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So, my TiVo went crazy and only recorded the second half of this episode, but I've tried to piece together where it all started. Apparently, Awesome had a bachelor party, which was attended by Chuck, the Buy More gang, and Casey. Also, one Tricia Helfer, who we will call Agent Cylon (TM mizenkay), is in attendance. Her role is to find out if Sarah's breaking protocol with her relationship with Chuck. Her other role is to be Awesome's stripper. So, she strips and people take pictures. Awesome tells her he isn't interested, though, because he loves Ellie. He also is possibly drugged, because he wakes up the day not remembering anything -- and minus his hospital key card. (Agent Cylon used her handy dandy tranquilizer gun to knock Awesome out and steal his key card, and the whole Bachelor party was basically a ruse to get the key card away from him. -- Angel) The card has been used, in the meantime, to plant a bug in one of Interpol's most wanted (or the friend of one of Interpol's most wanted).
Agent Cylon gets Sarah fired for caring too much about Chuck, then Agent Cylon and Casey have some soft-core gun porn before he tells her that Sarah's the best partner he's ever had and he disagrees with Agent Cylon's assessment. Ellie's worried about what happened that would cause Awesome to not remember anything and lose his key card. So she goes to ask Morgan, who says he can't tell. She sees Jeff and Lester looking at pictures, though, and is not happy. When the bad guys come for Awesome, because he's their friend's doctor, Chuck pretends he's Devon Woodcomb. He gets taken to a bank vault to remove the bug, but since he's not a doctor, he obviously can't. Luckily, Sarah stops by to say goodbye, sees his phone, and she, Casey and Agent Cylon go after him. While they try to open the vault, Chuck and the bad guy inhale so much nitrous oxide that they get high and happy, and the bad guy gives up the location of one of the world's most wanted. It's very funny. Afterward, Chuck tries to sneakily return Awesome's key card, but Ellie catches him and thinks he's covering for Awesome. She not feels betrayed by her fiancée and her brother. Oh, and Awesome totally almost finds out Chuck's a spy. Agent Redhead even hides from him. Twice. Oh, and Sarah finds Chuck's dad. We don't quite see him yet, but the preview totally gives away who he is. Lame.
Oh, and not to worry. I'll get to watch the whole episode on Hulu to write the full weecap.
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Want more? The full recap starts right below!We open with Chuck walking into his apartment courtyard. He senses something is suspicious, but can't seem to put his finger on what. His porch light is flickering. That must be it. Nope. Three masked vigilantes come up behind him, slip a hood over his head, and drag him off. Luckily, John Casey is totally the spy we know he is, and he comes out with his gun and tells them to drop Chuck and take their masks off. Uh, not exactly vigilantes. It's Jeff, Lester, and Morgan. Casey's as confused as we all are. Chuck freaks out that they would do this to him, and Morgan says it's a practice run for Awesome's bachelor party -- which they aren't even invited to. Lester thinks this is the best way to handle not being invited. And Jeff thinks bachelor parties are a mythical place. Probably because he's never been invited to one. Casey thinks they're all crazy, so he sprays them with a hose. Chuck goes to bed.
Only not really. Inside, he's still studying his new Intersect materials when he hears General Redhead's voice. (By the way, I know I have been calling her Agent Redhead, but since she's a General, I'm going to give her the respect she deserves: General Redhead.) He looks at his phone, but she's not there. He looks past his feet, and she's on his TV, or fancy computer monitor. She apologizes for invading his personal life, and he wonders if she means at this moment, or in general. She ignores that and asks if his situation with Sarah has gotten too complicated and is therefore affecting his work. He says no, that Sarah's just a delight to work with. General Redhead shows Chuck a bunch of clips of him telling Sarah how much he likes her, giving her the charm bracelet, etc. General Redhead says her job is to determine if their relationship is hurting their job performance, so she's going to have to do a 49-B. He'd like to know what that is, but too late. She's gone.
Awesome wakes Chuck the morning with a blender full of green slime. Chuck thinks he'll pass on that. He asks Awesome if he'd like to go camping for his bachelor party, or if he'd rather have something more traditional. Ellie comes in to show Chuck a returned wedding invitation that she sent to their dad. Chuck says he'll keep looking, but she tells him not to worry about it. She says she trusts Awesome completely, so she doesn't care what happens at the bachelor party. They kiss, and she "ew"s his healthy colon beverage and leaves. Awesome asks who "General Beckman" is. I reply, "General Redhead," but Chuck sort of freaks: "What?!" Awesome nods toward the monitor, which still says "General Beckman conference terminated 2:22." Chuck says it's top-secret video game stuff. Awesome assumes General Beckman must be Morgan, so he asks Chuck who he is. Chuck says he's Special Agent Carmichael. The monitor says the name is recognized, and General Redhead appears. Chuck sees it, but Awesome doesn't. He does like Carmichael, though.
Chuck comes in to the Orange Orange and tells Sarah's back that he messed up in his conversation with General Redhead. But when "Sarah" turns around, it's none other than Agent Cylon. Chuck flashes on her, and I have to say that I paused during this part and one of the things Agent Cylon's flash included was an "Interservice Rifle Excellence Award" from the U.S. government. Let's hope that doesn't actually exist. He asks where Sarah is, and Agent Cylon says her name is Alex Forrest, and she's the 49-B whom General Redhead sent.
At Castle, General Redhead asks if everyone has had a chance to welcome Agent Cylon. Sarah says of course, so General Redhead moves on to the leader of a terrorist group hiding in Afghani caves. It's not the one you're thinking of, though. It's Hassan Kalid. Agent Cylon and Casey both say at the same time that they dream of finding him. General Redhead goes on to explain that Hassan's friend Rashad Ahmad (as opposed to the football player, right? Not just a mistaken transposition?), who works for Hassan in L.A., had a heart attack and checked into the hospital under the name Harry Lime. The mission is to find out if Harry Lime is actually Ahmad. She wants Chuck to look at him and see if he flashes. Any questions? Chuck has one: What exactly is a 49-B? Sarah explains that Agent Cylon is there to evaluate Sarah's performance and will be Chuck's handler during the evaluation period. General Redhead flashes away, and Chuck asks Sarah what this is about. She says discussing it further would be a breach of protocol...
...Which Chuck repeats to Casey later at the Buy More wondering if someone's replaced Sarah with a soulless replica. Casey has no interest in discussions involving feelings, since that's what brought a 49-B here in the first place. Casey walks off, which gives Morgan Jeff, and Lester the opportunity they need to beg Chuck to let them go to Awesome's bachelor party. They use the sympathy card: Neither Jeff nor Lester has ever been to a bachelor party. Shocking! They've never known anyone who got married. Also shocking! Chuck still says no. So Morgan says that they can use the Buy More for the party, since Big Mike's been having Morgan lock up at night. Jeff, Lester and Morgan dance as further incentive, but Chuck still says no.
At the Orange Orange, Chuck asks Sarah if Agent Cylon knows he's the Intersect. She does not, and will not unless her position becomes permanent. Chuck's all, "Permanent?" Sarah tells him not to worry about it, because it won't happen. But the way she's scrubbing the Orange Orange glass would indicate she might herself be worried about it. Chuck apologizes for getting Sarah in trouble at work. He didn't know he was being taped that much, or he wouldn't have talked about his feeling so much. Instead, he goes on to tell her he's been stressed trying to find their dad for Ellie's wedding, and then asks her to look him up since she has "clearance." Luckily, Sarah says that's impossible right as Agent Cylon walks in and agrees, saying that would lead to Sarah's firing.
In the van before the "Is Lime Ahmad?" mission, Agent Cylon's giving orders and won't let Sarah help with anything. Casey explains that if Chuck confirms it's Ahmad, Casey will be adding a bug to Ahmad's pacemaker before it's put in. [I hope they mean "tracking device," since all a bug in the middle of Ahmad's torso would hear is "WHOOSHA-WHOOSHA-WHOOSHA! - Zach] Agent Cylon says this will put them a step ahead of the terrorists. Casey and Agent Cylon say "Checkmate!" at the same time. Because they are totally soulmates. Chuck thinks this is odd, as do we all. Chuck hasn't realized until the van door opens that they are at the hospital where Ellie and Awesome work. Sarah says it's okay, because Ellie's not at work and Awesome's in surgery. They start to get out, but Agent Cylon orders Sarah to stay in the van. Okay, I hate her so very much. And she's not even pretty to Sarah, anyway. Take that, Agent Cylon!
Agent Cylon and Chuck come out of a supply closet dressed in doctor and nurse garb, when a nurse asks if they were doing "a little hanky panky" in there. She watches too much Grey's Anatomy, and is totally annoying. Agent Cylon agrees, and shoots her with a tranq. Chuck freaks out about it, but Agent Cylon tells him to hush and grab a leg. In the van, Sarah spots Ellie, as a nurse inside exposits about her being on call today. Chuck and Agent Cylon continue to bicker over her actions. She calls it "protocol," but he still doesn't like it. They're walking toward Ellie, so Sarah tells him through his ear speaker that Ellie's 30 feet northeast of him. Luckily, the nurse calls Ellie back to give her the pen she forgot. Chuck says it's now or never, and he and Agent Cylon duck into a room.
Inside the room, Chuck immediately flashes on the guy standing by the bed and the guy in the bed. He sees lots of deserts and explosions in both flashes. Chuck tells Agent Cylon it's him, and the guy to the bed asks if Chuck's his doctor. Chuck says he is, adding "Am I not wearing a doctor's coat?" Cute. The guy by the bed says he's Harry Lime's private physician, Dr. Mohammed Zamir. They "Doctor" each other a lot -- meaning they greet each other as doctor. And then they send Agent Cylon and the other nurses away, each saying doctor about 700 times. [Shades of Spies Like Us? - Z] Outside the room, Agent Cylon tells Casey that the ID was affirmative, so he should proceed. Casey slides his key card, but a nurse calls him back to clean up after someone who didn't make it to the toilet. Casey goes to help.
Chuck uses his stethoscope on the patient, and then says his heart sounds normal for someone with this condition. Zamir tells him how special this patient is, and Chuck explains that he took an oath to treat all patients with the same kind of care. Zamir says it's a dangerous job to be a surgeon of a very important man. Chuck says he'll do the best job he can, and Zamir says his life depends on it.
In the hall, Chuck jokes to Agent Cylon that if he has to eat an apple a day to keep that doctor away, then bring on the fresh fruit. Okay, first, I don't think Zamir's a real doctor. Second, not a very funny joke, Chuck. Agent Cylon just looks at him and he acts disappointed. Okay, so Sarah would have pretended that was funny, but it would not have been easy, because it wasn't. Casey comes up and tells them he can't get in to the room with the pacemaker, so Agent Cylon says he'll have to steal a doctor's key card. Casey tells her he likes "the cut of her jib." Chuck tells them they're a match made in some very frightening part of heaven. Just then Casey sees Awesome, and Chuck realizes they want to steal Awesome's key card. Chuck says, "Not Awesome." Or maybe "Not awesome." I think he means both.
Back at Castle, Chuck's telling Agent Cylon, Sarah and Casey that he's not getting his soon-to-be brother-in-law involved in a spy mission. Agent Cylon says Chuck doesn't get a vote, but Sarah wonders if there's a different doctor they could access, since this mission puts Chuck's cover awfully close to the action. Chuck agrees, saying this proves he and Sarah are connected professionally. Sarah smiles cutely. Casey says not that many doctors have the specific key card, but Ellie's Ken Doll is one of them. Chuck asks how they'll get it, since you can't just walk up to Awesome and ask for it. Agent Cylon gets out her tranq gun, but Chuck says no. He thinks he knows a way they can have their spy cake and eat it too.
thing we know, someone in all black and a mask is attacking Awesome in a parking lot. It's actually five someones. At the Buy More, they uncover his hood to surprise him with a bachelor party. Jeff, Lester, and Morgan are there, obviously. And a bunch of other people. Awesome says they're all awesome. Lester's taking pictures, which Morgan does not approve of ("What happens in the Buy More stays in the Buy More!"), but Jeff explains that Lester does quite a bit of scrapbooking. Again... shocking! Lester apologizes to Morgan, but resumes taking pictures as soon as Morgan walks away.
Morgan toasts Awesome, calling him "Captain," and Awesome calls Morgan "General Beckman," saying nothing gets by him. Morgan's all, "Okay," because he obviously has no idea what Awesome's talking about. In Castle, Agent Cylon is giving her report: Sarah is far too emotionally entwined with the asset. She places Chuck's feelings above orders and protocol. General Redhead thanks Sarah for her dedication, then fires her, and asks her to report back to Langley. When General Redhead shuts off, Sarah asks Agent Cylon to take good care of him. Agent Cylon says she'll do her job. When Sarah says she'll leave as soon as she says goodbye to Chuck, Agent Cylon tells her no further contact; "that's an order."
At the Buy More, the guys toast and present Awesome with six footlongs from Subway (product placement alert!). Make that five, though, because Jeff ate one on the way. Awesome thanks them totally sincerely. He really is awesome. As Awesome eats and drinks, Chuck pulls Casey aside and says Awesome will be so drunk that no tranqing will be necessary. Casey still wonders how they'll distract him, and Chuck says he's way ahead of Casey because he had Jeff hire some exotic female entertainment. Uh-oh. Three terrifying, fat strippers come in. Jeff says that at least the sandwiches are fresh. Turns out one of the strippers is Jeff's sister, because she gave them a deal.
Awesome calls Ellie to explain that Chuck and the boys kidnapped him for his bachelor party. Casey bumps into him and steals his wallet. No key card. Awesome says he's not tempted by the girls here, because he has her at home. She trusts him, and tells him to have fun. Casey calls Agent Cylon and says no key card yet. She thinks it must be around his neck, and she has a backup plan. She bumps into Sarah, and wonders why she's still there. Sarah's tying up loose ends. Agent Cylon leaves, and Sarah logs on to Castle's super computer. She types "Stephen J. Bartowski" and the computer says "Search initiated."
Agent Cylon walks in to the Buy More in a cop uniform. Jeff actually think she's a real cop, but Morgan says no, this ... is Xanadu. She takes off her jacket and gives them a show on a stripper pole. Casey's totally impressed. As is pretty much everyone else. Lester wants to be the naughty, naughty boy she's heard about. So does Jeff. But Morgan selflessly gives up Awesome. She says she's going to have to strip-search him, and actually handcuffs him and leads him away. She takes him to the screening room and gives him a lap dance. She rips his shirt open and asks him to take his key card off, so nothing comes between them. He tells her he can't, because he'll get fired. She rubs up against him, but he tells her to stop because he loves his fiancée and would never do anything to jeopardize that. Agent Cylon guesses romance is alive and well and living in Burbank. She turns and tranqs him. He falls, and Chuck runs in and yells, "I said 'No tranqing!'" Awesome hears this through a haze, and then hears something about "CIA" before he's totally gone. Casey comes in and congratulates Agent Cylon. Chuck tells Agent Cylon she's gone too far, because Sarah would never have done this. Casey tells him to stop. Chuck says no more of this "49-B" stuff, because from now on he'll only work with Sarah. Agent Cylon says she's been dismissed. Chuck looks at Casey, who I think looks somewhat surprised. Agent Cylon says she's Chuck's new handler.
The morning (I think?), Sarah's packed everything she has into two tiny suitcases and is leaving her hotel room. Chuck calls, and she declines it. But at least she looks sad about it.
General Redhead is explaining that, with Awesome's key card, Casey planted the bug in the pacemaker. Chuck tries to interrupt, but she tells him to hang on, and asks someone to turn up the volume. Agent Cylon does. We hear a heartbeat, and General Redhead says it's the sound of success. ["Now we know what his heart is doing at all times!" - Z] Chuck keeps trying to interrupt, but all General Redhead gives him is a raised eyebrow and information about the Afghani hideout of Kalid. He finally steps up and says he gets that this is an important mission, but what about Sarah? How can she be gone just like that? Casey says that's the way it is. Chuck says no, that General Redhead should have told him this could happen with a 49-B, because he was just under the impression Agent Cylon was here to evaluate Sarah. Casey whispers that "it's a job, Chuck," but Chuck says for Casey it's a job; for Chuck, it's his life. I would argue that it's also Casey's life, too, since it's all he has (if you're not counting that sad photo or Reagan). General Redhead says they disclosed everything pertinent to Chuck, which is how the NSA operates. Agent Cylon tells Chuck to get used to it, and then says she's going to clean her weapons. Her coping mechanism, apparently.
Sarah drives a cute convertible on the freeway as the search for Stephen J. Bartowski continues in her car. Franz Ferdinand plays the slow open to "Bite Hard," which moves into the fast portion as Sarah changes lanes and the search continues. Back at Castle, Franz Ferdinand continues as Agent Cylon and Casey totally enact gun porn, all pushing cleaning rods inside chambers and standing in front of fans. As they're doing this, Zamir scans Ahmad's body and then finds there's a bug in him. He sees the doctor is Awesome, and says to go get him. He adds that when the doctor woke up this morning, he didn't know that today...
"I'm going to die," says Awesome. Chuck gives him coffee (or maybe a green blended drink in a coffee mug), but Ellie doesn't feel sorry for him. Chuck says no harm was done, but Ellie says she remembers their neighbor John Casey carrying him home at 4 in the morning smelling like booze and cheap hairspray. Apparently this was after the gun porn, then? Awesome doesn't remember anything. He realizes his key card is missing, and asks Ellie if she knows where it is. Chuck's sure it's around here somewhere. Ellie says it's always around his neck, under his shirt. Then: "WHY did your shirt come off?!" He just scoffs at her, and she asks if his pants stayed on. Chuck says it will turn up; he just knows it. Ellie says she's sorry he doesn't remember what happened last night, but she hopes it was worth it. She leaves, and Awesome tells Chuck he wishes he had a do-over for last night. He continues to search for his key card.
Agent Cylon and Casey are still cleaning guns, as Agent Cylon talks bad about Sarah getting all wrapped up in her feelings for the asset. She says this must have jeopardized missions, so Casey must be glad she's gone so things can finally be professional. Judging by the scowl on Casey's face, I don't think he's glad Sarah's gone. He starts to say as much, but is interrupted by a beep that's announcing Ahmad's heart isn't beating, or their equipment is broken. Chuck's calling Casey about Awesome's key card when he hears voices. He drops his phone on the bed and runs to the front door. He sees the terrorists and says, "This is very not awesome. Very not awesome." He puts on Awesome's doctor coat and answers the door. The guys scan him, find his watch and throw it in the fountain, then kidnap him.
At the Buy More, Morgan smells heaven, which means Ellie's behind him. She asks him what happened last night at Awesome's party. He says there's a "bro code," so she can't ask him that. He says he's sorry, but he can't. She walks off, and sees a bunch of pictures that Jeff and Lester are looking at. They're of a passed-out Awesome with Agent Cylon. I wonder when she bothered to take those pictures with all of the mission stuff and gun porn to attend to. Lester sees Ellie, and tries to stop her from storming out. He says, "Ellie. Ellie. Ellie. Ellie. Eleanor. Elizabeth. Elton."
Sarah arrives at Chuck's and goes through the Morgan door. She's about to leave a note on his bed, but sees his iPhone laying there. She goes to the Orange Orange, but is denied access to Castle. She calls Casey on a monitor to tell him she can't get in. Agent Cylon says that's because she's off the assignment. Sarah says she thinks Chuck's in trouble and holds up his iPhone. She says he never goes anywhere without it. Casey says she's right, then tells Agent Cylon what he was going to say earlier: He disagrees with her assessment about Sarah. She's a pro, and the best damn partner he ever had. Awwww. He lets her in.
Sarah comes in and says she found the phone when she went to say goodbye to Chuck. Agent Cylon says this directly disobeyed an order, which is why she was fired. Sarah says there's nothing stopping her from kicking Agent Cylon's ass, then. Yes, please! But instead she pushes by and looks at surveillance of Chuck's. Agent Cylon says he's in the courtyard and is fine. Sarah zooms in and we see his watch in the fountain. They wonder how they could have lost the signal on the GLG-4000, which is apparently what Casey put inside Ahmad. Since it's supposed to track deep inside the Afghani caves, it would have to be inside six feet of steel to block that signal. Sarah finds where his heart last registered. It's a bank vault: Dubai Federal Bank & Trust. Casey tells her "Good work," and they all head that way. But Chuck's just getting there himself. Zamir tells him it's time to remove the bug he placed inside his friend. If Chuck doesn't save Ahmad, nothing can save Chuck.
They put the patient fully under, so Chuck needs to start "operating." Instead, he does his usual Chuck: babbling. He says he needs time to center, for his mellow head space. But Zamir wants him to stop stalling. So, Chuck starts to lean toward with the scalpel, and asks Zamir if he could maybe do it, since Chuck's out of practice. Chuck accidentally cuts his own hand with the scalpel and freaks because he gets woozy at the site of blood. Zamir can't believe a surgeon who's afraid of blood. Chuck says it's ironic. Just then, we hear gunshots and Agent Cylon yells, "Chuck!" Wow, it's protocol to go in screaming the asset's name, now? Interesting method. Since they made their presence known so soon, Zamir locks himself and Chuck inside the vault. Zamir asks who Chuck is, and Chuck says he has no idea. He's Dr. Woodcomb. Or Devin. Or Doc. Or sometimes people call him Captain Awesome, but he doesn't know who Chuck is. Zamir rips off Chuck's jacket to reveal his ID card from Buy More, and Chuck's all, "Oh, that Chuck."
Outside the vault, Sarah scolds Agent Cylon for not protecting Chuck, who is now locked inside this vault with one of Interpol's most wanted. Inside Zamir and Chuck fight. It's wacky, with X-rays as shields, and nitrous. The nitrous is what convinces Sarah that blasting the door open is not a good idea. But Agent Cylon wants to anyway, because what if Chuck is already dead? Chuck and Zamir knock the cap off the nitrous tank as they fight, and right as Zamir's about to stab Chuck with the scalpel, he starts laughing, saying he forgot why he was mad at Chuck. Chuck starts laughing, too. Outside, Sarah thinks it's odd she hears Chuck laughing.
Back inside, Zamir and Chuck look like they're having a heated discussion, but it's about whether ladybugs are all actually ladies. They laugh. Agent Cylon calls Chuck using a walkie talkie. Chuck answers, saying he's fine, and high from nitrous. He says Zamir is, too, though. He also says he's not coming out until they find Sarah and bring her back. Zamir tells Chuck to stand his ground. Like Hassan Kalid. Chuck's all, "Hey, where is that guy, anyway?" and Zamir tells him. Chuck is so much better at this spy thing than he realizes. Chuck has the walkie talkie pressed down the whole time. Casey tells Chuck to turn off the gas, since if they inhale too much, it will kill them. Chuck says, "We're going to die." He and Zamir burst into laughter. Agent Cylon tells him to open the door right now. She says this isn't working, so she's getting the nitro to blast the door. Sarah says they can do it her way, or actually save the asset. She cracks the door code and opens it. Inside, Chuck and Zamir are still laughing when Sarah walks in. Casey turns off the nitrous. Chuck asks Sarah if it's really her, or if he's super-stoned. She's all, "Uh, both." He smiles.
Back at Castle, General Redhead explains that Ahmad and Zamir are in custody and that Chuck was able to obtain the whearabouts of Kalid, too, even if the mission didn't go as planned. She thanks Agent Cylon, who says she was just doing her job. General Redhead tells Sarah that, despite her heroism, she's directly disobeyed several orders. Chuck interjects, asking if the most important part of being his handler isn't protecting him. Sarah tells him it's okay, but Casey says it's not. He says to let Chuck finish. Chuck thanks Casey, and then tells the general that because his relationship with Sarah is so ... you know ... they care about each other -- he says he knows it's not protocol, but those feelings ended up saving his life. General Redhead says Agent Cylon diagnosed it as a liability, but she guesses it can also be an asset to the asset. Hey, General Redhead made a joke. Sort of. Well, at least a pun. She gives Sarah her job back, and tells Agent Cylon they hope to not see her soon. They send her back to Galactica or Caprica or wherever.
At the apartment, Chuck's sneaking Awesome's key card into Awesome's bag when Ellie walks in and catches him. He tells her it's not what she thinks, but she says it is exactly what she thinks. She can't believe he's covering for Awesome. Chuck says Awesome didn't do anything, but she yells that she saw the photos. She says she knows Chuck's trying to protect Awesome because of the bro code or whatever, but she's his sister and he's supposed to protect her.
Chuck shows up at Sarah's, freaking out. He doesn't want to get her into more trouble at work, but he doesn't know who else to talk to. She says there's no surveillance at her private residence. Chuck says his whole world is about juggling lies, and his life's spinning out of control. He says everything is screwed up, and he wants to be able to tell Ellie the truth about who he is and what he does. He can't believe how much the U.S. government has hurt the people that he loves. Wow. There's a lot of truth in that, in this current time, for most Americans. Sarah tells him that maybe it's time the U.S. government helped him, and gives him the note she was going to leave on his pillow.
Back at the apartment, Awesome walks into Chuck's rooms and thanks him for saving his life by finding the key card. He says, "Dude." And then, with a sly smile, "Special Agent Carmichael." General Redhead pops up, but Awesome's already walking out. She quickly shuts off when she sees him, so only the "General Beckman conference" ending thing is there when he turns back around.
Sarah and Chuck drive up to a McDreamy-style silver trailer in the middle of nowhere, at least for L.A. Chuck isn't sure they should do this, since she had to access an illegal database to find him. He clearly didn't want to be found. Sarah says it will be good to see him. They knock, but no one answers. So Sarah touches the back of Chuck's neck reassuringly, and they lean closer like they might kiss. Then the trailer door opens. Chuck: "Dad." The end.
The previews give everything away, so I'm not even going to say anything about them. I am not-so-silently protesting that the showrunners set up the episode so the dad would be a surprise, but then whoever puts the promo together totally ruined it.
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