Chuck vs. The Break-up
October 14th 2008 19:03
Now that Bryce is back, poor Chuck is right back where he started. Alone and miserable as The Intersect. (PS- NFL legend Michael Strahan guest stars…
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Flash back to 2005: Sarah and Bryce undercover as Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. The bad guy grabs Bryce and holds him captive. Without hesitation, Sarah takes the shot and takes out the bad guy.
2008
This episode picks up right where last week left off, with Chuck taking the rose to surprise Sarah, and finding Bryce in her apartment. He drops the rose in the trash on his way home and sinks into the armchair in the living room to watch TV with Ellie and Captain Awesome. Feeling sorry for her brother, Ellie asks if he wants to talk about it. Chuck just tells him that Sarah’s ex is back in town, and he’ll be fine. Devon assures Chuck that whoever Sarah’s ex is, he’s got nothing on Chuck.
Chuck appreciates their efforts to make him feel better and sadly watches Ellie cuddle with her fiancé. He knows it’s something he can never have with Sarah.
Meanwhile, at Buy More, Lester orders Morgan to kick out the enthusiastic Madden Football “Mighty Jocks” players who are taking over the video game testing room. With no choice, Morgan attempts to ask them to clean up after themselves and “use their indoor voices”, but all he gets is threatened and a wrap stuffed in his pocket. The leader of the pack tells him if he ever interrupts one of his games again, it’ll be Morgan’s face that get’s smashed instead. “You understand that?” “P-perfectly.”
~*~*~
Down in the secret CIA briefing room, Chuck and Casey sit in front of the General’s screen. When Sarah joins them, Chuck asks her if she knows why Bryce is there. “I mean, he’s not staying with you is he?” Chuck tries to ask nonchalantly. Sarah gives him a warning look. “Not now Chuck.”
General Beckman clears her throat. “Is there something you’d like to share with the rest of the class Mr. Bartowski?” Nope, he’s good. Okay then, moving on. The General tells them of their next case, one involving the Fulcrum group. They have a chip that could compromise their cover. A rich man named Von Hayes is going to be throwing a lavish party. “Your job,” the General tells Sarah. “Will be to pose as a married couple and steal back the chip.”
Chuck is enthusiastic. “This is what I’m talking about General! Finally a mission that I can sink my teeth into.” Unfortunately for Chuck, she tells him that this mission is going to require a “real spy”. Chuck’s face falls as the doors open and Bryce enters. “Sorry I’m late.”
Bryce will be posing as Sarah’s husband. Chuck will go to the party as a waiter.
Bryce heads down the stairs and pulls out a ring and puts it on Sarah’s finger. “Hello Mrs. Anderson.”
Sarah smiles. Chuck’s eyes widen. This can’t be good!
~*~*~
At Buy More, Chuck follows Casey around. “So what’s the scoop with the Andersons?”
“What are you worried that Bryce is gonna steal your girl?”
Chuck insists that he and Sarah are strictly professional. “So I resent any accusation otherwise.” Plus, if he’s going to be stuck being a spy for a while, Chuck tells Casey he wants to “learn a little lesson from—” he nods to Casey. “The Master.”
Considering Chuck is right about him being the master, Casey tells him that the microchip is being held in a vault at Von Hayes’s mansion. All Sarah and Bryce have to do is sneak in and grab it. Chuck is confused. Won’t they look suspicious sneaking around like that? Casey tells him that “Bryce and Sarah will be very affectionate.” Chuck’s eyes widen as Casey continues, “That way no one will ask them questions when they look at that vault. That’s the beauty of PDA.”
~*~*~
Bryce visits Sarah at her undercover job, commenting on the fact that “The Company really knows how to put you in a cute outfit.” She reminds him that they’re not undercover yet, and he points out that they can never be too careful. She tells him that this time she wants to keep Mr. and Mrs. Anderson strictly a cover. He asks her if everything’s all right, and she assures him it is. Just with Fulcrum getting closer, she thinks they should focus. “No distractions.”
Outside, Ellie stops at the sight in front of her.
Bryce tells Sarah he understands. “I have to admit though,” he says, picking up her hand. “It sure was fun while it lasted.” Sarah smiles.
Seeing Sarah like this with her ex makes shocks Ellie. She feels for her brother.
~*~*~
Chuck stops to stare at his friend as Morgan pulls the wrap out of his pocket. “I’ve always found that lunch travels better in a bag,” he tells him. “But maybe that’s just me.”
Morgan tells Chuck about Lester making him try to kick out the Mighty Jocks from the home theater room, and Chuck reminds him, “Buddy, what have I told you about direct confrontation with the Mighty Jocks?”
“Roll up my tail between his legs and go get John Casey, I know,” Morgan says forlornly. He asks Chuck if he’s ever had someone show up in his life to make him feel so small, and Chuck tells him he knows exactly how Morgan feels. But to make Morgan feel better, he adds, “There’s always gonna be somebody that’s cooler, or better looking, or more athletic than us, but there’s one thing that we have that they don’t.”
“I have a beard,” Morgan tries.
“Brains.” Chuck says. “And if we use our brains then we’re gonna be okay.”
“You’re right dude, I know,” Morgan says, shaking his head. “Good talk.” He holds out his hand, then changes his mind and fist bumps Chuck when they both spot the amount of wrap still on his hand.
Chuck starts to head out and runs into Ellie, who regretfully tells Chuck that she was on her way into the Orange Orange to ask Sarah to be a bridesmaid (Chuck: That is so sweet Ellie!) and she saw Sarah there holding hands with another guy. “I think it might be her ex,” she tells her brother.
Chuck clears his throat. “Really, uh, did you get a good look at him?”
“Well I couldn’t cuz he was faced the other way, but uh, dark hair, sort of classically handsome.”
“I don’t know if I’d call him “classically handsome”,” Chuck replies. “Maybe from like a weird angle or from really far away—they were holding hands?” he asks, getting distracted.
“Yeah, I’m really sorry Chuck.”
He tells his sister not to be, that Sarah was probably just trying to let her ex down nicely. He assures that things have never been better between them.
~*~*~
The Mighty Jocks are back. Lester asks Morgan about it, and he tells him that he tried. Maybe they’ll respond to someone in a place of authority. Anna points out that Lester should lead by example. Lester glances nervously at the room full of loud Mighty Jocks, and Morgan comes up with an idea. “What about a plan that doesn’t involve direct confrontation?”
Lester slowly turns to look at him. “Talk to me.”
Morgan and Lester go Buy More spy moves on the Mighty Jocks. Silently communicating to each other as they slowly sneak up on the home theater room. Lester climbs a ladder, checks on the room, then motions to Morgan to summersault towards the fuse box. Anna rolls her eyes.
The Mighty Jocks are counting down to the winning touchdown as Morgan points to the fuse box. Lester nods.
4 seconds...3…2—
The Mighty Jocks stare at the screen in disbelief as the power is cut and the screen goes blank.
Lester and Morgan celebrate in slow-motion until suddenly the glass door to the home theater room slams open, knocking Morgan to the floor.
The head Mighty Jocks, Mitt, lifts him up in the air by his collar. “That was a game winning drive! A GAME WINNING DRIVE!”
Lester quickly turns around and pretends to help a customer.
“Now what does it look like?!” the Mitt asks, slamming Morgan up against the glass.
“Kind of hard to tell,” Morgan mutters. “A little bit of a glare.”
He tells the guy he didn’t want to kick them out in the first place. “My boss made me do it.”
“Who’s your boss?”
Afraid, Morgan points him towards Lester, who faints after seeing the “you’re dead” threat Mitt gestures. He and Lester are both in for it after work.
~*~*~
Chuck knocks on Sarah’s door and Bryce opens it. “What, no rose for me this time lover boy?”
“Cute,” Chuck answers dryly, telling Bryce, “we’re just protecting our cover” as he walks inside.
Bryce asks him about things at the Buy More and Chuck tells him that they’re good. A little nutty with the new MacBook update. Bryce can imagine.
Chuck glances over to watch Bryce tie his bowtie and then down at his own clip-on. He clears his throat as they both continue with their ties. “So staying with Sarah huh?”
“Protecting our cover,” Bryce answers.
He asks how things are between them and Chuck says they’re good. “Why did she say something?” No, Bryce was just worried that Chuck would fall for her, seeing as how she’s a beautiful girl and they’re pretending to be a couple.
Chuck lets out a huff. “What, me fall for Sarah? Please.”
The door opens and Sarah comes out, dressed up for the night. “Hi guys.”
Both Bryce and Chuck turn to look at her.
“So how do I look?”
There’s a slight pause, and Chuck finally says, “Good.” He looks at Bryce and back to Sarah. “Yeah, yeah real good. Red’s not really my color so--” he starts to leave, then turns back. “I forgot—” he grabs his jacket, adding, “Or salmon or whatever that is.” With that’s he off.
Sarah just stares after him, slightly confused and maybe a little…disappointed? Bryce notices.
~*~*~
The band plays at the party and Von Hayes welcomes his guests as Sarah and Bryce pretend to be a wistful married couple. Chuck gets distracted by them from his role as a waiter, and from the surveillance van, Casey tells him to get closer to Von Hayes to see if he has any flashes.
Sarah and Bryce start to dance and Chuck absently grabs a bottle of wine and heads over towards Von Hayes’s table. He can’t stop watching the dancing as the floor clears to watch Sarah and Bryce.
(As they’re dancing)
Bryce: Any security behind you?
Sarah: No.
Bryce: You’re still a great dancer.
Sarah: You’re a little rusty.
Chuck pours someone a glass of wine with a quick smile, then goes back to watching them dance.
Bryce: If you would just let me lead.
Sarah: *smirks* No.
She ramps up the suggestiveness of the dance, much to Chuck’s disgust, and Casey cuts in to hurry up already and get to Von Hayes. Chuck finally makes it to the table and starts to pour the wine, but is again distracted by the dancing and ends up pouring it in Von Hayes’s lap.
Chuck apologizes profusely “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” and rushes off to get a new bottle. He holds up his watch and tells Casey that he didn’t flash on anything. Casey tells him to, “keep looking. Get your head in the game!” Instead, Chuck gets distracted again by Sarah and Bryce.
Sarah dips and comes back up to tell Bryce that the cameras on the east and west walls cross for about two seconds. One of the other waiters stops by Chuck, also distracted by the dancing. “Rumba.”
“The forbidden dance…” Chuck mumbles forlornly.
“That’s the blind spot,” Bryce tells Sarah as they continue to dance.
“Get a room,” the other waiter says, knocking Chuck’s elbow. “Right?” Grinning he heads off.
Chuck can only stare at Bryce and Sarah. He turns to watch the waiter walk away, and when he glances back, Sarah and Bryce are kissing passionately on the dance floor.
Chuck drops his bottle of wine.
Horrified, Von Hayes comes over to ask if he’s on drugs. No, no he’s not. But that was a $1,000 bottle of wine! Was he dropped on his head from a very tall height as a child? Chuck tells him he cannot confirm or deny that. “Jorge” gets fired. As Chuck is trying to convince his “boss” to let him stay to finish his shift, he overhears a woman telling Von Hayes that she wants her microchip and has a flash. Unfortunately he didn’t see her face.
~*~*~
Speaking of finishing shifts, Lester and Morgan don’t want to go out of the Buy More because the Mighty Jocks will be waiting. Anna calls Morgan to leave, and he tries to put up a brave front, but makes it to the door and can’t continue. Anna tells him he can’t let the Mighty Jocks intimidate him anymore, it’s not high school. No, but according to Morgan this is even worse. It’s Buy More. Jeff and Anna head outside.
~*~*~
Chuck tells Casey about his flash on the woman’s voice, and Casey tells him to get back inside so he can get a positive ID on her face. One problem. Chuck’s locked outside.
Casey: Yeah well, since I’m not a complete idiot like a certain someone, by which I mean you, I tapped into the security system.
Casey unlocks the door for Chuck, who is very impressed, and tells him that he has five minutes. “Go!” Chuck sneaks back inside. He walks though the kitchen (Random guy: Jorge?) and into the dining room, where he hides under the table.
The woman and Von Hayes enter. She asks for the chip he was supposed to give her weeks ago, and he asks where his money is. “Forget the 50 million,” she tells him, pulling out her gun and shooting the man standing behind him. Von Hayes shouts, clearly not quite up to this spy business.
The woman once again asks for her chip, and he nervously searches for his keys, telling her “it’s in my vault.” Von Hayes drops his keys on the floor and Chuck spots the microchip on the keychain, which he recognizes through another flash: Intersect Data Drive.
Von Hayes and the woman leave, and Chuck tells Casey that the microchip isn’t in the vault. When Casey asks what the Fulcrum agent looked like, Chuck answers, “It was so awful. I mean incredibly creepy, think—think psycho elfin queen—”
With the sound of a cocking gun, said “psycho elfin queen” holds up her weapon, aiming it directly at Chuck under the table. “Did you say Fulcrum?”
~*~*~
Sarah and Bryce are searching rooms, weapons drawn. Casey tells them that Von Hayes is on the run. “He’s headed for the front. He’s got the chip.”
Bryce spots him. “Freeze!” He and Sarah start to go after Von Hayes, but Casey tells them that the Fulcrum Agent has Chuck. She’s leaving out the opposite way.
Sarah turns around and Bryce asks her what she’s doing. She reminds him that the Fulcrum Agent will kill Chuck if they don’t help him, and he argues that their covers are on that microchip. “If we don’t get it all of us get killed.”
Sarah looks towards the direction Chuck is headed then back to Bryce, and finally heads after Chuck. Bryce calls after her but has no choice but to go after Von Hayes.
Casey watches it all from the surveillance van. “Bartowski and the CIA, how could it NOT go wrong?”
Bryce rushes outside just in time to jump out of the way as Von Hayes squeals away in his car.
~*~*~
The Fulcrum Agent pushes Chuck forward, gun still aimed at him as Chuck tells her, that the whole elfin queen thing was a compliment really! “Ever since sixth grade librarian introduced me to The Hobbit, I’ve been hooked on ‘em. I don’t know if it’s the eyes or the ears—”
“Shut up Jorge!”
“Chuck!” Sarah appears, gun drawn. “Duck and cover!”
Chuck dives for the ground as Sarah and the Fulcrum Agent have a shootout. The agent makes it to her getaway car and slides a timed explosive disk towards Sarah and Chuck.
Sarah rushes over to help Chuck up, and as they turn to head back inside, she spots the blinking disk. “RUN!!”
Chuck dives behind a car just in time as another one blows up. He stares at the fiery ruins of the car, then spots Sarah knocked out on the ground.
“Sarah!” He runs over.
~*~*~
At the hospital where Ellie and Devon work, Sarah is lying in a bed. Chuck enters her room to see how she’s doing.
Chuck: I brought you some gardenias.
Sarah: They’re my favorite, how did you know.
Chuck: Well I’m not an entirely incompetent spy you know.
Sarah smiles and thanks him. “You can put them over there.” Chuck turns around to find the entire room behind him covered in flowers.
“Bryce Larkin, huh?” Chuck turns back. “I guess no matter what it is I’ll always come in second to that guy.”
“Not always.”
Chuck smiles despite himself.
As Sarah tells Chuck that she has just a minor concussion, Bryce watches through the glass doors, pretending to wait for the elevator.
Too bad for him, Ellie happens to walk by at just that moment. “I don’t believe it.” Devon turns to ask her what’s wrong, and she tells him that Sarah’s ex just won’t back off. “Chuck might be too nice to say anything,” she tells him. “But I’m not.”
“Whoa, whoa, hold on, babe.” Devon grabs her hand and pulls her back. “Let me handle this.”
~*~*~
Chuck apologizes for getting fired and thus getting Sarah hurt. She reminds him that it’s not his job to protect her, and he quips that, all things considered, that’s probably a good thing. Smiling, Sarah tells him that he has a lot of good qualities. She lets out a laugh adding, “But I’m not sure body guard is one of them.” Chuck grins.
~*~*~
“Hey bro,” Devon shows up next to Bryce. “Whoa, that cut looks infected. I better take a look at it, come on.” He steers Bryce away from Chuck and Sarah.
Captain Awesome cleans Bryce’s wounds (not exactly delicately either) and asks him how he knows Sarah. Bryce tells him, “She’s my ex.”
“Based on all the flowers you sent,” Devon replies. “I’d say you still have feelings for her.” He gets up to get some band-aids and when Bryce tells him “it’s complicated”, tells him, “I know. She’s dating my soon-to-be-brother-in-law, Chuck.”
Captain Awesome looks surprised. “I didn’t know. Sarah said she wanted to tell me something, but then she got hurt.”
Devon presses on the butterfly band-aid.
“Ouch.”
“Cut’s pretty deep.”
“So um,” Bryce asks. “Chuck and Sarah. serious?”
“I specialize in cardiothoracic medicine,” Devon says. “That means there’s one thing in the world I know best. The human heart. I’ve spent enough time with them to see how they are together. See how she looks at him. My professional opinion?” He pauses, then finishes, “She’s in love with Chuck, dude.”
Devon gives Bryce a friendly pat on the arm and gets up. Bryce considers his words.
~*~*~
Anna finds Lester and Morgan looking terrible. Did they sleep at the Buy More just to avoid Mitt? What? No. Yes…Mitt and the Mighty Jocks walk in the door and Morgan and Lester decide they’re not going to take it anymore. Let’s to do this! Morgan bravely steps up, and turns to find Lester duck behind the counter.
Morgan slumps in defeat. He walks up to Mitt and ends up negotiating a deal. The Mighty Jocks want some new PSPs. Alright, fine. Morgan will just have to take two weeks advanced pay. Anna is impressed. How did he do that. “Just need to learn to speak their language. Bully a bully.” Morgan walks off, impressed with himself.
~*~*~
Bryce shows up outside Ellie and Chuck’s apartment to tell Chuck that he’s worried about Sarah. She went off mission because she has feelings for him, and could have gotten them all killed. Chuck is surprised by Bryce’s words. Bryce tells him that “the people we deal with are cold-blooded assassins. They have no emotions, no feelings. The only chance we have against Fulcrum is to think and act like they do. Anything less gets us killed.”
“Sarah knows what she’s doing Bryce,” Chuck tells him and heads for his apartment. Bryce leaves and Chuck glances after him, thinking about what he just said.
~*~*~
The Fulcrum Agent’s driver shows up at the hospital asking for Sarah’s room. When the nurse leaves, he steals a lab coat and some charts.
~*~*~
Captain Awesome shows up with a bouquet of flowers for Chuck.
Chuck: Wow, Devon, thanks. I’ve never received flowers from another man before. But I suppose there’s a first time for everything.
Captain Awesome: They’re not from me, Chuck.
Chuck: That’s a relief.
Captain Awesome tells him that the flowers are from Sarah’s ex. He intercepted them before she could get them. “This guy won’t take no for an answer.”
“Indeed,” Chuck agrees. “Thanks for looking out.”
“Hey that’s what bros are for.” Captain Awesome gives him a manly handshake/high five and walks out. Chuck can’t help but grin.
His grin falls when he glances at the note attached to the flowers: Let’s meet in private. 310-555-0187
Chuck picks up his phone to call Bryce and tell him to back off, and is surprised with Von Hayes answers instead. When Von Hayes asks who it is, Chuck pretends to be Sarah’s supervisor, Jorge Carmichael.
Chuck asks for the microchip and Von Hayes is willing to deal seeing as how he’s "living in a Lamborghini, Jorge. You can't imagine how little leg room there is."
~*~*~
Back at the Buy More, Chuck tells Casey he found the microchip. The deal is this: “One, he’ll only make the exchange with me. Uh, two, he wants full immunity from any government prosecution.”
Casey can live with that. As he starts to head out with his coffee cup, Chuck stops him. “There is kind of one more little bittty thing.”
“What?”
“We’re gonna need roughly $4.5 million in unmarked bills, preferably small denominations.”
~*~*~
At the hospital, the Fulcrum Agent’s driver sneaks into Sarah’s room, and tells her not to worry, the stuff in the syringe won’t hurt. Sarah realizes he’s not a real doctor and tells him that she’s sorry, but she can’t promise the same. What? Before he knows what’s happening, the imposter is taken over by Sarah with a surprise punch to the face. She flings him over the bed and aims the syringe at his neck. .
She’s only going to ask this once: “Where’s your boss?”
~*~*~
At a bus station, Von Hayes and Chuck meet up. Casey and Bryce watch from their seats nearby. Chuck motions for Von Hayes to step closer.
Von Hayes: You’ve got the cash?
Chuck: Yeah I have it, it’s in the bag. Do you have the microchip?
Von Hayes shows him the chip. “Alright give me the cash.”
“You first.”
“No you first.”
“I’m pretty positive you go first,” Chuck tells him.
Getting impatient, Casey tells him to “just make the exchange, moron.”
“I’ve never done a handoff before,” Von Hayes confesses. “I’m really not used to this spy stuff.”
Chuck knows how he feels. “It’s a little stressful isn’t it.”
“Yeah!” Von Hayes is relieved.
“Yeah, okay I’ve got an idea,” Chuck tells him.
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah, we’ll go at the same time.”
“Same time?”
“I’m gonna count to three—”
“You’re gonna count to three?”
“You want to count to three?”
“No, no, no, it’s too much pressure,” Von Hayes tells him. “You count to three.”
“So I’m gonna count to three.”
“On three or after three?”
“What do you want?”
“We’ll do it after three.”
Casey and Bryce can’t believe what they’re hearing. Chuck and Von Hayes continue to try and figure out the best way to do this, until they finally decide to “1, 2, 3, change.” Okay, here we go. Chuck counts: One…two…
Casey notices a man with a gun and tells Chuck they have trouble. “Make the exchange.”
Von Hayes notices the gunman. “You told me I could trust you!” He runs off.
“No no no, wait!” Chuck calls after him as the other side starts running after Von Hayes.
Casey sighs. “I can never get a break.” He too gets up to chase after Von Hayes. Bryce follows.
“Wait!” Chuck calls, lifting the bag of money. “Don’t you need this?”
~*~*~
Von Hayes makes it to the train station outside, where he’s immediately caught in a standoff. Somebody’s paying the other side a lot of money to get that chip. Casey and Bryce show up with their guns, and nobody wants to back down.
“Hold on wait! Don’t do anything, no shooting!” Chuck makes it up the stairs with his big bag of money. The thugs swing they’re guns to him. “Excuse me gentleman! May I have you attention please?”
He tells them about the $4.5 million in unmarked bills and how they can either take it and let his two friends and Von Hayes go, or “die horrible deaths in a hail of gunfire. The choice is yours really.”
The thugs consider his words for a second, then take the money and go. Von Hayes is amazed. “That was amazing! Thank you!” He rushes over to give Chuck a hug. Chuck is just as relieved and hugs him back. “Don’t mention it.”
“No no no, don’t encourage him,” Casey steps in, grabbing the microchip.
“A little appreciation wouldn’t kill you,” Chuck tells him. “I mean I did get the microchip back.”
“You also gave away $4.5 million of taxpayer money,” Casey replies.
“Nobody’s perfect.” Chuck watches him leave. “Where’re you going?”
“To get it back, idiot.” Casey heads back downstairs.
~*~*~
Back inside, Chuck tells Bryce that he really doesn’t need Casey to tell him how good he is, spying isn’t THAT hard or all it’s cracked up to be. Suddenly his words are cut off as the Fulcrum Agent grabs Chuck and holds him at gunpoint, demanding the chip. Bryce swings around with his weapon and Von Hayes takes the opportunity to run!
“The microchip now!”
“Release the kid first,” Bryce tells the agent.
“Kid? Honestly, we were born in the same year!” Chuck says, disgusted.
Bryce spots Sarah around the corner and sets his gun down. He slides it over, the chip too. The Fulcrum Agent picks it up.
Bryce: There. Now release him.
Fulcrum Agent: Sorry.
She grabs Chuck and slowly starts to back up.
Sarah raises her gun.
Bryce: You got it?
Sarah: Yeah I got it.
Bryce: Take it.
Unlike in 2005, Sarah hesitates.
Bryce: Take the shot Sarah!
Sarah still can’t do it. Chuck is too close to the Fulcrum Agent and might get hurt. Bryce turns to yell at her to “Take the shot! Take it!”
*BAM!*
The Fulcrum Agent falls to the floor. Casey lowers his weapon, walking up with Von Hayes and the $4.5 million. As Chuck tries to get over being flustered and surprised to be alive, Casey says, "You want something done right, do it yourself."
Sarah walks in, almost as worried and surprised as Bryce that she couldn’t take the shot. He just stares at her.
~*~*~
Back at the Buy More, Mitt and the Mighty Jocks are back. They want PS3s now. Finally fed up with them, Morgan pours a drink over mitt’s head. It is so on.
Mitt and Morgan are put in the cage. “Sweep the leg” Lester tries to help, camera ready for the fight. Just as Morgan’s about to get crushed, Anna steps in. Morgan asks her what she’s doing and Mitt tells her he doesn’t fight girls. Anna just steps in, unlocking her tripods. “Neither do I.”
Before Mitt knows what’s happening, Anna goes all House of Flying Daggers on him, taking out the Mighty Jock. She jumps happily into Morgan’s arms when it’s over.
Impressed, Casey calls in a background check on her, thinking she’d be good for field work.
Chuck looks at him “No.”
~*~*~
Bryce again scares Chuck outside his house to tell him that Sarah’s hesitation back there almost cost them the microchip and Chuck’s life. He knows. Bryce asks him what he’s going to do, and Chuck tells him he doesn’t know. What is he supposed to do?
Bryce: You’ll do the right thing. You always do. That’s why I sent you The Intersect in the first place.
Bryce picks up his bag, but leaves his sun glasses. Chuck grabs them to hand them back and Bryce just tells him to “Keep ‘em. If you’re going to be a real spy you’re going to need them.”
Chuck hands them back. He doesn’t want to be a real spy. Bryce tells him it’s a little too late for that, but takes the glasses back.
Bryce: I’m sure you hate me right now, but some day you’ll realize I was looking out for you. I have been all along.
Bryce leaves.
~*~*~
Casey’s cleaning his guns as Sarah walks in to tell him she knows she hesitated, that she let her guard down and it was a mistake, but she can protect Chuck. Casey doesn’t comment on it, instead continuing with his cleaning.
~*~*~
Sarah finds Chuck sitting by the fountain outside his apartment. Is everything okay? Yeah, he just had a few things he wanted to tell her before dinner. Good, because she does too.
“Look—” they both start at the same time, and laugh. Sarah tells him to go first.
Chuck tells her that they both know how he feels about her “so I’m just gonna shoot.” He tells Sarah that she’s basically everything he could ever want. She’s beautiful, and smart, and laughs at all his stupid jokes. Plus she has the “horrible habit of constantly saving my life.” Sarah can’t help but laugh.
“The truth is,” Chuck tells her. “You’re everything I thought I ever wanted and more. The last few days all I can think about is our future together. About what it’s going to be like once I finally get The Intersect out of my head. How we’ll finally be together for real, no fake relationships; no covers no lies…” He stares at her a second, then adds, “But the more I think about it, the more I realize…that you and I can never have a future together.”
Sarah’s smile disappears.
Chuck tells her that he fooled himself into thinking that they could have a real relationship, “But the truth is, we can’t…Because even if we had a real relationship it would never really be real.” He tells her that he wants to know everything about her and he never will. “I want more than that. I want to be able to call you at the end of a really bad day and tell you about some funny thing Morgan did and not find out that I can’t because you’re off somewhere in Paraguay quelling a revolution with a fork.”
By now, Sarah is blinking back tears.
“I’m a normal guy, who wants a normal life.” Chuck tells her. “And as amazing as you are Sarah Walker, I think we both know that…you will never be normal.”
Sarah swallows hard and tells him, “You know some day when The Intersect is out of your head and you have the life that you always wanted, you’ll forget all about me.”
He stares at her. “I seriously doubt that.”
Sarah gets up and tells them they should probably go inside since they’re waiting for them. Sarah hesitates, trying to get her emotions under control as Chuck stands up behind her. They both stare sadly at the door for a long time, then look at each other, force a smile, and enter.
“Hey it’s our favorite bridesmaid!” Captain Awesome calls out as a very excited Ellie rushes Sarah over to look at the dresses she picked out.
“Hey buddy, glad to see you worked things out,” Captain Awesome tells Chuck. “Who knows, maybe you’re next!”
Chuck laughs as Captain Awesome goes over to join Ellie and Sarah. Sarah turns back to look at Chuck. They share a sobering moment before she turns back to the dresses Ellie is showing her.
~*~*~
Up in his room, Chuck takes off his shoes and looks at the photoshopped picture of him and Sarah sadly. Suddenly he notices Bryce’s glasses on his desk next to a note: For a real spy.
Unable to help himself, Chuck gets up and puts them on. He checks them out in the mirror. “Huh, not bad. Carmichael,” he tells his reflection. “Charles Carmichael.”
Suddenly the side of the sun glasses slide open, revealing a microchip. A scan starts on Chuck’s eyes and he begins to flash.
**INTERSECT UPDATE COMPLETE**
The glasses flash off and the microchip self destructs. Chuck falls to the ground. “I hate Bryce Larkin.”
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Awww, great episode as always. Poor Casey can never get a break. LoL And Poor Chuck and Sarah. Very funny that Ellie and Captain Awesome tried to help out though! And Anna defending Morgan? Haha Nice.
Here’s 8 minutes of scenes thanks to NBC.
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Flash back to 2005: Sarah and Bryce undercover as Mr. and Mrs. Anderson. The bad guy grabs Bryce and holds him captive. Without hesitation, Sarah takes the shot and takes out the bad guy.
2008
This episode picks up right where last week left off, with Chuck taking the rose to surprise Sarah, and finding Bryce in her apartment. He drops the rose in the trash on his way home and sinks into the armchair in the living room to watch TV with Ellie and Captain Awesome. Feeling sorry for her brother, Ellie asks if he wants to talk about it. Chuck just tells him that Sarah’s ex is back in town, and he’ll be fine. Devon assures Chuck that whoever Sarah’s ex is, he’s got nothing on Chuck.
Chuck appreciates their efforts to make him feel better and sadly watches Ellie cuddle with her fiancé. He knows it’s something he can never have with Sarah.
Meanwhile, at Buy More, Lester orders Morgan to kick out the enthusiastic Madden Football “Mighty Jocks” players who are taking over the video game testing room. With no choice, Morgan attempts to ask them to clean up after themselves and “use their indoor voices”, but all he gets is threatened and a wrap stuffed in his pocket. The leader of the pack tells him if he ever interrupts one of his games again, it’ll be Morgan’s face that get’s smashed instead. “You understand that?” “P-perfectly.”
~*~*~
Down in the secret CIA briefing room, Chuck and Casey sit in front of the General’s screen. When Sarah joins them, Chuck asks her if she knows why Bryce is there. “I mean, he’s not staying with you is he?” Chuck tries to ask nonchalantly. Sarah gives him a warning look. “Not now Chuck.”
General Beckman clears her throat. “Is there something you’d like to share with the rest of the class Mr. Bartowski?” Nope, he’s good. Okay then, moving on. The General tells them of their next case, one involving the Fulcrum group. They have a chip that could compromise their cover. A rich man named Von Hayes is going to be throwing a lavish party. “Your job,” the General tells Sarah. “Will be to pose as a married couple and steal back the chip.”
Chuck is enthusiastic. “This is what I’m talking about General! Finally a mission that I can sink my teeth into.” Unfortunately for Chuck, she tells him that this mission is going to require a “real spy”. Chuck’s face falls as the doors open and Bryce enters. “Sorry I’m late.”
Bryce will be posing as Sarah’s husband. Chuck will go to the party as a waiter.
Bryce heads down the stairs and pulls out a ring and puts it on Sarah’s finger. “Hello Mrs. Anderson.”
Sarah smiles. Chuck’s eyes widen. This can’t be good!
~*~*~
At Buy More, Chuck follows Casey around. “So what’s the scoop with the Andersons?”
“What are you worried that Bryce is gonna steal your girl?”
Chuck insists that he and Sarah are strictly professional. “So I resent any accusation otherwise.” Plus, if he’s going to be stuck being a spy for a while, Chuck tells Casey he wants to “learn a little lesson from—” he nods to Casey. “The Master.”
Considering Chuck is right about him being the master, Casey tells him that the microchip is being held in a vault at Von Hayes’s mansion. All Sarah and Bryce have to do is sneak in and grab it. Chuck is confused. Won’t they look suspicious sneaking around like that? Casey tells him that “Bryce and Sarah will be very affectionate.” Chuck’s eyes widen as Casey continues, “That way no one will ask them questions when they look at that vault. That’s the beauty of PDA.”
~*~*~
Bryce visits Sarah at her undercover job, commenting on the fact that “The Company really knows how to put you in a cute outfit.” She reminds him that they’re not undercover yet, and he points out that they can never be too careful. She tells him that this time she wants to keep Mr. and Mrs. Anderson strictly a cover. He asks her if everything’s all right, and she assures him it is. Just with Fulcrum getting closer, she thinks they should focus. “No distractions.”
Outside, Ellie stops at the sight in front of her.
Bryce tells Sarah he understands. “I have to admit though,” he says, picking up her hand. “It sure was fun while it lasted.” Sarah smiles.
Seeing Sarah like this with her ex makes shocks Ellie. She feels for her brother.
~*~*~
Chuck stops to stare at his friend as Morgan pulls the wrap out of his pocket. “I’ve always found that lunch travels better in a bag,” he tells him. “But maybe that’s just me.”
Morgan tells Chuck about Lester making him try to kick out the Mighty Jocks from the home theater room, and Chuck reminds him, “Buddy, what have I told you about direct confrontation with the Mighty Jocks?”
“Roll up my tail between his legs and go get John Casey, I know,” Morgan says forlornly. He asks Chuck if he’s ever had someone show up in his life to make him feel so small, and Chuck tells him he knows exactly how Morgan feels. But to make Morgan feel better, he adds, “There’s always gonna be somebody that’s cooler, or better looking, or more athletic than us, but there’s one thing that we have that they don’t.”
“I have a beard,” Morgan tries.
“Brains.” Chuck says. “And if we use our brains then we’re gonna be okay.”
“You’re right dude, I know,” Morgan says, shaking his head. “Good talk.” He holds out his hand, then changes his mind and fist bumps Chuck when they both spot the amount of wrap still on his hand.
Chuck starts to head out and runs into Ellie, who regretfully tells Chuck that she was on her way into the Orange Orange to ask Sarah to be a bridesmaid (Chuck: That is so sweet Ellie!) and she saw Sarah there holding hands with another guy. “I think it might be her ex,” she tells her brother.
Chuck clears his throat. “Really, uh, did you get a good look at him?”
“Well I couldn’t cuz he was faced the other way, but uh, dark hair, sort of classically handsome.”
“I don’t know if I’d call him “classically handsome”,” Chuck replies. “Maybe from like a weird angle or from really far away—they were holding hands?” he asks, getting distracted.
“Yeah, I’m really sorry Chuck.”
He tells his sister not to be, that Sarah was probably just trying to let her ex down nicely. He assures that things have never been better between them.
~*~*~
The Mighty Jocks are back. Lester asks Morgan about it, and he tells him that he tried. Maybe they’ll respond to someone in a place of authority. Anna points out that Lester should lead by example. Lester glances nervously at the room full of loud Mighty Jocks, and Morgan comes up with an idea. “What about a plan that doesn’t involve direct confrontation?”
Lester slowly turns to look at him. “Talk to me.”
Morgan and Lester go Buy More spy moves on the Mighty Jocks. Silently communicating to each other as they slowly sneak up on the home theater room. Lester climbs a ladder, checks on the room, then motions to Morgan to summersault towards the fuse box. Anna rolls her eyes.
The Mighty Jocks are counting down to the winning touchdown as Morgan points to the fuse box. Lester nods.
4 seconds...3…2—
The Mighty Jocks stare at the screen in disbelief as the power is cut and the screen goes blank.
Lester and Morgan celebrate in slow-motion until suddenly the glass door to the home theater room slams open, knocking Morgan to the floor.
The head Mighty Jocks, Mitt, lifts him up in the air by his collar. “That was a game winning drive! A GAME WINNING DRIVE!”
Lester quickly turns around and pretends to help a customer.
“Now what does it look like?!” the Mitt asks, slamming Morgan up against the glass.
“Kind of hard to tell,” Morgan mutters. “A little bit of a glare.”
He tells the guy he didn’t want to kick them out in the first place. “My boss made me do it.”
“Who’s your boss?”
Afraid, Morgan points him towards Lester, who faints after seeing the “you’re dead” threat Mitt gestures. He and Lester are both in for it after work.
~*~*~
Chuck knocks on Sarah’s door and Bryce opens it. “What, no rose for me this time lover boy?”
“Cute,” Chuck answers dryly, telling Bryce, “we’re just protecting our cover” as he walks inside.
Bryce asks him about things at the Buy More and Chuck tells him that they’re good. A little nutty with the new MacBook update. Bryce can imagine.
Chuck glances over to watch Bryce tie his bowtie and then down at his own clip-on. He clears his throat as they both continue with their ties. “So staying with Sarah huh?”
“Protecting our cover,” Bryce answers.
He asks how things are between them and Chuck says they’re good. “Why did she say something?” No, Bryce was just worried that Chuck would fall for her, seeing as how she’s a beautiful girl and they’re pretending to be a couple.
Chuck lets out a huff. “What, me fall for Sarah? Please.”
The door opens and Sarah comes out, dressed up for the night. “Hi guys.”
Both Bryce and Chuck turn to look at her.
“So how do I look?”
There’s a slight pause, and Chuck finally says, “Good.” He looks at Bryce and back to Sarah. “Yeah, yeah real good. Red’s not really my color so--” he starts to leave, then turns back. “I forgot—” he grabs his jacket, adding, “Or salmon or whatever that is.” With that’s he off.
Sarah just stares after him, slightly confused and maybe a little…disappointed? Bryce notices.
~*~*~
The band plays at the party and Von Hayes welcomes his guests as Sarah and Bryce pretend to be a wistful married couple. Chuck gets distracted by them from his role as a waiter, and from the surveillance van, Casey tells him to get closer to Von Hayes to see if he has any flashes.
Sarah and Bryce start to dance and Chuck absently grabs a bottle of wine and heads over towards Von Hayes’s table. He can’t stop watching the dancing as the floor clears to watch Sarah and Bryce.
(As they’re dancing)
Bryce: Any security behind you?
Sarah: No.
Bryce: You’re still a great dancer.
Sarah: You’re a little rusty.
Chuck pours someone a glass of wine with a quick smile, then goes back to watching them dance.
Bryce: If you would just let me lead.
Sarah: *smirks* No.
She ramps up the suggestiveness of the dance, much to Chuck’s disgust, and Casey cuts in to hurry up already and get to Von Hayes. Chuck finally makes it to the table and starts to pour the wine, but is again distracted by the dancing and ends up pouring it in Von Hayes’s lap.
Chuck apologizes profusely “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” and rushes off to get a new bottle. He holds up his watch and tells Casey that he didn’t flash on anything. Casey tells him to, “keep looking. Get your head in the game!” Instead, Chuck gets distracted again by Sarah and Bryce.
Sarah dips and comes back up to tell Bryce that the cameras on the east and west walls cross for about two seconds. One of the other waiters stops by Chuck, also distracted by the dancing. “Rumba.”
“The forbidden dance…” Chuck mumbles forlornly.
“That’s the blind spot,” Bryce tells Sarah as they continue to dance.
“Get a room,” the other waiter says, knocking Chuck’s elbow. “Right?” Grinning he heads off.
Chuck can only stare at Bryce and Sarah. He turns to watch the waiter walk away, and when he glances back, Sarah and Bryce are kissing passionately on the dance floor.
Chuck drops his bottle of wine.
Horrified, Von Hayes comes over to ask if he’s on drugs. No, no he’s not. But that was a $1,000 bottle of wine! Was he dropped on his head from a very tall height as a child? Chuck tells him he cannot confirm or deny that. “Jorge” gets fired. As Chuck is trying to convince his “boss” to let him stay to finish his shift, he overhears a woman telling Von Hayes that she wants her microchip and has a flash. Unfortunately he didn’t see her face.
~*~*~
Speaking of finishing shifts, Lester and Morgan don’t want to go out of the Buy More because the Mighty Jocks will be waiting. Anna calls Morgan to leave, and he tries to put up a brave front, but makes it to the door and can’t continue. Anna tells him he can’t let the Mighty Jocks intimidate him anymore, it’s not high school. No, but according to Morgan this is even worse. It’s Buy More. Jeff and Anna head outside.
~*~*~
Chuck tells Casey about his flash on the woman’s voice, and Casey tells him to get back inside so he can get a positive ID on her face. One problem. Chuck’s locked outside.
Casey: Yeah well, since I’m not a complete idiot like a certain someone, by which I mean you, I tapped into the security system.
Casey unlocks the door for Chuck, who is very impressed, and tells him that he has five minutes. “Go!” Chuck sneaks back inside. He walks though the kitchen (Random guy: Jorge?) and into the dining room, where he hides under the table.
The woman and Von Hayes enter. She asks for the chip he was supposed to give her weeks ago, and he asks where his money is. “Forget the 50 million,” she tells him, pulling out her gun and shooting the man standing behind him. Von Hayes shouts, clearly not quite up to this spy business.
The woman once again asks for her chip, and he nervously searches for his keys, telling her “it’s in my vault.” Von Hayes drops his keys on the floor and Chuck spots the microchip on the keychain, which he recognizes through another flash: Intersect Data Drive.
Von Hayes and the woman leave, and Chuck tells Casey that the microchip isn’t in the vault. When Casey asks what the Fulcrum agent looked like, Chuck answers, “It was so awful. I mean incredibly creepy, think—think psycho elfin queen—”
With the sound of a cocking gun, said “psycho elfin queen” holds up her weapon, aiming it directly at Chuck under the table. “Did you say Fulcrum?”
~*~*~
Sarah and Bryce are searching rooms, weapons drawn. Casey tells them that Von Hayes is on the run. “He’s headed for the front. He’s got the chip.”
Bryce spots him. “Freeze!” He and Sarah start to go after Von Hayes, but Casey tells them that the Fulcrum Agent has Chuck. She’s leaving out the opposite way.
Sarah turns around and Bryce asks her what she’s doing. She reminds him that the Fulcrum Agent will kill Chuck if they don’t help him, and he argues that their covers are on that microchip. “If we don’t get it all of us get killed.”
Sarah looks towards the direction Chuck is headed then back to Bryce, and finally heads after Chuck. Bryce calls after her but has no choice but to go after Von Hayes.
Casey watches it all from the surveillance van. “Bartowski and the CIA, how could it NOT go wrong?”
Bryce rushes outside just in time to jump out of the way as Von Hayes squeals away in his car.
~*~*~
The Fulcrum Agent pushes Chuck forward, gun still aimed at him as Chuck tells her, that the whole elfin queen thing was a compliment really! “Ever since sixth grade librarian introduced me to The Hobbit, I’ve been hooked on ‘em. I don’t know if it’s the eyes or the ears—”
“Shut up Jorge!”
“Chuck!” Sarah appears, gun drawn. “Duck and cover!”
Chuck dives for the ground as Sarah and the Fulcrum Agent have a shootout. The agent makes it to her getaway car and slides a timed explosive disk towards Sarah and Chuck.
Sarah rushes over to help Chuck up, and as they turn to head back inside, she spots the blinking disk. “RUN!!”
Chuck dives behind a car just in time as another one blows up. He stares at the fiery ruins of the car, then spots Sarah knocked out on the ground.
“Sarah!” He runs over.
~*~*~
At the hospital where Ellie and Devon work, Sarah is lying in a bed. Chuck enters her room to see how she’s doing.
Chuck: I brought you some gardenias.
Sarah: They’re my favorite, how did you know.
Chuck: Well I’m not an entirely incompetent spy you know.
Sarah smiles and thanks him. “You can put them over there.” Chuck turns around to find the entire room behind him covered in flowers.
“Bryce Larkin, huh?” Chuck turns back. “I guess no matter what it is I’ll always come in second to that guy.”
“Not always.”
Chuck smiles despite himself.
As Sarah tells Chuck that she has just a minor concussion, Bryce watches through the glass doors, pretending to wait for the elevator.
Too bad for him, Ellie happens to walk by at just that moment. “I don’t believe it.” Devon turns to ask her what’s wrong, and she tells him that Sarah’s ex just won’t back off. “Chuck might be too nice to say anything,” she tells him. “But I’m not.”
“Whoa, whoa, hold on, babe.” Devon grabs her hand and pulls her back. “Let me handle this.”
~*~*~
Chuck apologizes for getting fired and thus getting Sarah hurt. She reminds him that it’s not his job to protect her, and he quips that, all things considered, that’s probably a good thing. Smiling, Sarah tells him that he has a lot of good qualities. She lets out a laugh adding, “But I’m not sure body guard is one of them.” Chuck grins.
~*~*~
“Hey bro,” Devon shows up next to Bryce. “Whoa, that cut looks infected. I better take a look at it, come on.” He steers Bryce away from Chuck and Sarah.
Captain Awesome cleans Bryce’s wounds (not exactly delicately either) and asks him how he knows Sarah. Bryce tells him, “She’s my ex.”
“Based on all the flowers you sent,” Devon replies. “I’d say you still have feelings for her.” He gets up to get some band-aids and when Bryce tells him “it’s complicated”, tells him, “I know. She’s dating my soon-to-be-brother-in-law, Chuck.”
Captain Awesome looks surprised. “I didn’t know. Sarah said she wanted to tell me something, but then she got hurt.”
Devon presses on the butterfly band-aid.
“Ouch.”
“Cut’s pretty deep.”
“So um,” Bryce asks. “Chuck and Sarah. serious?”
“I specialize in cardiothoracic medicine,” Devon says. “That means there’s one thing in the world I know best. The human heart. I’ve spent enough time with them to see how they are together. See how she looks at him. My professional opinion?” He pauses, then finishes, “She’s in love with Chuck, dude.”
Devon gives Bryce a friendly pat on the arm and gets up. Bryce considers his words.
~*~*~
Anna finds Lester and Morgan looking terrible. Did they sleep at the Buy More just to avoid Mitt? What? No. Yes…Mitt and the Mighty Jocks walk in the door and Morgan and Lester decide they’re not going to take it anymore. Let’s to do this! Morgan bravely steps up, and turns to find Lester duck behind the counter.
Morgan slumps in defeat. He walks up to Mitt and ends up negotiating a deal. The Mighty Jocks want some new PSPs. Alright, fine. Morgan will just have to take two weeks advanced pay. Anna is impressed. How did he do that. “Just need to learn to speak their language. Bully a bully.” Morgan walks off, impressed with himself.
~*~*~
Bryce shows up outside Ellie and Chuck’s apartment to tell Chuck that he’s worried about Sarah. She went off mission because she has feelings for him, and could have gotten them all killed. Chuck is surprised by Bryce’s words. Bryce tells him that “the people we deal with are cold-blooded assassins. They have no emotions, no feelings. The only chance we have against Fulcrum is to think and act like they do. Anything less gets us killed.”
“Sarah knows what she’s doing Bryce,” Chuck tells him and heads for his apartment. Bryce leaves and Chuck glances after him, thinking about what he just said.
~*~*~
The Fulcrum Agent’s driver shows up at the hospital asking for Sarah’s room. When the nurse leaves, he steals a lab coat and some charts.
~*~*~
Captain Awesome shows up with a bouquet of flowers for Chuck.
Chuck: Wow, Devon, thanks. I’ve never received flowers from another man before. But I suppose there’s a first time for everything.
Captain Awesome: They’re not from me, Chuck.
Chuck: That’s a relief.
Captain Awesome tells him that the flowers are from Sarah’s ex. He intercepted them before she could get them. “This guy won’t take no for an answer.”
“Indeed,” Chuck agrees. “Thanks for looking out.”
“Hey that’s what bros are for.” Captain Awesome gives him a manly handshake/high five and walks out. Chuck can’t help but grin.
His grin falls when he glances at the note attached to the flowers: Let’s meet in private. 310-555-0187
Chuck picks up his phone to call Bryce and tell him to back off, and is surprised with Von Hayes answers instead. When Von Hayes asks who it is, Chuck pretends to be Sarah’s supervisor, Jorge Carmichael.
Chuck asks for the microchip and Von Hayes is willing to deal seeing as how he’s "living in a Lamborghini, Jorge. You can't imagine how little leg room there is."
~*~*~
Back at the Buy More, Chuck tells Casey he found the microchip. The deal is this: “One, he’ll only make the exchange with me. Uh, two, he wants full immunity from any government prosecution.”
Casey can live with that. As he starts to head out with his coffee cup, Chuck stops him. “There is kind of one more little bittty thing.”
“What?”
“We’re gonna need roughly $4.5 million in unmarked bills, preferably small denominations.”
~*~*~
At the hospital, the Fulcrum Agent’s driver sneaks into Sarah’s room, and tells her not to worry, the stuff in the syringe won’t hurt. Sarah realizes he’s not a real doctor and tells him that she’s sorry, but she can’t promise the same. What? Before he knows what’s happening, the imposter is taken over by Sarah with a surprise punch to the face. She flings him over the bed and aims the syringe at his neck. .
She’s only going to ask this once: “Where’s your boss?”
~*~*~
At a bus station, Von Hayes and Chuck meet up. Casey and Bryce watch from their seats nearby. Chuck motions for Von Hayes to step closer.
Von Hayes: You’ve got the cash?
Chuck: Yeah I have it, it’s in the bag. Do you have the microchip?
Von Hayes shows him the chip. “Alright give me the cash.”
“You first.”
“No you first.”
“I’m pretty positive you go first,” Chuck tells him.
Getting impatient, Casey tells him to “just make the exchange, moron.”
“I’ve never done a handoff before,” Von Hayes confesses. “I’m really not used to this spy stuff.”
Chuck knows how he feels. “It’s a little stressful isn’t it.”
“Yeah!” Von Hayes is relieved.
“Yeah, okay I’ve got an idea,” Chuck tells him.
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah, we’ll go at the same time.”
“Same time?”
“I’m gonna count to three—”
“You’re gonna count to three?”
“You want to count to three?”
“No, no, no, it’s too much pressure,” Von Hayes tells him. “You count to three.”
“So I’m gonna count to three.”
“On three or after three?”
“What do you want?”
“We’ll do it after three.”
Casey and Bryce can’t believe what they’re hearing. Chuck and Von Hayes continue to try and figure out the best way to do this, until they finally decide to “1, 2, 3, change.” Okay, here we go. Chuck counts: One…two…
Casey notices a man with a gun and tells Chuck they have trouble. “Make the exchange.”
Von Hayes notices the gunman. “You told me I could trust you!” He runs off.
“No no no, wait!” Chuck calls after him as the other side starts running after Von Hayes.
Casey sighs. “I can never get a break.” He too gets up to chase after Von Hayes. Bryce follows.
“Wait!” Chuck calls, lifting the bag of money. “Don’t you need this?”
~*~*~
Von Hayes makes it to the train station outside, where he’s immediately caught in a standoff. Somebody’s paying the other side a lot of money to get that chip. Casey and Bryce show up with their guns, and nobody wants to back down.
“Hold on wait! Don’t do anything, no shooting!” Chuck makes it up the stairs with his big bag of money. The thugs swing they’re guns to him. “Excuse me gentleman! May I have you attention please?”
He tells them about the $4.5 million in unmarked bills and how they can either take it and let his two friends and Von Hayes go, or “die horrible deaths in a hail of gunfire. The choice is yours really.”
The thugs consider his words for a second, then take the money and go. Von Hayes is amazed. “That was amazing! Thank you!” He rushes over to give Chuck a hug. Chuck is just as relieved and hugs him back. “Don’t mention it.”
“No no no, don’t encourage him,” Casey steps in, grabbing the microchip.
“A little appreciation wouldn’t kill you,” Chuck tells him. “I mean I did get the microchip back.”
“You also gave away $4.5 million of taxpayer money,” Casey replies.
“Nobody’s perfect.” Chuck watches him leave. “Where’re you going?”
“To get it back, idiot.” Casey heads back downstairs.
~*~*~
Back inside, Chuck tells Bryce that he really doesn’t need Casey to tell him how good he is, spying isn’t THAT hard or all it’s cracked up to be. Suddenly his words are cut off as the Fulcrum Agent grabs Chuck and holds him at gunpoint, demanding the chip. Bryce swings around with his weapon and Von Hayes takes the opportunity to run!
“The microchip now!”
“Release the kid first,” Bryce tells the agent.
“Kid? Honestly, we were born in the same year!” Chuck says, disgusted.
Bryce spots Sarah around the corner and sets his gun down. He slides it over, the chip too. The Fulcrum Agent picks it up.
Bryce: There. Now release him.
Fulcrum Agent: Sorry.
She grabs Chuck and slowly starts to back up.
Sarah raises her gun.
Bryce: You got it?
Sarah: Yeah I got it.
Bryce: Take it.
Unlike in 2005, Sarah hesitates.
Bryce: Take the shot Sarah!
Sarah still can’t do it. Chuck is too close to the Fulcrum Agent and might get hurt. Bryce turns to yell at her to “Take the shot! Take it!”
*BAM!*
The Fulcrum Agent falls to the floor. Casey lowers his weapon, walking up with Von Hayes and the $4.5 million. As Chuck tries to get over being flustered and surprised to be alive, Casey says, "You want something done right, do it yourself."
Sarah walks in, almost as worried and surprised as Bryce that she couldn’t take the shot. He just stares at her.
~*~*~
Back at the Buy More, Mitt and the Mighty Jocks are back. They want PS3s now. Finally fed up with them, Morgan pours a drink over mitt’s head. It is so on.
Mitt and Morgan are put in the cage. “Sweep the leg” Lester tries to help, camera ready for the fight. Just as Morgan’s about to get crushed, Anna steps in. Morgan asks her what she’s doing and Mitt tells her he doesn’t fight girls. Anna just steps in, unlocking her tripods. “Neither do I.”
Before Mitt knows what’s happening, Anna goes all House of Flying Daggers on him, taking out the Mighty Jock. She jumps happily into Morgan’s arms when it’s over.
Impressed, Casey calls in a background check on her, thinking she’d be good for field work.
Chuck looks at him “No.”
~*~*~
Bryce again scares Chuck outside his house to tell him that Sarah’s hesitation back there almost cost them the microchip and Chuck’s life. He knows. Bryce asks him what he’s going to do, and Chuck tells him he doesn’t know. What is he supposed to do?
Bryce: You’ll do the right thing. You always do. That’s why I sent you The Intersect in the first place.
Bryce picks up his bag, but leaves his sun glasses. Chuck grabs them to hand them back and Bryce just tells him to “Keep ‘em. If you’re going to be a real spy you’re going to need them.”
Chuck hands them back. He doesn’t want to be a real spy. Bryce tells him it’s a little too late for that, but takes the glasses back.
Bryce: I’m sure you hate me right now, but some day you’ll realize I was looking out for you. I have been all along.
Bryce leaves.
~*~*~
Casey’s cleaning his guns as Sarah walks in to tell him she knows she hesitated, that she let her guard down and it was a mistake, but she can protect Chuck. Casey doesn’t comment on it, instead continuing with his cleaning.
~*~*~
Sarah finds Chuck sitting by the fountain outside his apartment. Is everything okay? Yeah, he just had a few things he wanted to tell her before dinner. Good, because she does too.
“Look—” they both start at the same time, and laugh. Sarah tells him to go first.
Chuck tells her that they both know how he feels about her “so I’m just gonna shoot.” He tells Sarah that she’s basically everything he could ever want. She’s beautiful, and smart, and laughs at all his stupid jokes. Plus she has the “horrible habit of constantly saving my life.” Sarah can’t help but laugh.
“The truth is,” Chuck tells her. “You’re everything I thought I ever wanted and more. The last few days all I can think about is our future together. About what it’s going to be like once I finally get The Intersect out of my head. How we’ll finally be together for real, no fake relationships; no covers no lies…” He stares at her a second, then adds, “But the more I think about it, the more I realize…that you and I can never have a future together.”
Sarah’s smile disappears.
Chuck tells her that he fooled himself into thinking that they could have a real relationship, “But the truth is, we can’t…Because even if we had a real relationship it would never really be real.” He tells her that he wants to know everything about her and he never will. “I want more than that. I want to be able to call you at the end of a really bad day and tell you about some funny thing Morgan did and not find out that I can’t because you’re off somewhere in Paraguay quelling a revolution with a fork.”
By now, Sarah is blinking back tears.
“I’m a normal guy, who wants a normal life.” Chuck tells her. “And as amazing as you are Sarah Walker, I think we both know that…you will never be normal.”
Sarah swallows hard and tells him, “You know some day when The Intersect is out of your head and you have the life that you always wanted, you’ll forget all about me.”
He stares at her. “I seriously doubt that.”
Sarah gets up and tells them they should probably go inside since they’re waiting for them. Sarah hesitates, trying to get her emotions under control as Chuck stands up behind her. They both stare sadly at the door for a long time, then look at each other, force a smile, and enter.
“Hey it’s our favorite bridesmaid!” Captain Awesome calls out as a very excited Ellie rushes Sarah over to look at the dresses she picked out.
“Hey buddy, glad to see you worked things out,” Captain Awesome tells Chuck. “Who knows, maybe you’re next!”
Chuck laughs as Captain Awesome goes over to join Ellie and Sarah. Sarah turns back to look at Chuck. They share a sobering moment before she turns back to the dresses Ellie is showing her.
~*~*~
Up in his room, Chuck takes off his shoes and looks at the photoshopped picture of him and Sarah sadly. Suddenly he notices Bryce’s glasses on his desk next to a note: For a real spy.
Unable to help himself, Chuck gets up and puts them on. He checks them out in the mirror. “Huh, not bad. Carmichael,” he tells his reflection. “Charles Carmichael.”
Suddenly the side of the sun glasses slide open, revealing a microchip. A scan starts on Chuck’s eyes and he begins to flash.
**INTERSECT UPDATE COMPLETE**
The glasses flash off and the microchip self destructs. Chuck falls to the ground. “I hate Bryce Larkin.”
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Awww, great episode as always. Poor Casey can never get a break. LoL And Poor Chuck and Sarah. Very funny that Ellie and Captain Awesome tried to help out though! And Anna defending Morgan? Haha Nice.
Here’s 8 minutes of scenes thanks to NBC.
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