Chuck Versus the Ring: Part 2

Chuck Versus the Ring: Part 2
Season {{{season}}}, Episode 19
Air Date	May 24, 2010, 2010
Writer	Chris Fedak & Josh Schwartz
Director	Robert Duncan McNeill
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Chuck Versus the Ring: Part 2 is the 19th and final episode of the third season. This episode was a "could be" series finale, which was written buy the creators of the show due to threats of cancellation.

Synopsis

The Ring is closing in on Chuck and Operation Bartowski. Fortunately, Chuck’s dad Stephen is working hard to save his son. Meanwhile, Casey must secretly protect his daughter from the Ring, and Big Mike receives some serious news about the Buy More.

Full plot

In a flashback to 1991, a younger Ellie tells their father that Chuck broke their mother's favorite necklace. Stephen bends down and tells them that there's nothing in this world that they can't fix together. As Chuck goes to Ellie's room to find some stuff to fix the necklace, Stephen tells Ellie to look out for Chuck, no matter what.

In the present, Ellie has lost track of the truck carrying Team Bartowski, which she relays to Devon. In said truck, Chuck is despondent over being the one who caused his father's death. When the truck stops, it is seen by Devon and Morgan in Casey's Crown Vic across from a tunnel. Shaw then throws the team the keys to their cuffs, so he could make it seem like they were killed trying to escape. Meanwhile, Devon chastises Morgan for not having a plan. Morgan then makes an offhanded comment about opening the glove compartment and picking up a spy manual, when they both realized that Casey must have stashed something in it. They find a gun and two buttons. Devon pushes the yellow one, which sets up a targeting system on the windshield. Morgan pushes the red one, which fires a missile from behind one of the headlights, hitting the truck and temporarily knocking Shaw unconscious. They then rescue Chuck, Casey and Sarah and escape as Shaw wakes up. Chuck tries flashing but it only hurts him; Casey is more ticked off that they used his missile. They meet up with Ellie and try discussing what to do. Chuck suggests going into hiding but Ellie refuses to do so and wants to call the police. Casey shoots down the idea, for a call might be traced. However, Ellie want nothing to do with the spy stuff and drives off with Chuck, who tries talking with her.

Meanwhile, Big Mike receives a call from Moses, the founder of Buy More, learning that the Burbank branch will be closed down soon because of their low income. He goes to Lester and Jeff to find out where his assistant manager and Chuck are. Lester suggests that they tell their loyal customers about the shutdown so that the big shopping spree would prove that they can still sell.

As brother and sister talk, the latter is more concerned that her brother had been keeping secrets from her. Chuck apologizes for everything and tells her that their father was a hero. He promises that they will take down the Ring and Shaw for what they have done. Ellie asks that once he's done with the Ring, he quits the spy business, because she made a promise to protect him and she can't do it if he keeps putting himself in danger. Chuck reluctantly agrees.

Chuck then sends his family out of the city, advising that they not draw any attention to themselves. He then joins the rest of his team in Casey's apartment, who set up a perimeter alarm. Chuck then hacks into a cell holding General Beckman. She explains that Shaw has taken her place as the speaker of the Joint Security summit for a secret convention of spies. The Ring intends to fully take over the CIA and NSA at the ceremony. As she breaks up, Beckman warns that the Five Elders will be there. Chuck then flashes. Though the experience disorients him, he learns that the Elders are in fact the leaders of the Ring. The team all agrees that this is a suicide mission to pull off.

At the summit, Chuck and Sarah go disguised as Russians, while Casey and Morgan go in as a technician team to hack the summit's database. Chuck then pretends to bump into Shaw and slip an iPhone in his pocket. Morgan then finds a room for Chuck. However, Casey finds his daughter Alex's phone number on Morgan and gets very angry; he can guess.

Meanwhile, as Chuck and Sarah take off their disguises, they run into Justin Sullivan, the Ring agent who tricked Ellie, passing on a message from Shaw that his Russian accent needs a bit more work. Chuck tries flashing but it only causes him pain. Sarah then knocks out Justin and his cohort. Chuck then confesses to Sarah about the Intersect flashes getting more dangerous. Sarah insists that they abandon their focus on Shaw for he is not worth all this. Chuck defends that if he can get the Governor back he'll be fine and asks that she go help Morgan and Casey.

Back at the Buy More, a whole line of customers have arrived. Jeffster! then asks Big Mike if they can play their music video on the store TVs. Big Mike agrees to, but only for later in the day, so as not to scare anybody.

As Shaw gives his speech, the iPhone in his pocket starts ringing. He answers it, hearing Chuck's voice, announcing that he's in Room 752, his room and he knows about the Elders. Shaw then taps his Ring phone, giving the Elders the signal to leave, while he proceeds to Room 752 to find Chuck. Chuck then explains his "evil plan", which was to ID the Ring Elders, whom have been captured along with Justin by Casey and Morgan; Morgan is disappointed that Casey didn't put any bullets into his shotgun. Shaw mocks Chuck's plan, seeing as he and his team are fugitives and therefore don't have any authority to arrest him. Chuck challenges him about the death of his father. Shaw smugly admits to Chuck that he did kill his father and acknowledges that he is a member of the Ring and will still walk out a hero. However, Chuck reveals that he had broadcasted his entire confession to the auditorium, which was recorded through a secret spy camera. He then demands the return of the Governor. Shaw challenges him to try. Chuck tries flashing again but it doesn't work and Shaw is able to grab him and throws him back against the window. Sarah arrives just in time to save Chuck but unfortunately Shaw gets away by jumping out the exposed window and swings down a level by grabbing a posted American flag.

Morgan returns to the Buy More during its 'Going out of Business Sale'. Jeffster! is about to play their song, when the Buy More executives arrive to find the unauthorized sale and request to see Big Mike. Hiding behind an aisle, Big Mike admits to Lester and Jeff that Moses couldn't protect them anymore; the Buy More executives closed down the Burbank branch.

Chuck is then taken to Castle to rest after the Intersect failed. He tells Sarah about his fear of what would happen if he dies. Sarah assures him that they will find Shaw and get the Governor back.

Meanwhile, Morgan spots Shaw placing bombs in the Buy More. He tries calling Sarah but Shaw intercepts him and tells Sarah to bring Chuck to him. He ties up Morgan in the back of the store. As he tries to get out, he falls to the side. He manages to call Casey, who tells him to break his thumbs to escape and pull the fire alarm to evacuate the store. However, Mike, Jeff and Lester pull it first before he could, to facilitate their escape. Sarah arrives at the Buy More without Chuck and is then captured herself by Shaw. Chuck then arrives to save Sarah from Shaw, unfortunately Chuck gets thrown around by Shaw due to the Intersect malfunctioning; in the middle, the Jeffster! song of Old West plays. As he is lying on the floor, his life flashes before his eyes.

A flashback shows Chuck walking into his father's study and accidentally uploads a prototype Intersect into his brain. Stephen finds him in the process and seeing the full upload, he realizes that Chuck suffer no side effects.

Chuck then remembers the many times his father telling him that he was 'special'. Having "rebooted" his brain, Chuck is able to fight back. He soon holds Shaw in a choke hold. Shaw urges him to finish it but Chuck instead relents, declaring that he had already killed him once. His opponent calls him weak for showing mercy, only for Sarah, who had freed herself, to knock him out, correcting that such traits are what makes him great. She then give the Governor back to Chuck.

Outside the store, Big Mike fears that it is over, knowing that he will definitely be fired for making an unauthorized sale. Jeff suggests burning the store to save their jobs. The mere thought of it is the last straw for Big Mike, who walks out of the two.

As NSA cleaners search the Buy More for Shaw's detonator, Chuck tells Sarah about his promise to Ellie to quit the spy life and asks if she can ever love a regular guy. She replies that she fell in love with a regular guy. Just then, Morgan finds the detonator. But while he's asking for Casey to set up recommendations to General Beckman, he accidentally drops it, just as Chuck predicted, arming the bombs. Everyone clears the store before the explosives go off, destroying the Buy More. Jeff and Lester think that they caused this and drive away; the media also thinks that they were responsible too and a manhunt has been issued for the two suspects.

Twenty-four hours later, Chuck, with his friends and family, host a for wake for Stephen; also Alex has also been invited. Morgan tries flirting with her but Casey warns him to stop by threatening to break the rest of his fingers and burn down the apartment. Chuck then tells his sister that Beckman has agreed to release him from being a spy, considering how he took down the Ring and got her job back. Chuck soon receives a message on his iPhone, instructing that he go to his computer. On it, a posthumous message from Stephen, set to play in the event of his death, activates. He reveals that he was a solo spy for twenty years, doing things that the government wouldn't do, against unidentified enemies trying to destroy him. Because he's gone, his children are no longer safe. Directed to their family's old home, Chuck discovers a secret archive beneath his father's study, containing various files on his past missions. On a table in the central hall, he finds the broken piece of the necklace he broke years ago. Next to it is a box read -- Mary Elizabeth Bartowski: Missing.

Elsewhere, a woman is typing at a computer. Suddenly, her phone rings and the voice coming out of it says that "they" are going to have to move her. The unknown woman is also seen wearing that the same broken necklace that Chuck's mother wore.

 

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