Chuck Versus the Pink Slip
| "Chuck Versus the Pink Slip" | |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Robert Duncan McNeill |
| Written by |
Chris Fedak Matt Miller |
| Featured music | "Black & Gold" by Sam Sparro "Wait It Out" by Imogen Heap "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Kenny Rogers "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips "My Backwards Walk" by Frightened Rabbit "Young Adult Friction" by Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor |
| Production code | 3X5801 |
| Original air date | January 10, 2010 |
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"Chuck Versus the Pink Slip" is the third season premiere episode of the television series Chuck. It aired on January 10, 2010 in a special two-episode block. After failing "spy school", Chuck must find his way back onto the team, and in the process repair his shattered relationship with Sarah.
The episode begins, 6 months after the Intersect 2.0 upload, with Chuck imprisoned by a gang of Russian mobsters. Chuck demands their leader, Yuri, turn over a stolen briefcase which Beckman advises through his ear bug is in the room. When Yuri threatens Chuck with his sidearm, Chuck flashes to learn kung fu. He seizes Yuri's weapon, but despite Beckman's prompting is unable to shoot him. Instead he defeats the mobsters in hand-to-hand combat and flees with the briefcase. Guided by Beckman, he heads to a rooftop, but in his excited state is unable to flash on the necessary zip-line skill to escape and is surrounded. Beckman calls an end to what is revealed as a simulation. Dissatisfied with Chuck's inability to control the Intersect after months of training, Beckman terminates his training as a spy.
Chuck returns home, dejected and depressed. He's greeted at home by Ellie and Devon, and mentions that he's lost Sarah. Chuck spends his days on the couch eating cheese balls and grows unkempt. Even a visit from Morgan is unable to bring Chuck out of his depressed state. Prompted by Devon, he tries to call Sarah, but she ignores his call and throws her phone away into a pool where she's relaxing with another man. Later, he heads to the Buy More when he runs out of cheese balls, but is confronted by Emmett, who begins to berate him. Chuck begins to flash and struggles to restrain an automatic attempt to throttle Emmett. Jeff and Lester mention having seen Sarah at the Orange Orange, and Chuck uses his key to sneak in. Instead he's caught by Casey, who is in the process of cleaning out Castle. Chuck learns that he and Sarah have a mission, and when Casey refuses to let him join, he takes it on himself to clean up and go anyway.
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