarah (his "ex") and Morgan hints to Chuck that he might know about his travels. When Chuck doesn't open up to Morgan, he decides to hire Lester and Jeff to stalk Chuck.

Awesome, fed up with the lies, forbids Ellie to go on their trip to Paris (from Chuck). Ellie, frustrated with how weird her husband is acting, talks to Morgan, who also believes something fishy is going on. He promises Ellie that he'll get to the bottom of it. Meanwhile, Chuck enjoys a glass of Johnny Walker Black alone, and Sarah isn't quite sure that Chuck turning into a spy is a good thing.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 05 - Chuck Versus First Class

2010-09-23T05:18:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 05

In order to prove himself to Daniel Shaw, Chuck goes on his first solo mission undercover to Paris, but complications arise when he runs into a Ring operative on the plane.
Meanwhile at the Buy More, Morgan has problems with staff playing pranks on him.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Kristin Kreuk (Hannah), Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw)

Featured Music:
* "Wake Up" - Mackintosh Braun (When Chuck & Hannah talk about their secrets on the plane)
* "Respect" - Otis Redding (When the Buy Morians try to prank Morgan)
* "L’amoureuse" - Carla Bruni (final scenes of the episode)

Episode Recap

Episode 305 | Season 3 | 01/25/2010

The employees of the Buy More are against new Assistant Manager Morgan. A mute Lester leads a group of evil tricksters to make Morgan's life hell. While Morgan is able to avoid a "hot door knob" and laxatives in his coffee, he does get super-glued to the break room chair.

There's another new boss in town--Special Agent Shaw, and Chuck is not happy about it. On top of that, Shaw, as the new special agent, conducts a review with Sarah about Chuck to find out if he's a liability. Chuck is determined to prove to Shaw that he is a real spy and not just some unlucky civilian, and he's going to get his chance sooner than he thinks.

After carefully reviewing Chuck's mission history, Shaw assesses two major flaws: Casey and Sarah. Shaw believes the two agents have coddled Chuck and stunted his growth as a spy. To remedy this, Chuck is going on his first solo mission: undercover, in Paris. Although Chuck thinks he's ready, Casey and especially Sarah aren't so sure.

Shaw readies Chuck for his first solo mission, giving him a specialized KGB tranq pen to drug the bad guy. As a test, Chuck squirts the liquid into Jeff's coffee, but unfortunately Morgan drinks it and passes out--falling victim to a mistaken prank. Shaw believes Chuck is ready for this mission: he's had two years experience. Like concerned parents, Sarah and Casey help Chuck pack, but Chuck is all set--he has his nunchucks. Sarah tries one last time to get Chuck to stay, but Shaw's got the first class ticket in hand. Chuck's on his way to Paris.

Chuck enjoys the perks of first class, including in champagne and his new traveling companion, Hannah, who is also in the IT field. Back at the Buy More, Morgan's day isn't going quite as well as Chuck's: while he was unconscious, he was locked in the Super Claw toy machine and Casey was the only one to help him out.

Chuck and Hannah enjoy the first class bar and get to know each other a bit more, as well as scope out the other passengers. One of which is a muscle-bound guy whom Chuck flashes on--his target. Chuck contacts Shaw and realizes that the mission is not in Paris, it's on the plane! Hugo Panzer is a Ring Operative and master of close-quarter combat. Hugo is moving a C.I.A. crypto-key to Paris. Chuck needs to get Hugo's claim ticket, get into the cargo hold, find Hugo's bag and confiscate the key. Shaw directs Chuck to use the tranq pen against Hugo's brawn.

Sarah is livid at Shaw for assigning Chuck to a mid-air mission--they are unable to help him if anything goes wrong. Sarah, suspicious of Shaw's secrecy, questions him, but Shaw has some questions of his own for Sarah: while Chuck was in Prague, Sarah went off the grid for three days, spending it in Lisbon--why was she there? Is she a double agent, a Ring Operative--or was it because of Chuck?

Chuck starts his mission, taking a seat next to Hugo and awkwardly trying to spike Hugo's drink without him noticing. Things don't go as smoothly as Chuck hopes: the pen fails and sprays Hugo in the face--and he recognizes that the liquid is not ink! Hugo grabs Chuck by the neck, but luckily Chuck is able to squirt the sedative directly into Hugo's mouth, knocking him out. Chuck grabs Hugo's claim ticket.

While Casey calls Sarah to check up on Chuck, Morgan interrupts and asks Casey to help him gain the respect of the Buy More employees. Lucky for Morgan, Casey hates insurgents--people who don't follow the rules.

Chuck goes down to the cargo hold to find Hugo's bag--which ends up being a coffin. At Castle, Shaw confronts Sarah about her feelings for Chuck, but Sarah isn't giving into Shaw's smugness. On the plane, an unconscious Hugo is electro-shocked awake by his specialized watch. Chuck opens the casket and finds the key taped to the corpse's hand and he squeamishly detaches it. However Hugo has made his way down to the cargo hold and Chuck needs Sarah's help. But Sarah has started listening to Shaw about coddling Chuck, and when Chuck calls her, she doesn't pick up. Chuck, really on his own this time, is out of options and hides in the coffin--calling Casey for assistance. Casey's advice: act like a girl and flash on a weapon or die.

Hugo has found Chuck and Casey calls Sarah to let her know. Chuck gets his butt kicked by Hugo, until he finds a sword from a fencing team's luggage on the flight. En garde! Chuck flashes and becomes a fencing master. Chuck uses this new skill to swipe the binding that is holding back massive amounts of luggage, and just when Hugo goes in for the kill, all the bags fall down, knocking Hugo out. Looks like Chuck's first solo mission is a success.

Attention Buy Morians: meet your new Lieutenant Assistant Manager, John Casey. Morgan uses Casey as his muscle and scares off most of the Buy More employees, all except for Lester and Jeff, who promise this isn't over. Later on, however, Casey takes matters into his own hands and kidnaps Lester; performing a creepy brainwashing technique.

A successful Chuck spends the rest of his first class flight talking to Hannah, each revealing secrets to each other: Chuck has never been to Paris, and Hannah just got fired from her job. Hannah is impressed with Chuck's story of the Buy More and has taken quite a liking to him. Chuck, thoroughly enjoying his first solo mission, takes a sip of a mysterious martini--which was a big mistake. Hugo's regained consciousness and has just poisoned Chuck.

Chuck frantically calls Sarah for assistance and she orders him to throw up--but another Ring Operative, disguised as a stewardess, holds Chuck by gunpoint and demands the key in exchange for the anecdote. Chuck takes the Ring agent down to the cargo hold, where Hugo greets him with a punch to the gut. Sarah, worried that Chuck is outnumbered by two Ring operatives, is surprised when Shaw radios in a favor to use a specialized satellite to take command over Chuck's plane. In order to help Chuck, Sarah is going to have to "fly" that plane.

Chuck is captured, poisoned, and beaten by the time Shaw calls him. The Ring agent, Serena, bargains with Shaw and tells him that she'll give up the anecdote for the key--but Shaw's not giving up that quickly. He is able to deduce Serena's identity from the type of poison she used on Chuck and tries to use this against her, but to no avail. For Chuck, it seems like the end, but Shaw's people are never alone, and Sarah takes control of the plane, steering it violently side to side so Chuck can maneuver and get the anecdote. Serena is knocked out by a suitcase and Chuck readies himself with his nunchucks. As soon as he flashes, Sarah levels out the plane, but the bad guys have been taken out already: by the falling bags.

Shaw reveals to Sarah that he has lost a spy before, and it was his fault--making him determined not to have it happen again. Sarah tells Shaw that she was in Lisbon burying Bryce Larkin, because it was the site of their first mission. Meanwhile, the plane finally lands in Paris and Hannah invites Chuck to come take a tour of the Eiffel Tower with her. But Chuck's mission is over; the C.I.A. needs the key, and he has to come back to Burbank immediately. Chuck leaves an open invitation for Hannah: if she ever finds herself in Burbank, come by the Buy More and they'll be a job for her there.

At the Buy More, Lester is fully brainwashed and his desire to destroy Morgan is gone. Chuck returns the key to Castle and thanks his team for the support. Shaw uses the key to open a lock box that belonged to a spy who was working as a double agent inside The Ring. The box reveals discs and Shaw hopes that the former spy didn't die in vain. Shaw takes a small envelope and shows it to Sarah--the wedding ring of his dead wife, Eve Shaw. Shaw and Sarah have made the same mistakes: they both fell in love with spies. At the Buy More, things seem to be back to normal until Chuck sees a familiar face: Hannah has come to Burbank.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 04 - Chuck Versus Operation Awesome

2010-09-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 04

After Captain Awesome is kidnapped, he is questioned by Ring-operative Sydney Prince, who equips him with a communication device of the Ring and releases him in order to recruit him, as she mistakes him for the spy in the family. General Beckman wants to use Devon to get to Sydney Prince, so the team needs to coach Devon in this new situation.
Meanwhile, Big Mike promotes Morgan to Assistant Manager.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
"Space Monkeys" by Dust Brothers (The Nerd Herders use their secret sign language)
"Got Nuffin" by Spoon (Chuck helps Devon on the mission; Chuck needs help with the Ring)
"Bears" by Sam Isaac (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 304 | Season 3 | 01/18/2010

Awesome has been captured by a Ring agent, Sydney -- and she has mistaken Awesome for a world-class spy. Back at Castle, Casey and Sarah try to assuage Chuck's panic about his missing brother-in-law, but nothing seems to be working.

At the Buy More, Big Mike notices a change in Morgan and promotes him to assistant manager, even though Morgan still needs to learn how to run with the big dogs. Meanwhile, Chuck has completely lost his cool at work and is flashing on any little thing: he yells at a Korean woman (in Korean), and later roundhouse kicks Lester in the face when Lester won't leave him alone. Before things can get any worse, Awesome turns up at the Buy More and informs Chuck that they're in trouble: Sydney thinks Awesome is Chuck, a master spy.

Down in Castle, Beckman informs Awesome and the team that Sydney Prince is head of a Ring cell in Los Angeles and is trying to recruit. Sydney has given Awesome a Ring-Phone, a communication device that only works on a closed network. Beckman wants to exploit Awesome's connection to capture Sydney. However, Chuck doesn't want anything to do with the mission -- he wants to protect Awesome.

Chuck congratulates Morgan on his new assistant manager position, and apologizes to Lester for kicking him in the face. Surprisingly, Lester isn't mad; he thanks Chuck for hitting him and Jeff begs Chuck to hit him "as hard as he can." Lester does the honors for him instead.

An anxious Ellie confronts Awesome when he finally comes home -- where has he been for the past 24 hours? Awesome elaborates a story about being attacked by a bear, but is unable to convince Ellie of this tall tale. Chuck steps in, making up a story about an intoxicated Casey being arrested and Awesome trying to get him out of jail. Fortunately for Awesome, Ellie takes this as the truth, but it's not so fortunate for Casey --who has no idea Chuck has made up this fabrication.

Something strange is going on with the Buy More staff: they're all bruised. But the first rule of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club; Lester has become the Buy More's own Tyler Durden, much to Morgan's disapproval. But his former pals have turned against him because of their newfound leader, Lester. No one wants to listen to the Ass Man.

Chuck is now Awesome's handler and his job is to keep Awesome calm during the mission. This means Chuck cannot freak out. Awesome receives a package from Sydney that comes fully equipped with an earpiece and watch for tracking and communication. Sydney contacts Awesome via the Ring-Phone and directs Awesome to put on the earpiece and watch -- Chuck assures Awesome that this is all protocol. But it turns out that there is a bomb in the earpiece, and if Awesome strays from the mission at all, Sydney will detonate it.

Sydney orders Awesome to The Crystal Towers in Downtown Los Angeles and to go up to the 12th floor. Sarah and Casey's plan is to have Awesome lure Sydney to a secure location so they can sweep in and capture her. However, Sarah and Casey lose Sydney's signal and Chuck, not wanting to leave Awesome a sitting duck, decides to go after him. Chuck and Awesome make their way up to the 12th floor where Chuck flashes and takes out three large guards with his tranquilizer gun.

When Awesome and Chuck enter the security locked door, Chuck realizes that they have walked into a C.I.A. facility -- this mission is a set-up. Sarah and Casey get locked in the surveillance van, unable to follow Sydney into the building. Beckman informs Casey and Sarah to stand down, this is in fact, a set-up to trick Sydney. Sydney contacts Awesome and tells him that his mission is to find the man in the C.I.A. facility and kill him. Chuck, doing his part as Awesome's handler, promises no one is going to die.

Chuck finds an unknown tall, dark and handsome man in the C.I.A. office, who already knows who Chuck is. Special Agent Daniel Shaw swallows a mysterious red pill and orders Chuck to shoot him. Chuck refuses to kill Shaw, even though it would mean death for him and Awesome. Shaw, knowing what needs to be done, shoots himself in the shoulder and falls dead to the floor. Chuck hides in the office and gives Awesome the gun, so by the time Sydney comes to the room it looks as though Awesome has completed his Ring mission. Sydney is pleased with Awesome's work. Once Sydney leaves, Chuck finds out that the pill Shaw took was Amiodarone, something that stops the heart for a few moment -- using the medical kit stowed in a desk, Awesome saves Agent Shaw.

The team, including Awesome and Shaw, is debriefed at Castle. General Beckman informs the team that Shaw now has total command authority on any mission regarding the Ring. Chuck, feeling that Awesome has been through enough, does not want to cooperate when Shaw says that their next move is to use Awesome to get to Sydney -- but Shaw explains it's the only way to save him.

Chuck is determined to save Awesome on his own and takes the Ring-Phone to the Buy More. As he tries to hack into The Ring's closed network, he gives Morgan some advice on how to handle Lester's Fight Club (now fully equipped with an electro-shock cage). Morgan leaves and Chuck establishes communication with Sydney. He tells her that he is the spy she's looking for; they arrange a meeting at the Buy More.

Chuck creates his own trap for Sydney at the Buy More, but he gets an unpleasant surprise when Shaw denies Chuck help from Casey and Sarah by holding them at gunpoint. Apparently if Chuck wants to do the mission his way, he's going to have to do it himself. Panicked and in over his head, Chuck tries to hide from Sydney and her men but to no avail. When faced with Sydney and her thugs, Chuck is unable to flash and runs away to save his life.

Sarah and Casey, forever dedicated to Chuck's safety, draw their weapons on Shaw and run into the Buy More. Chuck uses the electrified cage to take out two of Sydney's men while Sarah goes head-to-head with Sydney. But The Ring agent is too powerful for Sarah and knocks her out with a kick. Chuck runs after Sydney and holds her at gunpoint. Unfortunately, Sydney doesn't believe Chuck to be a real spy. It looks bad for Chuck: he's unable to shoot Sydney, who readies a knife to throw at him. Just as she's ready to dispatch Chuck, she drops to the floor. Agent Shaw has arrived just in time to deliver a fatal shot.

Despite the team going against his orders, Shaw congratulates them. Chuck is clear with Shaw: family and friends are the most important people to him -- and he'll do anything to protect them. Sarah defends Chuck to Shaw too, saying how sometimes it helps to know that you have something to lose.

Morgan has had about enough of Lester and the unruly Buy More Fight Club members. Big Mike offers more words of advice to help Morgan -- and it works. Morgan fires Lester -- gaining the respect of the other employees, and also putting Lester back in his place. Humiliated, Lester begs for his job back and is put on probation.

The day comes to an end as Chuck and Morgan invite the friends and family over for dinner, including Ellie, Awesome, Sarah and Casey. At Castle, a lonely Shaw watches the dinner through a surveillance cam and takes a moment to himself to remember the life he used to have.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 03 - Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte

2010-09-23T05:06:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 03

Premier Alejandro Goya, a dictator who wants to open his country for democratic elections, is treated at Westside Medical Hospital, where Captain Awesome and Ellie work. The team is assigned to protect Goya during his stay, while Chuck has to gain some inside medical information about Goya by using Devon.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
* Chuck calls Devon "007" while trying to douse his excitement over being on a mission. This is the famous call sign of James Bond.
* The name of Costa Gravas is a reference to Greek filmmaker Costa-Gavras.
* When Chuck flashes on the Ring's poisoner, the material of the flash indicates he was involved in the 2006 poisoning of former KGB and FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko.
* The music played during the reception at the Costa Gravan embassy is from the video game Tropico. The game takes place on a fictitious Latin American island nation similar to Costa Gravas.

Episode Recap

Episode 303 | Season 3 | 01/11/2010

UCLA med school lab circa 2000: Ellie and Awesome are in a broom closet making out and getting naked instead of attending their class.

Back in the present day, Ellie and Awesome are moving into their new apartment. Chuck drops in after getting back from a mission and fixes their TV. Chuck flashes on a news report about the Costa Gravan leader, Premier Alejandro Goya, and learns that this dictator has been a person of interest to the U.S. government for quite some time. Presently, Premier Goya has been hospitalized. Chuck must report to Castle, while Awesome gets called to the ER.

Beckman explains that despite earlier attempts by the U.S. to assassinate the Costa Gravan leader, Premiere Goya is now an important ally -- and one who must be guarded. Casey bristles at the thought of protecting Goya -- the communist despot he tried to kill on several different attempts. Beckman explains clearly: they're to guard Premier Goya at all costs and Captain Awesome must do everything he can to save his life.

Awesome is an awesome cardiologist and saves Premier Goya's life. Chuck confronts Awesome in the courtyard and the two deduce that the Premier was poisoned. Awesome volunteers to help the CIA because he needs some real adrenaline, but Chuck says that Ellie would kill him if he ever put her awesome husband in danger. Later, General Beckman tells the team that she is concerned the assassin is on the loose and they must infiltrate a gala at the Costa Gravan consulate to protect the dictator.

Casey recuses himself from the mission because he is a wanted man on Costa Gravan soil. He was known as the "Angel de la Muerte" in the '80s. Suddenly, Premier Goya's men are outside, but they're not there for Casey. Chuck realizes that the men are there for Awesome, who is busy working out on his stationary bike. Awesome opens the door and Premier Goya greets him with open arms and invites the awesome doctor and Ellie to the gala at the consulate. Chuck is able to also get invited by "stumbling" into the conversation.

At the gala, Sarah assures Chuck that she'll be able to protect Premier Goya, but Chuck is more nervous about Awesome and Ellie. Outside in the surveillance van, Casey keeps a wary eye and radios Chuck to watch for assassins. Awesome asks Chuck if he has a mission, but Chuck tells him to keep Ellie out of danger. But it might be too late: Premier Goya is talking to Ellie and has taken quite a liking to her. The dictator wants Ellie to be by his side the whole night, and maybe even some time after the party.

Sarah pulls Ellie to safety away from the dictator, but then gets an earful of relationship advice from Ellie. Ellie thinks Sarah might still have feelings for Chuck and Sarah does her best to be vague about their relationship.

Premier Goya gives his speech and invites Ellie to dance with him, making them both open targets for the assassin. Casey uploads a photo of a possible assassin to Chuck's phone. Chuck and Sarah see the suspect across the dance floor and Chuck flashes -- he needs to get some serious dance skills. While Chuck and Sarah do a forbidden dance, Chuck manages to knock the suspect out, who happens to be an innocent protestor. Sarah and Chuck are kicked out by the head of security and Chuck flashes on a revolutionary guard, who turns out to be the real assassin, but Chuck and Sarah are locked out and have to head back to Castle.

Casey knows what he has to do: he arrives at the consulate dressed as a revolutionary guard. Casey spots the assassin, who has a syringe in hand. Casey pulls out his gun, but Awesome, not recognizing him, tackles him to the ground and scares the real assassin away -- Awesome now looks like the hero. The head of security recognizes Casey right away as the Angel de la Muerte and apprehends him.

General Beckman orders Chuck and Sarah to stand down: the government can't risk their relations with Costa Gravas and Casey will have to handle his escape on his own. In a holding cell, Premier Goya talks to Casey, the Angel of Death, who is bound to a chair. Casey tries to tell Premier Goya that he was there to protect him, but the dictator doesn't believe him: in the past Casey has shot him in the spleen and blown up his dog.

Premier Goya won't listen to Casey and gags him just in time for the real assassin to inject poison into the dictator's cigar. When the assassin goes to light it for Premier Goya, Casey, unable to speak, kicks the cigar out of Premier Goya's mouth. But Goya picks it up and lights it, inhaling the sweet smoke of the Costa Gravas cigar before passing out. Casey is now left in the holding cell alone and bound with the assassin.

Ellie thanks Awesome for a wonderful night and just as the two are about to spend some quality alone time, Awesome gets a call from the consulate and has to leave to attend to Premier Goya. Awesome tells Chuck that he can get them into the consulate and get Casey back. Chuck agrees and brings Awesome to Castle; something Sarah is not too pleased about! However, once Sarah understands that Awesome can get them into the consulate, she has a plan: they will dress undercover as Awesome's medical team to infiltrate the consulate and save Casey.

Meanwhile, the assassin visits Casey in the holding cell and informs Casey that he works for The Ring: Costa Gravas must remain an enemy to the United States. Just as the assassin is about to inject Casey with the poison, Casey head-butts him. In Premier Goya's room, Sarah takes out the two guards so she and Chuck can find Casey and rescue him; all Awesome has to do is tend to Premier Goya. When Awesome sees Sarah's fighting skills in action, he is more than impressed. However, the fight between Casey and the assassin is not going too well when the poison-filled syringe gets stuck in Casey's leg.

Casey breaks free of his chair and clubs the assassin with it, knocking him out. Unfortunately for Casey, a guard hears the scuffle and shoots him in the leg. However, Sarah and Chuck get there just in time and there's only one last thing to do: get Awesome. But when the three get to Premier Goya's room, the head of security is there with backup. Casey, who is shot, passes out. In the holding cell, the assassin has disappeared. Even though Chuck tries to prove their innocence, the head of security wants Chuck (who is still dressed as a doctor) to operate on Casey. This is the only way he can prove he is not an assassin.

Casey is not allowed anesthesia and Chuck has to operate on Casey's bullet wound. Awesome tries to tell Chuck that the bullet might have grazed the femoral artery, but the head of security wants Chuck to do this all by himself. Once Sarah and Awesome calm Chuck's nerves he flashes on everything he needs to know about medicine and surgery, becoming Dr. Bartowski and extracting the bullet from Casey's leg.

Premier Goya starts to flat-line and Awesome says the dictator needs a blood transfusion. Lucky for Premier Goya that Casey not only knows Premier Goya's blood type (AB negative), but he also has the same blood type (which Chuck finds out by taking a look at Casey's dog tags). Casey protests and will not give up his blood to Premier Goya, a man he has been trying to kill for years. Chuck makes the executive decision for Casey and knocks him out with anesthesia, taking the blood by force.

Once awake, Casey is congratulated by General Beckman for saving Premier Goya's life. Since Premier Goya could not thank Casey personally, he sent him a box of Costa Gravas cigars and calls Casey the Angel of Life. Later, at the Orange Orange, Awesome tells Chuck that being a doctor is all the excitement he needs.

Chuck and Sarah simplify their relationship cover and decide to be friends. At the hospital, Awesome is taken by the assassin. Later that night Sarah goes to Chuck's apartment to tell him about Awesome. Chuck is shaken by the news and what's worse is Ellie is looking for her husband. But Awesome is officially missing.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 02 - Chuck Versus the Three Words

2010-09-23T05:00:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 02

When Carina is back in town, Chuck flashes on her fiancé, identifying him as an arms dealer, so Chuck is assigned to a new mission with Sarah, Carina and Casey, but his emotions come in the way.
Meanwhile, Big Mike is back to manage the store, and Morgan falls for Carina.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
"Sexy B*tch by David Guetta ft Akon (Opening scenes)
"Oh My!" by The Gray Kid (Chuck and Morgan at the club)
"Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth (Carina shows up at the Buy More)
"Sexy B*tch by David Guetta ft Akon (Sarah and Carina get ready)
"Model Homes" by In-Flight Safety (Sarah talks to Beckman about Chuck)
"That Kinda Booty" by Dem Naughty Boys (Housewarming party)
"Here Comes Trouble" by Maino (Drinking contest)
"Just Like Paradise" by David Lee Roth (Morgan scores)

Episode Recap

Episode 302 | Season 3 | 01/10/2010

Karl Stromberg, a cold-blooded killer and arms dealer, completes his mission after murdering a man and collecting a case. This tough guy isn't all bad: even when he's out killing he finds the time to call his fiancée, "Smooshy."

Sarah meets an old spy friend, Carina, at a Los Angeles nightclub. Carina tries to pry into Sarah and Chuck's relationship, but Sarah is discreet and private about her feelings. Carina can tell that Sarah has broken the "cardinal rule of spying." Then by chance, Morgan and Chuck end up at the same club as the two lovely spies.

Karl meets Carina at the club and she introduces him as her fiancé to Chuck and Sarah. Chuck flashes on Karl's scar and he frantically tells Carina that Karl is an arms dealer, but Carina already knows this: Karl is her mark. The cardinal rule of spying: don't fall in love. Carina welcomes Chuck and Sarah to their new mission.

With Emmett mysteriously gone, Big Mike is back at the Buy More. Morgan, Chuck and the Buy More employees line up as Big Mike gives them a pep talk: never take "no" for an answer. Inspired by Big Mike, Morgan hopes for a chance with Carina and brags to Jeff and Lester about his "past" relations with her. However, when Carina visits the Buy More, she is more interested in Chuck -- who is needed at Castle.

Inside Castle, General Beckman informs Chuck, Casey and Sarah that Carina has been working undercover for six months as the girlfriend (and now fiancée) of Karl Stromberg, a suspected arms dealer. Chuck and Sarah must act as boyfriend and girlfriend tonight at Carina's engagement party and confiscate an unknown weapon, which is locked inside a vault with state-of-the-art security.

In the Buy More breakroom, Morgan assures Jeff and Lester that he could "bag" Carina. But Jeff and Lester don't believe Morgan and want him to put his money where his mouth is. Ellie and Awesome will be out of town, and it's time for a housewarming party. This will give Morgan home field advantage to try and get Carina. The party is on!

While Chuck gets ready for Karl and Carina's engagement party, Sarah and Carina get all dolled up together and Carina tries to convince Sarah that maybe it's time to get away from Chuck and Burbank. Carina would rather be a spy any day than someone's wife. At their apartment, Chuck promises Morgan that he'll give Carina the party flyer.

At Karl and Carina's engagement party, Chuck tells Sarah that he misses her, but Sarah has her eyes on Karl, who is on the move. Later, Carina tells Chuck that Sarah loves him. Chuck is shocked by this news, but Carina needs Chuck to get his head out of his ass and be a spy!

As the party guests gathers for a toast, Sarah and Chuck find the vault. Although Chuck urges Sarah to talk to him, she keeps the focus on the mission. Casey, dressed undercover, prolongs the toast to distract Karl and his thugs.

Sarah and Chuck open the vault and there are countless laser beams surrounding the encased weapon. Chuck begins to lose confidence: he's not flashing. Sarah is able to get Chuck's emotions in check when she promises they'll talk after the mission. That's all Chuck needs: he flashes and turns into gymnast extraordinaire -- doing handstands and flips to flawlessly maneuver through the laser beams. Sarah even seems impressed. Chuck tosses the case outside the vault but he accidentally slips his hand through a laser beam and the doors close!

Chuck is trapped inside the vault, which is now filling up with a poisonous gas. Sarah acts quickly to save Chuck and hides in the ceiling. Karl's men walk up to the vault as Chuck begins to spill his guts to Sarah about what Carina divulged to him earlier. However, Sarah cannot hear Chuck's confession. Instead, Chuck reveals his feelings to Karl's men, whom Sarah knocks out just in time before they open the vault. When Sarah opens the door, Chuck blurts out "Sarah, I love you," before passing out in her arms.

Sarah, Casey, and an unconscious Chuck safely escape the engagement party with the weapon, which is still enclosed in the case. At Castle, General Beckman says that the weapon is highly confidential and for Casey to forget he ever saw it. While Chuck is passed out, Sarah tells Carina that she is still considering her offer to leave Burbank and take a new mission. Sarah talks to General Beckman about Chuck and wants a different agent to train him. Chuck wakes up just in time to hear Sarah's request, but General Beckman orders Sarah to get over it and train Chuck to be a real spy.

An aggravated and frustrated Sarah trains Chuck with Japanese fighting sticks but Chuck isn't flashing. Chuck tells Sarah that he's too emotional, but she directs him to bury his feelings. Sarah continues to try to engage Chuck to flash, however it doesn't work: he doesn't want to hurt her. But he isn't going to get off that easy: with one blow to the chest, Sarah takes him down. Sarah assures Chuck not to worry; he can't hurt her.

Karl and his men follow Carina to the Buy More. Inside the store, Morgan takes Big Mike's advice on women. In the process of trying to lose Karl, Carina gives Morgan the case, which he agrees to deliver to Chuck as long as she comes to the housewarming party.

Karl catches Carina and takes her to his car, where he tells her that he believes his "Smooshy" is a spy. Carina denies this until Karl shows her a tape of Chuck inside the vault, exposing Carina's true identity. What's worse: Karl has the flyer to Chuck and Morgan's housewarming party. He's going to kill Chuck first and Carina's death will soon follow.

Much to Morgan's dismay, Carina shows up with Karl and his gang to the housewarming party. Meanwhile, Lester and Jeff decide to eliminate the male competition by challenging Carina's men to a drinking contest of "Jail Juice," something Jeff has been drinking since he was in diapers. Carina eyes the "Jail Juice" and spikes it with a white powder; unfortunately, Jeff and Lester are the only ones who drink it.

Karl threatens Carina while Chuck, Casey and Sarah get ready to infiltrate the party. Carina tells Morgan to leave, but Morgan kicks Carina out instead! A naive Morgan gives Carina the case (weapon) back that she wanted him to give to Chuck. Carina can't believe Morgan's rejected her! Morgan, in his moment of glory, takes a sip of the drugged "Jail Juice" and passes out on the floor.

Chuck and his team need to clear out the party: Casey acts as the annoyed neighbor and sprays everyone with a hose. Once the coast is clear, Sarah and Chuck move in, Sarah armed with a gun, Chuck with a tiki torch. Karl holds Carina at gunpoint and it's a stand-off between the spies and Karl and his men. Chuck orders Sarah and Casey to drop their guns and he then throws the tiki torch in the highly flammable "Jail Juice," disengaging Karl's men. Chuck then plays on Karl's broken heart to try to reason the gun out of his hands. Carina fools Karl by telling him she really did fall in love. Once Karl falls for it, Carina knocks him down and takes the case. Spies don't fall in love.

General Beckman orders Casey to stay with the case until a team comes to secure it. Once in private, General Beckman pleads with an unidentified man, Shaw, to let the team in on the next mission. The next day, Chuck tells Sarah that he's not a real spy and he's a liability. However, Sarah thinks Chuck did his job and if it weren't for Chuck's emotions, Karl would have killed Carina. Chuck hopes that he and Sarah can clean up the mess they've made. Meanwhile, Morgan is in bed with a naked Carina -- turns out rejection turns her on.

Later, Sarah tells Carina that she's staying in Burbank and Carina gives Sarah the video of Chuck's full confession in the vault. Sarah realizes Chuck just wanted to help everyone and that she is the one who taught him to do something bigger. More than that, Chuck chose to be a spy because he loves her.

CHUCK Season 3 Episode 01 - Chuck Versus the Pink Slip

2010-09-23T04:52:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 3 - EPISODE 01

With the upgraded Intersect, Chuck wants to become a real spy, but he fails his training, so he is fired instead. Chuck needs to find a way back into spy business.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
"Black and Gold" by Sam Sparro (Chuck escapes; the simulation ends)
"Wait It Out" by Imogen Heap (Flashbacks to Chuck and Sarah)
"Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Is In)" by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition (Chuck wakes up)
"Wait It Out" by Imogen Heap (Chuck kisses Sarah)
"Hold On" by Wilson Phillips (Played on Emmett's car radio)
"Backwards Walk" by Frightened Rabbit (Flashback to the train station)
"Young Adult Friction" by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (Back at the Buy More)
"Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 301 | Season 3 | 01/10/2010

Chuck, on a mission as Agent Carmichael, is tasked with stealing a briefcase from Yuri, a Russian spy. Cornered, Chuck uses his newfound kung fu skills to capture Yuri's gun--but the spy won't give up the case. General Beckman orders Chuck to shoot Yuri, but he freezes; Chuck can't kill in cold blood. Finally he fights his way past Yuri and his spies and makes a run for it with the case.

Chuck radios Beckman for an extraction and heads to the roof to wait for a rescue helicopter. But the spies close in on him and his only way out is to use a zipline to escape. Chuck is frozen with fear: despite his best efforts, he can't invoke the flash that could save him. Yuri captures him, just as General Beckman comes out of the shadows. It's all been an elaborate training exercise for Chuck--one he's failed. Beckman gives Chuck the bad news that his training to be a spy is over--his inability to flash on demand makes him too vulnerable. He's fired.

Six months earlier: Chuck is thrilled to learn that he's being fast-tracked for training as a real spy. But Sarah's got other plans for the two of them. She takes Chuck aside and invites him to run away to start a new life together. Lovestruck, Chuck agrees to meet her at the Prague train station to make their escape.

Flash forward to present day: something obviously went wrong. Chuck, now a fired spy, sits sadly alone in his sister Ellie's apartment; Sarah is nowhere to be seen. He explains to his sister that it's all his fault. He calls Sarah, but there's no answer: she's lounging poolside with a mysterious new man. Noticing Chuck's call, Sarah drops her phone into the pool.

An unshaven Chuck spends his days sitting on his sister's couch, in the depths of depression. Cheese balls are his only comfort. Even a visit from his best friend Morgan can't pull him out of his slump. In a stupor, Chuck heads to the Buy More to buy another giant container of cheese balls.

Looking like a transient in his dark glasses, robe, and beard, Chuck is stopped inside the Buy More. When Emmett realizes it's Chuck, he calls everyone over to smell "the putrid stench of failure."

Thanks to Lester and Jeff, Chuck learns that Sarah is still working in Burbank at the Orange Orange yogurt shop. Chuck drops by the shop but is interdicted by Casey, who's on his way to a mission with Sarah. Missing his old life, Chuck wants to prove that he can still flash and join the mission; Casey calls him a "lemon" and brushes him off--but not before Chuck glances the location of the mission: the El Bucho nightclub.

Clean-shaven and wearing his Nerd Herd outfit, Chuck infiltrates the club, greeting Sarah who quickly demands that he kiss her. Surprised, Chuck complies--only to have Sarah slap him in the face and knock him out. She's done it to protect Chuck from Gilles, the man she was seen with earlier at the pool. In a hallway, Sarah quizzes Chuck on why he's at the club. After he explains his intentions to help, she rejects him.

Casey explains to Chuck that the mission is a courier exchange: Gilles is meeting with a major Ring operative. The plan is that as soon as Javier Cruz, the courier, makes the exchange with Gilles, Casey will strike. Chuck flashes on the name Javier Cruz and tries to tell Casey that Javier is an assassin and is here to kill someone! But Casey is gone and Chuck has been locked out in a hallway.

Chuck accidentally knocks out a musician, then steals his clothes and takes the stage, flamenco guitar in hand. Flashing, Chuck begins an awkward but ultimately virtuoso performance on the guitar, all the while trying to signal Casey that an assassin is in the room. But the assassin is actually the man who Chuck knocked out backstage--and now he's closing in for the kill.

Javier targets Gilles and Sarah. When Chuck sees a red sniper mark on Sarah, he leaps from the stage to save her. But Javier has disappeared, leaving nothing but a swarm of undercover agents all over the club. Chuck has ruined a major mission! While Sarah and Casey scold Chuck for blowing everyone's covers, Javier escapes, taking Chuck's Buy More badge.

Back home, a depressed Chuck confesses to Awesome that he is no longer a spy; his "loser" cover isn't actually a cover anymore. Later that evening, he confesses to Morgan that he's now lost his job twice. In a bid a sympathy, Morgan shows Chuck just what rock bottom is when he reveals that he was fired from Benihana, Anna left him, and he is now living in the Buy More home theatre. Inside the store, Chuck marvels at how Morgan has adapted the showroom.

Meanwhile, Casey and Sarah are cleaning out their underground spy base, AKA Castle. Casey tells Sarah that Chuck is still in love with her, and that she should put him out of his misery. Over at the Buy More, Emmett encounters Javier, who has shown up looking for Chuck. Emmett dismisses Javier, threatening him with mace. Javier is ready to leave, but Emmitt makes the fatal mistake of calling him a "pussy." Javier quickly draws a pistol--and shoots Emmitt dead on the spot!

Sarah meets Chuck in the Buy More to say a proper goodbye. But while Chuck tries to confess his true feelings to Sarah, Javier sneaks up behind him and knocks him out cold. Chuck awakens in a small bunker and Javier wants to know who Chuck really is. Javier takes off his shirt, showing his muscular and intimidating physique, ready to fight Chuck to see what he's made off. Chuck isn't flashing though and gets knocked down over and over again until he is unconscious.

Flashback to the train station six months ago, where Chuck meets Sarah to run away with her. She has everything they need: new identities, money, and train tickets. They share a passionate kiss, but Chuck shies away. Chuck tells Sarah that he can't leave with her; the opportunity to be a real spy is too enticing. Sarah pleads with Chuck to come with her, but he regretfully rejects her.

Back in the present, Chuck awakens in a holding cell, vainly trying to flash so he can escape and free Sarah, who's being held next door. Javier enters, explaining to Chuck that once he deals with him, he'll turn next to Sarah. Incensed, Chuck flashes, then knocks out Javier with a single punch, grabbing his keys and a mysterious pendant hanging around his neck. He quickly frees himself and Sarah from their Mexican holding cell.

They run for the roof, Javier's thugs in hot pursuit. Their only escape is to zipline down. This time Chuck is up to the task, winging himself and Sarah seemingly to safety. But Javier's men are everywhere. Just as they close in for the kill, Colonel Casey comes swooping to the rescue in a helicopter. The spies are safe.

Back at Castle, General Beckman says that the pendant Chuck confiscated from Javier is a special communications device for Ring operatives, and is the first one to be captured. General Beckman tells Casey, Sarah and Chuck that she is putting operation Bartowksi back in the field; they're to work together to bring down The Ring. Chuck is hopeful that his new cover will be something cool. But it turns out Chuck is back at the Buy More and so is Morgan, thanks to a small favor from Casey.

Ellie and Awesome announce they're moving out, leaving the apartment to Chuck. Meanwhile, General Beckman tells Sarah that she needs to help Chuck keep his emotions in check--he's potentially a danger to himself. She agrees and goes on to meet Chuck and explain that her ploy to run away with him was just an impulse, that it won't happen again. Chuck is ready to step up to his new life as a proven spy.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 22 - Chuck Versus the Ring

2010-09-23T04:45:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 22

Ellie's big day finally arrives, and Chuck must save her life and her wedding from being ruined by Ted Roark and FULCRUM.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
* The song "Now We Can See" by The Thermals is played in the opening scene as Chuck and Casey march to Emmett's office to quit their jobs.
* "Looking at the Sun" by Gramercy Arms plays as Chuck learns that Sarah is leaving the next morning after the wedding.
* The song "Christmas TV" by Slow Club is played in the scene when Ellie gets married on the beach.
* Blind Pilot's "3 Rounds and a Sound" plays while Sarah and Chuck dance.

Episode Recap

Episode 222 | Season 2 | 04/27/2009

Chuck goes into Emmett's office, wanting to get something off his chest. Emmett interrupts, saying he's flattered, but he's a flaming heterosexual. After Chuck recovers from that left-field reaction, he tells Emmett that he's quitting. And, that he can take this job, his Buy-Morra flag and shove it. Casey peeks in and says, "Ditto." They exit as Emmett screams after them, wanting to know what they plan to do for the rest of their lives. In the Bunker, General Beckman asks Chuck the same question, just less enraged. Chuck doesn't know, so she asks him to be an analyst on the new Intersect project. Much to Casey's relief, Chuck declines.

In the Yogurt Store, Casey gives Chuck his thanks from the government in the form of a check that makes Chuck react with a shock. Chuck thanks Casey for saving his life at least once a week and tricks him into a guy hug. Casey threatens to remove his man parts, so Chuck backs into a handshake. With sincerity, Casey tells Chuck that he did good work, and hands him his personal number in case of emergencies. He warns him though, that his fingers better be on fire when he's dialing it.

Beckman tells Sarah that she'll be working on the new Intersect project with old flame and ex-partner, Agent Bryce Larkin. Surprise. Surprise. This time, the Intersect will go into Bryce's head. Bryce, who's in the bunker, walks over to Sarah and says, "Walker and Larkin, together again."

The day of their wedding, among last-minute preparations, Chuck sees Awesome in the church and assures him everything will be perfect. Outside Ellie's dressing room, Awesome's overly superstitious mother tries to keep him out. However, Ellie doesn't believe in that and lets him in. Chuck marvels at Ellie in her gown and surprises her with news that he quit the Buy More. She's thrilled and like everyone else, asks what he's going to do with his future. Chuck doesn't know. Sarah enters, pretty in pink as a bridesmaid. Ellie says, "I made my dreams come true. What are you going to do about yours?"

Chuck asks to talk to Sarah, who makes sure he has the rings. In his tux, Sarah says he looks like a real spy. He says she looks like a real bridesmaid, and through a long explanation of not wanting to wait anymore, asks her to go on vacation with him. Just the two of them. No guns, no lies. Sarah breaks the news that she's leaving tomorrow. Worse, she's working on the new Intersect project with Bryce. Chuck is crestfallen and reels back the emotion, thanking her for coming to the wedding, adding, "Good cover." Chuck sees his father Steve who prophetically tells him he'll remember this day forever.

Chuck wanders aimlessly, then sits and drinks champagne. He hears a noise under the table and peeks under the pink cloth to see two dead waiters, stripped of their uniforms. If that's not shocking enough, when he looks up, he sees none other than Ted Roark, who tells him he's in deep trouble. Roark says he wants the Intersect cube in half an hour. Okay, 40 minutes with traffic. He threatens to kill Ellie if Chuck doesn't get it to him.

While looking for Sarah, Chuck runs into Morgan. He tells Morgan to tell Sarah that he forgot the rings and has to run home to get them. Morgan offers to stall the wedding to cover Chuck's butt, then finds Sara and delivers the message. She immediately knows Chuck is in trouble since minutes ago he showed her the rings. Chuck calls Casey, who's en route to Tajikistan. However, he's bonding with his old Special Forces buddies and misses the call.

Chuck runs to the bunker looking for the Intersect. However, it's gone. He's surprised to see Bryce, and tells him that Roark is going to kill Ellie if he doesn't get it to him. When Bryce tells Chuck he can give Roark him in its place, Chuck realizes that Fulcrum has thought Bryce was the Intersect all along. And, that Bryce was in on protecting Chuck since Stanford. Bryce says he was the only agent that Orion, Chuck's father, trusted to protect him. Orion wanted to keep Chuck out of it, but knew he could handle being the Intersect.

In the church, upon hearing from Awesome's parents that both Chuck and Sarah are missing, Steve knows something is wrong and excuses himself. Sarah spots Roark and Fulcrum agents posing as waiters in the reception hall as Steve finds her. She's unarmed, so he finds her a clear path to the reception room via his arm computer. Inside the dressing room, Ellie, faced with both Chuck and her bridesmaid missing, tries to remain calm.

Meanwhile, Morgan has found his stall tactic. He takes the mike at the front of the church and introduces the pre-wedding entertainment, "Jeffster." Jeff and Lester run on stage and cue the orchestra to accompany Lester's synthesizer stylings as they perform "Mister Roboto" to the stunned wedding guests. Awesome yanks Morgan aside and demands to know why he's ruining his wedding. Morgan stutters that Chuck asked him to. In on Chuck's CIA status, Awesome knows it must be serious. He goes back to his horrified parents and pretends it's part of the plan.

Behind the gifts table, Sarah searches for a good weapon among the presents. Chuck enters, sans Intersect, so Roark orders his agents to kill him. However, Bryce appears, offering himself up. He sees Sarah, who after opening a waffle iron and other gifts, finally found something she can use -- a set of knives. Bryce says to take him and let the wedding go on. Problem is, Fulcrum wants Chuck dead. Sarah hurls a knife at an agent, and Bryce grabs his gun and starts firing. The agents return fire as Sarah does the best she can with a knife at a gun fight.

Bryce runs out of ammo, and the Fulcrum agents take them at gunpoint. Chuck looks at Ellie's formerly gorgeous table settings marred by bullets. Roark advances on Chuck with a shotgun when suddenly, paratroopers crash through the skylights and take out the rest of the agents. Casey takes off his helmet and says to Chuck, "You rang?" Roark runs for his life, but is stopped by Steve, who having waited 20 years for the chance, clocks him unconscious.

Jeff and Lester end their performance, which masked the sound of the gunfire, with Lester firing two handheld confetti cannons. The smoke is just enough to set off the fire alarms, activating the sprinklers. As the guests run out of the church, Ellie sees her perfect wedding day running out with them.

After the chaos dies down, Chuck talks to his father and Sarah. He can't believe his spy life ruined Ellie's wedding day. He can't believe that Special Forces had to save his sister's life. He just wants to be a normal guy and wonders how he'll make it up to Ellie. Then, he remembers the check. He hands it to Sarah and asks him if she has time for one more mission before she takes off. In the bunker, Casey and crew lock Roark in the cell. Sarah calls Casey and gets the Special Forces on board to arrange a new wedding for Ellie.

Chuck tells Ellie that it was his fault her wedding was ruined. Morgan, Lester and Jeff were just covering for him because he forgot the rings. He tells her that he'll make it up, and he does. Sarah, Chuck and the special forces team pull it off, giving Ellie and Awesome a picture perfect wedding on the beach while Bryce watches from afar. He sees Sarah, moved by what's before her, and figures it out. He radios her, "You're not coming with me, are you?" Sarah subtly shakes her head no.

In the bunker, Casey asks fellow soldier and old buddy Miles to watch Roark. When Casey leaves, he screws on a silencer and kills Roark, then takes out the rest of the Special Forces Marines. All except for Casey, who he spares because he saved his life. He knocks him out.

At the reception, being held in their building courtyard, Ellie and Awesome thank Chuck for her wedding. "Sometimes I think you have super powers," she says. Chuck thanks Morgan and tells him to go with his heart about being a Hibachi chef. Chuck and Sarah dance. Offside, Steve talks to Bryce. He says he'll reconfigure the Intersect for him if he'll leave him and Chuck alone. He asks Bryce what the new Intersect does, noting the changes they made to the architecture. "You don't want to know," Bryce says. When an agent tells Bryce they have to go, Steve flashes on him and realizes he's not CIA.

When Chuck says he's not a hero, Sarah asks, "How many times do you have to be a hero to realize you are that guy?" Sarah is about to tell him she's decided to stay when Steve tells them the agent who left with Bryce isn't CIA. Chuck asks how he knows. Steve admits having an Intersect in his head that he tested on himself when building the first one. Realizing they plan to kill Bryce, they have no choice but to go after him. And, Sarah realizes, Casey. Steve tells Chuck to let Sarah go alone. He's not a spy. However, Chuck loves Sarah and won't let her go. Steve gives him his arm computer.

In the bunker, Chuck finds Sarah and Casey, who say he can't go with them. However, Chuck flashes his arm computer and says the mission is about the Intersect, and he's a Bartowski. At that, they let him come. At a secret Intersect location, Bryce is almost killed when the agent turns on him, but is able to lock himself in the Intersect room after a brief firefight. Chuck, Sarah and Casey arrive, and Chuck guides them to Bryce via his arm computer. They shoot it out with the bad guys as Chuck gains access into the Matrix-like Intersect room.

Chuck sees that Bryce is badly wounded. Bryce, who knows he's dying, tells Chuck to take care of Sarah. Chuck tries to keep him from fading by saying he's meant to save the world with Sarah. Bryce says that Sarah didn't plan to come with him and gives Chuck a key to destroy the Intersect. He says the new Intersect is too powerful and dangerous. When Chuck says he needs it to fight Fulcrum, Bryce says Fulcrum is just one part of the ring. He tells Chuck to destroy it, and then dies.

Chuck reflects on his experience and decides he is "that guy." Chuck loads the new Intersect into his head, and then destroys it just as the agents enter. Sarah is horrified to see Bryce dead. When Miles points his gun at Sarah, Chuck flashes. Another agent notices. When they all realize that Chuck uploaded the new Intersect, Casey says, "Chuck me." Surrounded by agents, Chuck suddenly disarms them with expert lightning-fast Kung Fu moves that shock everyone in the room, himself included. After he recovers from the shock, he dishes it out Neo style on the agents. After taking out Miles, he tells a stunned Casey and Sarah, "Guys, I know Kung Fu."

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 21 - Chuck Versus the Colonel

2010-09-23T04:38:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 21

Chuck and Sarah go AWOL in their search for Chuck's kidnapped father, so Casey is ordered to pursue and return them after being promoted to Colonel.
Meanwhile, Emmet promotes Morgan to assistant manager against his will.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
"Creature Fear" by Bon Iver (Chuck and Sarah wake up)
"Answering Machine" by Malbec (Morgan leaves)

Episode Recap

Episode 221 | Season 2 | 04/20/2009

Chuck and Sarah arrive at the coordinates that Chuck saw when he flashed on the name Blackrock, a top-secret Fulcrum base. Instead of a sleek facility, it's an abandoned drive-in theater in the middle of the desert, littered with beer cans and cigarettes. Unbeknownst to Chuck, one of those packs has a camera in it. Deep in the Fulcrum bomb shelter below, Chuck's father Steve, a.k.a. top-secret agent Orion, watches them. "Don't give up," he says. Ted Roark sees as well. When Steve threatens his life if anything happens to Chuck, Roark makes him a deal. Finish the new Intersect by midnight tomorrow and nothing happens to Chuck.

General Beckman orders Casey to bring Sarah and Chuck back, dead or alive. If he's successful, she promises him the pick of his assignments. She also awards him a promotion to Colonel. Keyed up by his new status, Casey sneaks into Chuck's room and rifles through his things. Awesome and Ellie, who know him as John from the store, catch him in the act. He covers by feigning worry over Chuck's absence from work and says he's just looking for clues on his whereabouts. Ellie says Chuck just called them to say he was out of town. After a hasty exit, Casey orders a trace on the number that just called Ellie's phone.

Chuck and Sarah find a desert motel which has only one bed in the room. Outside, Fulcrum Agent Vincent stakes them out and calls Roark for orders. Roark says to hold off killing them. He may need them for leverage. After that, however, he encourages Vincent: "Kill them with any violent acts that are in your despicable nature." In their room, Chuck offers to sleep on the floor, but Sarah won't let him because it's gross. Chuck asks why she's risking everything for him. She thinks he deserves to find his father after everything he's done for the country. Meanwhile, back in his apartment, Casey pinpoints their location.

At the Buy More, Morgan tells a power-drunk Emmett that he'd never have betrayed Big Mike if Emmett hadn't tricked him. Emmett tells Morgan that he needs an assistant manager and asks the little bearded man, "Will you be my ass man?" Morgan declines, saying that he has Chuck, who's the only friend he needs.

Morgan begs for forgiveness from Big Mike, who's sitting in a curtained off area being catered to by Jeff and Lester like a Mafia Don. Holding a doughnut in lieu of a cigar, he warns Morgan, "Never take a side against the family again." Over the P.A., Emmett commands Big Mike to clean up a bathroom mess. Emmett tells Morgan that his torturing of Big Mike stops if he accepts the assistant manager job. Big Mike turns around just in time to see Emmett holding up the A.M. vest to Morgan. With no choice, Morgan accepts... and assumes the position.

Sarah and Chuck wake, spooning and holding hands. They give into their long-denied sexual desires and passionately make out. Chuck puts the breaks on to get a condom, only to pull a note from Morgan out of his wallet, "IOU one condom. Your Pal, Morgan." Chuck leaves to buy condoms, only to run into Casey, who shoves a gun in his nose and offers to clear his sinuses with hot lead. Vincent sees and calls Roark. They enter the hotel room, but Sarah is gone. Casey hears the shower and goes into the bathroom, where he receives a knock-out kick in the face from Sarah, who takes his gun.

Chuck flashes on the plate of Vincent's car and realizes Fulcrum has found them. Sarah goes back to get Casey, but he's gone. Casey gets into the car with Chuck, radiator still cuffed to his wrist, and orders him to drive home. However, Chuck won't leave Sarah. Vincent and Fulcrum agents raid the room and capture Sarah. Chuck throws it in reverse and smashes into them. Fists and bullets fly, Casey using the radiator as both shield and weapon. A bullet breaks the cuffs, and he wallops the remaining agents. The former partners face off. A Fulcrum agent stands and they shoot. Sarah's gun clicks, signaling she's out of ammo. Checkmate, Casey.

In the Fulcrum bomb shelter, Steve continues his work on Intersect 2.0. Two agents smoke a cigar nearby and he yells at them to take it somewhere else. In their absence, he tracks down their car via satellite and sends a signal to Chuck on the drive-in sign. The message, "12am TRON." Chuck sees and begs Casey to stop. He pleads with him, saying his father just sent him a message. However, Casey coldly says, "I don't care," and keeps on driving.

At the Buy More, Awesome approaches Lester and Jeff, worried that Chuck didn't come home last night. He tells them about his encounter with Casey in Chuck's room and is alarmed when they say he's obsessed with Chuck. Even more so when they raid Casey's locker through a false wall that Jeff devised between their lockers. They show Awesome Casey's "Chuck diary" that tracks his every move, a ring of keys marked with Chuck's name, chloroform and duct tape. "From one stalker to another," I'm impressed, Jeff says. He then takes a hit of the chloroform and passes out.

Casey brings Chuck and Sarah back to the bunker and puts them in a cell. General Beckman congratulates him on his excellent work. Both Chuck and Sarah plead with Beckman to investigate the message that Chuck's father sent. Beckman says they'll look into it, addressing Sarah as "Ms. Walker" instead of "Agent Walker." Chuck smarts off to Casey about betraying his team for a promotion. Angered, Casey says he never betrayed his team, reminding him it was they who went AWOL. He then gives Chuck his word that if his dad is there, he'll keep him safe.

Awesome breaks into Casey's apartment with the keys found in his locker. He sees a computer screen with a live picture of Chuck's bedroom. He touches the keyboard, triggering the security device. Bars slam down and cage him in. Casey gets a notification that his security has been triggered, along with a live shot of a very confused Awesome trapped inside. "I hate this whole family," he mutters.

At the Buy More, Emmett tells Morgan to have Big Mike unload the new registers. When Morgan says he promised not to make Mike do any more menial work if he took the job, Emmett tells him to get it done. Lester and Jeff place a cherry bomb, stolen from Casey's locker, inside their power box to sabotage Emmett. Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah are inside the cell when the bomb does its work and kills the power. They escape out of the cell just as the emergency power kicks in and see a live shot of Awesome imprisoned in Casey's apartment on the monitor.

Casey comes home to deal with Awesome, who thinks he's John from the store. Thinking he's a pervert, Awesome tells Casey, "You need help, bro. You need serious psychiatric help." Casey pulls out a gun in front of a stunned Awesome -- taking things from perverted to perilous. A breach warning from the bunker distracts Casey. Awesome beans him with a brass Reagan bust, then tackles him. The gun flies out of Casey's hand and they square off. Awesome socks Casey, who grimaces and says, "Not bad for a frat boy," just before Sarah drops him with a kick. Seeing Sarah with a gun, and with Chuck, Awesome wonders what the hell is going on.

Casey comes home to deal with Awesome, who thinks he's John from the store. Thinking he's a pervert, Awesome tells Casey, "You need help, bro. You need serious psychiatric help." Casey pulls out a gun in front of a stunned Awesome -- taking things from perverted to perilous. A breach warning from the bunker distracts Casey. Awesome beans him with a brass Reagan bust, then tackles him. The gun flies out of Casey's hand and they square off. Awesome socks Casey, who grimaces and says, "Not bad for a frat boy," just before Sarah drops him with a kick. Seeing Sarah with a gun, and with Chuck, Awesome wonders what the hell is going on.

Morgan warns Jeff and Lester, despite their campaign of hostility toward him, that Emmett wants to fire them for blowing the power. When he suggests apologizing, they scoff, "And lose our street cred?" Anna asks Morgan why he's taking crap from everyone. He says he's trying keep Emmett from firing everyone. She wonders why he cares so much; doesn't he have dreams beyond this? He tells her not to laugh, but he wants to be a Benihana chef in Hawaii. Anna does laugh, but says it's attainable. Morgan disagrees. It's years of training, he's past his prime and wouldn't even know where to get the knives.

As Casey tries to free himself from his plastic cuffs, Beckman pops up on screen. He stops fidgeting to hide his predicament. She reports that a satellite scan detected thermal activity at the coordinates Chuck provided. It appears Fulcrum has moved underground. Casey asks if they are sending in a team to rescue Chuck's father. Beckman says there's no time for that, she's ordered F-16s to annihilate the site. Casey says that he gave his word to Chuck. Beckman says they have no other choice.

At home, Awesome preps himself to keep Chuck's big secret from Ellie, but fumbles when she asks where Chuck is. Ellie takes his blabbering as wedding jitters and tells him to hold it together. She asks, "Can you be Awesome for me?"

Chuck and Sarah go back to the drive-in and prepare to infiltrate. Casey surprises them from the dark and they think the gig is up, until he says he's on their side. After all, he promised Chuck that his father wouldn't be harmed. He tells them about the air raid, due in 20 minutes. From below, Steve watches on video, proud of his son. He then tells Roark that the Intersect is finished. Steve asks Roark to leave his family alone. Roark jokes, "You mean I'm not invited to the wedding?" Steve is surprised he knows about it; Roark tells him that being in a huge conglomerate of bad guys, few things escape him.

Up top, several cars filled with Fulcrum agents pull into the drive-in. Roark steps in front of the movie screen and fires them up about becoming Intersect agents. When Chuck sees Roark's building an army, he goes to stop the launch. Casey and Sarah infiltrate the shelter and free Steve, only to return to the car and see a note from Chuck saying he's gone to stop Roark. In the shelter, Roark catches Chuck just before he grabs the Intersect. Up above, Vincent and crew nab Sarah, Casey and Steve. With everyone in the bunker, the new Intersect launches. However, it's really a program to erase the original Intersect from Chuck's brain.

Roark knows something is amiss when he doesn't flash on anything. Just as he orders his agents to kill Chuck, the air strike starts. Casey grabs the passed out Chuck and Steve takes the Intersect to the car. As they drive away, Chuck wakes, feeling lighter. Steve tells him he's free. It's all over. In the bunker, Casey covers for Sarah and Chuck, saying she pretended to go AWOL. He gives her credit for planning the mission.

At the Buy More, after Emmett demands that Morgan fire Jeff and Lester, he quits. He asks Big Mike to look after his mother, then asks Anna to go to Hawaii with him while he learns Hibachi. She excitedly accepts. He carries her out, Officer and a Gentleman style... until his back gives. They earn an ovation from the employees. At home, Awesome pulls it together to cover for Chuck, who surprises Ellie by walking in with their father. Casey accepts Chuck's invitation to the rehearsal dinner as a friend, not a colleague. Roark thumbs a ride from a truck driver to Burbank, telling the driver he's got a wedding to attend.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 20 - Chuck Versus the First Kill

2010-09-23T04:30:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 20

After Chuck's father is kidnapped by FULCRUM, Chuck finds himself in the need to ask his imprisoned ex-girlfriend Jill for help.
Meanwhile, the Buy More team try to bring down Emmett's corporate evaluation, but he seems to be one step ahead.

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Cast

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Featured Music:
"Here" by Mackintosh Braun (Opening scenes)
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (Buy More employees go crazy)
"(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" by Darlene Love (At the celebration)
"Hungry Like the Wolf" by Duran Duran (Chuck and Jill run)
"The Earth Has Lost Its Hold" by Calhoun (Jill gives the ring back)
"Shopping for Blood" by Franz Ferdinand (Chuck and Casey infiltrate the office building)
"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (Chuck is rescued)
"The Earth Has Lost Its Hold" by Calhoun (Chuck lets Jill go)

Episode Recap

Episode 220 | Season 2 | 04/13/2009

At the Buy More, Sarah assures Chuck that the government is doing everything they can to find his father, who was abducted by Fulcrum. Emmett announces that in the next 24 hours, a Buy More corporate evaluator will visit to assess his job performance. He warns the usual suspects that any attempts to make him look bad will result in them being fired and sent off to work in fast food. Morgan and the rest of the Buy More crew meet to determine if they're going to behave or misbehave. Unbeknownst to them, Emmett is watching them via security video as Morgan instructs the crew to "let Rome burn."

In the Bunker, Beckman tells Chuck that they haven't located his father, whom Fulcrum has in their custody. Chuck isn't satisfied with that; he's given a year of his life to the CIA and will do anything it takes to get his father back. He goes to the jail where Jill, his ex and a Fulcrum agent, is being held and asks for her help. Considering Chuck helped put her in prison, at first she's not agreeable. However, when Chuck says he can get her a deal with the CIA, she agrees to cooperate.

At the Buy More, a full-scale rebellion is underway. Twisted Sister blares on the radio while employees fight with light sabers and play Guitar Hero, Lester struts around sans pants, and no one is tending the registers. Emmett gets Morgan into the cage and makes him a deal; he says that a good evaluation will get him promoted out of "this hellhole." But, only if Morgan can get everyone to cooperate. Tantalized by gaining freedom from Emmett's totalitarian managerial tactics, Morgan agrees to get everyone to behave.

In the bunker, Casey fits Jill with a locator on her ankle, warning that if she tries anything Sarah will shoot her. She says that her dad's best friend, whom she calls Uncle Bernie, may know where they are holding Chuck's father. Uncle Bernie recruited her into Fulcrum, and is guarded almost 24 hours except for when he attends family functions. Since none are coming up, they set up an engagement party for Jill, with Chuck posing as her fiancé. When the heavyset Uncle Bernie arrives, Chuck flashes on him. Casey tells him through his earpiece that Bernie is highly dangerous and known as "The Carnivore."

Bernie feigns the usual pleasantries in front of Jill's parents, then takes them aside. He asks Jill how she's out of prison. Jill reveals her deal with the CIA, adding that he can get witness protection through cooperating. Furious, Bernie draws his gun. When Jill's mother interrupts, they use the distraction to run. Casey and Sarah pose as Chuck's friends to get into the house. Bernie wheezes his way up the stairs and corners Chuck and Jill in the attic. Since a gun will be heard, Bernie grabs a bat to beat them to death. However, mid-swing he drops dead of a heart attack. When Casey and Sarah arrive, Casey congratulates Chuck on his first kill.

The four get Bernie out of the house "Weekend at Bernie's" style by walking him out of the house under the guise that he's had too many drinks. The five leave the party, with Casey grousing at Chuck that he killed the one person who knows where his dad is.

The next day at the Buy More, the crew is on their best behavior and dressed to impress. A smug Emmett shows the corporate evaluator around at his store that's running "smoother than a Swiss watch." Meanwhile in the bunker, Sarah tells Chuck that Jill has to go back to prison. Despite his pleas that Jill is the only link to finding his father, Sarah still says no. Morgan calls Chuck for advice on believing a person you trust the least to get what you want. Chuck, looking at Jill on surveillance video, says sometimes you have to just decide to trust.

Chuck tells Jill she's going back to prison. She's understanding and is glad she at least got to see her parents again. She gives Chuck back the engagement ring that she enjoyed wearing for a few hours. She's also glad to see his work with the CIA hasn't changed him like her Fulcrum work changed her. She also reveals that she knew the CIA was never going to let her go. They all lie, she warns, and tells Chuck to watch his back.

At the Buy More, everyone continues to heap praise on Emmett. But, he wants one more thing from Morgan; to use his "in" with Big Mike to get him to praise him on tape. Emmett fears Big Mike won't say anything nice because if Emmett leaves, then he has to actually work. Morgan, bearing a foot-long teriyaki from Subway, gets Big Mike to talk. In the bunker, Bernie's cell phone rings. Chuck fishes it out of Bernie's pocket and answers, posing as Bernie. He learns they're moving Orion to base and stalls until Casey and Sarah trace the call. Jill, familiar with the building, convinces them to take her along.

Cuffed inside the surveillance van with Sarah guarding her, Jill directs Chuck and Casey through the Fulcrum building. Chuck flashes on everyone and tells Casey they're surrounded by Fulcrum assassins. At Jill's direction, they tell the front desk they're here for auditing. Jill directs them to the eighth floor where the holding cells are. However, they're intercepted by an agent who leads them to the auditing room. As they watch a Fulcrum recruiting video and take a test, that agent reports his hallway encounter to Agent Bergey, who runs their faces through their computer. Their covers blown, Bergey snarks, "Here to rescue your father, Chuck?"

At the Buy More, Morgan overhears Emmett talking to the corporate evaluator and learns he was really here to assess Big Mike instead of Emmett. And, that Emmett set up the whole charade about being promoted as a ruse to steal Big Mike's job. Emmett seals the deal when he plays an edited recording of Big Mike to the evaluator, making it appear that he took the day off to go fishing. Appalled that Big Mike would diss him like that, the Buy More suit gives Big Mike's job to Emmett. Morgan can only watch, horrified.

The Fulcrum evaluator separates Chuck and Casey by telling Chuck that he scored high while Casey flunked. Knowing they can trace Chuck via his watch, Sarah tells Casey to let him go. While being escorted out, Casey realizes the gig is up when a Fulcrum agent approaches with a shotgun. He grabs the gun and clocks the two unconscious as Sarah directs him to where Chuck is. Casey races toward Chuck, who's just been told by Agent Bergey that he knows Orion is his father. Chuck plays dumb until the guns come out, and hands over his earpiece.

When Chuck's wire goes dead, Sarah gears up to go after him. Jill convinces Sarah to let her come, saying she needs her to navigate the building. However, Fulcrum security figures them out and sends a building-wide alert of the security breach. The agents focus on Sarah and the hardware comes out. Sarah kicks a gun from one of them and dives for cover in a cubicle as bullets fly. Bergey goes to investigate, ordering the guards to shoot Chuck if he tries to escape. Security gets word that it's the CIA and is ordered to evacuate the building.

As Chuck sits under guard, he watches as Casey, dressed as a window washer, lowers himself into view outside the window. Behind the agents, who are facing Chuck, Casey draws the big gun. Chuck ducks and Casey fires through the window, blowing the two agents away. "Looks like I passed that test," he says. He tells Chuck to find where his dad is located on the computer and runs to help Sarah. When Sarah sees Jill has disappeared during the fracas, she radios to Casey that she's escaped. However, Jill is just hiding, and overhears Bergey say they're moving Orion to Blackrock.

Bergey enters his office and orders Chuck away from his computer. He draws his gun, and Chuck does a "Morgan," the same move of covering his face and jewels that he used when Bernie was going to beat him to death. The move is called "The Morgan," because it was the defensive pose Morgan used in high school when the girls would beat him up. Bergey steps toward him to shoot, but slips on the glass, trips over Chuck's foot and tumbles out the window. "What is it with that move?" Chuck wonders aloud as Bergey, hanging from the scaffolding, calls for help.

Despite the fact that Bergey just tried to kill him, Chuck grabs his arm to try to pull him up. In the hallway, Jill hears Chuck calling for help and races in to grab him by his foot. However, Bergey's coat rips and he falls 15 stories to his death. Jill leads Chucm to where his father is being held, but when they get there he's not there. Sarah is still shooting it out among the cubicles. Casey sees the test taker making a move on Sarah and shoots her, saying, "That's for flunking me."

Jill and Chuck race to where Chuck's father is being held but when they get there, he's gone. Jill tells him about Blackrock, but hasn't heard of it. Chuck flashes on the name, and says it's a secret Fulcrum base in Barstow. Jill wonders how Chuck knows that. Chuck says, "You don't want to know." Sarah radios Chuck about Jill's escape. Instead of giving her up, he cuts off her ankle monitor. He admits lying about the deal because he'd do anything to save his father. But, she kept her part of the bargain. Because she'll be alone and need money, he gives her the ring and lets her go.

At the Buy More, a self-satisfied Emmett hands the demoted Big Mike his green shirt. The rest of the Buy More crew watches as if at a funeral as Big Mike walks by them. When he comes to Morgan, he kisses him Godfather style and says, "I know it was you, Morgan. You broke my heart." Morgan sheepishly walks away under the glare of Big Mike and the rest of the employees. When he's out of earshot, Big Mike tells the crew that he doesn't want anything to happen to Morgan "as long as his mama and I are dating."

General Beckman is furious that Jill escaped during the mission. Because their operation and Chuck's identity has been compromised, she's shutting the project down and putting Chuck into lockdown. Despite Sarah's protests, she stands firm on her decision. Even worse, because Chuck trusts Sarah, she wants Sarah to lie to Chuck and say they intercepted his father while he was being transported and he's back in Castle. Then, take him to an all-too-willing Casey, who will tranq him for transport.

Despite serious misgivings, Sarah convincingly delivers the lie to Chuck. At that, Chuck apologizes to her for almost thinking that he couldn't trust her. And, that Jill was right about the CIA never letting him go. Guilt overriding duty, Sarah hugs Chuck and whispers that it's all a lie. And, to remove his watch. As Casey watches suspiciously on video, Sarah tells Chuck they have to run. She drops his watch into a shopping basket and they leave. As they drive off, Chuck is in disbelief that Sarah disobeyed orders. "You're committing treason Sarah, you can go to jail." Chuck says. "I know," Sarah responds.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 19 - Chuck Versus the Dream Job

2009-08-29T09:20:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 19

Chuck's life seems to be coming together, his long-absent father has returned and he is about to land his dream job at Roark Instruments.
Meanwhile, Lester and Jeff convince Big Mike to send them to NextExpo, which is hosted by Roark Instruments.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Phil Klemmer, Corey Nickerson

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Tony Hale (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Scott Bakula (Stephen J. Bartowski), Arnold Vosloo (Vincent Smith), Pablo Espinosa (Javier Diaz), Chevy Chase (Ted Roark), Brian Kubach (Drew)

Featured Music:
"Highschool Hoodlums" by The Datsuns (Chuck shows up for his interview/Chuck meets Ted Roark)
"Around The Bend" by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour (NextExpo kicks off)
"Luisa's Bones" by Crooked Fingers (Chuck discovers Roark's secret/Chuck suits up)
"Daddy's Gone" by Glasvegas (Chuck gets a free pass/closing scene)

Episode Recap

Episode 219 | Season 2 | 04/06/2009

After Chuck's long search for his father proved futile, Sarah located him through a search in the Big Computer. Steve Bartowski is glad to see Chuck, and they awkwardly catch up. However, when Chuck asks him if he'd walk Ellie down the aisle at her wedding, he says he can't; he's afraid she won't want him there. Angered, Chuck doesn't want to hear anymore what he can't do. Touched by Chuck's love for Ellie, he agrees to attend. Ominously, Steve peeks outside and utters, "They're tracking my every move."

Ellie, having forgiven Awesome for his bachelor party, excitedly discusses their wedding details. She's stunned when Chuck walks in with their father. Old emotions rise to the surface and she tearfully says of the day he left, "Pancakes. You said you were going to make pancakes." Teary eyed, she leaves the room. Chuck comforts her, saying he's the only family they've got, and they can choose to hate him or forgive him. Ellie agrees to give him a chance.

Steve is small talking with Awesome and boasts that he invented plasma TV technology, He claims that his college friend Ted Roark (of Roark Industries) stole all his ideas and didn't give him a dime. Chuck and Ellie try to change the topic. Steve says Roark's new software, releasing tomorrow, has components he invented. He sets a Roark NextExpo announcement on the table which Chuck flashes on.

In Castle, General Beckman says Chuck's flash matches chatter they've heard about Roark Instruments. The CIA believes that Roark's latest software, Rios, could be infected with a virus that would cause irreparable damage to the world's computers. They're sending in Chuck as a new Roark employee to see if he flashes on anyone or anything. When Sarah mentions the Roark connection to Chuck's father, Casey asks if his "daddy issues" will get in the way of the mission. Hardly. Working for Roark is Chuck's dream job.

At the Buy More, Lester and Jeff tell Big Mike about NextExpo, where tomorrow Roark will release their new operating system. It'll be a big event, and good for their career development. Big Mike says they can go and tells them to have fun camping out at the weirdo convention.

At his new job, Chuck is awestruck when he's introduced to Ted Roark. Meanwhile, Lester and Jeff show up in the Roark parking lot to camp out until the convention, and spot Chuck coming out the door, being handed a key card. Lester calls Morgan to tell him Chuck took a job at Roark. Morgan pretends he already knew but is devastated at the news.

At Chuck's excitement about his new job, Sarah reminds him that it's just an assignment. However, the gig has him thinking that if he'd been more motivated after college he wouldn't have worked at the Buy More and therefore wouldn't have become the Intersect. Most important, his father wouldn't think he's a loser. Sarah assures him he doesn't think that. Chuck knows, but says he probably wishes he were doing something a lot more important than Nerd Herd. Sarah says, "You are."

At home, Chuck and Sarah join Awesome, Ellie, Steve and Morgan, who is glaring at Chuck across the table, for dinner. After toasting to Steve's return, Morgan sarcastically toasts to Chuck's new job at Roark Industries. Chuck and Sarah are shocked, Awesome and Ellie thrilled, and Steve hurt that his son took a job with his enemy.

On his first day of work, Chuck spots Sarah and Casey, convincingly dressed as nerds, standing in line for the Expo. They tell Chuck they plan to retrieve the source code for the new operating system so Roark can't release the software or the virus. They tell Chuck to keep an eye on Roark in case anything goes wrong.

Chuck enters the auditorium and flashes on a man on stage with Roark. Lester and Jeff see Chuck and wave but he doesn't see them because of the flash. "He's forgotten us already," Jeff says. Chuck warns Chuck and Sarah, who are trying to get past the keypad access door. At home, Steve disgustedly watches the Expo live on the web as Roark struts on the stage.

Roark holds up a remote that will launch the Rios OS. Chuck radios Sarah, whose attempt to hack the security code has alerted security. As Roark counts down to the release, Sarah tells Chuck he must stop it. Improvising, Chuck runs on stage. As the Fulcrum agent watches, a stunned Roark asks Chuck what the hell he's doing. Chuck goes with the truth again, telling him about the CIA and the virus. Roark thinks he's crazy and motions for security. Chuck snatches the remote from him and bolts.

At home, Ellie and Steve watch Chuck run through the auditorium, stepping over people in seats. Steve cheers for Chuck to go while Ellie yells at him to stop. Jeff and Lester help, and Chuck is almost out the door when he's downed by a stiff arm from co-worker Drew. As security hauls off Chuck, Drew returns the remote to Roark, to cheers from the crowd. Roark depresses the button and launches the software.

At home, a hysterical Ellie accuses Steve of putting Chuck up to attacking Roark. Steve denies it, but says working for Roark was a lousy job and that Chuck knows what he's doing. When Awesome says maybe she should consider Steve's point, Ellie, in her anger, brings up the bachelor party. Sorry she went there, she leaves. Steve tells a crushed Awesome that Ellie isn't really mad about the bachelor party. She just doesn't want Awesome to turn into him.

Chuck returns home and starts reviewing Orion's Intersect schematics, wondering what he's supposed to do with them. Steve asks to talk, telling Chuck about Ellie's accusations. He admits ruining everything in his life, including his family. Noticing Chuck's Roark employee manual, he says if working for Roark is that important to him, then fight for it. After he leaves, Chuck notices the campus map matches a map on of the schematic cards. "Oh my God," Chuck says, "Roark has an Intersect."

Chuck tells Sarah and Casey about the Roark Intersect, but conceals that he has the schematics. Casey is skeptical, thinking the apple doesn't fall far from the crazy tree. Casey stalks off. Sarah, despite Chuck's pleas, says that Beckman's orders are clear. Chuck runs to the bunker where unbeknownst to him, Casey is waiting. Chuck dons Casey's spy gear, only to have him snatch Orion's map from his hands. Busted, Chuck comes clean about Orion giving him the plans before he died. Casey is furious that he didn't tell them and orders him to take off his clothes.

Desperate to get the Intersect out of his head, Chuck pulls a gun on Casey and says he's going whether he helps him or not. Casey notices it's a tranq gun and is insulted. "You don't even have the common courtesy to threaten me with an actual firearm." He tells Chuck to put the toy down, but instead of doing that Chuck shoots him with it. Casey barely falters, so Chuck shoots him again. Still standing, though wobbly, Casey grabs him by his neck. Chuck sticks a dart in his neck. Third time's a charm, and just before Casey goes down, he says, "I'm going to kill you when I wake up."

Chuck sneaks into Roark industries behind a late-leaving worker. Following his map, he hides in a room when he hears a commotion. He's shocked to see his dad at the center of it, wrestling with four security guards and demanding to see Roark because he wants Chuck to get his job back. A Fulcrum agent arrives and punches Steve, so Chuck bursts into the hallway, tranq guns blazing and shooting blind. Miraculously, he hits everyone but his father. The five drop to the ground, leaving a stunned Steve standing.

Chuck tells his father, "I'm not who you think I am," just as Vincent steps out, very much alive and gun drawn. To Steve, he says, "Good to see you again." Steve tells Chuck, "I'm not who you think I am either." Chuck watches dumbstruck as his father covertly keys a command into his wrist computer, slamming security doors shut. As they try to make their escape, Chuck realizes his father is Orion.

At a secured door, Steve tells Chuck to flash on it. Chuck says he can't, but Steve says to try harder, that it will be the last thing he flashes on. Chuck flashes and gets the password. They enter the room holding Intersect 2.0, Steve's creation. Two screens pop up on either side of it. He sits Chuck in front of one and keys in a command to remove the Intersect by overriding his brain. However, it won't work. A door opens, and Roark, flanked by security, enters the room. It was all a trap to capture Orion so he can fix Intersect 2.0.

When Roark orders his men to kill Chuck, Steve says he'll fix the Intersect, if they let Chuck go. As they're making a deal, the security door opens; Sarah and Casey are there, guns drawn. With the criminals apprehended, Beckman scolds Casey and Sarah for losing the Intersect and Orion. At home, Awesome cooks Ellie pancakes for dinner and tells her that Steve left. Ellie says she doesn't need him anymore. Chuck says not to count him out just yet. Locked in a basement, Steve works on Intersect 2.0.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 18 - Chuck Versus the Broken Heart

2009-08-29T09:07:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 18

A female agent is sent to evaluate Sarah's performance as Chuck's handler, when Chuck's feelings for her become an issue to General Beckman. However, the presence of a new agent causes complications.
Meanwhile, Morgan, Jeff and Lester are trying to get invited to Captain Awesome's bachelor party.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Allison Adler

Director: Kevin Bray

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Tricia Helfer (Alexandra Forrest), Pam Trotter (Rachel the Nurse), Mitzi McCall (Blanche), Shaun Taub (Mohammed Zamir)

Featured Music:
"Hearts and Minds" by Matt Pond Pa (Chuck wakes up)
"Jump Around" by House of Pain (Devon's bachelor party)
"2 Legit 2 Quit" by MC Hammer (Devon's bachelor party)
"LoveGame" by Lady GaGa (Devon's bachelor party, the girls enter)
"Bottle Pop" by The Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg (Devon's bachelor party, Alex enters)
"Turnin' Me On" by Keri Hilson (Devon's bachelor party, Alex dances)
"Bite Hard" by Franz Ferdinand (Sarah drives away)
"Blood Bank" by Bon Iver (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 218 | Season 2 | 03/30/2009

Coming home from work, Chuck is grabbed by three Ninja-dressed assailants at his door. One tapes his mouth, the other pulls a hood over his head while the third binds him. From behind, Casey orders them to drop Chuck. When the hoods come off, instead of enemy Fulcrum agents, it's Chuck's Buy More co-workers Jeff, Lester and Morgan who are practicing to kidnap Awesome for his bachelor party. When Chuck says they aren't even invited, Lester says there's no better way to be invited than kidnapping the guest of honor. Fed up, Casey sprays them with water so they'll leave.

In his room, Chuck secretly studies the schematics for the new Intersect that Orion stole from Fulcrum and gave to Chuck. General Beckman pops up on his computer screen, wanting to speak to him privately about his feelings for Sarah and if they're compromising his job performance. At Chuck's denial, she plays a montage of surveillance videos from previous missions. All highlight Chuck expressing his feelings for Sarah. Point made, Beckman has to make sure Chuck's protected without causing emotional distractions for her team, so they're going to have to do a 49-B. When Chuck asks what that is, Beckman terminates the link.

The next morning, Awesome wakes Chuck, offering a colon-cleansing drink. Chuck takes a whiff and declines. Awesome notices the words "Conference Terminated -- General Beckman" on Chuck's monitor and asks who that is. Chuck says it's from a video game. When asked, he says he's Agent Carmichael. Voice recognition picks up the name and Beckman appears on screen. Chuck switches it off before Awesome sees. Ellie shows Chuck a wedding invitation sent to their father that came back in the mail. Chuck promises to keep searching for him. Ellie mentions hearing them discuss the bachelor party and tells Awesome that she trusts him completely.

At the yogurt shop, Chuck sees Sarah from behind and tells her about Beckman's suspicions. She turns around, but it's not Sarah. Chuck flashes on her. The woman is Agent Alex Forrest, "Your 49-B." In the Bunker, Beckman briefs them on their new mission. A man believed to be Rashad Ahmad, an associate of fugitive terrorist leader Hassan Khalid, had a heart attack while in Los Angeles to handle Khalid's banking business. Ahmad, who needs a pacemaker, is in the hospital under the name Harry Lime. Beckman wants Chuck to infiltrate the hospital to confirm Ahmad's identity.

Chuck asks about the 49-B. Beckman tells Sarah to explain. Alex is here to assess her performance, during which time she will be Chuck's handler. Afterward, Chuck asks Sarah about it. Her response, "Sorry, to discuss this further would be breaking protocol." At the Buy More, Casey is unsympathetic to Chuck's feelings about the 49-B. Morgan, Lester and Jeff plead with Chuck to invite them to Awesome's bachelor party, finally admitting they've never been to one. At Chuck's refusal, Morgan asks him to think on his final offer. Since Big Mike's dating his mother, he's been locking up. Meaning, they could have the party at the Buy More.

Without actually saying it, Chuck asks Sarah if Alex knows he's the Intersect. Sarah says she won't know that top-secret information unless her position becomes permanent. Which, she assures Chuck, won't happen. Chuck apologizes for letting his feelings get her into trouble. He's been stressed out about his promise to Ellie to find their father so he can walk her down the aisle. He asks if she could find him through the Castle computer. Sarah says that's impossible. Having heard, Alex enters, saying damn right. Sarah would not only get fired, but face charges of misappropriation of government intelligence.

In a surveillance van, Casey, Alex and Chuck review the mission as Sarah sits silent. Once Chuck has identified Rashad, Casey will infiltrate the equipment and donor organ room. There, he'll slip a locator inside Rashad's pacemaker before they implant it, which upon his return to Afghanistan, will lead them to Khalid. Sarah asks Casey if she can do anything. Alex curtly declines. Chuck panics when he sees the hospital is Ellie and Awesome's workplace, but Sarah says they've checked their schedules. Ellie's off and Awesome's in surgery. When Sarah follows, Alex blocks her, sternly ordering her to stay in the van to observe only.

Dressed as a doctor and nurse, Chuck and Alex exit a closet. A nosy candy striper sees and playfully accuses them of hanky panky. To Chuck's horror, Alex tranquilizes her. On surveillance video, Sarah sees Ellie, whose schedule was switched, and warns them. They dodge her, ending up in Hassan's room where his doctor, Mohammad Zamir, is monitoring him. Two thugs guard them. Chuck flashes on both the doctor and Hassan, and whispers to Alex that it's him. Zamir asks to consult with Chuck privately. Outside the room, Alex gives Casey, dressed as an orderly, the go-ahead to proceed. However, his key card doesn't work.

Chuck improvises being a doctor, while Zamir eyes him cautiously. Zamir warns him that the patient is a very important man, and that being his surgeon is a very dangerous job. One that Chuck's life depends on, if he gets his drift. Casey tells them about the access key. Alex suggests taking out a doctor and stealing his key. Casey, in a growing attraction to her, says he likes the cut of her jib. Chuck thinks they're a match made in a very demented part of heaven. When they train their eyes on Awesome, Chuck says no way.

In the Bunker, Chuck objects to them using Awesome. Alex quips, "Fortunately, like children and felons, you don't get a vote." Sarah agrees that Awesome puts Chuck's cover at risk. Chuck pointedly says that's exactly what he was thinking, because he and Sarah are professionally connected. When Alex says she'll handle it her way, Chuck says he has an idea how to get it. Later, Chuck, Lester, Jeff and Morgan kidnap Awesome and take him to his surprise bachelor party at the Buy More. Lester snaps pictures, but Morgan chastises, "What happens at the Buy More, stays at the Buy More." Lester apologizes for being a bachelor party virgin.

Alex reports to Beckman that Sarah is too emotionally entwined to Chuck. This causes her to place her feelings before protocol and orders. Despite Sarah's objection, Beckman terminates her assignment as Chuck's handler. Sarah asks Alex to take care of Chuck. Alex snottily says that she'll do her job if that's what she means. Sarah says she'll leave as soon as she says goodbye to Chuck, but Alex grabs her and says she's done enough damage. She orders her to have no further contact with Chuck.

As Awesome pounds down shots, Chuck assures Casey he'll be so drunk that getting his card will be easy. Casey asks how he plans to distract him. Enter, the strippers, compliments of Jeff, who hired them for a deal. When they strut into the room it's clear they were bargain basement. One of them is Jeff's sister. Awesome cuts away to call Ellie and tell her he'll be late because of the party. Casey feigns drunkenness and steals Awesome's wallet, but the card key isn't in there. He tells Alex, who figures it's around his neck. She says she has a back-up plan.

In the Bunker, Alex coldly asks Sarah why she's still here. Sarah placates her, saying she's tying up loose ends. Once alone, Sarah keys in a search for Stephen J. Bartowski in the Big Computer. It searches, clearly going to take a while. Meanwhile, Alex struts into the Buy More, dressed as a stripper cop. Everyone is captivated, especially Casey. After a pole dance, she cuffs Awesome and takes him to another room as Chuck nervously watches. Trying to get to the access card, Alex puts the moves on Awesome. However, he tells her to stop because he loves Ellie and won't jeopardize that. In response, she tranquilizes him.

As Awesome succumbs to the tranquilizer, he hears Chuck shouting about keeping CIA darts out of his family. After he passes out, Chuck yells at Alex for going too far. "Sarah never would have done this," he says. Alex challenges Chuck, "What are you going to do about it?" Chuck says he'll tell Beckman he'll only work with Sarah. Alex gloatingly tells him that Sarah's been dismissed. Chuck is shocked. Especially when he learns Alex is his new handler. Chuck tries to call Sarah, who's leaving her apartment. When she sees who it is, she declines the call.

In the bunker, Beckman reports that Casey successfully infiltrated the room and planted the locator in Rashad's pacemaker. An audio monitor beats with the sound of Rashad's heart. Chuck asks Beckman how she could just let Sarah go and lie to him. Beckman says that's how the NSA works. Alex snidely adds, "Get used to it." She goes to clean her weapons. Casey follows her to do the same. To Casey, it's as good as sex. That is, until Alex disses Sarah and says he must be glad she's gone. He's about to retort when Rashad's monitor flatlines.

Awesome, who can't remember a thing from his party, wakes with a severe headache. Soon, he realizes his access card is gone. Ellie, who knows Awesome always wears it under his shirt, asks why his shirt was off. When he can't remember, she gets pissed. Chuck, who feels guilty, tries to run interference between the two. It doesn't work. Ellie storms off, telling Awesome she hopes last night was worth it. Awesome says he wants a do-over from last night. Meanwhile, as Sarah drives to Langley, a computer in her car alerts her that it found results for the Stephen Bartowski search. She turns the car around.

After Zamir scans Rashad and discovers the pacemaker has been bugged, they move him out of the hospital to a secret location. Zamir looks up the doctor who performed the surgery, Devon Woodcomb, and sends his goons to get him. At home, Chuck sees the goons looking for Awesome and dons his doctor's coat. He opens the door and they grab him. When they scan him for signals, his watch activates. They remove it and throw it in the fountain.

At the Buy More, Ellie asks Morgan what happened at the Bachelor Party. Even though Morgan is lovestruck, he can't break the "Bro Code." She passes Lester and Jeff looking at a computer. On-screen: pictures of a shirtless, unconscious Awesome in compromising positions with Alex. She storms off. Sarah sneaks into Chuck's room to leave him the search results. She notices his phone on his bed. Worried, she heads to the bunker, but can't gain access. Alex won't let her in, but Casey overrides her, adding that he disagrees with her assessment of Sarah. He says she's a pro and the best partner he's ever had.

Sarah says she found Chuck's phone when she went to say goodbye. Alex says she directly disobeyed an order which is why she was fired. Sarah retorts, "Then there's nothing stopping me from kicking your ass." She lets Sarah by, insisting Chuck's fine, as his signal is in the courtyard. Sarah scans the surveillance cameras, looking for Chuck. She zooms in on the signal, finding the watch submerged in the fountain. They map the last area where Rashad's pacemaker sent a signal, which leads them to a Dubai bank. The steel in the vaults is masking the signal.

Chuck is brought to a makeshift operating room inside a vault. Zamir orders him to surgically remove the bug from Rashad's pacemaker. Chuck stalls, but Zamir threatens to kill him. Casey, Sarah and Alex burst on scene. The goons shut Chuck and Zamir in the vault. Zamir discovers Chuck isn't a doctor and attacks him. Chuck blasts Zamir with nitrous oxide. Just as Zamir is about to kill Chuck, the gas takes effect. Zamir cracks up, saying he forgot why he was mad at Chuck. Outside, Alex want to blow the door but Sarah says the blast will ignite the gas and kill Chuck.

While Sarah, Casey and Alex try to get inside the vault, Chuck, high on laughing gas, asks the equally high Zamir where Khalid is. Zamir tells him. Listening on headphones, the three hear. Impatient, Alex wants to blow the door but Sarah cracks the lock. Chuck is thrilled to see her. At briefing, Beckman says Zamir and Rashad are in custody. She congratulates Alex for leading the mission that led to Chuck learning Khalid's whereabouts. She compliments Sarah's bravery but scolds her for disobeying orders. Chuck interrupts, saying Sarah's feelings are what saved his life. Beckman considers this and reinstates Sarah.

Ellie catches Chuck returning Awesome's access card and becomes angry when she thinks she's covering for him. Chuck says that nothing happened, but Ellie says she saw the photos. Chuck visits Sarah, distressed that the U.S. government is messing up his family. She says maybe it's time for them to help, and hands him the search results for his father. Sarah drives Chuck to his dad's trailer out in the middle of nowhere. He knocks on the door. For a long time, no answer. Sarah comforts Chuck, genuinely sorry for him. They are about to kiss when the door opens. "Dad?" Chuck says.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 17 - Chuck Versus the Predator

2009-08-29T08:45:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 17

Chuck is contacted by "Orion", the creator of the Intersect computer. He starts having trust issues and doesn't know who to lean for help.
Meanwhile, the Buy More staff needs to protect their newest acquisition from the jealous Beverly Hills branch, not knowing that it was sent by "Orion" and meant for Chuck.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Chris Fedak

Director: Jeremiah Chechik

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Tony Hale (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Arnold Vosloo (Vincent Smith), Tyrone Howard (Agent #2), Patricia Rae (Bolonia), Matt Winston (Barclay), Ty Vincent (Courier), Stephen Bradley Jones (NSA Agent), Matt Roth (Guest Star)

Featured Music:
"Making Love Out of Nothing At All" by Air Supply (Morgan listens to Big Mike and Bolonia)
"Amazing Life" by Matt Pond Pa (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 217 | Season 2 | 03/23/2009

After a smelly mission where they masqueraded as plumbers, Chuck, Sarah and Casey have gotten the intel Beckman wanted. Which reminds Chuck... he asks Sarah if she's heard from Beckman about Orion, which would replace him as the intercept and give him his life back. She assures him that Beckman knows how important it is to him and to leave it to the army of brilliant spy analysts. Even though Chuck said he would, he's up past 4:00 a.m. conducting his own investigation. His sees his web cam turn on and wonders why.

In a Hong Kong apartment, a man sits at his desk with a live shot of Chuck looking confused on his computer screen. He hears radio feedback, kills the connection to Chuck, and taps a command into a keyboard attached to his arm. Seconds later, Fulcrum agents storm the room. He's gone, but they see his whiskey, ice still in glass, and know he was just here. Vincent radios to alert Fulcrum that Orion is gone. Text comes up on the computer screen: "A drink? It's been a hard day for Fulcrum. It's about to get worse." Rumbling and blinding light fills the room.

At the Buy More, the store has been toilet papered by employees from the rival Buy More in Beverly Hills. Led by Barclay, their assistant manager, they come in to gloat, but don't admit they did it. Big Mike, gloating himself, says they're just angry because the Burbank store is getting the new Roark Instruments laptop before they do. Barclay says they should get it since they're the flagship store. "Flagship of my ass," Big Mike says, and kicks them out. Morgan wants to retaliate, but Big Mike says no retaliations, "It's the Buy More way." He then barks at them to clean the place up.

At the Nerd Herd desk, Chuck sees a message pop up on the computer screen. "I know your secret." He thinks one of his co-workers is messing with him until a second message appears, "You're the Intersect." The mystery texter wants to meet. Aloud, Chuck asks why. "Because I'm Orion," it answers. Chuck is unnerved that Orion can hear him. Orion says he'll be sending a secure computer to Chuck's current location and ends the transmission. Chuck tells Sarah.

In the bunker, Beckman asks how Orion found Chuck. Chuck sheepishly says it probably has something to do with his own search. "Your what?!" Beckman says. Sarah tells them about Chuck's automated web search, using everything he knows about Fulcrum as the parameter. When Chuck says Orion is sending him a computer, Beckman wants it locked up, as Orion's computers can override military defenses and hijack weaponry. "God forbid it falls into the wrong hands," she says. At the Nerd Herd desk, a courier carrying a box tells Lester he has a delivery for Chuck. Thinking it's the new Roark computer, Lester says, "I'm Chuck Bartowski."

Sarah expresses her anger at Chuck for conducting his own search and not trusting her to understand how important it is for him to have a normal life. Meanwhile, Lester, Jeff and Morgan play with Orion's computer in Jeff's bathroom stall office. When they can't identify themselves, Orion asks if they're in danger. Thinking they're playing a simulator game, they say they are. When prompted to pinpoint a target for air support, they type in the Buy More's address as the location. Orion activates a Predator drone. In the bunker, Casey tells Chuck and Sarah there's an Orion-hijacked drone headed straight for Buy More.

As they watch the "simulator" drone fly toward Buy More, Morgan asks why they're targeting their own store when they could target the Beverly Hills one. They type in the new coordinates and the drone changes direction. Chuck sees the change in targets and radios Casey and Sarah, who were just about to pull the fire alarm to clear the store. Chuck figures out what's going on and tells them to look for Morgan. He finds them first and wrestles the computer from them. Just in time, he keys in a command for the drone to abort.

Big Mike sees the group come out of the restroom and asks what the hell is going on. When he sees what he thinks is the Roark computer in Chuck's hands, he takes it and tells Emmett, who's all too eager for the task, to guard it in his office. Meanwhile, Lester and Jeff plot to get it back. "An after-hours job," Jeff says excitedly. Chuck, Casey and Sarah plot their own coup; to rob the Buy More tonight.

Vincent, who survived the Hong Kong bombing, tells Fulcrum that they picked up a signal from Orion's computer at the Buy More. Having lost agents there, Fulcrum thinks the Buy More is a CIA substation. They give Vincent the go-ahead to try to get the computer.

That night at the Buy More, Emmett is relishing his night duty. Wearing burglar chic, Chuck, Casey and Sarah break in through a floor vent. Angered that Chuck got them into this mess, Casey tells Chuck to come up with the plan. Chuck tells them to distract Emmett with their spy skills while he gets the computer. They take out their guns, but Chuck says that as annoying as Emmett is, they can't shoot, tranq or karate him. They put them away and opt for shadow games with Emmett. Meanwhile, Lester and Jeff, dressed in similar burglar attire, hide in an aisle as Emmett walks by them.

Jeff throws his voice and scares Emmett, while Chuck slips into Big Mike's office. Lester and Jeff split, unsure that Jeff actually threw his voice away from their location. Chuck radios Casey, asking what that noise was. Lester, thinking that Casey is Jeff, runs to him and chastises him for his lame voice-throwing tactic. He asks him, "What other tricks do you know?" At the same time, Jeff sneaks up on Sarah, thinking she's Lester. He admits being so scared that he pooped his pants, just a little. In another part of the Buy More, Chuck lowers himself through a hatch.

In Big Mike's office, Chuck opens the safe and takes out the computer. He turns to see Vincent pointing a gun at him. He flashes on Vincent, who demands the computer. Meanwhile, Jeff sees Sarah's blonde hair peeking out of her ski mask. Realizing she's not Lester, he becomes afraid and runs. At the same time, Lester continues to berate Casey, who he thinks is Jeff. That is, until Jeff runs behind Lester. Casey growls at them and they split, running straight into a stream of pepper spray, compliments of Emmett.

As Lester and Jeff stagger off, Emmett says no one messes with his Buy More. "You wanna mess with me in my store? Well bring it on, bitches!!" Emmett says, just as Casey steps in the aisle and clocks him unconscious. Carrying the computer, Vincent brings Chuck at gunpoint to Casey and Sarah and tells them to drop their guns. Chuck tells him they don't have any guns, and asks if he's going to kill them. "It would be unprofessional not to," Vincent says, and raises his gun. Casey shoots him in the shoulder, but before they can talk to him, Vincent swallows a cyanide pill.

At home, a horrified Morgan hears Big Mike and his mother getting busy in her room. Emmett calls Big Mike about the break in. Big Mike pounds on Morgan's wall, saying they have to get to the Buy More. Beverly Hills has made their move. "Oh thank God," Morgan says. Meanwhile, Beckman tells the group that Fulcrum set up a trap for them and the person who contacted Chuck wasn't Orion. Despite Chuck's protests to the contrary, she says her NSA specialists will inspect the computer. To their surprise, she's taking over the operation and coming to the bunker, adding that if Fulcrum has identified Chuck, he'll be coming with her.

Sarah and Casey tell Chuck that Beckman doesn't want to hear him out about Orion and send him to his room. Beckman arrives, in person. Meanwhile, Emmett nurses his black eye and tells Morgan and Big Mike that 30-40 professional assailants attacked him and took the computer. A bleary-eyed Lester and Jeff arrive, saying they were at Denny's and saw the nearby commotion. Big Mike is convinced that Barclay was behind it, and fueled with anger at Emmett's black eye, tells the crew to get ready for payback. They're burning the Beverly Hills Buy More to the ground.

Orion calls Chuck using an electronically altered voice. He asks where his computer is. Chuck says it's at a top-secret government facility because they think he's Fulcrum. Orion proves he's not by telling Chuck to look at his computer screen. A logo pops up and Chuck flashes on it. He asks Orion how he knew that was in the Intersect. Orion says because he put it there himself, a long time ago. In Casey's apartment, Beckman admits lying to Chuck. Orion did contact Chuck. When Sarah protests, Beckman says she's been looking for Orion since Sarah was in a training bra.

To prove that Chuck can't trust Beckman, Sarah and Casey, Orion shows Chuck a live feed from Casey's apartment. Beckman says Chuck can never meet Orion. He's disappointed when Sarah, even though reluctantly, follows orders. At Orion's direction, Chuck goes to the bunker and logs onto the computer. Behind Chuck, Vincent unzips his body bag. Chuck tells Orion he wants to get the Intersect out of his head. Orion gives him an address to meet him. Vincent surprises Chuck and tells him not to scream, as he has a splitting headache from the blowfish poison he took to make him appear dead.

Chuck feigns tripping to point the address that Orion gave to him toward the security camera, hoping Sarah and Casey will see it. Back in Casey's apartment, they realize Chuck isn't in his room and scan the video from the bunker and see Chuck being led out by gunpoint, Vincent behind him. They also see the address. At the meeting place, Vincent and Chuck wait for Orion. Orion texts Chuck, asking if it's safe. Threatened by Vincent, Chuck confirms it is. Outside, Orion walks toward them and is grabbed by Fulcrum agents. He sends one more text to Chuck. "Run."

Sarah and Casey arrive just in time to see Vincent through a window, about to shoot Chuck. Casey shoots Vincent with a shotgun and they run to the roof where Fulcrum is landing their helicopter to take Orion. They get up top just as the helicopter is taking off. Chuck sees via the computer that Orion has programmed a Predator drone to shoot it down. Despite Chuck's efforts to abort it, the Predator finds its mark and destroys the helicopter, and Orion with it.

Back in the bunker, Beckman says it was better for Orion to take himself out, knowing what Fulcrum would do to him and what they gain. Chuck learns she doesn't want the Intersect out of his head. She says the outcome of their war with Fulcrum rests on his shoulders and wants to turn Chuck into a full-time spy. Meanwhile, at the Buy More, Big Mike and the guys celebrate their revenge on the Beverly Hills store, where Emmett played dominoes with their shelves. Barclay and crew interrupt, threatening to call the police. Big Mike calls his bluff, knowing the war of the Buy Mores is a street game.

Back at home, Chuck finds a file from Orion. Along with it, a video on CD-ROM where Orion tells Chuck the documents inside are the schematics for the new Intersect that he stole from Fulcrum. He instructs Chuck to study them if he wants the Intersect out of his head, and show no one. If he can get inside that Intersect, he can get his old life back. After which, the disc destructs. Beckman has doubts about Sarah's dedication to the mission and orders Casey to spy on her and Chuck. She looks at live surveillance of Chuck, who appears to be reading a comic book, but inside he's pasted Fulcrum's Intersect plans.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 16 - Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon

2009-03-11T10:40:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 16

Chuck gets jealous when Sarah has to seduce Fulcrum agent Cole Barker, codename "Beefcake".
In the meantime, while Big Mike continues dating Morgan's mother and Morgan takes refuge at Chuck's place, Jeff and Lester start looking for the "Buy More Babe" as a way of finding a new employee.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Matthew Lau, Zev Borow

Director: Allan Kroeker

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Robert Picardo (Dr. Howard Busgang), Vincent Duvall (Duncan)

Featured Music:
"God & Suicide" by Blitzen Trapper (Chuck and Sarah wake up)
"Walks Like An Egyptian" by The Puppini Sisters (The mission starts)
"Signs" by Bloc Party (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 216 | Season 2 | 03/09/2009

In the machine room of an industrial plant, Fulcrum agent Duncan beats Cole Barker, who's bound to a pole. Duncan demands to know how much the CIA knows about Perseus and the identity of Intersect, but Cole refuses to talk. Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah wake up uncomfortably in his bed. When Chuck asks if Sarah is worried about Cole, she claims their relationship is purely professional.

Ellie greets Sarah and Chuck with enthusiastic hugs and offers to help them find an apartment. She warns Sarah not to let Chuck take all his stuff -- for instance, his Tron poster deserves to be thrown out. Chuck still hasn't told Morgan that he's moving in with Sarah. When he tries, Casey pulls him into Castle, where Sarah hurriedly packs files. Assuming Cole will cave to Fulcrum's torture, Chuck is going off the grid.

When sirens warn of a perimeter breach, Sarah and Casey go on full alert. A door opens to reveal Cole, who falls into Sarah's arms, bloody and beaten. In the de-brief, Cole admits that he escaped nine Fulcrum agents, and no, he didn't talk. Back at Buy More, Anna has found Morgan's lease in the fax machine, and reached the conclusion that they're moving in together as an anniversary gift. Morgan doesn't have the heart to tell Anna the truth.

In despair, Morgan tells Jeff and Lester that if Anna finds out the truth about the apartment, it will surely end the sexual component of their relationship. Overjoyed, Jeff prepares to pick up the pieces, but Lester thinks all they have to do is convince Anna that moving in with Morgan is a bad idea. Together, the guys will repulse Anna so much, that she'll never want to move in with Morgan. Repulsion is their business, and business is good.

Thanks to Cole, Beckman has learned that Fulcrum is protecting the head scientist behind Intersect, code named Perseus. Perseus is attending a formal event tonight at the Swiss Consulate, and the State Department has arranged invitations for Casey and Sarah. Cole and Chuck will stay behind in Castle and monitor the operation by remote feed.

Morgan blows off Anna in favor of recreating Wimbledon's best matches on Wii with Jeff and Lester. When sweaty Jeff takes off his shirt, disgusting everyone, Morgan promises that this is what Anna can look forward to when they live together. Meanwhile, Cole orders Chuck to monitor Casey, while he sticks with Sarah. Chuck flashes on party attendee Howard Busgang and identifies him as Perseus. Cole spies Duncan, just as he deploys a jamming device and the surveillance feed goes dead.

Despite Chuck's protests, Cole loads some pistols with plans to go to the Consulate to save Sarah and Casey. Sometimes it's not about wanting to be a hero, it's about needing to be. Even though Chuck has no experience with guns, he's going to carry one now. Meanwhile, Sarah charms Busgang, just as Casey realizes the feed is dead. Peeping through a window, Chuck spies Duncan holding Sarah and Casey at gunpoint and leading them upstairs.

When Casey lays into Duncan, Busgang finally realizes that Duncan has gone rogue from the CIA. Busgang claims he thought he was helping his country. Cole tries to climb onto the roof, but his wounds start bleeding, so she shoves Chuck into his place. Casey and Sarah spy Chuck just as he's climbing through the window. Chuck drops his gun, which goes off, shooting Busgang in the leg.

Sarah and Casey take advantage of the confusion to shoot up the place. Busgang escapes, and Cole dives in to take a bullet for Sarah, saving her life again. Still, Duncan gets away. Back at Castle, Sarah dresses Cole's wounds as Chuck limps off, downplaying his own ankle injury. Cole thanks Sarah; it's nice to be looked after by someone who really cares.

Morgan apologizes to Anna for the whole Wimbledon thing, and hands her a fat prenuptial agreement, with provisions for no pets and string cheese only. Charmed by Morgan's hilarity, Anna promises to sign whatever he wants. She loves Morgan, quirks and all. Back at Castle, Beckman briefs the gang, explaining that Busgang was one of the creators of Intersect. Thinking Busgang may know how to get the Intersect out of his head, Chuck is determined to find him.

Morgan, Jeff and Lester are just wondering if Anna is un-repulsable when Chuck limps in to ask what's happening. Chuck berates Morgan for continuing to test Anna; if he doesn't stop, she'll leave, and Morgan will miss out on the catch of a lifetime. Chuck limps home. Ellie makes a big deal over his twisted ankle and insists on taking him to the hospital. Thinking Chuck may have a hairline fracture, Ellie fits him with a giant cast.

Sarah re-dresses Cole's wounds, as he continues to try seducing her. Being around someone you really care about doesn't happen that often to spies like them. If you're lucky enough to find a soul mate, are you supposed to just walk away? That doesn't seem fair. Sarah agrees; it doesn't seem fair because it isn't.

At the hospital, Chuck overhears Busgang arguing with a doctor. The doctor wants Busgang to stay overnight, but Busgang insists on leaving. Chuck calls Casey, who tells him not to follow Busgang, but Chuck quotes Cole: sometimes you need to be a hero. Busgang limps out of the hospital with his cane, and Chuck limps after him, as a Fulcrum agent spies them leaving.

Chuck follows Busgang to his office, unaware that Duncan is on his trail. As Busgang packs a bag with money and his passport, Chuck stares in wonder at a giant mainframe. When he turns around, Busgang is pointing a gun at him. Chuck claims he didn't come to hurt Busgang or to bring him in, he just has some questions about the Intersect. Chuck spies a folder entitled "Orion" and flashes.

Recognizing Chuck's flash, Busgang gets excited to realize that the Intersect is in Chuck's head. When Chuck asks if a person can be de-Intersected, Busgang allows that only Orion would know. Everything is based on his work. Suddenly, Duncan runs in to shoot Busgang before he can say anything else. Cole busts in, just as Duncan is about to shoot Chuck. Cole takes a bullet for Chuck, but Duncan is still in the game.

Chuck kicks Duncan in the knee with his cast, but Duncan revives. Just as he's about to kill both Chuck and Cole, Sarah shoots him in the back. Concerned, Sarah stands between Chuck and Cole, asking if they're okay. Chuck automatically assumes she's just talking to Cole. Back at Castle, Beckman congratulates the team on a job well done. When Chuck asks about Orion, Beckman claims they're working on it.

Chuck talks to Cole as he prepares to return to London, lamenting that he may never get the Intersect out of his head. Cole offers some advice: if you want something bad enough, don't take no for an answer, and for God's sake, carry a gun. Chuck leaves, giving Cole an opportunity to make one last play for Sarah, but she's not the sort of girl who cheats on her cover boyfriend. Having seen the way Sarah looked at Chuck when he was hurt, Cole has to admit that Chuck has won the day.

At Buy More, Morgan approaches Chuck with sorrow in his heart. He has to move in with Anna; she loves him, and he wants to make her happy. Chuck congratulates Morgan on making the right choice and returns home, where he bumps into Sarah. With new resolve, Chuck tells Sarah that he can't move in with her. He's crazy about her, but he can't stand their fake relationship. One day, Chuck will get the Intersect out of his head, and when he does, he'll live the life he wants with the girl he loves.

Chuck tells Ellie about his change in plans -- he's not moving out, and they'll have to talk about it later. Chuck makes a beeline for his bedroom and pulls his precious Tron poster off the wall. Unbeknownst to anyone, Chuck has been keeping an org chart on the back of the poster, delineating his search for clues on the Intersect. Chuck writes the word "Orion" at the top of the chart, determined to change his life.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 15 - Chuck Versus the Beefcake

2009-03-11T10:32:00.000-07:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 15

Chuck gets jealous when Sarah has to seduce Fulcrum agent Cole Barker, codename "Beefcake".
In the meantime, while Big Mike continues dating Morgan's mother and Morgan takes refuge at Chuck's place, Jeff and Lester start looking for the "Buy More Babe" as a way of finding a new employee.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Scott Rosenbaum, Matthew Miller

Director: Patrick Norris

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman)

Guest Star: Jessica Gomes (S.I. Model #1), Jarah (S.I. Model #2), Artie O'Daly (Bell Man), Stephen O'Mahoney (Fulcrum Agent #1), Katrina Law (Alexis White), Brooklyn Decker (Swimsuit Model), Tim Coyne (Fulcrum Agent #2)

Featured Music:
"Tigers in the Fire" by Love Grenades (Cole Barker arrives at the nightclub)
"Wake Up" by Mackintosh Braun (Sarah talks to Barker)
"Airplanes" by Local Natives (Chuck and Sarah talk about torture)
"The Brightest of the Head" by Starflyer 59 (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 215 | Season 2 | 03/02/2009

Late at night, suave ultra spy Cole Barker digs a hole in an orange orchard. After unearthing a body bag, Cole grabs the corpse's belt and takes off. Back at Castle, Beckman explains that the grave belonged to Brad White, one of the Fulcrum agents who ran the Intersect test on Chuck. Why was his grave robbed, and what was taken? Beckman instructs Casey and Sarah not to let Chuck out of their sight. Sarah immediately phones Chuck.

Breakfasting with Ellie and Awesome, Chuck nonchalantly blows off Sarah's call -- he'll see her later. Ellie recalls that Chuck said he didn't think Sarah was the one. What's he going to do about it? Chuck claims breaking up is complicated, but Ellie thinks Chuck needs to take charge of his life and move forward. And if he's not being truthful with Sarah, he's not only hurting her, he's hurting himself.

At Buy More, Morgan is sleep deprived and freaked out. Big Mike and his mom are going at it like teenagers and keeping him up at night. Can he crash at Chuck's? Chuck is just blowing off another call from Sarah, when she taps him on the shoulder and offers to buy him a yogurt. Chuck claims he wanted to talk, it was just a matter of timing. But Sarah already knows that Chuck has breaking up on his mind, since she overheard his breakfast talk with Ellie.

Sarah suggests that they just tell everyone that they're taking things slowly, but Chuck is tired of lying to everyone. They will never really be together -- it's over. Casey pulls Chuck and Sarah downstairs to meet with Beckman. Ladies' man Cole has been identified from a print on the body bag. He's landed at LAX and taken a cab to the Standard Hotel to hand off his booty to a Fulcrum agent. Jealous, Chuck focuses in on Cole's groinal area, then flashes on his belt buckle -- Sarah will have to retrieve it.

Flush with romance, Big Mike asks Morgan to conduct interviews for a new green shirt while he takes care of the "plumbing" at his Mom's house. Realizing an opportunity to play casting couch, Jeff and Lester offer to take the interviews off of Morgan's emotionally drained hands. When Jeff doesn't understand what kind of hot babes would interview for a job as a green shirt, Lester concocts a plan to interview for the Buy More Babe -- a highly paid spokesmodel for Burbank's finest electronics store.

Casey is behind the bar at the Standard Hotel, as Chuck and Sarah wait for Cole to show. The plan is for Sarah to quickly seduce Cole and make off with the belt buckle. Chuck wonders if there isn't a better way, but Sarah shows him the gun in her purse. If she's in trouble they both have earwigs, and she'll ask for Cristal champagne. When Cole finally shows, Sarah swings into action, and they're on their way to his room within minutes.

Ellie and Awesome return home, where they're surprised by Morgan, who's been busy. He's drawn them a bath, cooked them a roast, and serves up ice-cold martinis. Over dinner, Ellie is surprised to learn that Chuck is with Sarah -- didn't they break up yet? If Morgan knows one thing, he knows Chuck, and he can't believe Chuck would break up with Sarah -- she's obviously the one. Ellie panics, thinking she may have been wrong to advise the break-up.

Chuck is determined to keep his earwig in for the duration of Sarah's seduction, but when the action gets hot and heavy, he takes it out and orders a stiff drink. Meanwhile, Casey notices two suspicious types. Thinking they're the Fulcrum agents, he boards the elevator along with a woman named Alexis and her baby. When the door opens on Cole's floor, Alexis pulls a gun out of her stroller and a blazing battle begins. Now with her wrists bound by Cole's belt, Sarah asks for some Cristal.

When Chuck overhears a bar order for Cristal, he runs to Cole's room and kicks down the door, shocked to find Sarah in her underwear. Cole insists they're making a big mistake, but Sarah and Chuck take him to the rooftop parking lot, where a Blackhawk appears to hammer them with machine gun fire. Sarah pushes Chuck and Cole to the ground, in a bid to draw off the fire, but gets pinned down. Cole convinces Chuck to unlock his handcuffs, promising if he wants Sarah to live, he has no choice.

Cole grabs two guns, and in a fleeting display of masculine pulchritude blows up an AC unit, which engulfs the Blackhawk in a fireball. Sarah's impressed, and Casey shows up in time to knock Cole out. Back at the Castle, Beckman apologizes to Cole: they didn't know he was MI6, or that he'd been undercover for 18 months. Chuck pries a data chip from the belt buckle. Cole claims that the chip is useless without a specific playback device developed by Fulcrum to bypass encryption.

Beckman orders Cole to stay on lock-down at Castle; Sarah will spend the night with him. Cole ensures that Chuck and Sarah are no longer together, before announcing his intention to butter Sarah's muffin. Jealous, Chuck offers to let Cole stay at his house, on the couch with Morgan. In the middle of the night, Morgan, who sleeps in the nude, wakes up and heads to the kitchen. Worried about Chuck, Ellie can't sleep either. The sight of Morgan's masculine pulchritude nearly kills her.

In the morning, Ellie puts her foot down. No more naked Morgan on the couch! When she asks about Sarah, Chuck admits they're just going to be friends. Ellie's face drops. Once Chuck lets Sarah go, she'll be hard to get back. Awesome spells it out -- a hot babe like Sarah won't be on the market for long. What was Chuck thinking? Meanwhile, Sarah has stayed up all night, avoiding Cole's suggestion that she brush up on her seduction skills. Stopping into Orange Orange, Chuck can't help spying on them through the surveillance monitor on the register console.

Jeff wears a robe for the hot model interviews. Model Brooklyn smells a rat when he pulls a Sharon Stone from "Basic Instinct," and Lester describes them as "bosses with privileges." When Brooklyn threatens to call the police, the jig is up. Lester claims Chuck is in charge. Down in the Castle, Chuck offers to crack the microchip, but everyone tells him not to be a hero. They're going to meet with the Fulcrum agents, and Chuck should go back to Buy More.

Chuck arrives at work just in time to get a slap from Brooklyn, who huffs out to call her lawyer. Morgan explains that Jeff and Lester must have taken some liberties while interviewing for a new green shirt. Chuck gets busy, trying to crack the chip, while Cole, Casey and Sarah spy the Fulcrum agents on a busy street corner. In a limo, Alexis learns that someone in Burbank has triggered the chip's homing device, and orders her agents to kill Cole.

Sarah spies an agent's gun and moves in, just in time to get pulled into the limo along with Cole. Meanwhile, Chuck cracks the chip -- it's all about him as Patient Zero. Chuck smashes the chip, and looks up to see Alexis smiling down at him. Before long, Chuck is chained hands overhead alongside Cole and Sarah in a warehouse. Chuck confesses that the chip was all about him. Worried that Chuck won't be able to withstand Alexis' torture, Sarah tells him to pass out by scaring himself.

Armed with a machete, Alexis takes a whip to Cole, making Chuck watch. When she pulls out a blow torch, Chuck finally cracks -- he's the one she's looking for. Cole claims Chuck is lying -- why would the CIA put their secrets into the brain of such a pathetic weakling? Chuck challenges Alexis to stick a five-inch long syringe in his eye, the thought of which scares him so much, he passes out. Meanwhile, Casey calls Beckman to ask for NASA surveillance, so he can locate the rest of his team.

Alexis prepares to inject Sarah with enough Ricin to kill an army when Casey and the SWAT team bust in. Casey is delighted to capture Alexis -- now she'll have to tell them everything she knows about Fulcrum. But she's no stranger to the golden rule of torture -- everybody talks -- and jams the syringe into her neck, killing herself. Casey points out that Chuck fainted while Cole endured torture. That's why Cole's getting so much attention from Sarah.

Later, Sarah ices a scrape on Chuck's head, proud that he withstood torture. He's had some experience, having endured the torture of their fake relationship. Chuck claims it wasn't all bad, and makes a move towards reconciliation, when Cole interrupts on his way out. Sarah warns that if he knows who Chuck is, he may pose a threat she has to handle. Claiming he would love to be handled by her, Cole offers to fly Sarah away for a passionate vacation, but she insists she has to work.

On the way out, Chuck punches up the surveillance camera in the register to spy Cole pulling Sarah into a passionate kiss. Back at Buy More, Morgan has reached a momentous decision: he has to get his own apartment. Inspired, Chuck asks Morgan to move in with him -- they'll get an apartment together. Meanwhile, Cole drinks scotch in a limo. A motorcycle cop drives alongside and shoots the driver.

After work, Morgan and Chuck go home to give Ellie and Awesome the big news. Ellie is devastated to hear that Chuck is moving in with Morgan, just as there's a knock on the door. Sarah pulls Chuck outside to inform him that Fulcrum has Cole, and since he knows that Chuck is Intersect, Chuck will have to go under 24-hour protection until further notice. That means they can't break up, and they have to move in together.

How to Be Undercover Cool Like Chuck Bartowski

2009-02-26T06:04:00.000-08:00

Wanna be cool like Chuck Bartowski? I saw another Bukisa user write about getting a job at the CIA. You can read that article here. It isn't a joke, it a genuine and quality article about getting work at the CIA. Chuck Bartowski, beloved Nerd Herd supervisor, seems less and less a nerd the more you watch. And he is adorable beyond nerd status. While you will find some cute nerds, he just seems too good looking to be a nerd.

His undercover name of choice is Charles Carmichael. It is suave and smooth and everything Chuck thinks he needs to be. If you want to be cool like Chuck, pick a name to make you feel cool. Any old alias you like will do.

Next up in gaining Chuck's cool? Gain the trust and respect of others. Whenever something goes wrong at the Buy More, Chuck is everyone's first call without a second thought. Chuck's real coolness comes from the fact that he is trusted to solve problems, computer or customer, where ever they might arise.

Chuck Bartowski's coolest trait has to be that he is loyal and courageous to no end. To really be cool in the style of Chuck, you need to always stand up for what you believe in and never let someone else tell you what is right. Chuck has his own moral compass and his own rule book when it comes to what is right. He doesn't let anyone stand in the way of helping his loved ones. Chuck's family and friends know he's cool because he is always there for him.

Chuck is a real hero to everyone around him. If you want that kind of cool, stand up for what you believe in. Never back down. Find what makes you feel cool. Get some respect. That's Nerd Herd style.

Source: by AnHonestWriter, Article Page

Ryan McPartlin Photos - 2 (Captain Awesome)

2009-02-25T22:20:00.001-08:00

Ryan McPartlin Photos(Captain Awesome)

Ryan McPartlin Photos - 1(Captain Awesome)

2009-02-25T22:13:00.000-08:00

Ryan McPartlin Photos(Captain Awesome)

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 14 - Chuck Versus the Best Friend

2009-02-24T17:06:00.000-08:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 14

When Anna's new boyfriend turns out to be connected to the Triades, Chuck is ordered to spy on him by becoming his friend, thereby endangering his friendship with Morgan.
Meanwhile Jeff and Lester want to perform at Ellie and Devon's wedding with their band called "Jeffster!"

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Allison Adler

Director: Peter Lauer

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Tony Hale (Emmett Milbarge)

Guest Star: Jennifer Jalene ("Smooth" Lau), Jack Yang (Jason Wang), James Kiriyama-Lem (Ambassador Mei Sheng), Mel Fair (TV Reporter)

Featured Music:
"Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction (Opening scenes)
"Momma's Boy" by Chromeo (The observation starts)
"Why Do These Parties Always End the Same Way?" by Benji Hughes (Jason's party)
"Wannamama" by Pop Levi (Sarah fights "Smooth" Lau)
"Africa" originally by Toto (Performed by Jeffster!)
"Africa" by Toto (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 214 | Season 2 | 02/23/2009

Flashback to Tarzana 1992: a 12-year-old Morgan Grimes is knocked to the ground by an irate classmate, Suzy, who's accused him of spying on her in gym class. A cowering Morgan is rescued by Chuck, who tells Morgan to grow up. Flash-forward to the present day: in the Buy More's home theatre room, Morgan presents his latest girl problem to Chuck and Lester and Jeff. Not only has Anna broken up with him, he fears she may now be seeing someone else. He pleads with his buddies to help him spy on her to find out. After outfitting Jeff's van with some amateur spy gear, the gang puts a tail on Anna.

Ellie is overwhelmed by all the arrangements for her upcoming wedding to Captain Awesome. She assigns him responsibility for handling the flowers, music, and the cake; she'll handle the rest. Devon in turn asks for help from his soon-to-be brother-in-law, Chuck: he wants him to find the band for the wedding. Back at Buy More, Jeff and Lester overhear Chuck making arrangements for music and explain that they have their own band, Jeffster (Jeff + Lester) and would love to play the wedding. Chuck says thanks but no thanks.

The guys follow Anna to a restaurant where she's met by a handsome suitor -- whom Chuck immediately flashes on! After reporting his flash to Casey and Sarah, they learn that Anna's new boyfriend is Jason Wang, part of a local drug and gun running gang known as TRIAD. General Beckman wants Chuck to befriend Jason to see if he can uncover additional gang members. Chuck's distraught -- he knows that befriending Anna's new boyfriend will be seen as a major betrayal by his best friend Morgan.

Chuck sucks it up and embraces the mission. He dissuades Morgan from pestering Anna, then ingratiates himself with her, suggesting that she and her new boyfriend join Sarah and him on a double date. Anna is pleasantly surprised and invites Chuck and Sarah to stop by a party that Jason is throwing tonight at his exotic car dealership.

At the party that night, Morgan remains in stalker mode, watching the event through a pair of binoculars. His heart is doubly broken when he spots Anna -- but also his soon-to-be-former best friend Chuck. Unbeknown to Morgan, Chuck and Sarah have a secondary objective at the party -- to convince Anna that she and Morgan were a great couple.

When Ellie calls the Buy More in need of computer repair, Jeff explains that Chuck is out at the moment, but that he and Lester will be right over. He explains to Lester that this is the perfect opportunity to audition for the happy couple. The computer repaired, Jeff starts setting up his keyboard and Lester begins his vocal warm-ups. A confused Ellie wonders what's happening; Devon (Awesome) explains it's Chuck's idea. They decide to humor Jeffster, only to see Lester suffer an attack of stage fright and run away.

Mingling at the party, Chuck flashes on two more of Jason's associates. As he's explaining what he's seen to Sarah, Anna approaches them and wants to talk to Sarah. Sarah surreptitiously hands Chuck a listening device to plant near Jason and his associates. Chuck sneaks off to a back showroom where Wang is conspiring with his fellow TRIAD members. Chuck plants the listening device, but jostles a nearby power cord loose, creating a commotion that alerts the TRIAD thugs.

Anna opens up to Sarah, realizing that she and Morgan were a great couple. She's torn between him and Jason. As they're talking, the party security forces are alerted to an intruder in the back showroom. Fearing that Chuck is about to be caught, Sarah and Casey rush to his rescue.

Security discovers the intruder -- but it's not Chuck, it's Morgan, who's infiltrated the party in a ski mask. Chuck, terrified that his lifelong friend will be killed, pleads with Casey and Sarah to intervene. They explain that they can't just go in to rescue him with guns a blazing because it would compromise their covers. Chuck bolts to save him anyway. Just as Wang's evil associate, Smooth Lau, is about to break Morgan's neck, Chuck intervenes. He explains that Morgan is a stalker, not a spy. Chuck renounces him as a sicko and the TRIAD thugs let him go. Morgan is crushed at the betrayal, but unharmed, at least for the moment. Moments later, Smooth discovers the listening device inside the garage and decides that Morgan was a spy after all. She orders him killed.

Back at Buy More, Morgan will have nothing to do with Chuck, effectively declaring their friendship over. Chuck laments to Sarah that she doesn't understand the depth of his bonds to Morgan. He explains that Morgan is family to him and always will be. Having to remain undercover is killing him. Sarah has little sympathy, coolly telling Chuck that if they don't complete the mission and uncover the drugs and weapons that TRIAD is trying to distribute throughout Los Angeles, a lot of people will lose their best friends.

At Buy More, Morgan realizes that his woes are not a result of Chuck's betrayal, but his own actions. He wants to grow up and start taking responsibility for his behavior. As they're talking, two TRIAD thugs enter the store searching for their target, Morgan. Chuck is terrified, knowing Morgan's life is in danger, but Morgan, thinking it's just a beatdown from Anna's new boyfriends' pals, wants to take his punishment. Chuck resorts to spraying Morgan with knock-out drops, then hiding him in a home theatre packing box.

As he's carting the box-bound Morgan across the store floor, Anna distracts Chuck to watch her boyfriend Jason being interviewed on TV. Wang is holding a charity auction that night; Chuck flashes that TRIAD intended to kill the Chinese ambassador. He summons Casey and Sarah for help. They arrive, but not before the bad guys figure out that Morgan is hidden in the box and load him into the back of their car, making a getaway.

Chuck, Sarah, and Casey head for the auction party at Wang's showroom. Chuck sneaks into the back and witnesses the TRIAD goons packing a bomb into the "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament on a Rolls Royce that will soon belong to the Chinese ambassador. He watches in horror as Smooth Lau's men transfer the still-unconscious Morgan into the trunk of the Rolls. "We'll kill two birds with one bomb," announces Lau.

The ambassador takes off before Casey and Sarah can swoop in. Chuck hops into his Nerd Herd car and chases after the Rolls, trying to save his friend. The ambassador's driver thinks it's an assassination attempt and a wild chase ensues. Casey hops on top of the Nerd Herder, trying to stop Chuck from harming himself. Casey finally gains entry and takes over control of the car, using a hidden remote control device to chase the ambassador's speeding time bomb of a Rolls Royce.

Smooth Lau discovers Sarah and the two fight an epic battle involving tire irons, broken glass, shards of CDs, airbags, and a seat belt used as a garrote. Walker prevails, then jumps into one of Wang's sports cars and takes off to help her fellow agents.

Casey and Chuck continue the chase, finally stopping the ambassador's car in an alley. As Casey explains to the ambassador's security detail that they're there to thwart a threat, Chuck sneaks around and extracts the bomb hidden in the Rolls's hood ornament. He puts it in the Nerd Herder and speeds off.

Sarah pulls up and she and Casey watch in terror as the Nerd Herder explodes in the distance. They're sure Chuck has died, but he emerges a few moments later, the remote car control in his hands. "That was pretty sweet, huh?" he says. He rescues the still-asleep Morgan from the back of the Rolls and returns him to the Buy More, where he's none the wiser.

Following an impassioned plea to Captain Awesome, Jeffster gets a second chance to audition for the newlyweds-to-be -- this time inside the Buy More. Lester reaches deep inside this time, belting out a soulful version of Toto's "Africa." As the music plays, Morgan confesses his affection for Anna (who takes him back) and Sarah confesses to Chuck that she's never had a friend like he has in Morgan. Chuck tells her that she does now. They hold hands and share a sweet, knowing smile.

Zachary Levi and Yvonne Strahovski Photos

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Zachary Levi Photos

2009-02-21T10:11:00.000-08:00

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 13 - Chuck Versus the Suburbs

2009-02-18T19:05:00.000-08:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 13

It is Valentine's day and emotions are boiling at the Buy More. However, Big Mike has to face a divorce, so the Buy More team try to distract him.
Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah go undercover as a married couple in the suburbs.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Phil Klemmer

Director: Jay Chandrasekhar

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Tony Hale (Emmett Milbarge)

Guest Star: Patricia Rae (Bologna), Jenny McCarthy (Sylvia), Brian Thompson (Neighbor)

Featured Music:
"Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads (Chuck arrives at the new house in the suburbs)
"Fever" by Peggy Lee (Sylvia hits on Chuck)
"I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash (Chuck goes to work)
"Fever" by Peggy Lee (Chuck gets handcuffed)
"Freeze And Explode" by Cassettes Won't Listen (Closing scenes)

Episode Recap

Episode 213 | Season 2 | 02/16/2009

It's Valentine's Day, and at the Buy More, Big Mike is in an especially foul mood. Chuck learns that Big Mike's wife served him divorce papers...yes, on Valentine's Day. Wanting a distraction from his failed love life, Big Mike says it's going to be a whole new Buy More. One where he expects people to actually work. At home, Chuck and Sarah sit and wonder if anyone is having as lame a Valentine's Day as they are. Meanwhile, their answer sits in the form of Casey, alone in the bunker with a stiff drink, watching military history show on TV.

General Beckman tells Casey that LAPD has busted their operative, Jim Yeager. Yeager, whose mission isn't on record, has been missing a year and is in too fragile a mental state to divulge what his mission was. Beckman shows him Yeager's address in the valley. They think he chose the location in the suburbs to be near a sleeper cell. Beckman shows Casey a video of Yeager strapped to a hospital bed repeating "Salamander." She wants Chuck and Sarah to pose as a "normal couple" to resume Yeager's work, infiltrate his network and identify his terrorist contact. Casey tells Chuck and Sarah their mission and hands them wedding rings.

Chuck drives a station wagon to Yeager's house in the suburbs. Inside, it's now decorated with photos of Chuck and Sarah's fictitious married life. They even have a dog. Casey is inside posing as the cable guy while Sarah prepares a cookout for the neighbors. Chuck converses awkwardly among the husbands, especially when Brad jokes he'd like to wife swap with him. Meanwhile at the Buy More, the guys try to help Big Mike mend his love life through internet dating. They create a profile for him and explain the "internet hotness conversion factor" when they slightly lie about his job and physical attributes.

At the party, sexy cougar Sylvia hits on Chuck, but he rebuffs her, saying he's married. She points out her husband, whom Chuck notes is a big guy. She says her husband's job keeps him out of town a lot. Alone, Chuck tells Sarah that he hasn't flashed on any of the neighbors. Inside, Casey calls them in after finding a bug on one of the food platters. Chuck flashes on it, saying it was stolen from a CIA substation in 2006 and now it belongs to Fulcrum. Fred interrupts to let Chuck know that "His wieners are burning." Casey says these people creep him out.

The next morning, Chuck is pleasantly surprised to see Sarah cooking breakfast for him. She says Casey swept the house and it's clean of bugs. Chuck notices that Sarah seems to be enjoying the role of housewife. Outside, she hands him a note and waves to Sylvia's husband, who's also leaving for work. He doesn't return the gesture. At the Buy More, Casey tells Chuck he's identified Sylvia's husband as the guy who planted the bugs. And, that he's been buying technology to hack into government computers. Casey wants Chuck to pretend he wants to sleep with Sylvia to get inside the house and on her husband's computer.

Chuck goes to Sylvia's house and she makes quick work of seducing him, handcuffing him to the bed. While she's fixing him a drink, he breaks free and finds her husband's computer. He guesses the password, "Salamander" and scores. Several images flash on screen, overloading his senses and he passes out. The husband returns and asks Sylvia if she's tested Chuck yet. Chuck wakes, and as stunned neighbors watch, he escapes through a window and runs from her house in his boxers, fuzzy red handcuffs still attached to his wrist. Sylvia and her husband see Chuck ran the test and are amazed he survived. "We found our subject," she says.

Beckman is furious that they made their presence in the neighborhood so public. Thinking Chuck may have Fulcrum intelligence in his brain after being exposed to the pictures, Beckman pulls him from the investigation. At the Buy More, Big Mike is dressed in a big date, but is worried that he said he was a 185-pound shipping magnate on his profile. Chuck flashes on the stationery that Sarah gave to him and learns that the entire neighborhood is a front for Fulcrum. He tries to warn Sarah, but gets her voicemail. Soon, the neighborhood makes their move on Sarah and Casey, taking them prisoner.

Chuck races to the neighborhood and flashes on everyone he sees. Fred tasers him, and Chuck wakes in a lab to find himself strapped into a mind meld machine. His once benign neighbors are all in lab coats, preparing for a test. Sarah sits nearby, handcuffed. Brad tells Chuck he has a special brain, so they're using him to test their new computer program that implants intelligence directly into agent's brains. The CIA gave up on it, but Fulcrum hasn't. When Chuck is worried about Sarah, Sylvia mocks him for having feelings for her. She says they aren't real because everything Sarah's told him isn't real.

In a nearby room, Casey breaks his thumb to escape the handcuffs and sneaks out. As he makes his way toward the lab, it's lights camera action for Chuck while the Fulcrum agents and Sarah watch, wearing protective glasses. After the test, they think it might have fried Chuck's brain, but he recovers. Chuck feigns being brainwashed, and when Sylvia asks him their mission, he recites that Fulcrum wants to construct their own Intersect computer. As they put Sarah in the hot seat, Chuck manages to signal Casey in the computer room to go ahead. Chuck shields Sarah as Casey activates the program which kills or scrambles the brains of all the Fulcrum agents.

In the bunker, Beckman tells Sarah that Fulcrum is perilously close to completing their own Intersect computer. She says the honeymoon is over for Sarah and Chuck, since protecting his life has never been more crucial. In the yogurt store, Chuck wants to go back to the cul-de-sac for a romantic interlude, but Sarah has her orders, and coldly shuts him down. Chuck is crestfallen, especially when she asks for the ring back.

At the Buy More, Big Mike is glowing from a night of passion with his internet date. Because he doesn't want a relationship based on lies, he invites her to the store. When she arrives, the boys watch as he tells her the truth. She says she wasn't particularly honest either. She says she has a son...who works at the store. "Please Lord, let it be Bartowski," Mike says. They kiss, just as a horrified Morgan walks up and says to Big Mike, "You're banging my mom?"

At the apartment, Chuck tells Ellie that the trial run of playing house was disastrous for him and Sarah. He assures her they aren't breaking up, but says they aren't like her and Captain Awesome. He said that being in that house was almost perfect, but they are never going to be anything more than what they are right now. Chuck says that he's okay with that. As the house is being cleared out, Casey asks Sarah if she has everything she needs. Clearly feeling sorry that the honeymoon is over, she secretly keeps the wedding ring used in the cover.

CHUCK Season 2 Episode 12 - Chuck Versus the Three Dimension

2009-02-18T18:38:00.000-08:00

CHUCK SEASON 2 - EPISODE 12

Chuck has to protect rock star Tyler Martin, while Morgan wins two backstage passes to Martin's concert, so he needs to decide who will become his "plus one".

This is a special 3D episode.

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Cast and Crew

Writer: Chris Fedak

Director: Robert Duncan McNeill

Star: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker), Joshua Gomez (Morgan Pace), Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey), Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski), Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb), Julia Ling (Anna Wu), Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike), Vik Sahay (Lester), Scott Krinsky (Jeff).

Recurring Role: Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman), Tony Hale (Emmett Milbarge)

Guest Star: Dominic Monaghan (Tyler Martin), Nicholas Guilak (Achmed Gambir), Luisa Moraes (Vixen #1), Nina Fehren (Vixen #2), Treisa Gary (Wife), Jerome Bettis (Jimmy), Harry Van Gorkum (Gavin)

Featured Music:
"Good Days Bad Days" by Kaiser Chiefs (Morgan tells Chuck about Tyler Martin)
"Try It Again" by The Hives (The grenade is discovered)
"I Like Dem Girls" by Sizzle C (Chuck and Tyler go party)
"The Final Countdown" by Europe (Morgan's special triathlon)
"Out At The Pictures" by Hot Chip (Played at the club)
Unknown Song (Chuck and Tyler dance with the girls)
Unknown Song (Sarah and Casey come to the club)
"Cazonetta Sull'aria" (Morgan watches Butterman and later gives him the ticket)
Unknown Song (Just before the concert)
"Tales Of A Thousand Fears" by Vienne (The concert starts)
"Lost Coastlines" by Okkervil River (Tyler leaves) edit »

Episode Recap

Episode 212-3d | Season 2 | 02/02/2009

Chuck dreams about Sarah in sexy lingerie in his bedroom, crawling toward him like a cat. Chuck confesses he's afraid of her after watching her kill a Fulcrum agent in cold blood, adding he needs to tell her this in reality, not in a dream. Sarah says it's not a dream, but a nightmare. She raises a Halloween-sized knife over her head. Chuck wakes, screaming. At breakfast, Ellie and Awesome notice Chuck is jumpy. He says things are stressful at work. They suggest he take a day off, but Chuck goes to work anyway.

At the Buy More, a huge line of people snakes around inside. A gleeful Morgan tells Chuck that rock star Tyler Martin is appearing at their store today, meaning they can slack and no one will notice. The Large Mart cancelled Martin's appearance after learning he had a sex tape, so Big Mike snapped up the opportunity. Big Mike tells Morgan that he hired an old football buddy of his, Jimmy Butterman, who just got paroled. He wants Morgan to teach him everything he knows. Morgan is nervous about working alongside an ex-con, but Big Mike isn't sympathetic. "He's a teammate," Big Mike says.

Chuck spots a guy in a trench coat planting a grenade on a shelf. After flashing on the grenade, he radios Casey and Sarah. Casey grabs the box and of course, being the Buy More, the staff thinks it's a game of keep away. It changes hands, ending up with Morgan, who Butterman flattens with a burly arm to the face. Casey, Chuck and Sarah rush the grenade to the basement and safely insulate the detonation. In the Bunker, Beckman tells them to find out who wants Tyler dead. The grenade is a North African military weapon commonly used by intelligence. Beckman wants them to question Tyler, who just finished an African tour.

Flanked by security guards, Tyler struts into the store amid screaming girls. He jumps onto the counter and yells, "Hello Cleveland" to the Burbank crowd. Tyler tells the audience there's one Golden Ticket planted in his new CD for sale, which will grant the winner and a guest backstage access to his concert. When Tyler spots Sarah and drools, they realize getting him alone isn't going to be as hard as they thought. Sarah lures Tyler to the basement where Casey shoots him with a tranquilizer dart.

After transferring Tyler to Chuck's apartment, they put Chuck on rock star watch while they try to track down the suspect via his car, which was captured on the Buy More security camera. In the suspect's apartment, they realize they're dealing with a pro when they find detailed pictures of Tyler taped to the walls and bomb-making materials littering the desk. Meanwhile, in the Buy More break room, Morgan, Lester, Jeff and Butterman slice open stacks of Tyler's CDs to try to find the Golden Ticket. Morgan finds it but can only take one of them. He says they're going to have to settle it "The Buy More way."

Martin wakes, and thinking he's in a fancy restaurant bathroom, pees in Chuck's fountain. When Tyler asks who he is, Chuck says he's from Tyler's record label. Tyler isn't concerned when Chuck says he's protecting him from a death threat. He just wants to party, and tosses Chuck's cell phone into the fountain so their partying won't be disturbed by the wringing hands at the label. At the bar, surrounded by a smattering of women, Chuck and Tyler pound back drinks. Tyler shouts to everyone that all the drinks are on his record label and points to Chuck.

At the Buy More, Morgan holds a "special triathlon" to determine who will be his plus one for the Golden Ticket. The contestants: Jeff, Butterman and Lester. First; The Molly Ringwald Underpants Challenge. Morgan hasn't even finished explaining that the first contestant to bring back a pair of women's panties wins the challenge when Butterman pulls up Lester's shirt and yanks a sparkly pair of women's panties off him. First win: Butterman. Humiliated, Lester screams, "I'm a man!" Then, walking off gingerly says, "I need ice."

Tyler is just explaining that his manager arranges his tattoos, when two sexy women ask Tyler and Chuck to dance. Casey and Sarah trace Chuck via a homing device to the bar, where they spot the man who planted the grenade. He sees them and slips outside where they get him at gupoint. Inside his trench coat, he reveals several grenades, and tells them that he's got friends inside helping him to kill Tyler. With no choice, they let him go. Inside, Chuck flashes on one of the women's necklaces. When they want to go to their hotel room, Chuck can't figure out how to warn Tyler without blowing cover.

Meanwhile, at the Buy More, round two of Morgan's special triathlon continues with a six-foot hoagie-eating contest. Butterman faces off against Jeff, and the two race to eat their way to the middle. It's close, but Jeff wins, then passes out. Next, for round three, Morgan brings in a urinal cake that he's holding with tongs and places it on the table. Before he describes the contest, Jeff grabs it and takes a bite. Morgan is completely grossed out, and says he only wanted them to be the first one to touch it. Jeff asks, "I still win, right?"

Inside their hotel room, Chuck tries to talk Tyler out of going into the bedroom with the women. Tyler agrees, saying Chuck needs them more than he does. He pushes him inside and shuts him in. After they get Chuck's pants off, he runs, narrowly escaping their flying daggers. In boxers, socks and a t-shirt, Chuck runs to the rooftop and radios for help. As Casey and Sarah race to the top floor, Chuck is cut off by the Bond-like assassins. He jumps onto an exterior elevator and hangs precariously from the side, where the women enter!

The elevator doors open, and Tyler sees them. He's shocked when one points a gun at him. A dart hits his neck and he falls. Casey and Sarah enter the elevator and 32 floors up, as Chuck hangs from the side, they offer some major butt kicking to the two assassins. Tyler wakes in Chuck's apartment, and after hearing he's in government custody, starts calling his manager. Casey tranquilizes Tyler again, and he slumps, revealing his back tattoo. Chuck flashes: the tattoo reveals plans for a secret nuclear reactor. Chuck realizes that Tyler's manager, who hires the tattoo artists, has been using Tyler's body to trade secrets.

Casey and Sarah chastise Chuck for going to the nightclub. Chuck is angered, saying that he's not a spy with their skill sets and wants time off. Tired of listening to it, Casey shoots a tranquilizer dart at Chuck and he passes out.

At the Buy More, Morgan feels sorry for parolee Butterman, who's not had freedom for a long time. He explains to Jeff why he's giving Butterman the Golden Ticket. Back in Castle, Beckman orders Chuck and Sarah to convince Tyler to perform so they can capture Achmed Gambir, a top foot soldier in a private North African army, at the concert. Chuck worries about Tyler's safety but agrees to talk to him. As they listen, Chuck asks Tyler for one night of bravery for his entire life back. Sarah is moved when Chuck says, "I can't even tell you what I'd give for that." So is Tyler, who agrees to perform.

At the Buy More, Morgan, Lester and Jeff are stunned when they see Butterman selling the Golden Ticket they just gave to him for $800. He tells them $800 is the price of his ticket to Zijuataneho and bids them farewell, "See ya never. Enjoy hell."

When Achmed knocks on Tyler's dressing room door, Chuck radios for help. Achmed breaks open the door and knife in hand, moves toward the closet where Tyler is hiding. Chuck stops him by showing him a cell phone picture of Tyler's tattoo. As Tyler listens, stunned, Chuck recounts how Achmed and his private army are selling enriched uranium to unstable countries, and that they've been using Tyler's manager to get information to their buyers via Tyler's tattoos. He threatens to email that and the photo to everyone. Achmed puts down his knife.

Tyler bursts from the closet, armed with a cymbal. He swings at Achmed, misses, propelling himself and Chuck through the door. They run, passing Tyler's manager whom he punches and fires, ending up onstage. In the wings, Achmed is readying himself to throw his knife at Tyler, who tells Chuck to jump. They stage dive into the crowd, which passes them around. As Achmed tries to get close, Sarah and Casey find him and treat him to a mini-mosh pit of kicks and punches, knocking him out. The crowd passes Tyler to back the stage, then, realizing Chuck's not a star, drops him on his back.

At the Buy More, Morgan asks Big Mike what Butterman was in for. Big Mike said that Butterman was in for bank fraud and insider trading, a white collar crime. "Why, he take you fools for some money?" Big Mike asks. Morgan tells him about Zijuataneho. Big Mike laughs and says, "Zijuataneho is Mexican for Philadelphia." At Chuck's apartment, Casey reminds Tyler to have his tattoos removed. Tyler thanks Chuck for everything, especially the lesson to put people first. He hugs him goodbye and after one more pass at Sarah, bids her farewell too.

Chuck confronts Sarah about lying to him about shooting the unarmed Fulcrum agent on Christmas Eve. She said that she was trying to protect him, as the agent knew about Chuck, which put him and his whole family in danger. They give Chuck his time off and leave for a mission. Chuck asks them where they're going, but they're not telling. It's too much, and just as they are leaving Chuck jumps into the car with them. Casey, who seemed to have been hoping for a break from Chuck himself, angrily drives them away.

Preview Chuck Versus the Suburbs

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Air Date : 2/16/2009

NBC Red Carpet Interview with the cast of Chuck

2009-02-11T05:07:00.000-08:00

Part 1

Part 2

Interviews on the Set of "Suburbs"

2009-02-11T05:00:00.000-08:00

Guest stars Jenny McCarthy and Andy Richter along with Chuck's Zach Levi and Yvonne Strahovski reveal a few secrets about the upcoming episode: Chuck versus the Suburbs.

Yvonne Strahovski Wallpapers

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