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Recapped by DeAnn Welker · Aired 2010-10-11

Some things Chuck would like us to know: Armand Assante! Casey has a daughter, Alex. Morgan kinda likes her. Chuck accidentally proposed. Which brings us to right now, back in that accidental proposal moment, with the "Oh," "Huh?" "Hmmm?" "Wow." They quickly clear it up as they always do, which means: not at all. Chuck assures Sarah this ring was just, like, there, and then they're practically all, "Break!" as they run to their respective tasks. Morgan and Chuck are watching the accidental proposal on security video, and Chuck says he just wonders if she would have said yes, but Morgan would rather know if Chuck wanted her to say yes. Chuck's like, "I don't know. Maybe." So Morgan tells Chuck he and Sarah are terrible communicators, which Chuck halfheartedly acknowledges...

Which brings us to the Buy More sales floor, where Morgan's shilling a book by "Dr. Fred," called 101 Conversations Before 'I Do.' Chuck says he can't show Sarah this book to get her to communicate, since she wants to take it slow. Morgan -- the same guy encouraging better communication -- tells Chuck not to show Sarah the book, duh, just to ask her questions about it. Chuck tries to protest that he and Sarah don't need a book to communicate, and Morgan confuses him into submission, with: "You don't know whether or not you proposed, or if you did, if you're happy about it, or if she said yes or not to what may or may not have been a proposal, or if either of you ever want you to ever ask her for real. Yeah, you don't need no book. You're fine."

At the apartment, Awesome's talking to Ellie's belly like it's a living, breathing human, when she tells him she'd like to be addressed, too, and she's feeling a little overbabied. "My hot husband suddenly drives a minivan." Awesome: "Yeah, an awesome minivan! (PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALERT) Toyota Sienna. Safest family auto in its class." Ellie thinks maybe they should get away, and take a babymoon. He'd love to, but with how expensive college is going to be by the time their baby reaches it, they can't really afford it. She'd like it to just be the two of them for awhile, so he acknowledges she needs a break, then leans down to whisper to her belly that they'll "talk later."

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Castle. General Redhead's filling Chuck and Sarah in on some guy named Turrini, the most trusted adviser to Armand Assante's Generalissimo. Casey wheels himself in then, and after some chitchat about how he's supposed to be in bed recovering (he claims he needed "fresh air," but Chuck wonders if an underground bunker is really the best place to get that). Casey's familiar with Turrini, though, so General Redhead fills them in: It's strange that he's in town, so she wants everyone who wasn't recently shot to stake out the Costa Gravan Embassy to see if he shows up. "Everyone else should be in bed." She shuts herself off, and Casey growls. On the stakeout, Sarah watches computer monitors like a good spy, but Chuck wants to take this moment to communicate with her about the "whole ring thing." He says that since she wears her "teeth-bleaching system" in front of him, they should be able to talk. She agrees they can talk. He tells her that Morgan gave him a book full of questions to ask your partner, and she wonders if she should read it. He's like, "Oh no." He'll read it and ask her the questions, and they'll have a series of emotionally stimulating conversations -- or at least that's what the back cover says. General Redhead pops up on the monitor then, and tells them they picked up Turrini, who's not headed to the Embassy. Chuck: "Then where is he heading?" Cut to a tight shot of a hand knocking on a door, which is then answered by... Awesome, with Ellie in the background. Apparently Costa Gravas is calling for Dr. Woodcomb again. And... Cake.

Chuck and Sarah arrive in a panic just in time to watch the DVD the Generalissimo's men brought for Awesome. It's the Generalissimo, with paradise green-screened behind him, as nearly as indecipherable as ever as he invites them to beautiful Costa Gravas on his private jet. Ellie's salivating at the beaches, jungles, palace and more. She's like, "Devon. Babymoon." Awesome tells her it's not safe, but Sarah assures them that Costa Gravas is stable right now. Turrini agrees: "We have peace now. (PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALERT) And Subway sandwich franchises." Chuck says they could go, too, if it would make Awesome feels safe to have Sarah there, relaxing, in a bikini (I think that last part was more for Chuck and viewers than for Awesome's comfort level, though I guess it couldn't hurt). Turrini tells them how luxurious the Costa Gravan palace is.

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As Casey leads Chuck and Sarah to the door they're looking for, Chuck asks Sarah questions from the book. It's not thrilling. They find the door, and are trapped between it and another door, when someone starts banging on the one they just came through. They worry, until they hear Ellie and Awesome giggling. Which might actually be worse than bad guys for Chuck, who's like, "Dear God, get me out of here." Sarah opens the door, and Chuck tells Ellie and Awesome he's sorry, mostly for himself. Awesome jokes that Costa Gravas must make everyone run a little caliente, since Chuck and Sarah are locked in a closet themselves. Back in the party, Amor and her men start shooting things up. Our intrepid gang runs back to watch from a doorway as Amor screams, "Bring me my husband's head! I want him, dead or alive." Chuck says they might not have the strongest marriage. Then someone shoots up the statue, and its head falls off. Awesome's not loving that. Ellie tells Chuck she knows he's not a spy, but she needs him to do some spy stuff now.

They head off to find the Generalissimo, and Chuck and Sarah fight a gang of rebels along the way. Awesome tells Chuck how awesome he is as they head out. Casey starts to lead them out by phone when Generalissimo comes in and says of course there's an escape plan. He's nonchalant about it, all "My wife and I have been fighting a lot lately. You know: Women." Generalissimo tells a "funny story" about the Angel of Death hiding in the walls for two weeks waiting to kill him, "I was in Havana with Castro the whole time!" And he laughs. Casey, still on the other end of the phone, grumbles that he heard that. Generalissimo leads them through the Soviet-era weapons room (where Sarah snaps some quick photos with a lipstick camera) to his private jet, where Awesome and Ellie thank Chuck for saving them. Then Ellie apologizes to Awesome for making them go there, but he tells her it's okay, since they do need time away. So they're going straight to Malibu when they get home. Chuck watches them in awe, what with the communication and everything. But Sarah's more interested in the homeless dictator. Turrini wants to take Generalissimo to the Embassy, but Generalissimo says he'll only trust his life to one person now: John Casey. Cut to Casey's apartment, where Generalissimo tells Casey the wheelchair's not that intimidating, but oh well. Casey seethes.

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General Redhead's on the monitor in Casey's apartment (where he's awake and giving himself a shot of something, I think?), telling them their mission. Casey says he's on it, since he knows every corner of Costa Gravas. She asks if he's sure he's up for it, but we all know Casey's not going to miss this one. Soon, Casey, Chuck and Sarah are crawling through a tunnel under Costa Gravas, with Chuck complaining like a girl about how gross it is and Casey dictating exactly where they are.

Back at the Buy More, Morgan meets Dr. Fred and asks him how to know if the girl he's met is the one. That's the topic of Dr. Fred's book, How To Know, which he describes to Morgan as "250 pages of exercises guiding you through a revolutionary 40-step process." Oh, and Dr. Fred looks nothing like Dr. Phil, which is a little disappointing. Big Mike's insulted Morgan's going to someone else for love advice. After all, Big Mike wonders, "Have I not made your mama Bologna sing like the happiest bird in the sky?" Morgan's all, "Ew." And, also, this other guy wrote a book. Big Mike says no one's ever learned anything important from a book, and that Morgan should just kiss his woman and see what happens. If sweet smooth jams rise up from his soul, that's his answer. Morgan's never heard smooth jams.

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In the weapons room, Amor tries to shoot a threatening terrorist video, but the Generalissimo, sitting behind her, keeps ruining all of her takes by butting in and wondering why she's so angry with him. Chuck, Sarah and Casey can hear it all from the tunnels. Amor wonders why the Generalissimo wouldn't work on their marriage problems sooner. Then Turrini hollers at Amor and she goes back to her video-making. Generalissimo interrupts again, and she pulls a gun on him. Sarah thinks they need to act fast so no one starts World War III. Casey suggests blowing up the room, but Chuck thinks it's silly for them all to die over one big relationship problem. Chuck jumps into the room and says he's the mediator. Sarah comes in, too, and says they're here to help. Amor orders them to be shot, but Chuck jumps in and tells Amor she's right about her husband, so she wants to hear more. Chuck says they heard Generalissimo undermining her while she was trying to make her new head of state video. "Getting treated like that for 25 years? Who needs it?" She thanks him, and Chuck tells her she still cares about her husband, obviously, or she would have shot him already. He bets that things were perfect when they were revolutionaries sleeping in a cave, and Amor agrees that he changed when they moved into the palace. Sarah asks if change ruined things, and Chuck says change is unavoidable, so the question is whether the love is still there. Turrini decides he'll shoot Chuck and Sarah, but Chuck flashes just enough for Casey to come in and grab Turrini. He tells Amor that Turrini used to watch her sleep. He adds, "Trust me. I lived in these walls for two weeks." Way to sell the other guy as a creeper, Casey.

Sarah tells Chuck to keep talking to Amor, so he does. And Amor says she used to be partners with the Generalissimo, but then he stopped listening. Sarah tells her that the love they had in the cave doesn't have to change. Chuck looks at Sarah, surprised, as the Generalissimo asks Amor to join him in leading the country. He needs her to challenge him so they can get back to what they were. His love never died. He'll even make her Secretary of State. She loves when he talks politics, so they make out. Turrini cries and whines in Casey's arms. Which sounds more romantic than it should.

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Later, Chuck and Sarah are in bed. Chuck's asleep, but Sarah's restless. She asks if he's awake, and then if he can hear her. No response. So she tells him she loves him, and nothing's ever going to change that. "And if you ask me for real, then my answer would be yes." She smiles and then the camera moves over to Chuck, who just barely smiles so we know he's awake.

week: Chuck finds someone who might be the key to settling his mom. He tells someone he has to kill them. Then Casey's in a coffin, in full military regalia. Eric Roberts is among the guest stars. One of them tells Chuck that Frost isn't a prisoner; she's their boss. Chuck's starting to think his mom might be one of the bad guys. And then, in two weeks, Sarah and Mrs. Bartowski end up face to face, and gun to gun.

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DeAnn, a writer and editor in Portland, Oregon, thinks Alex is a little too young and a lot too pretty for Morgan. You can contact her at twopmodmars@gmail.com.