Chuck Versus the Ring 

Chuck is given an opportunity to rid himself of the Intersect but will have to protect Ellie from Fulcrum on her wedding day.

Director:

Robert Duncan McNeill

Writers:

Josh Schwartz (created by), Chris Fedak (created by)

Stars:

Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Zachary Levi	...	Chuck Bartowski
Yvonne Strahovski	...	Sarah Walker
Joshua Gomez	...	Morgan Grimes
Ryan McPartlin	...	Devon 'Captain Awesome' Woodcomb
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Big Mike
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel
Julia Ling	...	Anna Wu
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff Barnes
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Scott Bakula	...	Steve Bartowski
Morgan Fairchild	...	Dr. Honey Woodcomb
Bonita Friedericy	...	General Diane Beckman
Tony Hale	...	Emmett Milbarge
Bruce Boxleitner	...	Dr. Woody Woodcomb

Storyline

Father Steve 'Orion' Bartowski managed to wipe the Intersect from Chuck's brain, so he resigns from the Buy More, happily followed by Casey, who is promoted colonel and assigned to a mission in Afghanistan. Steve's return promises to make Devon and Ellie's wedding perfect, except for Chuck who learns Sara is also reassigned, paired up with Bryce, the new Intersect. But on the big day, Ted Roark turns up with Fulcrum goons, demanding the Intersect control cube or the wedding will become a bloodbath. Casey's Marine veteran mate Miles turns on their CIA team but spares his life as a return favor. Bryce is in for surprises of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

drinking from a bottle | binoculars | champagne | kissing | shootout | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ellie and Awesome's big wedding is delayed by Jeff and Lester, as their band "Jeffster," performing Styx's "Mr. Roboto." This episode also features Tony Hale, who appeared as the driver lip-syncing "Mr. Roboto" in a famous Volkswagen commercial touting their then-brand-new six-speaker cassette system.

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Goofs

During the wedding shootout, Roarke talks about a 'shotgun wedding' and tells Chuck 'that pun will be the last thing he hears before he dies'. That is not, in fact, a pun. A pun uses a different version of a word as a substitute for its homonym; what Roarke said was more of a double entendre.

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Quotes

Sarah Walker: Chuck, did you just flash?
Miles: He uploaded it.
John Casey: [whispers] Oh, Chuck me.

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Connections

References Take This Job and Shove It (1981)

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Soundtracks

3 Rounds and a Sound
(uncredited)
Performed by Blind Pilot

User Reviews

I could watch this again and again

This is easily the finest episode of any TV series I've seen. Everything is brilliantly done and seamlessly integrated from the start.

We have jeffster overdubbing a brilliant action set piece, a plane full of commandos, Sarah looking the most stunning she's ever been and enough moments to make you cry. Oh, and kung fu.

In every episode they seem to pick just the right music. In this episode they truly excelled.

If you want a happy Chuck ending, leave it at this as subsequent seasons just cannot match.

One thing that doesn't work plot wise is the chuck /Sarah relationship. At the end of last episode they kissed and finished holding hands. At the same time Sarah wanted to go on the run with Chuck. Now we're at least a day later and seemingly they never spent the night together, and the next morning Sarah is off to a new mission in a different country. Makes no sense at all. The story changes, of course, but at that moment things were set.

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

College Hill Pictures Inc., Wonderland Sound and Vision, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1