Episode Report Card DeAnn Welker: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "Never Go On A Mission Angry"
By DeAnn Welker | Season 4 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.07.2011
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.With baby and wedding fever sweeping their friends and family, Chuck, Sarah and Casey need some bad guys. And a mission. Like now. Instead, they get Roan. That's right: As you may have guessed by the episode title, Roan Montgomery's back. He's on a mission in Morocco to get inside of a hot counterfeiter's operation. Problem is, the hottie, Fatima, has a whole army of beautiful women ready to kick his ass. Oh, wait. That's not the problem, since he's a brilliant seducer, and wins her over. The problem is his jealous sort-of girlfriend, General Redhead, who sends Team Bartowski in to "rescue" him, totally blowing his cover. They take Roan back to Castle (though they have to tranq him to do so), and General Redhead leaves Casey at Fatima's Moroccan fortress to figure out the counterfeiting ring. Eventually, the wall Casey's hiding in gets blown away by bullets when Fatima's women kill the guys she's supposedly in business with. General Redhead sends Casey, Sarah and Roan back to get Casey out and take out the counterfeiting operation once and for all. It's a success thanks to Roan's charms and Casey's marksmanship, of course. In the end, Roan and General Redhead have a sweet moment wherein they express their affection for each other.
Meanwhile, Mama Bartowski's living with Ellie and Awesome and baby Clara, being a full-time grandma. She loves it, but Ellie eventually talks her into leaving, even though she doesn't want her to leave. She just can't keep someone she loves from being a hero anymore. And Morgan talks Casey into telling his ex, Alex's mom Kathleen, that he's alive. When he decides to, though, he learns from Morgan that Alex doesn't want her to know, since she's finally happy. Also, Sarah and Chuck disagree all episode about whether they want to elope (Sarah's idea) or have a big, family wedding (Chuck's). Ultimately, Chuck realizes it's because Sarah doesn't want to face her family. She seems to come around in the end on the big wedding part, but she's still not ready to introduce her family to Chuck. But, come on. Just imagine how much fun the casting folks are going to have with Sarah's family.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!A few things Chuck wants us to know. Roan Montgomery is an old-school James Bond type with a history with General Redhead. Clara was born, and Chuck proposed to Sarah, and it all felt very much like a season finale. But it was just a week ago. So here we are now, in Marrakesh. With Roan. He's wandering through a fancy party, then makes a call about how he wishes someone would pick up, he's sorry he couldn't make it but is thinking of this someone. "Sweet dreams and besos, my flower." He hangs up and hits on a hottie at the bar. He tells her he's in town to find out who's making the counterfeit bills. It doesn't go on long before she calls him by his name, and two other hotties scoot in, and they taser him. He looks up at their pretty faces: "What a way to go."
Cut to a similar view as Roan's, only this one is of all of Clara's family: mom, dad, uncle, soon-to-be auntie, and grandma. And even Morgan and Casey. They all ooh and aah, until she cries. Grandma Bartowski picks her up and calms her down, saying she handles babies the same way as a delicate explosive. Awesome's going to edit that part out of the video. Then Morgan corners Casey in the kitchen and asks him to please talk to his ex and Alex's mom, Kathleen, and let her know he's alive. That way, when Morgan meets her for dinner soon, he won't have to lie. Casey growls, but ultimately agrees to think about it. While they're making more baby videos, Awesome turns it on Sarah and Chuck and everyone starts grilling them about their wedding. They're not loving it, and Casey isn't either. The three of them agree they need bad guys, and a mission, to escape this family intensity. Cake-y credits.
Castle. Casey turns on General Redhead, who's drinking whiskey at her desk. They apologize for disturbing her, but she pretends there's nothing unusual about what she's doing here, getting drunk on the government's dime. They don't care, though; they just need a mission. She tells them there's one, but it's off the books and dangerous, and they'd be on their own. They're in! She tells them to go rescue Roan. Chuck reminds us Roan's the seduction master, and wonders what happened. Sarah wonders if perhaps Roan took an elective trip and hasn't been captured. General Redhead won't hear it, and says he was investigating Fatima, who has an Army of fellow hotties. Speaking of hot, General Redhead's all hot and bothered as she shuts herself off. Chuck wonders what the hell is up, so Casey and Sarah fill him in on the General's history with Roan. Which is why, Sarah says, they better go get him back.