Chuck Versus the American Hero 

When Chuck has to select a partner for an important undercover mission, Casey, Devon, and Morgan conspire to make sure he chooses Sarah.

Director:

Jeremiah S. Chechik (as Jeremiah Chechik)

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 (credit only)
Vik Sahay	...	Lester Patel
Scott Krinsky	...	Jeff Barnes
Sarah Lancaster	...	Ellie Bartowski
Adam Baldwin	...	John Casey
Brandon Routh	...	Daniel Shaw
Bonita Friedericy	...	General Diane Beckman
Mark Sheppard	...	Ring Director (as Mark A. Sheppard)
Roger Cross	...	Ring Agent
Mary Pat Gleason	...	Morgue Clerk
Greg Collins	...	General Bauer

Storyline

Chuck is finally ready to be accredited as special agent. His hesitation to commit for life subsides when he's allowed to pick a team for his new posting, three years in Rome posing as a millionaire. To his horror, Sara prefers to go to DC with Shaw, believing his red test proves him a killer, no longer the man she fell for, and telling the truth would betray life-savior Casey. The Ring director set a trap for Shaw, who thinks he volunteers to sacrifice his life to wipe out the LA ring HQ, but is actually motivated to defect.

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Plot Keywords:

kissing | man carrying a man | explosion | air strike | cliffhanger | 

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

43 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Ring headquarters, a flash-bang sort of stuns Chuck. The device we see is a 'TD Multi-Port Plus' one of the most powerful stun grenades, using 15 g. of flash powder. It is also rechargable.

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Goofs

Brigadier General Beckman commits a number of uniform errors: 1) She wears her ribbons in the wrong order. She displays the Global War on Terror Expeditionary Medal and the Global War on Terror Sevice Medal at a lower order of precedence than the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait). United States Military Awards are always given higher precedence than foreign military awards on any US Military uniform. She also wears the Humanitarian Service Medal ahead of her Global War on Terror Medals. This medal is of lower precedence than any of her campaign medals. 2) She wears her service jacket with the tab of the left epaulet over her collar. The tab is always tucked under the collar.

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Quotes

Chuck Bartowski: It just finally clicked for me. You know, Sarah is - is the most important thing. I mean what's the point of being a spy without her. I've got to win her back. And I've only got a small window to do it before I have to leave for Rome.

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Soundtracks

Down River
(uncredited)
Performed by The Temper Trap

User Reviews

The Fall of a Hero

This episode is the symbol of all that I love about "Chuck", and it had me glued to the screen from start to finish.

The episodes starts off with some of Chuck's wonderful awkwardness as he is at the headquarters in DC to meet with the general. Then it switches to his heartbreaking and seemingly impossible mission to get Sarah back. And it ends with a painful cliffhanger. Perfect!

The character development of Shaw was inevitable, but still heartbreaking as my feelings towards him is mixed (I mean, he stole Sarah for Christ's sake!). All in all a very emotional episode that sets off a story line that I am looking much forward to dig in to.