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Sarah's dad, played awesomely by Gary Cole, shows up this week, and tries to con a sheik out of $10 million. Agent Redhead goes along with it in order to get access to the sheik's bank accounts, to freeze his funds. It all goes awry, though, when Sarah's dad takes off with what we think is the money. Turns out he left the money in Chuck's bank account, though, as some sort of $10 million test of Chuck's love for Sarah. And oh boy, does Chuck ever prove himself.
Meanwhile, Anna's finally back, and she wants to move in with Morgan. He doesn't like this idea, but Captain Awesome convinces him that it's about time he moves out of his mom's place. Awesome even lets him borrow $2,500 to get started. Unfortunately, a DeLorean shows up in the audio install room at the Buy More, and the owner's been trying to get it off his hands, but no one will buy. Mainly because it doesn't work: If you go over 22 mph, it stalls. Morgan goes Back to the Future and buys it anyway, though, effectively pissing off Awesome and Anna. I'm not sure which of those is more frightening. Morgan gets customized DeMorgan plates, and the car's nickname, “the DeMorgan,” is born.
Chuck takes the DeMorgan to go save Sarah and her dad from the sheik, who wants his $10 million back. Chuck manages to get the sheik's account numbers by transferring the $10 million back into his account. Casey thinks it's brilliant, but he'll never tell Chuck. And then, when the sheik's going to kill them all anyway, Casey comes in and saves the day. The sheik tries to flee in the DeMorgan, but they report it stolen and the rest is history (remember, it doesn't go over 22).
Agent Redhead tells Sarah they're arresting her dad for embezzlement, and in the end Sarah says a tearful goodbye and then helps him get away. But not before Gary Cole has a heart to heart with Sarah and then one with Chuck. Then Chuck comforts Sarah, who's all sad that her daddy's gone again.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!We're in Butte, Montana, in 1990 and a cute little blonde-haired girl is pedaling a pink bicycle down the road. Is this the right show? Then some guys close the back of an armored truck. She continues cycling and ends up right in front of the truck as it starts to move. She screams, and the drivers ask someone to call 911. Right then a moustached Gary Cole shows up and says he's a doctor. He asks where her parents are, but then says he'll take her to the hospital. And everyone just lets him. Which is odd. Who would let any man, even one claiming to be a doctor, take a little girl he'd never met away from a crime scene? In the car, though, we quickly realize he's not shady or anything (at least not in that way). He's her dad. She tells him getting hit really hurt. She thinks he sprained her wrist. He tells her (as he removes his fake moustache) she can choose: hospital or rocky road ice cream. She chooses ice cream, then asks how much they got. He just holds up some bills and shows them to her.
Then we're in the present, where Sarah's counting out change at the Orange Orange. Chuck walks in and asks if it's been a long day. She tells him it's actually been a boring day. Chuck offers her some excitement: a date tonight with Awesome and Ellie. He promises fake cuddling, but real pizza. She tells him she has personal plans, and she won't tell him what they are. Chuck leaves and goes immediately to Casey at the Buy More and asks if he's excited for the mission tonight. Casey says there is no mission; Sarah's taking a personal day. And yes, he does know what she's doing, but no he is not telling Chuck. It's personal.
Speaking of personal, Morgan's closing the curtains in the Buy More screening room so he and Anna (she's alive! And not in spy training!) can have some privacy. Anna is sick of hooking up at work, but Morgan reminds her that his mom's always home and she has three roommates. So she pulls a brochure out of her pocket for the Buena Burbank Apartments, where they have really cute one-bedrooms. Morgan says he can't afford it, but she says they can together. Morgan freaks out and says that's a very big step, and isn't something they should rush into. Then he points out how great the screening room is, with the big plasma TV, comfy couches, and free coffee. He says they're living the dream, but she doesn't agree.
Morgan approaches Chuck and asks if he ever wonders if he's not man enough to hang on to his woman. Chuck ignores this and says he needs a Nerd Herder. Lester overhears and says that won't be possible, because Buster apparently found Jeff's underwear in the back seat of one of them and so is having them all reupholstered. I'd normally say that's crazy, but these are Jeff's underwear, so I can't really blame Buster for the excess. Chuck has to borrow Morgan's bike, but won't tell him why. Just: "It's personal."
Chuck's spying on Sarah leaving a hotel with Gary Cole, and then is sitting across the aisle from them at a restaurant hiding behind his menu. Only he's not really hiding. His entire head is looking over the menu, completely obviously. He's the worst spy ever. Then he flashes on Gary Cole with mug shots and the words "Fraud" and "Larceny." Sarah's iPhone beeps telling her Chuck's location is right where she is. She looks around and he ducks behind the menu, but she's not a total idiot, so she walks over to him. He apologizes, but says he came for backup only. She reminds him it's personal, but he says he flashed on the "much, much, much older gentleman" she's having dinner with. "The guy is a total loser. Absolute bottom-feeding, scum-of-the-earth, have-I-mentioned-considerably older man?!" Gary Cole interrupts and says, "All true, but I'm a hell of a dancer." Sarah introduces Gary Cole as her dad, "Jack Burton," and Chuck as her boyfriend. Chuck sheepishly tells Gary Cole it's a real pleasure.
In Sarah's hotel room, Gary Cole's feeding her breakfast. He asks about her job at the Orange Orange. She says it pays the bills, and he says he can see that; it's "very believable." He says the hotel room, her job, "that schnook from last night, Chippy" (she corrects: "Chuck") all add up to her "working an angle." He thinks Chuck must be the son of some rich family. She says Chuck makes $12 an hour and wants her to stay away from him. Gary Cole's fine with this, because he has a bag full of money already. He tries to give her some, but she doesn't want any stolen money. He tells her it's not stolen, though. He's no thief; he's a con man. And that all of the real money is in Dubai. This particular money is from Sheik Rajiv Amad. Sarah's like, "Amad? The Saudi oil family?" And Gary Cole's impressed that his yogurt-shilling daughter knows this information. She says she has to go to work
In the Orange Orange's Super Secret Lair, Sarah tells Agent Redhead that her father has conned the sheik out of nearly $1 million. Sarah says she'll bring him in, but Chuck thinks this is a conflict of interest. Casey's happy to take care of it if Sarah can't. Agent Redhead doesn't want to arrest him yet, since the sheik is wanted on suspicion of funding terrorism, but no one even knows what he looks like. Any information Gary Cole could provide would be valuable. Sarah doesn't want her father to be CIA, because he's not going to like it. Agent Redhead says she doesn't have to compromise her cover. Just talk to her father, with "the Intersect" in tow. I love that, even with Chuck standing right there, Agent Redhead still acts like he's a thing. Sarah tries to disagree again, but Agent Redhead shuts her down by pointing out how dangerous the sheik is, and how Sarah might want to find out how deep her dad's in before the sheik does. And, you know, kills him or something.
Morgan's crawling through the Morgan door into Chuck's room as Captain Awesome walks by. He sees Morgan and, being Awesome, greets him cheerfully with "Captain Morgan!" Hee. Morgan's looking for Chuck, but he's not there. Awesome's willing to talk, though, so Morgan tells him his life's over since Anna wants to move in together. Captain Awesome says this is a big step, "little man." He points out that Morgan has no adult responsibility of any kind and it's time to grow up. Morgan says it's expensive, and Awesome says they'll lend him the money. Morgan doesn't know why, and Awesome says it's because he believes in him. Oh, and he's charging interest. Weekly. He gives Morgan $2,500, and welcomes him to adulthood.
At the Buy More, Casey's doing actual work (for the second time this episode, I'll add; I'm impressed, and also: Why can't Chuck manage to do any actual work if Casey, who's a real agent, can?) while Chuck follows him around talking about Sarah's dad. Chuck says Gary Cole at least cares about Sarah and wants a relationship with her, whereas Chuck doesn't even know where his father is. Casey's response: "Awww, that's sad. You've confused me with someone who cares about your life before the intersect." Casey walks off, and Morgan walks up and says farewell to Chuck, who wonders where Morgan's headed. Morgan says he's moving in with Anna. Chuck thinks this is fantastic, but Morgan acts sad and tells Chuck to enjoy every damn minute of his youth.
Western gunfight music starts up as Morgan walks toward Anna. Apparently this is a showdown. But before he gets to her, Lester and Jeff step in front of Morgan and ask if he's "seen her." They lead him to the Audio Install room, where a 1981 DeLorean DMC ("only 9,000 made," according to Jeff) is sitting. It's just like the car from Back to the Future, but without the Porsche engine that car had, according to this one's owner. He's hoping the iPod adapter he's having added will help him sell it. Morgan can't believe he can't sell this "treasure." The owner points out that the passenger door doesn't work, the gas mileage is horrible, and if it actually goes over 22 mph, it stalls. Morgan says he'll take it.
Chuck walks up to Sarah's hotel room as she and her dad argue about him inside. Gary Cole says Chuck's a "schnook," but Sarah sticks up for him. Gary Cole also tells her Chuck has $2,200 to his name, which he knows because he stole Chuck's ATM card last night. Sarah asks what now that he knows Chuck's broke? Um, I would like to point out that $2,200 is not broke. Granted, it's not nest egg or retirement fund, but it's not broke. There are people with overdrawn bank accounts who can't pay their bills, and at least $2,200 is something. It's no million dollars stolen from a sheik, but still. But Gary Cole says now he's even more worried. He's going to get a cab, and bumps into Chuck on his way out. Chuck pretends he just got there, and Gary Cole greets him nicely with, "Charlie!" And then he tells Chuck he looks sharp, which he does. Chuck walks in and Sarah gives him his ATM card back. Chuck can't blame Gary Cole for being protective of Sarah, and Sarah says she's attributing good qualities to Gary Cole because Chuck himself is a good person. Chuck tells her he couldn't have been all bad, judging by how she turned out. She gives him a big, totally sincere smile. They're completely in love.
At dinner, Gary Cole is sharing his and Sarah's conning stories from her youth. He tells Chuck people would actually think her arm was broken, and she's like, "Because it was." But only that one time, Sarah. Don't complain about it! Gary Cole tells her that no kid had as much fun as she did, which is probably true, actually. Because Sarah's not asking Gary Cole the stuff Agent Redhead wanted her too, Chuck starts in, asking what Gary Cole's latest score is from Dubai. Gary Cole wonders if it's okay to talk to Chuck, and Sarah tells him to trust her. He says, "Always, darling. Never forget that." Then he tells them how he got the money from the sheik. He pulled a Lichtenstein. That's an invention of Gary Cole's in which he uses this fake billionaire character, Lichtenstein, to sell things, like art, jewelry, a boat, etc. Gary Cole tells her this time it's that skyscraper behind them: Nagamichi Plaza (I thought it was Nakamichi, but I'm trusting my captions on this one). Sarah tells him this is really dangerous, but Gary Cole tells her to relax, because the $700,000 was just a finder's fee for putting the sheik in touch with Lichtenstein, and he'll be long gone by the time they know what happened.
Chuck and Sarah are walking arm in arm in Gary Cole's hotel lobby discussing whether Gary Cole bought them as a couple. Chuck suggests amping up the PDA to really sell it. They walk by a group of men in suits and Chuck flashes on one, who is apparently the sheik. Uh-oh. I don't think Gary Cole's going to make it far away after all. Chuck asks Sarah what she thinks the sheik wants, and Sarah's like, "Duh! Lichtenstein." And she tells him to stay there and goes to help her dad, who's trying to convince the sheik to meet up with him and Lichtenstein the day. The sheik says Gary Cole must think he's an idiot, and he'd like his money back. Gary Cole says that's fine, but if that's the case the deal's off. Sarah walks up then and her dad introduces her as Mr. Lichtenstein's personal secretary, Ms. Applebaum. She tells the sheik that Mr. Lichtenstein has been expecting him, and suggests the day at 2. The sheik says now sounds better and one of his henchmen puts a gun to Sarah. She and her dad are both quiet and the sheik's like, "I thought so. There's no Lichtenstein." Just then, a hotel employee comes by saying, "Mr. Lichtenstein?" Everyone -- Sarah, her dad, the sheik -- looks puzzled. The hotel employee asks if there's a Mr. Lichtenstein here, and Chuck says, "Yeah." The employee gives him a message. ["How very Abe Froeman, Sausage King of Chicago. Love the random Ferris Bueller references!" -- Angel] The sheik walks over to him, and Gary Cole introduces him as Hans Lichtenstein. Sarah tells them that Mr. Lichtenstein only speaks German, but he'll meet them tomorrow at 2 p.m. at his office. The sheik agrees but says that if he doesn't get what he wants, Lichtenstein's a dead man. He leaves. Gary Cole says he knew they were cons, too. Which, sort of, I guess.
Ellie's paying bills at the dining room table when Awesome comes in from a bike ride. She asks him why $2,500 is missing from their account. He says he forgot to tell her that he lent it to Morgan. She stops what she's doing and says, "Please tell me you met someone named Morgan at work," because the thought of him giving that money to the Morgan she knows is too horrific to consider. Awesome says he didn't give it away. It was a loan. Ellie asks Chuck, who's in the kitchen, how much Morgan makes and Chuck says $12 an hour, not counting his comic book collection, which is worth about $500. Heh. Awesome says it was an investment in Morgan's future, as he's trying to finally become an adult. A car horn honks and Chuck says that must be Morgan, who's giving him a ride to work. Ellie's like, "On what? His handlebars?" Chuck tells them that Morgan bought a barely functioning, 1981 DeLorean that only goes 22 mph, so he better get going. He leaves, and Awesome tells Ellie she doesn't have to say anything; he'll get the money back.
Sara's apologizing to Agent Redhead for getting Chuck involved in her dad's con. Casey recommends putting the Intersect in protective lockdown until the sheik's out of the country, but Agent Redhead can't stand the thought of losing this opportunity to set up the sheik. She says the CIA has been trying to locate the secret Amad family accounts for years. If the sheik can wire at least $10 million for the building, they can trace the account. Casey asks if the agency's asking them to commit fraud, and Agent Redhead says of course not; the CIA has no knowledge of his mission. She thinks Sarah's father can handle the conning.
Captain Awesome comes into the Buy More and asks Lester and Jeff where Morgan is. They have no idea, since he might have gotten some plutonium, which means he could be anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Lester says he might be in the Old West. Jeff says if he could travel in time, he'd go to Lester's birth and see his face when he emerges from the vaginal canal. Gross. Lester tells Awesome that Morgan went to the DMV to get license plates for his new car. Awesome's not pleased that Morgan used the money he lent him to buy the car instead of moving in with Anna. Anna overhears and is pissed to find out their apartment money is what Morgan used for the DeLorean. She wants to kill him, but Awesome tells her to get in line. Just then, Morgan walks in and asks them both to reserve judgment until they've seen his vanity plate, which says "DeMorgan." Awesome says Morgan has one day to return his money or he'll hurt him. Anna tells Awesome to start with the groin, which Morgan won't be needing. Morgan tries to pretend he got the car for him and Anna. Right.
Sarah's in the hotel suggesting the $10 million plan to her dad. She says it's a 3 percent deposit, since the building's worth more than $300 million. She says if he wants her help, though, he has to use her team. That team is, of course, Chuck and Casey. Gary Cole tells Sarah Casey has a cop face, which he kind of does. I think it's the sternly furrowed brow and inability to smile. Gary Cole says he and Sarah will handle the money deal and tells Cop Face that he's security. Chuck tells Casey they can trade nicknames if he'd like, since Chuck's "Schnook." Casey tells Gary Cole they're using his account number for the transfer, since he doesn't trust Gary Cole. Chuck asks what about him, since he doesn't know any German beyond pop-culture references. Gary Cole says Chuck's job will be most difficult; he has to sit there and not talk.
Chuck, Gary Cole and Sarah are dressed as exterminators, and clearing out an office by saying the poison causes low fertility. After everyone evacuates, they redecorate it to look like it's Lichtenstein Enterprises. Casey sits at the front to alert them that the sheik and his men are coming. The sheik walks in and Sarah's pretending she's talking to someone about Lichtenstein. Gary Cole's down the hall pretending to talk to people who aren't there about Lichtenstein's busy schedule. Sarah and Gary Cole lead the sheik and his men into a board room where Chuck is waiting for them. Gary Cole and Sarah tell the sheik the terms: They need 3 percent, or $10 million, to take the building off the market. The sheik would like a word with Lichtenstein first. Sarah says she'll translate, but the sheik doesn't trust her, so brought his own translator, who immediately starts speaking German to Chuck. Chuck looks like he might die, but then starts speaking English in the worst German accent ever. ["Doing his best Colonel Klink impression." -- Angel] Ironically, he tells the translator that he has the worst accent ever, and is butchering Lichtenstein's language. So the deal is off. Casey tells them through earpieces that the businessmen they evacuated found out there was no extermination ordered today and they're coming back up. Sarah repeats to the sheik that the deal is off, and she's sorry. But she is happy to wire him the money back. Gary Cole thinks this can still be worked out. But Chuck, in his accent, is insisting the deal is off. He's trying to get the sheik's men out of the room, when the sheik tells them all to stop being crazy, because this is his building, and they had a deal. Chuck, Sarah, and Gary Cole get in the elevator and leave the sheik on the floor. They're still there when the businessmen return, and one guy asks who the hell they are, and why the wall says Lichtenstein. The sheik rolls his eyes, all frustrated. Not exactly the reaction I'd expect when someone loses $10 million.
Back in Sarah's hotel room, they're celebrating their victory with champagne. Gary Cole tells them he's going to get some ice. Chuck tells Sarah it went pretty well, and she agrees that her dad pulled through for her, this one time. Casey gets a call from Agent Redhead. He tells her the money was transferred, but the CIA account never got the money. Sarah goes running out and sees the ice bucket where her dad left it in the hall. Chuck checks for the laptop they used to wire the money, but it's gone too. And Gary Cole's driving away in a convertible, hair blowing in the breeze with the laptop in the backseat.
Chuck shows up at Sarah's the morning with coffee and chocolate croissants and comfort. He asks if she's okay and she says she's fine. She says her dad will turn up, and she's more upset they didn't get to freeze the sheik's accounts. Chuck's sorry he talked her into trusting her father, but she says she already had learned to always expected disappointment from her father. But we can tell she's disappointed and didn't totally expect it anyway, and so can Chuck. She then says it's her fault, and Chuck tells her it's not. He tells the backstory of his own father: He was an unusual man, an engineer, who left Ellie and him eleven years ago. They used to get Christmas cards and birthday cards and then one year it just stopped. Chuck says he doesn't know why but, thanks to time and therapy, he does know it's not his fault. Am I the only one surprised Chuck goes to (or went to) therapy? Chuck tells Sarah her father's sins aren't hers. She tells him this is all very eloquent for 3 a.m., and he's like, "Of course. I'm an articulate schnook." Sarah: "Lucky for me." Seriously.
Back at the OOSSL, Agent Redhead asks Casey if they're alone, and then she tells him where they've tracked Sarah's dad to. He says he understands the sensitivity of this and will go alone. Agent Redhead tells him to tell Sarah she's sorry, and he says "Roger that."
At the Buy More, Morgan wonders where he'll ever get $2,500. Then he sees Chuck and goes up to him and pays him compliments. He compliments his looks and his scent. Chuck asks what he wants, and Morgan says he needs to borrow $2,500 to avoid the Awesome punishment.
As Casey arrives at a shady-looking hotel, Sarah beats the crap out of the punching back at the OOSSL while she thinks about time with her father. Her phone rings, and it's her dad. He tells her he's sorry and has a perfect excuse. He tells her he did it all for her. Then the sheik gets on the phone (he's beaten and kidnapped Gary Cole) and tells her he wants his money back. She says she doesn't have it, and then she tells him that if anything happens to her father, she'll kill him. And he better watch out because she means it. He says she should bring him what's his and there won't be a problem. He hangs up before she can trace the call.
Chuck's at an ATM in the backroom of the Buy More, with Morgan at his side. I won't mention the fact that an ATM in an employee-only area of a store makes little to no sense, and I'll just move on to Chuck asking Morgan to leave, so as not to see his PIN. Boundaries, Morgan. Have some. Morgan leaves and Chuck enters his PIN. He checks his balance and finds there is exactly $10,002,520 in his account. He says, "Oh my god," and Morgan assumes he's broke and tells him not to worry; he'll find another way.
Chuck shows up at the OOSSL to find Sarah loading two duffel bags full of shirts and guns. Chuck tells her about the extra $10 million in his account. She's surprised that her father would put the money in his account, but tells him to leave it there, and then she leaves. Chuck asks where she's going and she says it's personal. Chuck walks in to the Buy More and Casey asks where Sarah is. Chuck says she left with two shirt-filled duffel bags and some serious firepower to go meet the sheik. Casey starts to leave, and Chuck asks where he's going. Casey says it's personal. Chuck tells Morgan he can have the money, but first he needs to borrow the DeMorgan, and Morgan says he can, of course, but why. Chuck tells him it's personal. Morgan tells Chuck to "treat her well, my friend." He means the car, which he already cares about more than Anna.
Casey's followed Sarah to a parking garage. She takes the elevator to the roof, with her two duffel bags. The sheik asks if she has something for him, and she asks for her father. They bring him out, and Sarah drops the duffel bags. One of the sheik's henchmen comes over and goes through the bags and finds ... orange shirts. There's also a sniper on the roof with his gun pointed at Sarah. Luckily a horn honks and an engine rattles and Chuck pulls up in the DeMorgan. He tells them not to shoot, because he has their money. He tells the sheik he will wire the money to him right then. All he needs is the account number. He tells the sheik they're just some bad con men who got in way too deep. The sheik types in his account number, which appears just then on Casey's screen. Casey says, "Decent plan, Bartowski," then adds for our benefit, "Course I'll never tell him that."
The sheik makes sure the money transfers and then tells his men to kill them anyway. Lucky for them, Casey comes up then with his sirens blazing. He pretends he's with the U.S. Treasury and is there to arrest Lichtenstein and really gets in to handcuffing Chuck and throwing him against the car. The sheik thinks this is a joke and wonders where the backup is. Casey says they're coming, and that if the sheik and his men will testify, they could get the weapons charges dropped. But one of the sheik's men pulls a weapon, so Sarah pulls hers. The sheik tells her to lower it or he'll kill her father. Her dad nods yes at her and she shoots him in the shoulder. It's a full-on shootout, with all the sheik's men shooting at our people, but all of them losing. The sheik jumps in the DeLorean and takes off, which ... really shouldn't be a problem in that piece of junk. Chuck calls in the stolen car, saying he'd like to report a stolen 1981 DeLorean, license plate D-E-M-O-R-G-A-N. Then he says, "No, this is not a prank call."
Agent Redhead is telling Sarah and Casey they were able to freeze $1 billion of the sheik's foreign accounts. Then she tells Sarah they're sending agents to pick up her father at 5 p.m. today, so she should say her goodbyes. Casey tells Agent Redhead how valuable Gary Cole was, and that maybe that could get his prison sentence lowered. She says prosecution will be made aware, then her screen shuts off. Sarah thanks Casey and he pretends he doesn't hear her. No, really. He cannot even say "You're welcome" because that will mean he's a little, weak girl.
At the Buy More, Morgan's telling Chuck the car's stolen. Chuck apologizes, but then Morgan tells him that, No. This means the car will get impounded, and he'll pay back Awesome and still have $10,000. Anna interrupts that "we" will have $10,000. She's already thinking of how she'll decorate their apartment. She tells him she loves him, and he says it too. She walks off and blows him a kiss, which he catches and eats. I know it's all just air, but that's still a little bit strange, I think. But then, this is Morgan. Why would he know what to do with something so simple as a kiss? Then he tells Chuck he has to grow up sometime. Chuck says he's proud of him. Right then, though, Lester and Jeff walk up and tell Morgan he won't believe what just showed up in the Audio Install. Chuck tells him not to do it, but Morgan says it can't hurt to look. It's the General Lee. ["As the Yello song "Oh Yeah," also from Ferris Bueller plays in the background. Funny writers. Very funny." -- Angel] He looks back at Anna, and we don't get to know if he buys it. Which I think means he did not.
In her hotel room, Sarah's doctoring up her dad's wound. Basically, she's giving him a tourniquet for the shoulder she shot. She looks at the clock and sees it's 4:55, so she asks him to go get her some Rocky Road at a store around the corner. She asks why he put the money in Chuck's account. He says he had to put it somewhere and he didn't trust Cop Face. She's like, "But you trusted Chuck?" And I respond, "Sarah, you've seen Chuck, right? It's impossible to not trust him. He has, like, the sweetest face ever." He tells her reading people is the only real talent he has, and he knows that Chuck would never betray her. He made a $10 million bet that Chuck loved her, and it turns out he was right. He says he'll be right back. She stops him and says, "Could you make it a double scoop?" But there's so much more she wants to say. He leaves and she cries.
Outside, he bumps in to Chuck. He thanks him for coming back, and says he gave him 10 million reasons to leave. Chuck replies, "But one really good reason to stay." Awww, Chuck loves Gary Cole. Oh, wait, that's not what he meant, is it? Chuck says Sarah would have done the same for him, and Gary Cole agrees. Cops pull up in front of the hotel right then, and Gary Cole and Chuck watch as Sarah comes out and talks to them, pointing them in the opposite direction of where Chuck and her dad are standing. Gary Cole says his daughter's some kind of cop, isn't she? Chuck says she is. And Gary Cole looks at her and says she's turned out pretty good, even with a lousy father. He asks Chuck to take care of her, and he says he'll do his best. Gary Cole gazes at her and flashes back to the two of them conning together when she was little. And that little girl could be a little Sarah, really. Chuck walks over to Sarah and asks if she's okay. She says she is. He takes off his jacket and gives it to her, and looks back at Gary Cole, who nods at him approvingly. Then he puts his arm around Sarah and walks her toward the hotel, saying, "He'll be back." Sarah sadly says, "No he won't." And it's over. Really fantastic episode, though, so I think he just might be back.
week: It's a special Christmas episode of Chuck, and Announcer Guy says the worst part of it for Chuck isn't the car through the Buy More window, or the gun pointed at his head, or even John Casey getting shot. No, it's Sarah who changes everything week. That didn't even make sense, really. Is Sarah the worst part? Because that's not what it said. That's sort of misleading, I think. But I guess we'll see week.
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