Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp
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| Chuck episode | |
Mei-Ling Cho holds Chuck Bartowski hostage
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | David Solomon |
| Written by | Scott Rosenbaum |
| Featured music | "Women's Wear" by Daniel May "Private Eyes" by Hall & Oates "Sister In Love" by Enevelopes "Lake Michigan" by Rogue Wave |
| Production code | 3T6453 |
| Original air date | October 22, 2007 |
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"Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp" is the fifth episode of the first season of Chuck, airing on October 22, 2007. Chuck must help a rogue Chinese agent rescue her brother from elements of the Chinese Triad, while Morgan faces a sales competition at the Buy More.
The episode opens at the Chinese Consulate in California. As diplomat Lee Cho leaves, ignoring a phone call from his sister that he is in danger, Lee is ambushed and taken hostage. That night, while in Chinatown with Morgan and Sarah, Chuck flashes on a waitress at a restaurant where the three are waiting to pick up dinner (which includes, in particular, the eponymous sizzling shrimp dish) and identifies her as a Chinese agent named Mei-Ling. Chuck is forced to change his plans with Morgan and Ellie that night, and the team tails their mark to a club where a local business leader, the wheelchair-using Ben Lo Pan, is eating. Chuck believes Mei-Ling intends to assassinate Lo Pan. Casey and Sarah break into the club to rescue him, but are caught in the crossfire between Lo Pan's bodyguards and Mei-Ling. Lo Pan escapes, and Chuck helps him into his car, only to watch several of Lo Pan's men dump the bound and gagged Lee Cho in the back and drive off. Mei-Ling flees the club and angrily confronts Chuck: She wasn't there to kill Lo Pan, but rescue her brother, Lee.
The team realizes that Mei-Ling is in the US without authorization, and that Lo Pan has connections to the Chinese Triad. He kidnapped Lee Cho to force the Chinese government to release Triad members in custody. To avoid an incident as Mei-Ling is operating outside her authority, Casey, Sarah and Chuck are ordered to stand down and not get involved. However Mei-Ling tracks Chuck to the Buy More and demands he help her. Chuck warns his handlers she contacted him but a search of the store turns up nothing. Mei-Ling captures Chuck during a fake delivery and holds him hostage. Chuck brokers a deal: If Mei-Ling agrees to defect, Casey and Sarah will help her rescue her brother. With her government refusing to help her and no other options she agrees.
The four plan to break in to Lo Pan's mansion and liberate Lee. Chuck accompanies them due to his familiarity with the security system Lo Pan employs, and runs surveillance on the operation from Casey's van. All initially goes well, but the camera feed is lost, leaving Chuck and the team blind. They locate Lo Pan, but the group is taken captive. Lo Pan intends to deliver the two American agents to the Chinese. Casey warns Chuck to leave, but he instead tails Lo Pan and his men back to their restaurant.
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