Friday, January 25, 2008

"Chuck" Recap & Review - "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"

Chuck
"Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"


Original Airdate 1/24/08

Jeff L - TwoCents Staff Writer

Two Buck Chuck...

Flashback to 2004, Chechnya. Casey and his photojournalist girlfriend are about to start their days. Casey, posing as an energy consultant, opts to stay in bed a little longer while his girlfriend heads out. She ducks into a store and the place explodes. Casey comes running, but only finds her camera in the wreckage.

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[NBC Photo: Justin Lubin]

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  1. Chuck
    "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover"


    Original Airdate 1/24/08

    Jeff L - TwoCents Staff Writer

    Two Buck Chuck...

    Flashback to 2004, Chechnya. Casey and his photojournalist girlfriend are about to start their days. Casey, posing as an energy consultant, opts to stay in bed a little longer while his girlfriend heads out. She ducks into a store and the place explodes. Casey comes running, but only finds her camera in the wreckage.

    Back in present day, at the Buy More, Casey is being his usual gruff-self with the customers while Nerd Herder Jeff is in the back room hacking into a computer they are repairing for a fancy hotel. They’ve managed to get the name and phone number of every celebrity guest who’s ever stayed at the hotel. Chuck kicks Jeff out and sits down to shut off the computer but sees the list of names and has the mother of all flashes. There’s a bad guy convention in town and all the top names are staying at the hotel. Also among the guests is one Ilsa Trinchina – Casey’s girlfriend who apparently wasn’t killed in the explosion.

    Chuck runs to tell Casey about the bad guys and lets slip about Ilsa. Casey has the opposite reaction to what he was expecting. Casey lifts him up by the neck and then slams him on the floor.

    Chuck recovered during the opening credit montage and heads over to Weinerlicious to tell Sarah about Casey’s ex-girlfriend and all the other baddies she’s with at the hotel.

    Over in the B-story, Captain Awesome and Ellie want to buy one big present for their anniversary. It’s a role reversal that we’re supposed to find humorous. Ellie wants a big screen television and Captain Awesome wants a fancy new washer/dryer. Morgan is the salesman stuck in the middle.
    General Grandma sends the gang undercover to the hotel. There’s a big soiree scheduled at the hotel where all the bad guys might be gathering. Chuck and Sarah pose as waiters and start working the crowd. Chuck flashes on everyone including Ilsa – who is alive an well. Casey spots her and she tells him she was in a hospital in Chechnya after the explosion. She couldn’t remember anything but she says she never forgot his face.

    Victor Peterov, the main bad guy, takes the stage and Chuck flashes again. Peterov introduces the reason they have all come together his fiancĂ© – Ilsa. Chuck, Sarah and Casey tap into the hotel security and start gathering intel. Casey spots his ex at the hotel bar and heads down to talk to her. Sarah gets tangled up with one of the minor baddies and Chuck has to sneak into Peterov’s room to plant a bug. While he’s inside, Ilsa comes in and she’s not alone. Chuck has another flash on Ilsa and realizes she’s a French secret agent. While Chuck’s hiding under the bed his iPhone starts ringing and while Casey is distracted Ilsa pulls a gun on him.

    Somehow they must have managed to escape because now they’re at the Buy More. Ilsa has tracked them down. She wants to explain everything. Her agency his been tracking Peterov for years and she’s deep, deep undercover inside his operation. Casey is angry about her lying to him about being in the hospital after the explosion and about how she’s sleeping with Peterov.

    Casey gets drunk and makes Chuck drive him to the hotel where they are almost immediately apprehended by the bad guys including the guy who Sarah knocked out earlier who tipped Peterov about the U.S. agents in the hotel. Casey and Chuck end up jumping off the balcony, tied back to back, into the hotel pool while Sarah is downstairs snooping around. Casey comes out of the pool just in time to speak now and he doesn’t plan on holding his peace. The agents, including Ilsa take down Peterov.

    [NBC Photo: Justin Lubin]

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