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Hi there Chuck fans!

Chuck Versus The Living Dead

Well after this episode there’s only a two hour season finale on Monday. It’s been an exciting season of Chuck, and my sources say it will only get better in the fall! Please enjoy this recap with photos courtesy of NBC/Universal. This weeks special guest star is Scott Bakula playing the part of Chuck’s Dad & master spy!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Ring wants to know where something called the “Governor” is. The agents release gas into Steve’s apartment and things look bleak for the father and son team, until Chuck proves to his father that he can help people with the new Intersect. Chuck skill FLASHES on Tonfa Fighting and takes out the Ring agents. Sarah hears a scuffle inside and comes to help. When Steve joins in the fight, the three of them are able to defeat the team of Ring agents. Steve isn’t sure how The Ring found his cabin, but he knows the agents came for the Governor, something that governs the Intersect, kind of like a pacemaker for the heart. Steve’s gotten close to fixing it for the first Intersect, and he can make something work for the Intersect 2.0. Steve accepts Chuck’s spy life and Chuck thanks his father.

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

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

That’s the story so far. Don’t forget to watch the two hour season finale of Chuck on Monday May 24th at 8pm ET/PT and 7 CT/MT!

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Hi there Chuck fans!

Welcome to another edition of our Chuck series recap reviews!

Note: Managing Editor WR_Systems (Kenn) reported many weeks ago that Chuck would be renewed after this was discussed at WonderCon pending the official announcement made last week which everyone seemed to miss. He made announcement on Twitter from the main WormholeRiders account and re-tweeted this news several times including this week. A few however wanted to start a “Save Chuck” campaign preferring to not believe which is their right to do so,  even as late as last night!

This weeks episode is Chuck Versus The Tooth with special guest star Christopher Lloyd. As usual the episode was hilarious as always.

Hopefully after reading this recap you’ll decide to go over to NBC.Com/Chuck to watch the episode online. All photos are courtesy of NBC/Universal.

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

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

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

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

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

At the Beethoven concert, Morgan and Chuck keep their eyes on President Kuti to make sure nothing happens to him. Morgan talks to Chuck about Anna, but they’re not there to talk about their love lives, they’re there to make sure President Kuti doesn’t get killed.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

If you love Chuck please remember to make Chuck a trending topic on twitter, just add #savechuck  on all your posts Monday nights and write NBC to tell them how much you love Chuck.  I hope you enjoyed this recap!  Please leave comments here or at twitter for me, I appreciate the feedback.

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Chuck Versus The Role Models

Hi Chuck fans!  Here’s the recap of last weeks episode, with photos courtesy of NBC/Universal.

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

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

Chck & sarah

Back in Burbank, Sarah and Chuck get their next mission: to observe Craig and Laura Turner, a famous CIA team who have a long list of spy accomplishments and have been married for the past 30 years. If Chuck and Sarah continue to see each other, General Beckman insists they must learn how to do it from the CIA’s most successful spy couple. Casey’s assignment is to train MorganUpon meeting Sarah and Chuck, Laura and Craig are immediately reminded of how they were 30 years ago. Chuck learns Mr. Turner is a bit of a booze snob and loves his Manhattans. The Turners marriage hasn’t been all sugar and roses. The two veteran spies have been married three times, and it’s clear Mr. Turner has a record of being unfaithful. There’s not much time to dwell on this though, as Chuck and Sarah learn their new mission starts tonight. They must attend a party and watch the Turners steal a decryption program that could be used to render CIA security useless from a dealer named Otto Von Vogel. Chuck’s excited, but Sarah seems less enthused.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morgan barely escapes from the tiger. Chuck and Sarah deem it unnecessary to shoot the Turners so they finally give up. Down at CASTLE, Sarah tells Beckman that the Turners double cross was a triple cross, and Beckman buys it. However, the general is surprised when the Turners retire from the CIA. They inform Beckman that Chuck and Sarah will take their place.Casey tells Morgan he passed his field training because he has balls for going up against a Bengal tiger completely unarmed. However, Ellie and Awesome’s apartment is now in ruins since Morgan locked the tiger in there. But all is not lost. Sarah tells Chuck she’ll move in with him, so they have something to fall back on when their spy life is over.

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

That’s the recap for this week. Remember to watch a new episode of Chuck on Monday May 10th. As always I appreciate your feedback, here or on twitter.

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Hi Chuck fans! Here’s the recap of the newest episode of Chuck

Photos are courtesy of NBC Universal.

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

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

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

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

At Castle, Morgan helps Casey track down Chuck’s last known location: Chuck needs prescription cream for his eczema and he’s a huge DC comic fan and won’t go anywhere without the newest addition of “Justice League.” Morgan and Casey make their way to Europe. Meanwhile on the train, Chuck and Sarah come up with a plan to get to Juan Diego Arnaldo: Sarah flirts with a rocker to get his handcuffs and Chuck skill flashes on how to speak French, so he can pose as a good samaritan while he steals her pain pills.

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

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

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

However, unbeknownst to all the spies involved, Arnaldo’s enemies (the Basque ETA) are out to get him. General Beckman is livid at Chuck and orders him to keep Juan Diego alive until the new Interpol agents arrive and then to return to Burbank immediately.

Both Morgan and Casey talk to Sarah and Chuck about quitting the spy life, and the two both agree they want to be a couple more than spies. Arnaldo offers his unsolicited advice and suggests it doesn’t always have to be all or nothing. This is Chuck and Sarah’s chance to be together and they won’t risk losing each other again.

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

Morgan and Casey meet the new Interpol agents, who claim that they have been staying in Lake Como. However, the agents are not Interpol, and they blow their cover when Morgan tests their knowledge of the Sagra di San Giovanni (a festival of boats) and the “agents” refer to the festival as a palace. Casey is quick to pull his gun, but it’s no use; Morgan and Casey are outnumbered by members of the Basque who are willing to do anything to get to Arnaldo.

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

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

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

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

In his apartment, Chuck takes this opportunity to play music for Sarah, since she hasn’t had much time for that in her life. Chuck introduces her to a song he thinks is going to be her favorite, “Feeling Good.” They cuddle in bed and the two spies are off to a good start.

As always I welcome your comments, so please feel free to leave them here or contact me on twitter.

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Hey there Chuck fans!

Here’s the latest update on this weeks episode “Chuck versus The Other Guy” which represents the mid season point for Chuck this year.

I hope you find it helpful and fun, but ask what are we going to do until the Chuck Hiatus is over? Watch more Chuck with the return of Chuck Versus First Class this evening on NBC!

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

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

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

Casey confronts Morgan about his new spy job and Morgan only wishes Casey can come with him.

However, when Morgan comes home to Chuck, he is drinking scotch and has given up — Sarah is leaving with Shaw. Morgan tries to help his friend by taking the scotch bottle away from him, but Chuck uses his skill flash to detain Morgan and continue to wallow in his intoxicated depression.

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

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

The elevator opens and Shaw comes running in, he’s a man on a mission, to save Sarah. Shaw orders Chuck and Sarah to leave while he takes care of the Director. The elevator doors close and a gunshot is fired, making Sarah and Chuck believe that Shaw has killed the Director. However, just the opposite has happened: Shaw is working for The Ring and everything was a setup to trick Sarah and Chuck.

Back at Castle, General Beckman reprimands Shaw for killing the Director, but Sarah and Chuck stand up for him. Beckman says the Intersect that The Ring was building had a number of flaws in it. Beckman orders Shaw and Sarah to go to Paris, where The Ring first started making their version of the Intersect.

Sarah promises Chuck that when she gets back from France, everything between them will happen. There’s only one more mission left.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The next episode airs on April 12th which is a repeat of “Chuck versus First Class. If you need to feed your Chuck addiction nbc.com/chuck has videos of complete episodes for you to watch online. Once again I hope you are finding my recaps of the episodes, interesting and helpful. You can always leave a comment here or send me a reply on twitter or facebook (Magekittie).

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