Original air date November 26, 2007 (Monday after Thanksgiving)
Season 1 episode 10
Synopsis
Bryce Larkin is in custody in a medical facility, awakes and asks for Chuck. Chuck is trying to contact Sarah to talk about their relationship after the kiss.
Morgan and Anna are coming to Thanksgiving dinner with the Bartowski’s. Big Mike has big plans for Black Friday in the Buy More, but they’re training on Thanksgiving. Sarah arrives at the Buy More and Chuck tries to talk about the kiss and to invite Sarah to Thanksgiving dinner. She tells him Bryce is alive.
Chuck is the only one Bryce will talk to. Bryce uses Klingon to make sure Chuck is not a fake. After escaping his restraints Bryce takes Chuck as a hostage to escape the facility. Sarah and Casey fail to stop him. On the way down in the elevator Bryce and Chuck see the gunman(Tommy) from the warehouse. He tries to convince Bryce to go with him but Bryce refuses. Chuck flashes and knows Tommy is Fulcrum. Bryce sedates Chuck and gives him a message for Sarah.
Chuck questions Sarah about their relationship when she takes him home. They are interrupted by Ellie, who verifies Sarah is coming for Thanksgiving dinner.
The next day, during training at the Buy More, Chuck gets a text from Ellie to shop for last minute items. When he arrives home Casey is there and dressed for dinner. Morgan, Anna and Sarah also arrive. During dinner, Morgan misses the marshmallows on the yams and Bryce intercepts Chuck when he goes out to the car to get them. Bryce wants to talk to Sarah.
Chuck informs Sarah that Bryce is in his bedroom. Bryce tells Sarah that he wasn’t rogue, and she won’t turn him in because she loves him. He kisses her and Chuck sees them from the door. When Chuck reveals Bryce is in his room, Casey bolts into the bedroom. Bryce runs, Chuck lets Sarah know he saw them kissing. The dinner ends with Morgan upsetting Anna, who feels Morgan is into Ellie.
Chuck and Sarah see Bryce in Casey’s apartment and confront him. He tells them about his mission and the Fulcrum plan with the code name Sidewall. Chuck flashes and verifies he is telling the truth, he wasn’t rogue and isn’t a traitor. Casey walks in and shoots Bryce, who is wearing a protective vest. The whole team hears the rest of his story.
Bryce needs to turn himself over to the CIA. Team Bartowski sets up an exchange at the Buy More on Black Friday. Chuck verifies the agents coming to escort Bryce are legitimate. Bryce and Chuck make peace when they say goodbye as Sarah watches. Sarah accompanies Bryce with the agents, and he offers her the chance to go with him, as they are rammed broadside.
Tommy arrives at the Buy More to find Chuck and threatens him. Bryce and Sarah escape the Fulcrum agents that intercepted them and go back to the Buy More. Tommy has Casey and Chuck uses the emergency code word (Pineapple) to evacuate the store.
During the panic, Morgan rescues Anna and Casey calls for help while breaking out the firearms hidden in the theater room. Bryce and Sarah arrive to help, showing their skills as a fighting team. Bryce again uses Klingon to communicate with Chuck. He shoots Chuck to capture Tommy, knowing Chuck was wearing a vest. Sarah looks from Bryce to Chuck and walks away.
Bryce receives his CIA orders in the theater room, leaves in a tux for a dinner. Before going he says goodbye to Chuck and sends a cryptic message to Sarah.
Chuck invites Casey for leftovers and asks about the line he overheard Bryce say to Sarah. Casey thinks it is code for them to meet up.
Sarah is alone in her hotel room, dressed and bag packed. Bryce calls on one phone and Chuck calls on the other. She looks between the two.
Points of Interest
- The episode begins the day after Sarah kisses Chuck, thinking they are about to die.
- NBC announced season 2 of Chuck the day the episode aired.
- This episode begins the Fulcrum story line.
- Bryce and Chuck speak Klingon in two scenes. In the hospital bay- Bryce: Do you speak Klingon? Chuck: Yes, apparently you are healthy again. Scene 2 in the Buy More- Bryce: The jacket of shield has, yes; no? Chuck: Yes.
- The word Pineapple is used to declare an emergency in the store. Chuck refers to it as a black swan; something that is an impossible thing that never happens.
References
- Twilight Zone- Chuck refers to it.
- Star Trek- the Klingon spoken by Bryce and Chuck.
- ET the extraterrestrial– Morgan tells Chuck to “turn on your heart light.”
- Call of Duty- the game box is seen.
- Casablanca- Bryce tells Sarah “We’ll always have Omaha” as a code. A reference to “We’ll always have Paris” in the film. Sarah’s decision between Chuck and Bryce at the end of the episode could also reflect Ilsa’s decision at the end of the film.
Music
On Sale Now: Daniel May– Bryce drags Chuck into an elevator while escaping.
No One’s Gonna Love You: Band Of Horses- Chuck talks to Casey about Sarah and Bryce; Sarah is ready to leave and gets two phone calls.
Sugar Assault Me Now: Pop Levi– Pineapple emergency and evacuation.
