| Chuck Versus Agent X | |
| Season 04, Episode 22 | |
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| Air Date | May 2, 2011 |
| Writer | Phil Klemmer & Craig DiGregorio |
| Director | Robert Duncan McNeill |
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- "There go my primroses! Eat lead, you bastards!"
- ― Mrs. Winterbottom
Chuck Versus Agent X is the twenty-second episode in the fourth season of Chuck, which aired on May 2, 2011.
Synopsis
Chuck and Sarah put aside spy work to have a weekend of fun, but Captain Awesome's plans for Chuck's bachelor weekend don’t go quite as expected.
Meanwhile, Ellie's investigation into her father's computer leads to a life-changing discovery.
Full Story
At the order of Vivian Volkoff, Riley (Ray Wise) and Jasmine (India de Beaufort) begin searching for Stephen Bartowski's laptop for information on "Agent X".
Meanwhile, Chuck, Morgan, Big Mike, Jeff and Lester are excited to be invited to Las Vegas for Chuck's bachelor party. However, it turns out that Devon was taking them to Las Vecas a Nevada State Park. During the night, Riley and Jasmine traced the laptop, which Devon mistakenly brought. Worse, a drunken Jeff thinks that Jasmine is a stripper hired by Devon, and tries going along with her "act". Chuck races to save him while Casey takes out the accompanying mercenaries, having both Morgan and Devon whittle spears from sticks to keep them out of the way. Chuck attempts to silently ambush Jasmine but she notices him in the reflection of her knife. While fighting Jasmine, Chuck uses the laptop as a shield and it is stabbed through. Casey arrives to knock her out and they carry Jeff back to the limo, where Big Mike and Lester are waiting, and they drive home.
Meanwhile, Sarah is notified at her bachelorette party that the computer has been breached. Not knowing that Devon has accidentally taken the laptop, Sarah tells Ellie that Chuck knows Ellie lied to him and still has the laptop. When Chuck returns, he and Ellie agree to tell each other the truth, with Ellie revealing that she is still investigating her father's research, and Chuck revealing that he is still a CIA agent. Chuck then brings Ellie to Castle and demonstrates the full abilities of the Intersect to her. When Chuck theorizes that he might be Agent X, knowing it is the code name for the first human Intersect, Ellie reveals that the first Intersect was uploaded before Chuck's birth. After Chuck repairs the laptop, they find a redacted file on a British scientist whose first name is Hartley. Chuck then flashes on the white house displayed on the monitor, learning of Hartley's last known location. Ellie wants to come along but Chuck refuses her, reminding her that she still has Baby Clara to worry about.
Chuck, Sarah, and Casey travel to Hartley's home in Somerset, UK. They tell the elderly woman living there that their car broke down before casually inquiring over whether Hartley lived in the house. She says he might have left a box of things in the basement and asks Chuck to help her carry it. Casey voices his suspicions that the woman may attempt to poison them. Chuck notices a nearby picture featuring a mother and son and flashes, realizing that the woman, Mrs. Winterbottom, Hartley's mother.
Mrs Winterbottom
At that moment, Mrs. Winterbottom returns and points a shotgun to his face, demanding to know what he wants with her son. When Chuck explains that he's CIA, she becomes even more hostile, blaming the CIA for corrupting her son then disavowing him after failing to extract him after he went missing on his undercover assignment. Chuck reveals to her that he is Stephen Bartowski's son, earning her trust, as Hartley and Stephen were once colleagues and close friends. When Riley and Jasmine arrive with an assault team, Mrs. Winterbottom tells Chuck and Sarah to find Hartley's Spy Will in the basement while she and Casey fight off the assault team. When they run out of ammunition, Winterbottom sets a trap comprised of a grenade and C4 earning Casey's admiration, they escape and the bomb kills Jasmine and the mercenaries.
When Ellie, Chuck, Sarah, Casey, and Morgan open Hartley's spy will, they discover a photograph of a young Alexei Volkoff, labeled "Hartley". They find out that Hartley was originally sent undercover to find out about arms dealers until his version of the Intersect malfunctioned and overwrote his personality with that of his cover identity, Volkoff. Casey reads the floppy discs contained within the spy will and instructs everyone to meet him in the interrogation room, where he turns off the camera. He explains to them that since the CIA inadvertently created one of the world's most dangerous madman, they'd do anything to cover up his existence, including instructing a guy like Casey to put a bullet in each of their heads. He advises them to forget they ever saw that photo. However, before the episode ends, Ellie decides that Stephen intended for her and Chuck to help Volkoff. Casey is seen storing Hartley's spy will.
Meanwhile, disappointed by the Las Vecas trip, Big Mike, Jeff and Lester decide to go to Reno. However, which exchanging hands at the wheel on the road, Jeff brings them to Renaux, British Columbia. Luckily for Big Mike and Lester, there is a steakhouse with a blackjack table nearby.
Continuity
- The episode explained why Orion destroyed the Intersect from all CIA sources as well as why Mary was sent undercover into Volkoff Industries.
Quotes
Chuck: I know about Dad's laptop and his research. Mom told me.
Ellie: So why are we here.... You're still a spy.
Chuck: I had a whole speech and you just figured that out. You can't figure that out by yourself.
Ellie: I think I just did.
Chuck: You just Rubik's cubed me, sis.
Ellie: Of course you still work for the CIA. Sarah is a spy. You're clearly built for better things than the Buy More.
Chuck: You're not mad?
Ellie: I'm not mad that you did it. I'm mad you didn't tell me.
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Ellie: Wow, look at this place. What are you guys guarding down here that's so important.
Chuck: Ah, well, me. El, you know that Intersect project that dad was working on?
Ellie: Yeah, I've been trying to figure it out for weeks.
Chuck: It's in my head.
Cast
- Ryan McPartlin as Captain Awesome
- Mark Christopher Lawrence as Big Mike
- Sarah Lancaster as Ellie Woodcomb
- Scott Krinsky as Jeffrey Barnes
- Vik Sahay as Lester Patel
Recurring
Guest Stars
- India de Beaufort as Volkoff Industries operative, Jasmine
- Millicent Martin as Mrs. Winterbottom
Music
- "Blow" by Ke$ha
- "Line In the Sand" by Mackintosh Braun
- "Keep it Coming" by Pixie Carnation
- "Get outta my Dreams, Get into my Car" by Billy Ocean
- "Codex" by Radiohead
Deleted scenes
The Season 4 DVD contains the following deleted scenes from this episode:
- An extended version of Casey and Riley's talk over the walkies.