| 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 | |
| Scott Krinsky | ... | Jeff Barnes | |
| Sarah Lancaster | ... | Ellie Bartowski | |
| Adam Baldwin | ... | John Casey | |
| Brandon Routh | ... | Daniel Shaw | |
| Scott Bakula | ... | Steve Bartowski | |
| Bonita Friedericy | ... | General Diane Beckman | |
| Peter Jason | ... | General Merriweather | |
| Scott Holroyd | ... | Justin Sullivan | |
| Mekenna Melvin | ... | Alex McHugh | |
Ring double agent used Ellie as bait to lure the team into a real CIA base. Daniel Shaw is not only alive and back, he convincingly pleads to a Washington-mandated CIA panel that general Beckman is incompetent and Chuck's Intersect a mental liability. Chuck discovers that Shaw has a Ring Intersect himself, but his clumsy attempt to prove that gets him arrested. Casey is diverted by his daughter's kidnapping. Father Bartowski returns to save Chuck, who refuses to desert cowardly, but is tempted to spare his beloved by disappearing. Written by KGF Vissers