CHUCK Season 2 Episode 19 - Chuck Versus the Dream Job

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

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

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.