The best episodes of Chuck
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- 01
The Ring is closing in on Chuck and Operation Bartowski. Fortunately, Chuck's dad Steven 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.
- 02
Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II
Shadowy thugs from the Ring inch closer to take down Chuck and his team. Elsewhere, Casey undertakes a clandestine mission to protect his daughter from the Ring; and big news about the Buy More floors Big Mike.
- 03
Chuck battles with his cover love life and real love life when he meets a very pretty girl named Lou, who seems interested in the real Chuck. On the other hand, his relationship with Sarah heats up as they go on a double date with Ellie and Captain Awesome and try to explain their sex life. Meanwhile, a poison specialist is trying to obtain codes to nuclear facilities and is using a "truth" poison to help get his answers. After all are exposed to the truth, Chuck soon discovers a lot about his partners.
- 04
Chuck, Sarah and Shaw reunite to find the Ring operative behind the death of Shaw's wife. Sarah has faith that Shaw is ready for the mission but Chuck is worried about his emotional stability. Meanwhile, Morgan considers leaving the Buy More.
- 05
Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami
Chuck starts dating Lou, a sandwich maker, and things seem to be going really well. This incites some jealousy on the behalf of Chuck's ex-girlfriend, Sarah, as she may be discovering that her feelings were not all just a cover. However, things seem to get complicated when Lou is discovered to be a part of a smuggling group. Is the relationship with Chuck another phony or is this relationship for real? Meanwhile, Morgan starts developing a new relationship with an unlikely girl.
- 06
Captain Awesome asks Chuck if he can have Ellie's hand in marriage, and then insists Chuck holds on to the ring until he plans it all out. Chuck decides to lock it in his Buy-More locker, and returns the next day to discover everything had been stolen from the store. Meanwhile, Agent Casey and Agent Walker discover that the CIA has been spying on them in hopes of discovering "the intersect." With Chuck's identity and life on the line, NSA has no other option than to relocate Chuck into a permanent holding cell. Will Chuck lose his family and friends forever?
- 07
When Ellie and Awesome's wedding day finally arrives, Chuck must save Ellie's life and her big day from being ruined by Ted Roark and Fulcrum.
- 08
Chuck feels like his life is falling apart when he can't flash and gets left behind for a mission. While Shaw, Sarah and Casey go on without him, Chuck finds himself in a sticky situation back at the base.
- 09
Chuck Versus the American Hero
Chuck has his pick of the best CIA agents for an undercover operation, but he has only one girl in mind for the job; Sarah. Casey, Morgan and Awesome team up to help Chuck win her back.
- 10
Chuck has to return to Stanford University, the institute that expelled him, on homecoming weekend to help a former professor. Chuck finds out that his former professor is also a government operative who is being hunted out for a sensitive top-secret file. Chuck must use his past experiences to find his Professor's hidden secret, while at the same time discovering shocking secrets about his own life. More importantly, Chuck discovers the truth about his former friend, Bryce Larkin, the one who got him kicked out of Stanford. Meanwhile, Morgan has problems with the new assistant manager at Buy More.
- 11
While in Europe, Sarah and Chuck realize they're traveling on a train with Spanish spies. Even though they're all alone, they decide to take on these rogue agents. Of course, this impromptu mission doesn't go smoothly. Meanwhile, Beckman orders her newest "unlikely" spy team - John Casey and Morgan Grimes - to track down the missing couple.
- 12
After a harrowing mission, Sarah returns to Chuck with a huge secret. Meanwhile, Ellie and Awesome are presented with a new opportunity that could change their lives.
- 13
Chuck faces an unusual task, when Sarah's hot colleague from the CIA shows up requesting help for a mission. Morgan tries to get Chuck to set him up with Sarah's new friend. When Chuck finds out that a million dollar diamond hidden in a Malibu mansion is being used to help fund terrorists, he must help these two beautiful women steal it back. Chuck is finding out that Sarah's job of living a double life, which she is all too good at, is really preventing him from getting to know who she really is.
- 14
Chuck Versus the Angel de la Muerte
Chuck must use his relationship with Awesome to protect a visiting dictator, Premier Goya, who is the target of an assassination. While Awesome is excited about the prospect of being a spy, Chuck is more concerned about Awesome and Ellie's safety.
- 15
Casey carries out a side mission for his old commanding officer James Keller that leads to him committing treason. When Chuck learns the dark truth about Col. Keller, he and Sarah set out to break Casey out of jail and clear his name. Meanwhile, Awesome's plan to keep Ellie out of danger gets more difficult when she gets her dream fellowship.
- 16
As Sarah works to free Chuck's mom, Chuck and Morgan embark on their own mission to take down Alexei Volkoff. Meanwhile, Casey bonds with his daughter, Alex, while Ellie tries to ease Awesome's anxieties over fatherhood.
- 17
Chuck and Sarah discover who's behind the plot to destroy Carmichael Industries. Meanwhile, Ellie's plans for a perfect Christmas begin to come apart. At the Buy More, Morgan and the gang must fend off angry customers as a computer virus threatens to ruin Christmas.
- 18
Chuck Bartowski is finding out that living two separate lives is not going to come easy. After being challenged by his boss at Buy More, Chuck needs the help of his best friend Morgan and the Nerd Herd, to prove that he is up to the task and ready to become assistant manager. Meanwhile, Sarah and John force Chuck to go undercover for his first real spy mission. It seems that Chuck's two different lives are learning to Tango, but which one will learn to take the lead?
- 19
It's Thanksgiving and Chuck's nemesis, Bryce Larkin, returns to his life after being ruled dead earlier in Chuck's life. Secret internal committees trying to destroy the intersect, now better known as Chuck's brain, saved Bryce in hopes he would be able to help them locate it. Bryce needs Chuck to help prove to Sarah, Casey and the rest of the CIA that he is not rogue. Upon seeing Bryce and Sarah back together, former lovers and partners, Chuck grows jealous and doubts any future with Sarah. Meanwhile, Buy More is prepping for the biggest shopping day of the year and Morgan is left in charge to ensure all runs well.
- 20
Still licking his wounds after realizing Sarah continues to have feelings for Bryce, Chuck must assume the cover of being Sarah's husband on a mission to foil a politically connected counterfeiter and yachtsman. Emotions and sea legs are tested when Chuck, Sarah and Casey have to head to the marina to scuttle a plot that also puts an unwitting Morgan and Anna squarely in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, It's time for the annual Buy More holiday party, but the party comes with lots of rules from Big Mike.
- 21
Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover
Chuck discovers that many Russian arms dealers are secretly meeting in Los Angeles. One particular Russian woman catches his attention, and he flashes on her as being Agent Casey's ex-girlfriend. Chuck grows very intrigued and begins to pester Casey about their history. After learning this woman is to set marry one of the Russian arms dealers, Chuck insists that Casey fights for his woman. Will Casey fight for his true love without compromising his identity? Meanwhile, Captain Awesome and Ellie reach a tough point in their relationship.
- 22
When Chuck and Sarah go AWOL to rescue Chuck's father Steve, they discover that spending time together without any surveillance allows for unchartered chemistry. But as the two get closer, Casey zeroes in on their hidden location. Meanwhile, Morgan becomes the pariah of the Buy More after mistakenly getting Emmett promoted.
- 23
Chuck Versus the Wedding Planner
When Chuck and Sarah get conned out of their wedding money, there is only one man they can turn to for help: Sarah's conman father, Jack Burton. Meanwhile, Morgan pressures Casey to face Alex's mother.
- 24
Sarah is forced to confront a secret from her past and feels she must do so alone, while Chuck urges her to let him help. When Sarah encounters her original handler, Kieran Ryker, she fears that he will harm those closest to her, including her mom.
- 25
Chuck Bartowski is a computer geek that gets catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. When Chuck opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. With the government's most precious secrets in Chuck's head, Major John Casey of the National Security Agency assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA's top agent, Sarah Walker.
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