Freedom!

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I am not even remotely kidding when I say that if Chuck ends now, I will totally join in any ridiculous save-the-show campaign that exists (I'll even send Nerds.) I love this show so much, and it just keeps getting better and better. To wit:

We pick up where we left off last week, with Chuck and Sarah on the lam, looking for Chuck's dad. Turns out, Chuck's dad's also looking for Chuck. He's, you know, super smart with crazy hidden cameras and the like, so he's watching his son and sending him clues along the way. Chuck and Sarah have a tender moment in a hotel room, but Casey catches up with them soon enough, and takes them back to Castle. He's quickly promoted to colonel for his efforts. However, when Ellie puts Awesome on "Find Chuck" duty as the wedding approaches, he is led by the Buy More gang to scope out Casey, who they think is a totally obsessed Chuck stalker. Heh. Sort of, right? So, Awesome gets trapped in Casey's apartment, which is some sort of little mini-prison. Casey sees it happen, and has to leave the prisoners alone at Castle.

Unfortunately for Casey, Jester! are still trying to get back at Morgan and Buster for running the store (Buster makes Morgan his assistant manager, or "ass man"). They knock out the power in the Buy More (and a large portion of Burbank judging by the sky shot), which frees Sarah and Chuck -- just as they're starting to kiss AGAIN. But after two years of wanting them to move forward as a couple, I'm totally declaring two kisses in an episode a huge victory. Chuck and Sarah see Awesome trapped in Casey's prison and head over there. Casey and Awesome are starting to fight, and Awesome totally holds his own. Luckily, Sarah and Chuck break in, save Awesome, and then Chuck spills every little detail (except about his dad) to Awesome. He asks Awesome to "be Awesome" for him, and handle Ellie. Awesome heads home and completely freaks out, which Ellie thinks is wedding-day jitters, so she thinks nothing of him not being able to answer any of the questions about Chuck.

Thanks to his dad's secret "12 AM TRON" message, Chuck knows where Bakula's being held. He and Sarah go there. Casey and General Redhead know, too, though, and the general's having the place bombed. She tells Casey there's no time to save Chuck's dad. But Casey gave his word, so he heads to the site to help, under one condition: that Chuck stays in the car. Casey and Sarah go inside just as Roark's about to create an army out of the new intersect Bakula's created. Chuck eventually gets out to stop Roark, and the whole gang ends up in the projector room, where Bakula tells Chuck to watch the screening. Here's the thing: Bakula set that all up for Chuck to get the Intersect out of his brain. Then the airstrike starts, so Chuck, Sarah, Casey, and Bakula head out. Back at Castle, Casey tells General Redhead that Sarah pretended to go AWOL to get Fulcrum to reveal themselves. Chuck helps build the lie. Then General Redhead says the mission is over, and Chuck is free to go. As he tries to thank her for everything, she shuts herself off, because, well, Chuck can sort of ramble.

Just as Chuck's life's changing, Morgan stands up to Buster and quits his job, then asks Anna to go to Hawaii with him so he can follow his dream of being a Benihana sushi chef. I actually believe they're writing the Buy More stuff and Morgan out of the show because the steps are going to be bigger and better (if there are steps, please please please, NBC). But we'll see. Hopefully.

Finally, Awesome becomes Awesome and comforts Ellie since Chuck isn't there for the rehearsal dinner. He tells her how bad Chuck took their dad leaving again. Just as she comes to terms with it, Chuck walks in. She scolds him, and he says he's sorry, but he was getting her wedding present. In walks Bakula, all cleaned up in a suit. There is hugging, and possibly some tears. Chuck invites Casey to the rehearsal dinner and, after a fake-out, he takes him up on it. Sarah comes too, and she says that everything is real. It's all lovely and could totally be a finale, except ... back out in the desert, Roark survived the explosion and is hitchhiking. He gets a ride with a truck driver, and ominously tells him he has a wedding to go to in Burbank.

week: Season finale of weddings and more game-changing. And Josh Schwartz says that Chris Fedak says that, after the finale, we will burn our living rooms if the show's not renewed. Great, so it gets even more infuriating? Well, let's hope the people who make those decisions love this show as much as I do.

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Previously: Chuck found out his dad was Bakula, and Orion! Chevy Chase was a bad guy named Roark. Jill told Chuck where his dad was being taken. General Redhead shut down "Operation Moron," and Sarah committed treason to help Chuck find his dad instead of sending him underground forever.

Now: We're in Barstow, California, where Black Rock is presumed to be. From our view, it looks like a tiny town in the middle of Utah or Arizona. But what do I know? We get a close-up of an old drive-in sign, and then we're looking over it, where Sarah and Chuck are getting out of a car. There's nothing there, though, so Sarah thinks maybe Chuck's flash on Black Rock was wrong, but he sees cigarette butts and beer cans, so thinks his father was just moved. He'd like to go back and figure it out, but Sarah reminds him (and helpfully exposits for us) that if they go back, she goes to jail and he goes to underground lockup, so there really is no going "back." As Chuck looks at the mess of trash and cigarette butts on the ground, we see a little red light flashing inside a cigarette pack. It's a camera, and we get the camera's eye view, and see Bakula watching it. He says, "Don't give up, Charles." Roark comes in and says Sarah and Chuck are a cute couple. Bakula tells Roark not to hurt them, or else ... he'll lunge threateningly toward him but be stopped by the chain around his ankle. Roark assures him that as long as the new Intersect's ready by tomorrow night, Chuck and Sarah will be fine.

At Casey's apartment, General Redhead is telling Casey that Chuck's safety is no longer her main concern. She'd like him to hunt down Sarah and Chuck and bring them back dead or alive. She tells him that, after the mission's over, he'll have his pick of assignments. Then she calls him "Colonel Casey," and thanks him on behalf of his country.

Then Casey's rifling through Chuck's dresser drawers when Awesome walks in and asks him what's up. Casey says Chuck hasn't been showing up to work, so he was hoping to find some clues. Ellie walks in sporting some newly dyed hair and says Chuck just left her a voicemail, not five minutes ago. She gets complainy about Chuck going out of town with her wedding this weekend. Casey calls himself a "nervous Nellie" and leaves the window. Awesome suggests they get a lock for it. Back at his apartment, Casey's tracking the number that called Ellie's phone five minutes ago.

Sarah and Chuck enter their hotel room, where he shows her he only got one bed, which might have been presumptuous. She says that's fine, since he can't be out of her sight while they're on the lam. She's going to shower, though, and Chuck makes a cute joke about how that probably doesn't apply now. While she's in there, we get to go outside the hotel, where The Mummy is on lookout. He's talking to Roark on the phone, who tells him not to kill them yet, as he might need them for leverage. But, after he no longer needs them, he's okay with The Mummy doing whatever he wants to them, adding, "You can even eat 'em if you want to." I'm loving how Chevy Chase is delighting in this evil role.

Back in the room, Sarah comes out of the bathroom in her underwear and a teeny, tiny shirt. Because they didn't have time to pack or anything, duh. Chuck volunteers to sleep on the floor, but she tells him it's okay. He turns off the TV and asks why she's doing this. She says the floor's gross and she's not going to let him sleep on it. But then she answers the question he's really asking: It's her job to protect him, and after all he's done for the country, he deserves to get the Intersect out of his head, find his father, and have a normal life. He asks what happens when it's not her job anymore (uh, isn't it kind of already not, since General Redhead ended the mission, and then they went AWOL?). He asks what happens to them then? Sarah dodges the question, just saying, "One mission at a time." She turns off the light, but neither of them falls asleep. Back at his apartment, Casey readies his weapons as Chuck's phone location is verified. Casey says "Gotcha!" and shoots at a Chuck target. Cute.

Buster, who is more annoying than ever as he moves into his new office, tells Morgan that in their line of work they can't really afford friends. Morgan says Big Mike is his friend, so Buster asks if all of his friends give his mother urinary tract infections. Buster offers Morgan a job as assistant manager, asking, "Will you be my ass man?" Morgan says no, and he also doesn't need a friend, because Chuck is all he needs."

Meanwhile, back at the hotel, the morning, Chuck and Sarah are getting snuggly in their sleep. Chuck wakes up and realizes Sarah's rubbing his hand. She wakes up, too, and turns toward him. They totally start making out. FINALLY. These two have such chemistry that I really feel like they've been waiting forever for this. Then Chuck tells Sarah not to move and runs into the bathroom. He opens his wallet and finds a note that says, "IOU one condom. Your pal, Morgan." Chuck's going to kill Morgan.

Back at the Buy More, Big Mike is still playing the Godfather, so Morgan has to ask permission to talk to him in the screening room. Morgan explains himself, saying he just wanted Big Mike to stop defiling his mother. Morgan says he'll do anything to make it up to Big Mike. Just then, Buster calls for Big Mike to clean up a bathroom mess, and Morgan offers to do it for him. But Big Mike says he has to clean it up himself. Morgan sadly watches him walk to the bathroom, and Buster says Morgan just has to accept his "ass man" offer to make it all stop. So Morgan does. Buster is gleeful. I think someone has a little crush.

Chuck tells Sarah not to move as he leaves the hotel room. He's quickly accosted by Casey, though, who points a gun. Casey asks if Chuck really thought he could run away from him, and he leads Chuck back to the room. Chuck says Sarah had nothing to do with this, and asks what's going to happen to her. The Mummy, watching from his lookout car, says into a phone that "we have an issue." Back in the room, Sarah's gone, so Casey looks in the bathroom, where Sarah knocks him out. She handcuffs him to the radiator, and tells Chuck to come with her. On the way to the car, though, Chuck flashes on the Fulcrum plates and tells Sarah they can't leave Casey there. Sarah goes back to get him, but tells Chuck to stay in the car. When Sarah gets in the room, Casey and the radiator are both missing. Because Casey's arriving in the car with Chuck. Casey wants to leave, but now Chuck's not leaving without Sarah. Casey tells him to drive or he'll end him, and Chuck asks how he's going to do that with a radiator handcuffed to his wrist and no weapon. Other than, you know, the radiator, but Chuck thinks the car is too cramped for Casey to get the force he'd need to kill Chuck with that. As they discuss ways Casey might kill Chuck, they see the Fulcrum guys leading Sarah out of the room. Casey says it's too late, but Chuck says he already told Casey he's not leaving without her. He backs up and runs over some guys. Casey and Sarah beat up the rest of them (and Casey really is good with the radiator, by the way).

After they've won against Fulcrum, Casey and Sarah point their guns at each other. Chuck opens the car door and steps out, asking them not to do this. They both say, "Stay in the car!" And Chuck cutely replies that, technically, he still has one foot in the car. Casey asks Sarah how far she thinks they'll get, and she says, "Until we rescue Chuck's dad." Just then, a Fulcrum guy gets up, and Casey and Sarah both turn and shoot. Casey realizes Sarah's used all of her ammo, so he wins. He says, "It's over," the first time of many that will be said in this episode.

Bakula, working on his computers, asks his guards to take their stupid cigars outside since they're in a bomb shelter. He pulls up some maps on his computer. Chuck and Sarah are handcuffed in the backseat as Casey drives them back. Chuck apologizes, and Sarah tells him he did nothing wrong by trusting someone he thought cared about him. She glares at Casey, who just looks over, all, "Whatever, dude." Bakula types "12amTRON" onto his computer and says, "Come on. Look out the window," as Chuck looks out the window and sees "12amTRON" flash on the old drive-in sign. Chuck says it's his father signaling him, so Sarah asks if he flashed. Chuck's all, "No, but come on! A midnight screening of Tron? My father had to have written that." I love how important Tron has been in all of this. Chuck asks Casey to please go back, because he knows his father's there. Casey: "I don't care." Someone's pouting about something, don't you think?

Awesome shows up at the Buy More and asks Jeffster! what's going on. He says Chuck didn't come home last night, and Casey came by to say he was worried about him. Lester's like, "Casey, yeah, I'm sure. He can't live without his precious Chuck." Awesome's confused, so Lester explains Casey's obsessed with Chuck, "a classic perv." You know, this is hilarious, and I'm so glad they didn't try to pretend these guys were oblivious to Casey's weird behavior where Chuck is concerned. Jeff offers to show Awesome something really freaky, and I have to say that if Jeff makes that offer, no one should ever accept. But Awesome does. In the backroom, Jeffster! are showing Awesome Casey's locker. They pull stuff -- through a hole in the side of Jeff's locker -- out of Casey's locker. We see a picture of Reagan (if you wanna talk about Casey's obsession, that's a good place to start), and then they show Awesome Casey's Chuck diary, keys, duct tape and high-grade chloroform. Jeff says, from one stalker to another, he's impressed. Awesome asks if they think this has anything to do with Chuck missing. Lester: "I don't care." Jeff: "No clue." Then Jeff asks Awesome if he minds if he gets right, and he chloroforms himself. He falls over.

At Castle, General Redhead's on, congratulating Casey on his excellent work. He has Chuck and Sarah in a cell, but they can still see and hear General Redhead. They ask about Chuck's father, and Sarah explains what Chuck saw in the desert. General Redhead condescendingly calls Sarah "Ms. Walker" and says they'll look into it. She tells Casey to enjoy his last few moments in Burbank, and calls him Colonel, then shuts off. Chuck says now he understands why Casey would betray his own team. Casey angrily says he'd never betray his team, that Chuck and Sarah went AWOL. They betrayed him. Again with the pouty face. He tells Chuck not to forget it. Chuck congratulates the "Colonel" on that chicken franchise he's always wanted, but Sarah sticks to what matters, asking Casey to stay on General Redhead because it might be too late to get Bakula back if they don't act now. She asks not to give up on Bakula. Casey gives Chuck his word that if his dad's there, they'll keep him safe.

Awesome, equipped with Casey's keys, sneaks into the apartment courtyard and up to Casey's door. He hollers, "John," and then opens the door. Just in case, he says, "It's your neighbor. Your door was unlocked." He looks around at all of the surveillance equipment, including the live feed of Chuck's bedroom. He calls Casey a "freakburger," and then touches the computer. When he does that, an alarm goes off and every opening out of the room is quickly sealed with bars, so he's essentially in a prison cell. It pops up on the computer Casey's working on at Castle, and Casey growls, "I hate this whole family." Dude, what did Ellie ever do?

At Buy More, Buster and Morgan are wearing headsets, and Buster's really annoying about them (shocking!), making Morgan talk into his even when they're right to each other and saying things like, "Boss man calling ass man." Buster gives Morgan an order for Big Mike, and Morgan reminds him that he said Big Mike wouldn't have to do any more humiliating jobs if he became his ass man. Buster just replies, "Get it done." Out back, Jeffster!, who are fed up, put some sort of firecracker in the power console. They're trying to get back at Morgan and Buster, to show them who's really in charge. They take off running, because, you know ... explosion.

In their cell, Chuck tells Sarah that if he has to spend his days in a windowless room, he can't think of anyone better to spend it with. She tells him that's not really how this works, and he asks, "What? We can't request a cozy, little, two-bed, two-bath cell?" Sarah sweetly asks, "Two-bed?" They lean in for more kissing just as the power goes out in what looks to be a huge chunk of Burbank. It opens the electricity-powered cell door. Thank you, Jeffster! Sarah jumps up and tells Chuck to hurry, before the power turns back on. Auxiliary power comes on right away, and Chuck sees Awesome in Casey's prison cell/apartment. They take off running to help him.

Buster's making a fool of himself at the Buy More in the dark, crawling along the floor, screaming for his ass man. The lights come back on, and Jeffster! comes in laughing an high-fiving. Buster orders Morgan to fire them.

Awesome's telling himself to stay calm, when Casey walks in with a nonchalant, "Hey, Devon." Awesome tries to be cool as he replies, "Hey, John. How you doin?" Casey asks why he's there, and Awesome says they need to talk. He tells Casey there was a time he didn't have a lot in his life either: dead-end job, no girl. Casey's like, "Really?" Awesome: "Well no, John, no. But this is not the answer." He tells Casey he needs serious psychiatric help. Casey pulls out his gun, and Awesome tells him to put the gun away. I love that even in this situation and with someone this presumably crazy, Awesome still uses terms of endearment like "Bro" and "Dude." He tells Casey to take another step and he will drop him. Hey, close the prison walls again and we could have all out cage match. Beeping on Casey's computer gets his attention, as he sees Sarah and Chuck escaped. While he's turned away, Awesome knocks him over the head with a bust of Reagan. Casey drops his gun and falls. He gets up and Awesome hits him. Casey tells him that's not bad for a frat boy and goes to retaliate when Sarah comes in and knocks Casey down and points the gun at him. Chuck follows. Awesome's all, "What the hell is going on here?" Chuck: "Don't freak out." Commercials, including Zachary Levi with a cute haircut in a hybrid, part of Universal's latest Green campaign.

Awesome wants to call the cops, but Chuck says they can't do that, "because I am the cops." Sarah and Casey both want Chuck to shut his mouth, but Chuck continues, telling Sarah, "He can handle this." He asks Awesome if he can handle this. All Awesome can manage is, "He's being serious?" Casey just mutters to himself. Chuck tells Awesome he needs him to be cool about this, to cover for him with Ellie. He closes with, "I need you to be Awesome. Can you ... be Awesome?" Awesome: "You're a spy, Chuck?" Chuck, sheepishly, "Yeah, more or less, yeah." Awesome: "Wow. This is ... Awesome!" And a big smile breaks out. He high-fives Chuck and tells him he knew he wasn't a loser who works at the Buy More. Chuck's like, "That's a little harsh." He says the Buy More's real, and that he needs him to go home and handle Ellie. Awesome's all, "A spy!" And Chuck says to keep that on the DL. Awesome salutes Chuck, and Casey would like to add impersonating an official to Chuck's list of crimes. Casey asks them not to leave him here, but Chuck and Sarah leave Casey tied up in a chair. He tells Chuck he's a dead man if he leaves, but Chuck doesn't care.

At the Buy More, Jeffster! greets Morgan with taunts about how they smell bacon when he walks in. Morgan tells them they need to knock it off and apologize to Buster or they're going to get fired. They don't believe Morgan after last time, since it got Buster put in charge. Lester tells Morgan he's going to have to accept the fact that no one on this planet is as dumb as Morgan. They leave, and Anna is standing there. She asks Morgan why he takes all this crap from everyone. He tells her he can't help it, because he's the glue holding this store together. She asks why he cares about the store so much; doesn't he have a goal outside of the Buy More. Even Jeff and Lester have Jeffster! He tells her he does have a dream, but she'll laugh at it. She promises not to, but then he says his dream is to be a Benihana chef in Hawaii. She laughs, but says it's totally attainable. He tells her he's way past his prime, not Asian, and doesn't even know where to get the knives. Buster calls his ass man, and Morgan excuses himself.

At his apartment, Casey pulls out a little lighter thing and starts burning his way out of the plastic cuffs he's in. General Redhead pops up and talks to him, not knowing he's all handcuffed. She tells him they did scans and there are people underground where Chuck said. Casey says Chuck was right, and asks if they're going to rescue Bakula. She says there's no time, so she ordered some F-16s to annihilate the site. Casey's like, "But I gave my word." She tells him she didn't come to this decision lightly, but they have no choice. Then she shuts herself off.

Awesome's drinking water in his kitchen, and looking at himself in his kitchen window, telling himself, "Chuck's a spy. Don't freak out." Ellie walks in and asks if he found anything out about Chuck. He just looks at her, and she asks why he's doing that, and did she see Chuck? He says, "Yes," and then "No." And then he says Chuck's fine, but no, he definitely didn't speak to Chuck. She's like, "Did someone else speak to him? Casey? Sarah?" Awesome says, "Who?" That's when Ellie thinks it's wedding-day jitters, and asks him to focus. She asks if he can be Awesome for her. He nods, but starts to look woozy, so she smacks him and tells him to focus, she needs his A game.

Chuck and Sarah arrive at the drive-in/Black Rock in the Nerd Herder. She wants him to stay in the car, but he thinks he can handle it. Until Casey comes up and points a gun at him. Sarah points hers at Casey, but Chuck tells her not to; that if Casey's going to stop him, he's going to have to kill him. Casey tells them General Redhead called in an airstrike, and Chuck reminds Casey he promised to save his dad, and he thought that would have meant something; he guesses he has a lot to learn. Casey says he does have a lot to learn, and that he made three crucial mistakes: 1. He didn't realize he was being trailed. 2. You didn't bring enough fire power. 3. "And you didn't ask me to join." He backs away and Chuck turns around and asks if Casey would like to help them rescue Bakula. Casey says he thinks Chuck's father has served his country honorably and deserves to attend his daughter's wedding, so he'll do it under one condition: Chuck stays in the car. Sarah agrees quickly, and Chuck agrees too. Then he's giddy about the team being back together and says, "group hugs!" Casey tells him if he takes another step, it will be his last. He still has the gun at the ready, you know. Bakula, watching it all on his computer, says, "Aces, Charles. Aces."

Then Roark comes in to ruin Bakula's proud father moment. He calls Bakula an underachieving, reclusive, kidnapped scientist. Roark says he's done with the Intersect, but he has one request: Leave his family alone. Roark's shocked he's not invited to the wedding, which he knows about because few details escape him. He tells Bakula that if the Intersect works, he has nothing to worry about. On his way out, he says it's a little tart down there, so he'll send down some air freshener. Outside, a whole bunch of identical silver cars pull up. Chuck's definitely staying put in the car. Casey tells Sarah he had no idea Tron was so popular. Casey and Sarah find the way downstairs, which involves grabbing some children's playground toy. Chuck, from the Nerd Herder, watches Roark talk to all of the silver cars, convertible tops down, who are here to watch the Intersect. Chuck realizes Roark's using the Intersect to turn all these guys into some sort of Army. Uh-oh.

Bakula sees Sarah sneak into his holding area. He asks the guards if they have a cigar for him, since he's going to die anyway. They go to get him one, but Sarah and Casey are waiting to knock them out. They toss Bakula the keys, and Casey tells him to hurry since an airstrike's headed this way. We see the F-16s, who are telling General Redhead they're closing in. Casey, Sarah, and Bakula arrive at the car to no Chuck, just a note that says, "Gone to stop Roark. Back in 5." Casey says he's going to kill him, but The Mummy walks up, pulls a gun, and says they'll actually be happy to take care of that for him.

In the drive-in's projector room, Chuck approaches the blue, glowy Intersect cube. Roark catches him, calling him the prodigal son. Then The Mummy and some other bad guys lead Casey, Sarah, and Bakula in at gunpoint. Roark's glad everyone's here to see the Intersect work. He points out that if it doesn't, he'll have to kill everybody. Chuck asks what if it does work. Roark says the result will be the same, but Chuck should root for it to work, since "nobody likes a cynic." Well, I sort of do, actually. Roark turns the new Intersect on, and Chuck tells Casey and Sarah to shut their eyes, and keep them closed. As it's flashing, Bakula walks up to Chuck and whispers for him to open his eyes. Chuck tells him he doesn't want a refresh; he just wants this nightmare to be over. Bakula knows; that's why he made this for Chuck. It's all for Chuck. He tells Chuck to trust him, and Chuck opens his eyes. The photos end, and Chuck passes out. Roark says it was a rush, and he wants to flash. He pulls out some photos of bad guys, and doesn't flash. Bakula says he must need to fix a glitch, but Roark says it's too late, so he would like someone to wake Chuck so he can kill him. Just then, though, he can hear the F-16s, and wonders what the hell that is. They've started firing, so everyone starts running.

The silver convertibles start speeding away as Roark runs toward ... I don't know what, actually. Casey picks up Chuck and tells Bakula and Sarah they should get out of here. Roark pulls on the playground toy, but an explosion hits before he gets into the underground. We see it all aflame, so he couldn't have survived, right? Chuck, Sarah, Casey, and Bakula get in Casey's car and speed away. Chuck wakes up in Sarah's lap, and she asks if he's okay. He says he feels different, and Bakula says he should, since the Intersect (which Bakula has, by the way) was programmed to remove the Intersect from Chuck's head. Chuck asks what he means by remove. Bakula tells Chuck it's out, adding, "It's over, Chuck. You're free, son." Chuck and Sarah look at each other and then in awe at Bakula. Commercials: If you want even more Bakula, you can watch full episodes of Quantum Leap at NBC.com (right now, the site has episodes 101-111). I might do that, actually, because if he's even close to as charming in that as he is here, I will watch the whole damn series.

At Castle, General Redhead is amazed that Colonel Casey rescued Bakula, recovered the Intersect cube, and destroyed Fulcrum's operation base (well, actually, the F-16s did that, but ... Casey will take the credit). General Redhead says maybe she should promote Casey to general, but he tells her that, actually, Sarah should get the credit for pretending to go AWOL, then used herself and Chuck as bait to scare Fulcrum out. Sarah starts to say that she "never," but Chuck interrupts and says, "never thought she could be so cold." Or at least he didn't. He had no idea he was being used as bait! He says he was treated terribly, with the cuffing and the malnourishment. Casey kicks Chuck. General Redhead asks Casey if he'd like to return to command his old unit now that the Intersect Project is over. Chuck asks her to repeat that so he can be sure he didn't miss anything. He asks if it's really over. She says that's correct, and that he's free to return to ... whatever it is he does. He starts in about how they've had their share of ups and down. General Redhead literally looks bored already, and he's not even a sentence in. He tells her this has been an incredible, life-changing experience. She shuts herself off. Chuck says she clearly doesn't feel the same way, and that was a little rude. Which, yeah, but she's a general, so I'm glad she treats him like that. Not everyone can adore Chuck, can they?

At the Buy More, Morgan asks Buster to give Jeffster! another chance. Buster asks Morgan an important question, one that he'd like him to think long and hard about. He asks if Morgan wants to be a loser the rest of his life. Morgan thinks it's an excellent question, and if Buster had asked him this morning, he probably would have said yes. Now he's not so sure. Buster tells him to do what needs to be done. Morgan says, "Yes sir." Then he goes out to talk to Big Mike. He tells him that in the old country, if a man fell on his sword, the others would look after the family. He asks Big Mike to look after his mother. Then he tells everyone it's been a pleasure serving with them, and asks them to give him a better physique when they retell this story. Buster comes out and asks what he's doing. Morgan replies, "Morgan out," and walks away, taking off his vest, then his tie and shirt. Free of the Buy More clothes = free of the Buy More. He goes straight to Anna and asks her to come to Hawaii with him so he can learn the ancient art of habachi. She says she thought he'd never ask. Shirtless Morgan picks up Anna and starts walking out, until his back gets tired and he puts her down. Chuck comes in and sees shirtless Morgan, asking if it's hot in here. Morgan says it's actually chilly, but ... worth it. Chuck asks if he's okay, and Morgan says he totally is, for the first time. He says, "It's all over." Chuck looks thoughtful. Lester says he admires Morgan, and everyone at the Buy More claps, led by Big Mike. Lester shouts that Morgan's free. He and Anna leave. But is it for good? I don't know what this show is going to do .

At the apartment, Ellie's all pretty and Awesome's in a suit. He tells her they have to go, but she says she can't. He points out there's a rehearsal dinner full of people waiting for them. She says she knew her dad would disappoint her, but she didn't think Chuck would. She guesses it's in the DNA. Awesome becomes Awesome and tells her he knows how difficult it is without Chuck, but that he knows Chuck wants to be here. He tells her that their dad leaving shook Chuck up pretty bad, but he'll be back. He tells her to trust him: Chuck loves her, and so does he. She starts to stand up to go with him, but the door opens and Chuck walks in. Ellie storms over and asks where he's been. He says he got her wedding present, and leads a suited-up Bakula in. She hugs him and asks if he's staying. He says he's not going anywhere. Awesome whispers to Chuck that he's got his back, Bro. Chuck smiles sort of sadly, knowing that now Awesome thinks he's a spy and he's not. And you know he misses it already.

Chuck's knocking on a door ... and it's Casey's. He invites him to the rehearsal dinner. Casey says the Intersect's out, so Chuck doesn't need him anymore, but Chuck says he's asking him as a friend. Casey shuts the door in his face. Chuck turns to leave, but Casey opens it again. Apparently he was getting a jacket, and about five cigars. He hopes it's an open bar. Sarah walks into the courtyard in a pretty dress. Casey says he'll go warm up the Vic, leaving them alone. They compliment each other on how good they both look -- and they really do. Sarah's totally glowing, apparently with the happiness of her man being free and able to finally date her. She asks how it feels, and he says it's great, actually, like everything is finally real. She says it is real. They hold hands.

Then we see another hand, in the desert, hitchhiking. It's Roark, who tells the semi-truck driver that stops for him that he's headed for Burbank, where he has a wedding to go to. This can't go well.

week: Season finale! Casey tells Chuck he's done good work. Ellie's pretty in her wedding dress. BRYCE! says, "Now let's go get your sister married." And he's holding a gun. Voiceover guy tells us there's one twist after another. Chuck says he's waited a long time for this day. Roark sits down with Chuck and tells him he's going to kill the bride. Bakula punches Roark. Bryce uses his gun. Jeffster! performs. Big Mike tells Morgan's mom the wedding just got good. Chuck says he has to go, and his dad says no, he doesn't, he's not a spy. Sarah screams, "Don't you touch him!" And a fuzzed-out face shoots toward the camera. The voiceover guy promises it'll be the biggest ending in Chuck history (just like Josh Schwartz said).