- Casey is ordered to pursue Chuck and Sarah, who have gone rogue in order to rescue Chuck's father. Morgan's screw-up makes him Public Enemy #1 among the Buy Morons.
- The general terminates project Intersect, promotes Casey colonel and orders him to tie the loose ends: Chuck and Sara, who went AWOL to search father Steve 'Orion' Bartowski. Casey finds and ultimately captures them, but as the learned about Ted Roark's plan to program a Fulcrum force with a new Intersect Steve is forced to make, secretly reconstitutes the team to deal with him, in which process Devon, already stressed by Ellie's wedding panic, must be initiated in Chuck's secret. Steve ma,ages to remove the Intersect from Chuck's head. At the Buy More, Emmett blackmails Morgan to become his slavish assistant manager to spare his openly hostile mates dismissal, until an alternative plan hatches.—KGF Vissers
- Previously on "Chuck:" Young Bartowski (Zachary Levi) had gone AWOL with Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) in search of elder Bartowski. Casey (Adam Baldwin) was in hot pursuit of the pair and Morgan (Joshua Gomez) had unwittingly ensured Emmett (Tony Hale) was general manager of the Buy More instead of Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence). Basically, it's all a huge mess.
Currently on "Chuck:" Casey is being brief by the general (Bonita Friedericy). He is to capture Chuck "dead or alive." Casey also learns he has been promoted to colonel. "You've earned it," Beckman says. Casey grins and then heads to Chuck's bedroom in search of clues. Awesome (Ryan McPartlin) who is getting married this very weekend, interrupts. Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) explains Chuck called to say he would be out of town. Casey smiles. He can trace a phone call.
Chuck and Sarah, meanwhile, are holed up in a motel out of town. Sarah wears nothing but her skivvies to bed, making our poor, reluctant spy all the more crazy. "After all you've done for this country, you deserve to find your father," Sarah coos. Little do the faux lovebirds know they're being watched by creepy Fulcrum agent Vincent. Back at the Buy More, Emmett is rearranging Big Mike's old office. "I never would have betrayed him if you hadn't tricked me," Morgan seethes. A triumphant Emmett has the gall to offer Morgan an assistant manager position. The bearded Nerd Herder refuses.
The next morning, Chuck and Sarah awake -- holding hands! Could this be the BIG MOMENT? Indeed, it is. The hand holding turns into snuggling. Snuggling turns into kissing. Kissing turns into heavy petting. And we're off! But before the couple can consummate, Chuck runs to the bathroom and opens up his wallet. Inside is a note from Morgan: "IOU one condom." Quips Chuck: "I'm going to kill you Morgan." And we would hardly blame him for doing so. Chuck heads out to find a condom -- and is immediately corralled by colonel Casey. "Did you really think you could run away from me?" he growls. The pair head inside the motel room and Sarah springs from behind a corner, knocking Casey out cold! She handcuffs her former partner to the radiator and runs outside. Suddenly, Chuck spies a license plate and has an INTERSECT MOMENT! "Fulcrum is here!" he says. "We can't leave Casey here." Sighing, Sarah heads back inside the motel.
Just then, Casey appears lugging a radiator. He slides into the car with Chuck and threatens to bludgeon our hero. Chuck refuses to leave without Sarah. But it's too late. The AWOL blonde has been captured by Vincent and a cadre of Fulcrum flunkies. Chuck throws the car into reverse, sending the Fulcrum agents fleeing! Casey exits the car and starts swinging the radiator like a Roman gladiator. Sarah disarms her captors with a flurry of well-placed punches and spin kicks. But just when you think the team is back together again, Casey turns his gun on Sarah. "It's over," he says. "On the ground."
Back at the Buy More, Awesome asks about Chuck's whereabouts -- and whether it could have something to do with Casey's strange behavior. Lester (Vik Sahay) and Jeff (Scott Krinsky) explain Casey is "obsessed" with Chuck. They show Awesome a diary to prove it. Turns out Casey has been recording all of Chuck's movements. We know this behavior is in the interests of national security, but Awesome just thinks Casey is insane. And creepy. "From one stalker to another, I'm impressed," Jeff says. More creepy.
Cut to the underground yogurt-shop lair where Casey has locked Chuck and Sarah in a glass cell. Chuck pleads with his former handler to let them go. Young Bartowski believes his father is being held in a secret Fulcrum base beneath an abandoned drive-in theater. "If your dad is there, I'll keep him safe," Casey says. "You have my word." Back at the Buy More, Morgan has accepted the assistant manager position on the condition Emmett stop assigning Big Mike humiliating tasks (like cleaning the restrooms and unloading trucks). Naturally, Lester and Jeff believe their bearded compatriot has betrayed them. To express their displeasure, the demented duo places a small bomb (which they found in Casey's locker, natch) on the Buy More power grid.
BOOM! The bomb -- more powerful then either dolt anticipated -- cuts power to all stores in the area, including the yogurt shop. Sure enough, the door to Sarah and Chuck's cell slides open. The two slip out. Lester and Jeff, it would appear, are good for something besides comic relief, after all.
Awesome, meanwhile, has decided to investigate Casey's home (bad idea). He discovers a video feed of Chuck's bedroom, seemingly reinforcing the notion Casey is stalking Awesome's soon-to-be brother-in-law. Just then, Casey arrives home. The colonel is about to turn Awesome into Unconscious Awesome when Sarah bursts through the door. She knocks Casey out cold (again). "Sarah?!" Awesome yells. "What the hell is going on here?" Says Chuck: "Devon, don't freak out." Easy for him to say. Sarah protests, but Chuck explains the last two years of his life to Awesome -- the edited-for-time version, of course. "I am a high-level CIA asset and these are my handlers," he says. "I need you to cover for me with Ellie. I need you to be ... awesome." Awesome agrees. Moreover, he clearly has a new respect for Ellie's little bro. "I knew you weren't a loser!" he exclaims. Nice. Chuck, Sarah and Awesome exit, leaving an angry and cursing Casey tied to a chair.
Sometime later, the general appears on Casey's computer screen. She explains Fulcrum DOES have a base under the drive-in theater and Chuck's dad IS being held there. Also: "I've ordered a squad of F-16s to annihilate the site," the general says. That doesn't sit well with Casey, who gave his word to keep Steve Bartowski (Scott Bakula) safe. As soon as the general signs off, Casey begins working on his escape.
Second later, Casey has indeed escaped. He heads to the drive-in theater and discovers Chuck and Sarah about to raid the joint. "Beckman ordered an air strike," he warns. "It will be here in less than 20 minutes." Better yet: "I think your father has served his country honorably and deserves to attend his daughter's wedding." One condition: Chuck waits in the car. Welcome back to the team, Casey. We hardly knew you were gone.
Hundreds of feet below, Steve has finally finished building an Intersect for Roark (Chevy Chase). He has only one request: "Leave my family alone." Roark seems less than agreeable to a promise. Outside, Chuck waits in the car when a train of Fulcrum cars arrives. They all line up in front of the giant outdoor movie screen where Roark suddenly appears. "You've all been carefully selected by Fulcrum to be the next generation of Intersect agents -- more capable than any computer, more efficient than any spy in history!" he cries. Understanding dawns on Chuck. "He's using the Intersect to build an army!" Duh, Bartowski.
Sarah and Casey, in the meantime, make short work of Steve Bartowski's guards. The trio races toward the surface as the F-16s race toward the drive-in theater. They reach the car in safety only to be immediately captured by Vincent and his men. Chuck, meanwhile, has gone to the projection booth, where the glowing blue Intersect constructed by dear ol' dad waits to be beamed into the brains of the agents parked below. Roark switches on the device and a rapid succession of images begin playing on the big screen. Chuck closes his eyes, not wanting to refresh the program in his own head. "I made this for you," Steve whispers to his son. "It's all for you. Trust me, son." Chuck opens his eyes and watches. Suddenly, BOOM! The F-16s have arrived -- and they're dropping bombs everywhere!
Sarah, Chuck, Casey and dad make a break for it, barely outrunning a giant fireball! "I feel different," Chuck says as the foursome drives away from the flaming drive-in. That's because dad played a dirty trick on Roark. "I programmed it to remove the Intersect from Chuck's head," he explains. "You're free, son."
Back at the underground yogurt-shop lair, Casey tells the general Sarah deserves all the credit for the mission's resounding success. "She pretended to go AWOL," Casey says. Look at that: a colonel lying to a general to save a friend. Now we've seen everything. And there's better news: Chuck's days as a reluctant spy appear to be over. "Mr. Bartowski, you are free to return to ... whatever you do," the general says.
Back at the Buy More, Morgan has decided to follow his dreams of becoming a Benihana chef in Hawaii. "Gentlemen, it's been a pleasure serving with you," he tells Big Mike, Jeff and Lester. "What are you doing?" a shocked Emmett asks. Morgan removes his shirt, grabs his GF Anna (Julia Ling) and heads toward the front door. Hawaii, here they come! So Morgan is also free. It's the hap-hap-happiest of endings.
Or is it?
Turns out Ellie is fretting over her missing brother and father and doesn't want to go to her own rehearsal dinner. Just then, Chuck and Steve burst through the front door! It IS the hap-hap-happiest of endings! Casey, Chuck and Sarah head to the wedding for one last mission: getting sloppy drunk at the open bar. Our two lovebirds join hands (Sarah and Chuck, not Chuck and Casey). But before we all get too warm and fuzzy ...
Cut to a deserted road. A disheveled man holds out his thumb. A truck pulls over.
Driver: "Where ya headed?" Roark: "Burbank. I have a wedding to go to."
To be continued ...
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