Chuck (2007–2012): Season 3, Episode 10 - Chuck Versus the Tic Tac - full transcript

Hi, I'm Chuck.
Here are a few things

that you might need to know.
The Ring used me as a decoy.

You said I was safe, bro.

Babe, we need to get away.

Where do you want to go?

Doctors Without Borders.

I'm a spy, buddy.

My best friend is a spy?

This is the best news
I've ever heard!

Dismissed.

Lieutenant Alexander Coburn?



Thank you for your service,
Lieutenant,

but you have not qualified

for training with Special
Operations Command.

You'll be returning home
with your unit at 0800 tomorrow.

Dismissed.

Dismissed.

Tic Tac?

I'm sorry, Colonel?

I know it's silly,
but they remind me of home.

Go ahead and keep them.

I have a feeling you're
gonna be out here a while.

How would you feel if I told you

that there was a covert
black ops team

of America's finest snipers,
rangers and men



willing to do anything
to protect this country,

and that team wanted you?

I'd say that sounds
like a dream come true, sir.

And I'd say you have
quite a choice to make.

Either go home to your family

or you become the soldier
you always dreamed you could be.

So, tell me,
Lieutenant Coburn...

...are you ready to die today?

I'm glad you took my call.

In a matter of hours,
General Beckman

is gonna give you and your team
a Trace Cell Mission

to test the CIA's
security system.

I need you to pick something
up for me while you're there.

I know you'll make
the right decision.

You always do.

02200 and... two.

Uh, p.m.

NSA Agent John Casey
in his apartment,

speaking to an
elderly gentleman.

And I detect
a hint of Midwestern...

I hear footsteps!

Coming in from behind me,
closer, closer now.

Whoever finds this video,
I want you to...

Oh, it's just you, Chuck.

I thought you were KGB,
maybe even a ninja.

Although in that case,

your footsteps would've been
a lot quieter, wouldn't they?

Probably.
Yeah.

What are you doing?

A little spy work.

I think Casey's getting a
mission. Want to listen?

First of all, if Casey
was getting a mission,

I would know about it because
I would be getting a mission.

And secondly, you're being kept
out of the loop for a reason.

Spy work is dangerous,
buddy. I can...

Ooh, ooh.

Pleasure working with you again,
old friend.

Working on what?

Good morning, team.

Your task this week
is a Trace Cell Mission.

Uh, excuse me, a Trace Cell?

It means spy-proofing
our own security.

The CIA's most valuable assets

are held in a subterranean vault
at our Los Angeles facility.

You'll need to break through

15 levels of security
to get there.

Will Shaw be joining us?

No, Shaw's in D.C.

Agent Walker,
you'll need to catch

a later flight to meet him.

You have your orders. Good luck.

This is just great.

So, now you're gonna
go meet Shaw in D.C.

Does everyone have a secret
mission within a mission?

It's not a mission, Chuck.

This time it's personal.

Oh, oh, right,
right, of course.

Well, that would make sense
why I was kept out of that loop.

My work is here, Chuck,
so, please, stay focused.

We are up against the best
security in the world tonight.

Our own.

That's the door to level two.

A hallway.

Well, seems easy enough.

Uh-uh.

Oh.

This is where
you flash.

Just relax, Chuck,
you've got time.

Nobody's banging down
on the door.

Mission accomplished.

Pace yourself, Chuck,
we've got 14 more levels.

That was manageable.

Now, Walker,

watch the door.

Hey, uh, shouldn't
we stick together?

No, always gotta have
somebody watch your back.

I got yours.

The box we need
is around here.

There it is.

Did you just take something
out of that box?

No.

I literally just
watched you close it.

Hey, hey, look,
if you're working on

some secret side
mission, tell me.

Breathe a word of this
to anyone,

you're as good
as a dead man, Bartowski.

You understand?

Is everything okay?

Yeah.

Chuck, hey.

I need you to do
me a solid, bro.

I need you to help Ellie commit
to Doctors Without Borders.

What?
I- I thought that she did.

Yeah, well, so did I,
but I think it all hit her today

that it meant leaving L.A.
and leaving you.

Now, she's
gonna come to you

and I need you to back
me up on this, bro.

That's probably her now.

Okay. Okay.

Is Devon here?

Chuck, I got it.

You-you got "it"?

What is it?
What is this?

Ellie, Ellie, this is amazing.
Oh, my God.

Neurology fellowship at USC?

You've wanted this since
you were in Middle School.

I know, I know.

But what do I do?

Doctors Without Borders
is the only thing

that Devon has been
excited about in weeks.

Yeah, well, you know,
sometimes your dream job

isn't always what you
expect it to be.

Unfortunately, your mission

at the CIA facility
was a day too late.

The vault had already
been compromised

and a new drug
called Laudanol was stolen.

Military scientists were able
to create a prototype pill

that could suppress emotions
in battlefield soldiers,

make them stronger,
faster, fearless.

Wait a minute,

no fear?

Could that help me flash?

Well, maybe, but then

you wouldn't feel
anything, Chuck.

Right, but I could work...

perfectly.

We'll never know
unless we get it back.

We think this might
have been an inside job.

Only a handful of our people
knew the Laudanol

was being kept in box 092407.

Oh, yes.

I get it now, you're good.

You are good, General.

You guys, you are good,
very good.

This is a test, right?

Bartowski.

First there was the solo
mission on the plane,

then turning an asset,

now this time it's,

"Chuck, will you
betray your country

"or will you turn in
your friend and partner,

John Casey,
for stealing the pill?"

I'll play ball, okay?

Guilty. He did it.

Are you positive
you saw Colonel Casey

take the pill, Mr. Bartowski?

Yeah.

No? No.

No, I would-I would actually
not use the word "positive."

It was very poorly lit
in that, um...

I- I'm wrong half the time.

Colonel Casey?
So...

Would you care to respond?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
hang on a second.

Let's just all take
a breath here, okay?

John Casey is one of the
most loyal spies out there.

He would never do anything
to jeopardize the CIA.

Casey, tell them!

With all due respect, General,

I will exercise my right
to remain silent

under the Fifth Amendment
to the Constitution.

What?

What are you doing?

Agent Walker, please relieve
the colonel of his weapon.

John, you want to tell me
what's going on?

Which is why I said
Left 4 Dead 2 would be better

as an expansion pack...
I need your help.

The answer's yes.

I already set the DVR to record
the Mork and Mindy marathon.

This is not that.

This is, uh, this
spy related, okay?

Did you happen to record
Casey's conversation last night?

That would depend.

No, don't worry, don't worry,
you're not in trouble.

I actually need your help.

Oh, sweet.
I knew you'd come around, dude.

Yeah, sure, absolutely.

What do you need,
audio or video?

Whatever.

MORGAN
2100 and 43 p.m.

There's a chill in the air

and hint of vanilla.

A man enters
Casey's apartment.

Is that static?

Carrots actually.

I'm sorry. I get
hungry on a stakeout.

Holy crap. What is
it, Chuck? I want in.

You know what, Morgan?
Trust me, in this case,

the fewer details you know,
the better.

Call me if you need me.

Hey, show some respect.

This guy was one of the best
that we had. Sorry, ma'am.

Still no sign
of the Laudanol.

Sarah.

I just flashed.

Casey is being played.

His old commanding officer's

a guy named James Keller.

High up in special ops.

He's the guy who turned
Casey's former sensei,

because now
he's a member of the Ring.

What? Casey doesn't
know anything.

We got to talk to him
and tell him

who this Keller guy
really is.

We can't. Casey
committed treason.

And he's still
refusing to talk.

They're moving him to a
black site in Thailand-

outside of U.S. torture
jurisdictions. When?

Tomorrow morning.

Okay, then we've got
to break him out before then

and clear his name. If we do
this, and if we get caught,

we're gonna be tried
for treason,

and you're gonna
lose everything

and you're never going to get
a chance to be a real spy.

Is that what you want?

It's Casey.

You sure you're okay
missing your flight to D.C.?

Yeah, Shaw can wait,
Casey can't.

He's in a holding cell
on level 15.

Now all we have to do
is just break through

the security
we just spy-proofed.

Well, it's only
been 24 hours.

I'd be surprised
if they fixed anything.

All right then.

Time to save the day.

Chuck, are you okay?

Well, that wasn't
there before.

Alert the general.

We've captured
two infiltrators.

I see you've encountered
my new security measures.

Well done. Well done.

Yeah, really
excellent work.

You deserve a medal

for adjusting all these
security measures

so quickly.

Yes, General Beckman,

the spy-proofing
is excellent.

Who to thank?

Uh, Fitzroy.
Stanley Fitzroy.

It means "son of the king."

Did you get that,
General? Fitzroy?

Son of the king-
she knew that as well.

That's incredible.

Yeah, okay, great.

Uh, my name
is Charles Carmichael.

And this is my partner
Sarah Walker.

Uh, we're secure.

Please forgive
the intrusion

and condescending tone.

I wasn't informed that
you two were coming.

But then that must
have been the point.

Um, do you like what I did
on level one?

Very impressive.

Very.

Very, very.

In fact, uh, I think
we'd both love to see

what you've done
with level 15.

Mm-hmm.

Well, let me show you.

I'll give you the tour.

I thought you'd be happy
for me.

Babe, I am.

But if we do Doctors Without
Borders, we could save lives.

We can save lives here in L.A.
next to my brother.

I just talked
to Chuck this morning.

He thought it was
a great idea.

Oh, really? I find
that hard to believe

because I told him about USC
and he was happy for me.

Well, then I guess
we'll go talk to Chuck.

Oh, nice to see you, too.

Third opinion never hurts.

Ellie agreed to do this. I agreed
to do Doctors Without Borders,

which is a fantastic organization,
She said, and I quote, "I'm in."

but that was before
I found out about my

Médecins Sans Frontières,
USC neurology

is every good doctor's
fellowship at USC,

dream job. which is,
like, my dream job.

Devon, it appears to me
you're being completely selfish.

Morgan, sidebar now.

Just a sec, babe.

You can't tell Ellie
to stay here. Why?

If you had all the information
that I had,

you'd know that it's not safe
for her here.

If you had all
the intel I had,

you'd know that it is,
in fact, the safest place

for her to be.

What exactly do you
mean by that?

Nothing. Chuck's here.

He'd look after her.

Yes, but Chuck's job

can sometimes be

more demanding
than most would expect.

Indeed, sir, indeed.

Sure, Nerd Herding
does often call for

more than just
computer installs.

Do you know?
Do you know?

Do I know what? What
do you think I know?

I don't think you know half
what you think you know.

Fine. On three,
we both say what we know.

Okay.

One, two, three.

Chuck's a...
Chuck's a...

Oh, my God, you know.
Oh, my God, you know.

When did you know?
When did you find out?

A while, bro.

Man, it is so cool, huh?

Yeah, it's awesome, but
every time I go on a mission,

I put Ellie in danger,
and I can't have that.

Right.
I didn't think about that.

Wait, you went on missions?

You haven't?

What? Of course, dude...

You guys... I never
saw you out there.

Hmm-hmm.

Ellie, I've been thinking,
kids in L.A.,

eh, they don't need your help.

You know, with their
fancy designer jeans

and Lady Gaga sunglasses.

I say far, far away is where
a doctor could do the most good.

I think that you should go

and do Doctors Without
Borders, all right?

Médecins Sans
Frontières.

Medecinse So Franswarez.

Médecins Sans Frontières.

Médecins Sans
Frontières.

So, that was 14.
Here's level 15.

I'm just so glad you're pleased
with my new security measures.

You know, I'm kind
of your biggest fan.

Really?

Yeah, yeah, I read and file
all of your mission reports.

Remember when you
reverse-engineered

an antidote to that bioweapon

and kissed Colonel Casey
only to realize later

it was all for naught?

That must've been exciting
and scary

at the same time, huh?

Can we just skip
the details for now?

We'll get
into that later.

Right now I'm-I'm really
interested in how you've

secured this holding cell.

I'm the newest security measure.

I have the only key card
in the whole building.

This card is the only thing

that stands between the bad guys
and the holding cell.

Stanley...

Hmm?

We're gonna need that key card.

But...

Oh.

Oh, no.

I'll swallow the key card
if I have to.

Well, that's weird.

If we're still out here,
how is the alarm going off?

Somebody's coming.
We don't have time for this.

Time for what?

Was that absolutely necessary?

Yes.

There, look, Casey.

I really hope
that wasn't me.

Don't take another step.
We just want the Colonel.

Casey, you don't
understand.

Keller is not who
you think he is.

He's part of the Ring.

Let's go, John.

I can't believe that Casey's
a member of the Ring.

What are we supposed
to do now?

We just broke out of
a CIA facility.

We gotta get out
of here first.

Worry about finding
the Ring later.

When three of my agents
are arrested for treason

in 24 hours,
it reflects poorly on me.

Look, General, Casey...

You don't know
John Casey.

Not the way you think.

His real name is Alex Coburn.

We've unsealed his file
and this is what we've learned.

Alex Coburn faked his death
in Honduras

in 1989,
the same day that John Casey

was recruited for NSA Black Ops

by a Colonel James Keller.

Keller must've
recruited him again

and this time for the Ring.

And it's crucial
the Laudanol

doesn't fall
into their hands.

The only reason you're not
in federal prison right now

is because I have a mission
only you can accomplish.

Find and capture
Colonel John Casey.

Dead or alive.

Whoa!

Don't say a word.

Casey?

Mm-hmm.

I get it, I get it.

This is some kind of
mission, isn't it?

Yeah, that's right.

How would you like to be
a part of a very important,

very secret mission?

Yeah, yeah, can I get
a cool call name

like Condor or Lady Fingers?

Yeah.

Three years...

three years of missions,
training, I'm his friend.

How can all of that
have been a lie?

I don't know,
some people change.

You move forward as a spy,
and the line between what's

right and wrong becomes
more and more gray.

You don't know what
to believe in or...

who to believe in.

I thought you had changed.

What do you mean?

I know that you want
to be the perfect spy,

and I know what
it means to you

and what you've sacrificed
to get there.

But please don't lose that guy
that I met three years ago.

Don't give up on the things
that make you great.

I'll always be that guy.

Sarah, I...

We should probably focus
on the Laudanol.

So, the only reason

that Keller would go to all
that trouble to break Casey out

would be if he still
didn't have it.

Which means if we get to it
before Casey does,

we've got a shot
at catching him.

Yeah, except there's
nothing left in the apartment.

What about the Buy More?

No, Casey's smarter than that.

He knows he would
never get past

those surveillance
cameras undetected.

He would have to use somebody.

And that someone would have
to be either desperate, stupid,

or just plain willing to do
anything to impress him.

Planet of the Apes, huh?

Planning on watching that alone?

Yeah, well, you know me,
I can't get enough POTA.

Liar.

You hated the original

because their upper
lips never moved.

I just...

I know,
it's just so unrealistic!

Morgan, did Casey ask you
to come here

and get something for him?

No, never.

Really? Really?
Is that so?

And could that something

be in the case that
you're holding right now?

That is absurd.

Now you're just
making stuff up.

Now you're just trying to...

Listen, this is my
first mission, Chuck,

and I don't want
to screw it up.

Now Casey, he told me

that I can't tell you anything,
and I won't.

I'm a rock.

If you give me that case
right now, I promise that later

I will answer all questions
that you have

about any of my missions.

In sordid detail?

Promise.

You're making
the right choice.

Okay, you're making
the right choice.

Sarah, I got it.

Where's Grimes?

You convinced the little rodent

to give you the case,
didn't you?

I knew he was weak.

Tell me where it is, now.

Don't make me do this,
Bartowski.

Don't shoot.

Give me the case
and I won't have to.

I believed in you.

I trusted you.

Chuck.

I know everything, Casey.

I know everything, okay?

I know that you used
to be Alex Coburn.

I know that you work
for James Keller,

and that you stole
the Laudanol for the Ring.

The only thing I don't know
is why.

Alex Coburn...

I had a fiancée.

Now she thinks I'm dead.

And if I don't turn over
the Laudanol to the Ring,

they're gonna kill her.

Her name's Kathleen McHugh.

20 years ago, she was the girl
I was gonna marry.

Love of my life.

But to be a spy
and protect our country,

I had to give up
that life.

And now she's going to die

because of a decision I made.

No, we're not gonna
let that happen.

If I don't deliver
the Laudanol

to his location
in the next hour,

they're gonna kill her.

What are we waiting for?

Let's go save her.
If I don't show

at the meet, Keller will
know something's wrong.

Well, then Chuck will
go to Kathleen's.

Yeah, yeah,
Sarah's right, I'll go.

Look, just give me the
address, I'll sneak her

out of there,
put her in a safe house.

I will protect her, Casey,
I promise.

You could be charged
with treason.

Hell, you didn't even know
I was Alex Coburn until today.

I don't care who you were.

I know who you are.

And you're not in this alone.

Keller still expects you
at the meet.

What are we going to do?

Let's go to a meeting.

I'm alone, I'm unarmed.

All I've got is this here Cuban.

You mind?

Smoke it.

Hi, uh, Ms. McHugh?

Yes, may I help you?

Yes, I'm with the gas company.

I was just checking your
meter here out back,

and yeah,
I do detect a gas leak.

I'm sorry to tell you, so
I need you to leave with me.

Come on!
Oh...

Back inside the house.
Back inside the house quick!

But I thought you said...

Well, ignore everything
I said previously.

The gas leak is actually
outside the house. What?

Trust me, ma'am, it's my job
to smell these things.

See, I've been doing
it for years.

The whole cul-de-sac
could blow right now!

So, I need you back inside,
back inside the house.

Inside, inside!

Okay, this is, um,
this is getting kind of weird.

Who are you really?

I'm sorry, I promise
I'm not crazy.

This is for your own good.
Huh?

Hey!

Hey, let me outta here!

Hello, Alex.

You got the Laudanol?

I knew I could count on you.

Good soldiers always
follows orders.

You know, you wouldn't be
in this mess if you'd done

what I told you
20 years ago.

You were supposed
to let go of her.

Stop caring.

Tic Tac?

What the hell is this?

Your breath stinks.

You think you're just
going to walk out of here?

I got five men outside.

The one thing
I always taught you,

make sure you have
someone watch your back.

I know.

Five against one.

You didn't think this through!

You can't kill me

or Kathleen will die.

You'd never call them off.

You're right.

They're already at the house.

Gas company, Ms. McHugh.

I'm the gas company.

Guys, how far are you?

Five minutes.

Look, anything immediate, you're
gonna have to handle yourself.

Yeah, well,
everything is immediate!

Well, then you have to flash.

I can't.
There's too many of them.

Take the pill, Chuck.

What pill?

You gave him the pill?
It's in your right pocket.

The Laudanol was developed to
calm emotions, eliminate fear.

Chuck, it can make you

the Intersect you were
always supposed to be.

Gas company, Ms. McHugh.

Open up!

Chuck!

I just checked the meter,
everything's fine.

Come on,
let me out! Help!

Thank you so much... Hey!

Wait a second.
What the...?

You're not from the gas company.

I'm not afraid...

of any of you.

Chuck! Chuck, stop!

Oh, my God.

Do I know you?

Kath, I'm sorry.
I- I can't come home sooner.

I've got one more mission.

I think I'm going really
be able to help people.

You don't have to explain.

You love what you do
and you're good at it.

I just want you to know,
if something happens to me,

no matter what, I love you.

Listen, you're never one
to get emotional with me,

so don't let
your guard down now.

That way you can get back to me
in one piece.

Got it?

Yes, ma'am.

And when you do come back,

I've got some news...

Tonight at 2200,

Lieutenant Alex Coburn
will be killed in battle.

He'll die a hero
and be given a hero's funeral.

From this point on,
your name is John Casey.

Make it a good life,
soldier.

The authorities just
arrived, Ms. McHugh.

Mom.

Alex.

What's with the police
cars outside?

It's okay. Shh, it's okay.

I'll be all right.

Casey...

Wait.

You-you can't just...

What's dead is dead.

It's too late now.

Despite the success of
the mission, Colonel Casey,

you abused your
privileged position

and if you were
anyone else,

you would be right back in jail.

But you are not just anyone.

And I'm about to give you
your second second chance.

Which is two more
than most people get.

Thank you, General.

Second chance as a civilian.

Um...

but, uh-uh, General,

Casey has given his entire life
to this country.

I mean, surely you can't
just make him start over.

He's done it once before.

He shouldn't have a problem
doing it again.

For the final time,

you are dismissed.

Good luck, John.

Mr. Bartowski...

Please escort Mr. Casey

off government property.

I want to commend
you, Agent Walker,

for your work
with the Intersect.

He seems to need you
less and less.

Yes, uh,
Chuck has certainly changed,

and he is well on his way
to becoming the perfect spy.

A while back you requested
a transfer out of Burbank,

and I haven't forgotten.

There's an empty seat on
my flight back to D.C.,

if you'd still
like to go.

We could discuss it
on the way.

I leave in an hour-

if you'd like to join
me, Agent Walker.

Thank you.

* *

Hey, stranger.

I'm sorry, you are?

Your brother,

who you never see.

How are you?

You okay?
You look exhausted.

I am. It's this, uh, it's this
Doctors Without Borders thing.

I think Devon really
wants to do it.

And I did, too.

So I think I'm going
to do it, Chuck.

Yeah?

Yeah.

USC neurology- that's
kind of been your dream

ever since you
were a kid, El.

I know, I know.

But dreams change.

And if there is one thing
that I know for sure,

it's that I want
to be with Devon.

And it might require
some sacrifice

from both of us,

but he's the best choice
I ever made.

There you are, El.

Hey, uh...

can I steal you away?
Yeah.

Love you. Both.

Babe...

I realize that I
didn't congratulate you

for getting
the fellowship.

And that was only
my first mistake.

But I should have
talked to you first.

If this is important to you,
then it is important to me.

I'm sorry I lost
sight of that.

Babe, take the job.

We'll make it work.

Together.

See?

This space can work.

It'll be great
for civilian life.

I mean, take
a look around.

You got a... you
got a nice chair.

You know, you can
still go back.

The general made the terms
of my dismissal crystal clear.

I was talking
about Kathleen.

She lives right
around here, man.

And, uh,
you got a daughter, Casey.

You know I made my decision
between love and love of country

a long time ago.

And it was the right
decision for me.

Now you have to make a decision

whether that's
the right one for you.

Walker's a good woman.

It's still not too late.

D.C.'s beautiful
this time of year.

You from this area?

No.

But I'm thinking
of moving here.