Chuck Versus the First Date
| "Chuck Versus the First Date" | |
|---|---|
| Chuck episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Jason Ensler |
| Written by |
Josh Schwartz Chris Fedak |
| Featured music | "Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and the News "Returning to the Fold" by The Thermals "Foux Du Fafa" by Flight of the Conchords "Dropped" by Phantom Planet "The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News "The Twist" by Frightened Rabbit |
| Production code | 3T7251 |
| Original air date | September 29, 2008 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Chuck Versus the First Date" is the second season premiere of the action-comedy series Chuck. It first aired on September 29, 2008. Chuck's time as the Intersect is coming to a close as the CIA and NSA have completed construction of the new Intersect.
The episode begins as Chuck is being dangled out an open window by a formidable mercenary named Mr. Colt after attempting to recover a stolen piece of the Intersect called the Cipher. Before he can be dropped, Sarah and Casey arrive and force Colt to flee, leaving Chuck behind with the Cipher. Later, Diane Beckman and Langston Graham reveal the Cipher is the last part of the new Intersect, which is due to go online, freeing Chuck from his responsibilities as the Human Intersect. Now free to return to his life, Chuck begins making plans for his future, and his first goal is to ask Sarah out on a real date, which she accepts. Unknown to both, Casey's termination orders against Chuck are activated by their supervisors, though he is conflicted about the order.
Chuck and Sarah meet over dinner, while Casey prepares to deliver the Cipher to a government courier and motivate himself to carry out his execution of Chuck. However, when the courier arrives, he turns out to be an enemy agent, stealing the Cipher and blasting Casey with a toxic gas. Casey manages to administer an anti-toxin and sets off in pursuit. Meanwhile, Chuck and Sarah's date is going well, but as they are about to kiss, Chuck flashes on one of the patrons. He soon realizes that everyone at the restaurant is an enemy operative, led by Mr. Colt. Casey arrives and crashes his Crown Vic through the restaurant window and helps Chuck and Sarah escape, but not before Colt punches Casey. In the car, Casey informs Chuck and Sarah that the cipher was stolen again and Chuck had to remain the Intersect.
Later, Chuck flashes on the wound on Casey's face, left by Colt's ring. Chuck informs Casey that he has Colt's address, but Casey stalls, knowing that finding the cipher reactivates Chuck's elimination order. He asks Chuck "don't you want me here to catch you when you fall?" Chuck answers that he'd be happier if Casey was doing his job, and Chuck was out of the spy life, saying that he had a future. Casey warns him that the future doesn't always turn the way you expect it, but follows Chuck's intel and he and Sarah track Colt down to an apartment building, while Chuck returns to work at the Buy More.
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