When Chuck and Sarah go AWOL to rescue Chuck’s father Steve, they discover that spending time together without any surveillance allows for unchartered chemistry. But as the two get closer, Casey zeroes in on their hidden location. Meanwhile, Morgan becomes the pariah of the Buy More after mistakenly getting Emmett promoted.
Aired
April 20, 2009
Director
Writers
Josh Schwartz
Chris Fedak
Matthew Miller
Guest Stars
Scott Bakula – Steve Bartowski
Chevy Chase – Ted Roark
Tony Hale – Emmett Milbarge
Arnold Vosloo – Vincent
Trivia
The compound Fulcrum is holding Chuck’s dad in is under an old drive-in theater called The Starbright. On Quantum Leap, Scott Bakula’s character (Sam Beckett) was involved in a project called Project Starbright before Project Quantum Leap was created.
The scene where Morgan is trying to carry Anna out, and everyone is bursting into applause, parodies the scene at the end of An Officer and a Gentleman, when Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) picks up Paula (Debra Winger) and carries her away from her job at a canning plant.
There are two scenes in this episode that make references to The Godfather: Part II. The scene in which Big Mike tells Morgan to never go against the family again mirrors Don Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) telling Fredo Corleone (John Cazale) the same thing. Later in the episode, Morgan talks about “falling on his own sword” to protect his family. This is a reference to when Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall) subtly tells Frankie Pentangeli (Michael V. Gazzo) that if he commits suicide, his family will be protected.
Quotes
Stephen: There is one request.
Roark: Anything that won’t inconvenience me is fine. I don’t care.
Stephen: Leave my family alone.
Roark: You say I’m not invited to the wedding?
Stephen: How did you know?
Roark: I’m involved in a major conglomerate of bad guys. Few details escape me.
Roark: Oh, great, gang’s all here. Only fair that a son should see the results of his father’s labor. Of course, if this doesn’t work, I’m afraid I have to go back to that bit where I kill everybody.
Chuck: What if it does work?
Roark: If it does work? Same result, but, you know, you should root for it, I mean, nobody likes a cynic.
Morgan: (To Big Mike) The truth is, I just wanted you to stop dating my mother.
Lester: You should be so lucky that a man of his stature would defile your mother.
Casey: Drop it.
Sarah: Can’t do that, John.
Chuck: Guys, guys, guys, guys let’s just… let’s just take a minute here, remember, we are a team.
Casey and Sarah: Stay in the car!
Chuck: Technically, I still have one foot in the car.
Music
Creature Fear by Bon Iver
Answering Machine by Malbec
Links
See the episode pictures in the gallery
Read about Chuck vs the Colonel in Chuck’s episode guide
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