Chuck Versus the Mask
| "Chuck Versus the Mask" | |
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| Chuck episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 7 |
| Directed by | Michael Schultz |
| Written by | Phil Klemmer |
| Featured music | "Let’s All Die" by Jack Penate "Can't Stop Feeling" by Franz Ferdinand "Astair" by Matt Costa |
| Production code | 3X5807 |
| Original air date | February 8, 2010 |
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"Chuck Versus the Mask" is the seventh episode of the third season of Chuck which originally aired February 8, 2010. Chuck is forced to involve Hannah in the team's latest mission. Meanwhile, Morgan and Ellie attempt to investigate Chuck's secret life.
After Shaw is trapped in a museum vault attempting to steal a golden mask of Alexander the Great, Sarah and Casey call in Chuck to hack into the museum's systems to release him. Hannah tags along, and after successfully freeing Shaw and restoring the system, the two are invited by the museum curator to attend the gala for the unveiling of the mask that night to monitor the computer systems. Under Shaw's instruction, Chuck agrees. At Castle, Shaw briefs the team with their belief that the Ring is using the mask to smuggle a chemical weapon through customs. That night, Chuck and Hannah watch the gala from the control room, while Shaw and Sarah attend as a couple in order to make their way into the vault and swap the mask for a duplicate. However, Chuck flashes on a Ring operative named Nicos Vassilis, and leaves Hannah alone to warn Shaw and Sarah. Shaw is forced to withdraw, as the man knows him, so Chuck takes over to break into the vault with Sarah. Chuck causes a server crash to prevent the vault from opening, which Hannah is left alone to fix.
As Chuck lowers Sarah into the vault through an overhead hatch to make the switch, he is interrupted by one of Vassilis's henchmen, who throws him down the hatch, pulling Sarah back up. Sarah deals with the first henchman as well as a second who arrives during the fight while Chuck steals the real mask and swaps it out with the fake. Meanwhile, Hannah attempts to fix the server crash while Shaw uses a back-door connection through Chuck's laptop (where Hannah is working) to keep it down until they can finish. Sarah pulls Chuck back up and Hannah restores the system just in time. The team returns to Castle where Sarah and Shaw analyze the mask looking for the weapon. Vassilis, aware of the switch, misidentifies Chuck as head of the operation. He believes Chuck used Sarah and Hannah to gain access to the vault, and uses Hannah as bait to force him to return the real mask. He lures her to the museum and locks her in the vault, where she begins to suffocate. Vassilis contacts Chuck at the Nerd Herd desk and demands he return the mask in exchange for her life.
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