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A hot British Fulcrum agent steals a belt buckle off Andy Richter (he digs him up from the CIA graveyard), putting Sarah, Casey, and Chuck on his trail. Right before the mission, Chuck breaks up with Sarah -- on advice from Ellie. That frees Sarah up to hit on our bad guy, the Beefcake. She does, but he is onto her, and all goes to hell. Eventually, they find out he's MI6, undercover with Fulcrum, so they bring him in to Castle. He has a secret chip (it was in Andy Richter's belt buckle) that he wants to be able to read but only Fulcrum has the playback device. Thinking his cover might still be safe, he sets up a meet. Casey and Sarah agree to it, even though they don't get Agent Redhead's permission. It all goes bad when Chuck accesses the chip at the moment Beefcake's pretending to have it, and a homing device notifies Fulcrum. They capture Sarah and Beefcake, and then follow the homing device to Chuck. He's seen himself on the chip, so he breaks it when he sees the suits coming. They capture him, and try to torture who the intersect is out of him, Beefcake, and Sarah. For some reason, Chuck told them all what's on the chip, so they all know, but Beefcake proves himself by not sharing this intel with the baddies. Chuck eventually spills, but Beefcake counters that it's actually him. Casey comes in and kills all the Fulcrum agents anyway, so Chuck's cover is safe. Except for Beefcake, who gets captured at the end of the episode.
Meanwhile, Morgan's trying to get away from all the sex his mom is having with Big Mike, so he crashes on Ellie and Awesome's couch. They're okay with this because he makes dinner and martinis, and runs them bubble baths. But then they wake up in the middle of the night to find him naked in the kitchen hiding his "low-hanging fruit" behind a basket of fruit. They kick him out, because Ellie is scarred for life. When Morgan tells Chuck that he's getting his own place, Chuck decides they should move in together. They go tell Ellie and Awesome, and Ellie is not pleased. Sarah bursts in right then and asks to talk to Chuck. She tells him that Beefcake's been captured, which means they have to put Chuck under 24-hour protective surveillance, meaning: Not only can they not break up, but they have to move in together. Let's hope it's not with Morgan.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously: We had that episode from two weeks ago that was really supposed to come right before this one. Everything in this episode basically will follow what happened in that one. (See how they move things around and mess with us?)
Someone is digging in a surprisingly brightly lit night sky. He hits a body bag with no casket or anything, unzips it and conveniently finds just what he's looking for right on top: a belt. He grabs it and leers at it. We cut quickly to Sarah and Casey in Castle staring, as they usually do, at Agent Redhead on a screen. She's explaining that the body, which was dug up from a CIA dump site, belonged to Andy Richter, the Fulcrum agent who possibly put the bad Intersect in Chuck's brain. They don't know who dug him up yet, but Agent Redhead thinks it's not to the point where they have to keep Chuck safe at Castle. But they shouldn't let him out of their sights, just in case.
Chuck, who does not appear to be within Casey or Sarah's sight, is having breakfast with Ellie and Awesome when Sarah calls him. He ignores it, telling Ellie he'll see Sarah later anyway. Awesome agrees that playing hard to get is sometimes good, because cold and detached can be a powerful aphrodisiac. Really? Since when? Ellie tells Awesome that abstinence is also an aphrodisiac; does he want to try that? He tells Chuck he's not getting involved. Then Ellie tells Chuck that if Sarah's not the one, as he told her two episodes back, he has to break up with her now.
Chuck arrives at the Buy More, and Morgan starts in about the relationship that's keeping him up at night: his mom and Big Mike's. Specifically, it's the sex part of that relationship that's stressing him out. They won't stop having sex, and Big Mike moans like a wounded sea lion. Chuck and Morgan get the willies. Morgan asks if he can crash with him for awhile. Chuck promises to run it by Ellie and Awesome. Sarah's calling him again and he's ignoring it. She walks up behind him and cutely asks if he's screening her calls. He says he wants to talk to her, but has been waiting for the right time. She offers to buy him a frozen yogurt. Or, probably, to give him one for free.
At the Orange Orange, Sarah demonstrates her crazy knife skills on a banana as she asks Chuck what he wants to talk about. Freaked by said skills, Chuck tells her she can go first, but she says hers is spy-related and she has a feeling his isn't. He clears his throat and says he wants to talk about them. She asks if he wants to break up again, and he looks surprised. But she heard it through bites of cereal on the surveillance tap. Poor Ellie and Awesome. They have no idea everything they do is being recorded. At least Chuck has the benefit of knowing, even if it doesn't seem to help him realize she'll already know stuff like this. She says it's an occupational hazard. He tells her it's not her, it's him. Casey walks in just then and tells him not to give that speech to a trained assassin holding a knife, but Chuck asks him to please leave. Chuck tells her he cares about her, but he is tired of lying to everyone. She tells him to say that they're taking things slowly, and they don't know what the future holds for them. Chuck asks if that's just another lie, and she looks down. He takes that as a yes, and says he wants to break up. I didn't realize breaking up was even an option. Isn't it part of the cover of protecting Chuck? Anyway, he breaks up and she lets him, so Casey returns and says "Great. Most annoying romance of my life is finally over." He wants them to get downstairs now.
In Castle, Agent Redhead tells them they've found the prints of a Fulcrum agent named Cole Barker on the body bag. But we'll just call him Bond. James Bond. Because that's totally who he is. Even the images Agent Redhead shows our crew are of him in a pool, drinking a cocktail, and lounging around with pretty ladies. Casey agrees he's a ladies' man. Agent Redhead says he'll be at a hotel, where they think he will hand off whatever he found on Andy Richter to other Fulcrum agents. She says Sarah will be charged with retrieving the stolen item by any means necessary. Chuck does not love this idea. Agent Redhead signs off, and Chuck asks to zoom in on Bond's "groinal area." Casey wonders if there's something he likes down there, but Chuck flashes on his belt, where the intelligence is located. Casey says it's a good thing Chuck dumped Sarah, so that she can get Bond's pants off guilt-free.
Big Mike is treating Morgan like his son at the Buy More, even calling him "son." He wants Morgan to interview people for an open green shirt position at the Buy More today so that he can go attend to Morgan's mom. She has a lot of things that have been neglected since she hasn't had a man in a while. It's obvious what he's talking about, but Jeff asks what, giving Big Mike the opportunity to gross us all out with talk of plumbing and laying pipe. Big Mike leaves and Jeff tells Lester he'd like to hire a hot green shirt. They ask Morgan if they can help him out with it, and he lets them take over the hiring duties. Lester tells Jeff he's thinking "casting couch," which he explains is bringing women in under the guise of promising fame and fortune. They are advertising it as a high-paying modeling job at Burbank's finest electronics store. Jeff thinks Lester's a genius.
Casey's bartending at a fancy hotel bar, with Chuck and Sarah playing customers. Casey tells them Beefcake just walked in. Chuck is supposed to look around for Bond's contact, and Casey tells Sarah to get to work on getting Bond up to his room and getting his pants off. Chuck thinks throwing a sack over the guy's head would be quicker, but Casey says they can't risk his contacts seeing them. He asks if Chuck is afraid of a little competition. The answer to that would be yes, obviously.
Ellie and Awesome arrive home, all sweaty after working out, to find Morgan in their kitchen. He explains that his mom is "romantically involved" with his boss -- Awesome's awesome reply: "Big Mike's boning Bolonia?" -- so Morgan will be staying with them. They're not sure, but he tells them he'll earn his keep. He's already drawn a nice, hot bubble bath for them and just made martinis. He pours them as he says they're "dry, with olives." How very Bond this episode is getting. Morgan sends them off to the tub, saying the roast will be out of the oven soon. I would let Morgan come and live with me if he made life that good. Ellie and Awesome also appear to be won over.
Back at the bar, Chuck insists he's not jealous; he just isn't sure it's safe for Sarah. She tells him not to worry; she has protection. She opens her purse to reveal a gun. And she also says that they have a safe word: If she orders Cristal champagne, Casey knows she's in trouble. Casey says she'll be fine; it's not like it's her first time. She gets up and heads over to Bond. She asks if he wants company. He doesn't. She says she doesn't either, but if she sits alone every guy in here will try to take a shot at a total stranger. He asks if that isn't what she's doing now, and she admits it is. He tells her he's not a nice guy, which she says is fine since she doesn't like nice guys. Chuck, listening in, looks sad. Bond asks her why, and she elaborates that a woman doesn't want someone talking about his feelings and emotions; she wants someone who acts. Bond wants to take it to his room, where he promises nothing nice will happen. Casey's pleased with Sarah's quick work, but Chuck's sort of heartbroken. I'm going to guess he won't take any of this as a lesson to actually, you know, act more and stress about his girly feelings less. I mean, seriously, Chuck: Shut up and kiss her, already.
Ellie and Awesome love Morgan's dinner. Morgan creepily tells them how much food is a seductress. He scored Anna by serving himself รก la mode. Ew. And, also, Morgan, why are you trying to seduce Ellie and Awesome? He wishes Chuck was there (so he could seduce him, too?), but he thinks Chuck's probably enjoying his own delicious meal right now, meaning Sarah. Awesome says, yeah, if he hasn't broken up with her yet. Morgan asks why on earth he would do that, and Ellie tells him that Chuck says Sarah's not the one. Morgan says he knows nothing better than Chuck, and Sarah is so the one. Ellie worries she shouldn't have told him to break up, but Awesome thinks they're safe since it should take him awhile to get around to it, considering he said he'd move out of their place years ago. Not that Awesome's bitter or anything.
But Chuck, already broken up, is listening to Bond bring Sarah into room 1121. It's a fancy suite with a view, a Jacuzzi tub, and a giant bed. Casey thinks Chuck might want to stop listening, but Chuck says he's fine -- just thinking about when he gets home and can listen to Charlie Rose -- and will keep listening in case he flashes on something. Did anyone know that he could flash through hearing? Have we seen that happen? Anyway, Chuck does flash right then, on two guys getting into the elevator. He tells Casey they're Fulcrum, so Casey gets into the elevator, too. A woman with a baby stroller gets in after Casey.
Chuck's listening to the hot action happening in room 1121, but we get to see it. They kiss and roll around the suite, Sarah in pursuit of her purse/gun, him trying to keep it away from her. She takes his belt off, but he uses it to tie her arms together instead of letting her steal it and run off. Chuck has had enough, so he removes his earpiece, and orders a stiff drink. When the elevator door opens, Casey points a gun at one of the Fulcrum guys and tells the lady to take her baby off the elevator. We see it's just a doll in the stroller, as she gets off and then turns and hits Casey as he exits the elevator. She tells the guys to "Kill him!" Sarah's still all tied up and sensing things aren't right with Bond. She thinks it's getting a little rough. She asks him for some Cristal champagne. But Chuck's too busy drinking with his earpiece out and Casey's too busy trying not to get killed to hear, let alone go help Sarah.
Chuck's working on another pretty drink in a martini glass as Casey's dodging bullets and shooting some of his own. A bellman comes to the bar and orders a bottle of Cristal for suite 1121. Chuck calls Casey and tells him, but Casey says he has his own problems. He tells Chuck not to be a hero, but we all know Chuck will try to be. Casey's still in a gunfight. Sarah goes for her purse again, but Bond beats her to it and pulls her gun out. He points it at her, and she says it's getting a little too real for her. He asks who she works for right as Chuck knocks and asks if someone ordered champagne. They ignore him, and start fighting for the gun inside. Chuck hears them and tries to break the door down. It's awesome because, in typical Chuck fashion, it doesn't work. That's why I love this show: On 99 shows out of 100, the hero would knock the door down with one try, but Chuck hits it with all his might and then rubs his shoulder in pain. He looks around for something to hit it with, but then just kicks it in. Which is also awesome: He can get the job done, usually -- just a little slower and with more complaining. When he gets inside, Sarah, in her bra and underwear, has Bond down on the ground, with the gun pointed at him. Chuck asks him to put clothes on because it's a little chilly in here.
Chuck calls Casey and says he has the belt and Bond, and they're headed for their car. They're coming onto the roof for some reason. Bond tells them they are making a big mistake, underestimating the people they're dealing with. Sarah and Chuck don't listen, of course, but it's not surprise when a big ol' helicopter flies up and starts shooting at them. They duck behind a car, but Sarah jumps out to draw fire away from Chuck. Once she's not hiding with them, Bond tells Chuck he's not Fulcrum, but undercover MI6. He tells Chuck to do something or Sarah's dead already. Chuck decides to believe him and lets him go. He runs out and does Bond moves all over the place, then points the guns at what looks like Sarah. Chuck screams, but Bond tells her to get down. He's aiming a big gas tank behind her. He shoots it a bunch and it bursts, blowing up the helicopter. He holds out his hand to Sarah, who looks tempted and sort of smitten. Will she? Won't she? We'll never know, because Casey comes up behind Bond and hits him in the head with his gun, knocking him out.
Back at Castle, Agent Redhead is apologizing to Bond, but they had no idea he was MI6. He tells them they destroyed his 18 months of undercover work, but Chuck says they recovered the chip so it wasn't a complete loss. Bond says the information on the chip (which was hidden inside the belt buckle) is useless without the playback device. Apparently it's very techy and encoded heavily, and so the important information would be impossible to read without Fulcrum's playback device. Agent Redhead tells Bond he'll be staying locked down in Castle tonight, with Sarah. He says he can think of worse things, but she says she can't. Chuck tells Bond he can stay at his place if he wants. His friend Morgan's on the couch, but he wouldn't mind. "He has a beard. Like yours." It's cute, nervous, babbling Chuck. One of my favorite Chucks, actually. I like him much more than the whiny Chuck of most of this episode.
Speaking of Morgan, he wakes up on the couch and stands up, dropping his blanket. It's clear he's naked even though the pertinent areas are hidden behind a flower arrangement as he stretches. He walks to the kitchen. Then we see Ellie in the hall, looking at Chuck's empty bed. Awesome comes up and asks her why she's awake. She's worried about Chuck, and afraid she shouldn't have pushed him to break up with Sarah. Awesome says that Chuck not being home is a good sign, but he'll make Ellie some tea to help her sleep. They head to the kitchen. We get the fridge-cam view as Morgan digs for food. Ellie and Awesome walk in right as Morgan turns around with a bowl of fruit. He uses it to cover his own fruit, but it's too late: Ellie and Awesome both freak. Morgan just tells them, "Evening." But Awesome points out his "low-hanging fruit" and Ellie says she's going to kill Chuck. Morgan tries to say it's not a big deal, but Ellie and Awesome are already gone.
Chuck's still at Castle, where Bond is pushing two single cot-style beds together to make one. Chuck asks Sarah if she's sure she's okay alone with this guy, because he doesn't mind staying. She tells him to go home and get some sleep. Bond catches Chuck alone on his way out, and asks what the deal is between Chuck and Sarah. Chuck says it's purely professional and asks why. Bond: "Uh, 'cause she's hot." Then he tells Chuck that since they're not a couple, he's going to try to "butter that muffin." Chuck's really wishing he hadn't broken up now, isn't he?
Chuck gets up the morning and asks Ellie and Awesome where the missing houseguest is. Ellie just rolls her eyes, exasperated, but Awesome explains that Chuck's boy "dropped trou" last night. Chuck: "I'm sorry?" Awesome says that Morgan sleeps naked, which he respects, but not on his couch. Chuck loses his appetite and apologizes. Ellie would like to just forget about it. She asks Chuck if he talked to Sarah. He says he did, and they decided just to be friends. Ellie's disappointed, and Chuck's confused. She says she did tell him to break up, but that doing that will make it hard to get her back. Awesome says a girl like her won't be on the market for long, and asks Chuck what he was thinking.
At Castle, Sarah's looking up Bond on the computer, and finding all sorts of things about distinguished service. All good. He walks up, all wet and freshly showered, in a towel, asking why she didn't come to bed last night. She says she didn't feel like sleeping, but he wasn't talking about sleeping. She tells him she's not interested, and he says he's not either but he feels her seduction skills need work so he's offering his services. She reminds him he seemed reluctant in his hotel suite last night (actually, he didn't seem reluctant at all; sure it turned violent, but before that it was all hot and heavy kisses and undressing). He says he didn't want to blow the cover.
Chuck enters the Orange Orange and when he sees no one there, he hits some buttons on the register and gets the Castle Cam. Bond's telling Sarah that it's a shame she's out of practice, locked up in Castle. It's like keeping a Botticelli in the basement: No one can appreciate the beauty. She tells him to get dressed and he says, "As you wish." He drops his towel, leaving it to her. She looks over slightly. Upstairs, Casey's behind Chuck now and says, "Hmmm. Impressive." Then he heads toward Castle and hollers for Chuck to follow.
Jeff and Lester are seeing a string of hot girls at the Buy More. The girl they're currently "interviewing" asks about the salary, which her agent said was between four and seven figures (that's quite a range; is the salary $4,000 or $4,000,000?), but Lester says they're not at liberty to discuss figures. I should point out he's wearing a creepy light-colored plaid jacket with a brown tie and Jeff is wearing ... a robe. And nothing else. He uncrosses and recrosses his legs. The girl asks if he's not wearing any underwear, and Jeff says, "I don't know. Am I?" We get a montage of such interview tactics. They snap Polaroids. When asked if they're the owners, Lester tells the truth: "Our acquaintance's mother's sleeping with the store manager." Jeff asks for someone's security access code. The girl who asked about the four to seven figures asks why they are hiring a swimsuit model if they need a sales associate. Lester tells her he nearly has a degree in business from the El Segundo School of Finance so some of these concepts might be over her head. She counters that he has a business degree from Harvard (yet she would go to an interview for a job that could pay anywhere from $1,000 to $9,999,999?). A girl threatens to call her boyfriend. Another threatens to call the police. They tell another girl that Chuck's in charge.
Casey wonders how they'll get the playback device, since they can't get into the chip otherwise. Chuck thinks he can hack it, since he's done that a time or two. Bond says this is more complicated than stealing video games. Casey tells Chuck to leave it to the pros. Chuck says he is a pro. His job is a certified computer and electronics technician. Bond thinks that's a great cover, but Casey says it's actually Chuck's life. Bond suggests arranging a meet with his contact, since his cover might still be intact. Sarah says that's too dangerous. Bond thinks her concern is sweet, but she says it's not him she's worried about, but the intelligence on the chip falling into Fulcrum hands. He offers to go without it: "Worst case scenario, we get the opportunity to smoke out a few Fulcrum agents." Casey: "Worst case scenario, they catch you and kill you." Bond is going to go ahead and take that chance. Sarah looks all impressed. Chuck asks Sarah for a chance with the chip, but she tells him to just go back to the Buy More and walks off to help Bond prepare, leaving the chip in front of Chuck. He picks it up and eyes it thoughtfully.
At the Buy More, Morgan begs Chuck to get Ellie and Awesome to let him come back. He even promises pajama bottoms. Chuck tells him he's in the middle of something right now. Then the "Harvard" grad comes up and asks if Chuck is Chuck. He says he is, so she slaps him and says he'll hear from her lawyer. Then she slaps Morgan, too, for good measure. Chuck and Morgan see Jeff and Lester duck back into Big Mike's office. Morgan says they must have taken some liberties hiring the new green shirt. Chuck is sure they did.
Bond is outside in a busy plaza looking for his contact while Casey and Sarah hang back, watching. Casey can't spot Fulcrum because everyone looks the same. It's all businessmen in suits with briefcases. Then someone gets out of a car and Bond tells Sarah and Casey they're on. The guy walks up and asks Bond for the chip. Bond asks him for the playback device. At the Buy More, Chuck gives himself a pep talk as he hooks the chip up to a bunch of cords. The lady with the fake baby from the elevator is in a car at the meet scene, when the guy to her tells her that someone in Burbank just tripped the homing device on the chip, so Bond clearly doesn't have it. She tells someone to kill him. Sarah sees someone pull a gun, but Casey tells her to hold her position since they're not authorized to be here. She goes in anyway, and she and Bond end up captured. Casey watches, and hears someone say they almost fooled them until someone tried to access the real chip. Casey grumbles, "Bartowski..."
At the Buy More, Chuck gets the chip to work, and sees the footage of himself hooked up to the Clockwork Orange machine two weeks ago. Just then a bunch of people in suits walk toward him. One is the baby carriage, "kill him" lady. He flashes on her with his red Intersect, so he smashes the chip quickly. Jeff and Lester are hiding behind some display cases, watching it all. They think it's the cops, because one of the models must have actually called. They blame each other. The lady and her henchmen surround Chuck, and Jeffster wants Bartowski to lock it down. They flee. The bad lady sees Chuck's smashed the chip and tells him that was dumb. She wonders why everyone insists on doing things the hard way. He says he doesn't, but asks what the hard way is.
Flash to a warehouse, where Chuck's whining about the pain in his wrists and everywhere else. He, Sarah, and Bond are tied up in such a way that they're sort of hanging by their arms. Bond says this is going to get ugly and wonders what Chuck's pain tolerance is. Sarah says it's about a 1 out of 10. He's insulted, and says he's at least an 8. She tells him the torture hasn't started yet, and he says if this is the pre-torture, she can definitely put him down as a 1.
Chuck tells Sarah he saw what was on the chip, and she says, "What?!" Chuck looks at Bond, who says sorry, but he can't really plug his ears right now. Sarah tells him it's okay, and he tells her it's him on the chip. She tells him that whatever Fulcrum does, he cannot tell them, but he says he can't handle torture and points to the syringes on a nearby table: "You know how I feel about needles." Bond says not to worry about torture, because he'll incite them and get them to kill him quick. Sarah says they just need to hold on until Casey gets here, so if he can't withstand the torture, he should make himself pass out by scaring himself. He thinks that should be easy enough. In walks the Hot Bad Lady, who is glad they're chatty (um, couldn't she have just been listening to all of that?). She says the identity of the Intersect is on that chip, and asks who's going to tell her who it is. She wields a machete in front of Chuck.
Casey comes into the backroom at the Buy More, and asks Jeffster where Chuck is. They says he got pinched by cops and a lady for indecent exposure. Casey grabs them and pushes them against the cage and asks what lady. Jeff says she's a hot lady, a real taskmaster type, who can frisk him anytime. Lester tells him to stop since this how they got into this in the first place. Casey takes off, because apparently this was the information that he needed? Lester says he would not like to share a cell with Casey.
In the warehouse, Bond's being tortured. The Taskmaster tells him to just say who the Intersect is and the pain can stop. Chuck starts screaming to Sarah that he needs to do something, but she tells him not to say anything. Chuck asks the Taskmaster to please stop, since it's clear he'll never talk. She says "Everybody talks," and that Bond knows that. She asks if he's ready to talk and she grabs a blow torch and turns it on. Chuck yells that he knows what's on the chip, because he watched it. He tells her it's him. She comes over and says, "All along, it was you." But Bond asks her if she really thinks that the CIA would put its secrets inside of a pathetic weakling like Chuck. He could never keep secrets or withstand torture. Sarah agrees. Bond says he's the Intersect, and Sarah looks at him like she's in love. Chuck: "No. He's. Not. It's me. And I resent the fact that I couldn't stand up to torture. Do your worst." He says she can stick an incredibly long needle in his eye and he still won't tell. She brings the needle over and brings it toward his eye. He passes out. She tells someone to wake him.
Casey's at Castle telling Agent Redhead that he needs NASA satellite surveillance. She asks what's going on, and he tells her that Fulcrum's captured the asset, and is probably being tortured. Agent Redhead: "Dear God. He'll never last."
We return to Chuck getting water thrown on him. He screams that it's so cold. Even though it's clear Chuck can't withstand torture, the Taskmaster changes tactics, telling Chuck if he doesn't tell her who it is by the count of three, she'll inject Sarah with enough ricin to kill an Army. She holds up the same big needle, but now with fluid in it. She starts counting: "1, 2..." Both Chuck and Bond yell, "It's me!" But Casey and a bunch of police, or SWAT, types come in. Casey chases the Taskmaster. He points a gun at her and tells her now he gets to find out what she knows about Fulcrum. She says he doesn't, and he says, "Trust me: Everyone talks." She says she knows and injects the ricin into her own neck. And then she makes the dying look less than fun. Then she looks completely ugly as she says, "Fulcrum wins."
Everyone's getting all fixed up by medical types. Chuck is holding the back of his head when Casey asks what happened. Chuck says he fainted and hit his head on the ground. Casey sarcastically says that was real brave. Chuck says he fainted on purpose; that was his move: "You know I'm terrified of needles." Casey's watching Sarah, who is at Bond's side as he gets all patched up. He says, "So your method was to faint and his was to endure torture?" Chuck says they have different methods, and Casey says it looks like Bond's is working. He puts his arm around Sarah and she helps him walk out, as Chuck looks on sadly.
At Castle, Sarah tells Chuck she's proud of him, because it's not easy to withstand torture. He tells her they just didn't know what to do. His weakness is having his toes tickled. Ellie was always able to extract any information from him. Cute! Sarah tells him that's good to know. She says he's had a lot of practice enduring torture with their fake relationship. He says it wasn't completely torture. She says even though it wasn't real, she's going to miss it. He starts to say that he might have made an impulsive decision, but Bond walks in and says he's leaving. He thanks Chuck for saving his life and asks him never to do it again. Sarah looks at Chuck and he realizes he should leave them alone, so he does.
Sarah tells Bond that since he knows who Chuck is, he's a threat that she has to handle. Which he says he wouldn't mind. He adds that he thinks he's proven he can be trusted by now. And I agree. Withstanding the torture did it for me. If this is another Jill, where they turn him into a bad guy, I will not be happy about it. He tells Sarah he has to go to London, but for the same amount of fuel, the two of them could fly to Fiji. She says she actually has to work, so he says he's offering to help with her interrogation skills. She asks if these lines actually work, and he says often. But then he changes his approach and tells her he needs a vacation and thinks she does too. He can offer her a lot of wild passion and some fun, and tells her she's breathtakingly beautiful. Chuck turns the Castle Cam on upstairs to hear Bond say that Sarah's spent so much of her time worrying about someone else that she's forgotten herself. She says she has work to do, but he stops her and pulls her close. They kiss as Chuck looks on. I love Chuck and everything, but that was some kiss. And some Bond. I can't blame Sarah, as the fake relationship has had to be frustrating for her.In the Buy More, Morgan tells Chuck that Ellie and Awesome seeing him naked was a blessing in disguise. Chuck says it wasn't for Ellie. Morgan's realized he needs a place where he can sleep naked and where his mother is not constantly being violated by his boss. He's 27 and still lives in the same room, with the same Tron poster he's had since he was 12. Chuck looks thoughtful, because he also has a Tron poster, remember? But come on! Neither of these guys would leave the Tron poster behind if they left their rooms. Not a good example of what they need to do to grow up, but it was obviously so that we could see why Chuck does what he does : asks Morgan to move in together, saying it's time they moved on with their lives. Morgan says he's been waiting so long to hear him say those words, and he jumps up on Chuck with his legs around him. Big Mike comes out and asks Chuck why he has a machine full of harassment messages. Chuck says he has a couple ideas and Big Mike orders him to his office. Lester wonders if Chuck will talk, and Jeff replies, "Everyone talks."
Bond's making his getaway in a fancy black car when a cop pulls up to him and shoots the driver. Bond looks panicked, and then we quickly flash to L.A. skyline scenes.
Chuck and Morgan come in to tell Ellie and Awesome the news. Ellie won't come into the room with Morgan there until she hears confirmation that he's clothed. She comes in and says sorry, but it's still a little fresh. Morgan promises it will wear off. Chuck tells them that his news is he's moving out. They're both happy, but especially Ellie, who's all, "Yes!" Chuck adds, "And moving in with Morgan. Ellie's face falls, and she screams, "No!" and actually starts to cry. Morgan's all, "oh yeah," and speaks of the video games and nudity that will ensue. Sarah knocks and asks if she can borrow Chuck for a minute. Chuck goes outside with her, and Morgan calls her a third wheel. Hee.
Outside, Sarah explains that Bond's been captured, probably by Fulcrum. Chuck says that's terrible. Sarah reminds him that Bond knows he's the Intersect and says they have to go into 24-hour protective detail until further notice. He asks what that means and she says they can't break up and they have to move in together. They look over and see Ellie, Awesome, and Morgan all watching them from the window. She says they'd better sell it, and gives him a peck on the cheek and a hug. That's selling it?! Give me a break. Chuck asks her if she's sure, saying that Bond's a really tough guy, so maybe he won't talk. Sarah: "Chuck. Everyone talks." Chuck furrows his brow, then sees everyone watching, so he fake smiles and gives a thumbs-up.
week: Bond's back, and Sarah's totally interested despite saying she'd never get involved with another spy. We see her saying that when you meet someone you care about, it's hard to walk away. We're supposed to think that's about Bond, but I think it's about Chuck. Then the announcer tells us that Chuck will do something he's never done to compete, and it shows him with a gun, all smiles, flashing a thumbs-up at Casey, who looks panic-stricken, if that's even possible for him. He whispers to Sarah that "Bartowski's got a gun." I actually like Bond, so I'm happy he'll be back week. Although I will try not to get attached, since we know he won't stick around long.
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