Chuck 100

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"The Pilot" Josh Schwarlz by & Chris Fedak

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CHUCK/ "Pilot" TEASER rNT. DATA VAULT, DIRECTORATEOF NATIONA], INTELLIGENCE _ NIGHT

The INTERSECT SUPERCOMPUTER ten tons of circuits is and silicon in an eight foot, stainless Thick steel tower. conduits feed into it, Iights reflect off its metal hull, its artificial hum. Our first brain emj-ts a bass-testing impression is that it's back at us. looking right Opposite the Intersect, the vault's anteroom. A GUARDstands outsi-de, lone doorway leads to his back to the vault.

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We CLOSE IN on a darkened corner inside the vault. A FLOOR TILE shifts and slides over. In the shadows beneath the floor/ TWO DARK EYES scan the vault. A hand rises up. rt holds GUARD'S HEAD. A kill-shot. a GUN. ft targets The eves scruint. the BACK OF THE

The gun shifts to a KEYPADby the door. VHPTI A plastrc SUCKER-DART hits 6 on the pad. BEEP. The guard turns. The GLIN steadies. VHPTT VHPT, VHPT, VHPTI 2...5... 9,.. and 6. An ALAR!{ SOUNDS. GUARD What the... And the VAULT DOORdrops right in his face, locking him out. The darts hit...

The TILE flies up with a punch, an ARM extends, then a FACE rises up. Meet BRYCELARKfN G6). He's a rogue CIA agent in a black jumpsuit with lots of cool pockets. He squirms up through the hole in the floor. On his
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LOCKS it into a hidden port. small keyboard. The front of the WIDESCREEN MONITOR. It activates

Bryce types commands into tower OPENSto reveal a and... *

Bryce qui-ckly AVERTS HfS EYES. Whatever is on that screen he doesn't want to see it. He then checks the smartphone. Its indicator reports a transfer in progress. BAItt! Something hits the vault The keypad beeps loudly. door. More voices outs.ide.

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Bryce ignores

it.

Both eyes on the the Iook

smartphone --

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The monitor illuminates j-mages. Bryce doesn't

room with wild, fluctuating up. He wouldn,t dare.

A DRILL works on the door. The vault vibrates. Bryce reaches into a pocket and takes out a BLACK cuBE. checks it. Suddenly, the light show j_s done. The monitor closes. cube.

Bryce unlocks the smartphone and replaces it He races to the hole ln the floor and slides KA-CHUNK! The bolts the INT. go on the vault door,

with the throuqh.

then... rntersect.

cuBE DETONATES and a firebalr

consumes the

HALLWAY, DNr - NrcHT

George Michael's "FREEDOM,' begins. The best/worst action song ever. Bryce Larkin drops through a ceiling panel.
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GUARD#2 (O.S. )
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At the other end of the hall, a guard appears. for the elevator. The guard draws his sidearm.

Bryce sprints

Bryce whips out the DART GIIN, VH?T, a dart hits the caII butlon. The doors open, he flies in, kicks the roof button. EXT. ROOF, DNT _ NTGHT
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A HELICOPTERapproaches, the Washj_ngton, DC skyline behind rt. Bryce runs towards it, readyj-ng his smartphone between strides. coDED E-AD DRESSES serorl across its monitor: zuLU SEVEN... TANGOFIVE... CRACK! Bryce stumbles, he,s More addresses scroll past... Stopt been hj_t. But he doesn,t stop. VICTOR NINE... AITPHATWO...

GUARD#3 (O.S.) Stop nowt

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The smartphone's monitor BLURS. Bryce's thumb rests over the SEND button. He looks up at the helicopter, his legs and... he's not going to make it, slowing, his body failing, HE HITS SEND! CRACK! CRACK! FaIIing, the smartphone flies from his hand.

race to hrm. Brvce sl-ams aqarnst the roof. FIVE GUARDS The checks Bryce's hand. rt's He scans the roof. leider empty. There's the smartphone twenty feet away. CLOSE ON: the CHUCK And then the smartphone EXPLODES. CUT TO: ANOTHER EXPLOSION. SOLDIERS FLY THROUGH THE AIR ALONGWITH SELECT BODY PARTS. GUNFIRE PULVERIZESMOREFLESH. MORGAN (O.S. ) Head-shot! Go for the head! That's your problem, Chuck. We TURN to see CHUCKBARTOWSKI(26 ) and MORGAN PACE (25) sitting in front of a TV and X-Box in Chuck's small bedroom. A PARTY and Georqe l4ichael's "FREEDOM"can be heard outside. Chuck wears a Geek Force jacket.
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Morgan, a wiry bundle of energy, wears an unhip blue shirt with a BUY-MOREnametag still No matter how hard attached. he tries he can't make this uniform cool.
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MORGAN Lose the nametag? Your sister... Or does it give me stature? (23) enters' ELLIE BARTOWSKI The door opens. after her' Morgan lusts cute, a go-getter. He's used to that. ELLIE Wow. You're hiding Chuck. Your own birthdaY PartY? from She's young' She toathes him'

CHUCK And you're playing George Michael but vou don-'t hear me complaining' Hi EIIie. MORGAN sweet party.

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ELLIE (ignores him, to Chuck) real live women' I invited C'mon. Morgan - You staY here' For You. MORGAN Good to see You' Great. okaY(as Ellie to Chuck) exits, I think that went weII between us ' No. And it CHUCK never wiII'

AsChuckgoestoexit,heseesaNEWE-MArLonhisdesktop' Wow. CHUCK (CONT',D) Brvce remembered my birthday' of Super-complex' end of it.

MORGAN The Bryce who got you kj-cked, out You should be thrilled' school? Chuck hits OPEN. i"."*pi"f.ensible. What's A MATH EQUATIONappears' at the The cursor blinki (CONT'D) MORGAN that? CHUCK Calculus ' college'

Integrals. took it in HeY.

Bryce and I

MORGAN That's a reaIIY

sweet gift'

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CHUCK remembered Yeah, if r still trigonomic substitution. MORGAN (caIls after him) I was beinq sarcastrc... rNT. LIVING ROOM, THE DUPLEX, ECHO PARK _ NIGHT (31) cuts DEVONWOODCOMB It's a good-sized party. Devon is Ellie's and Chuck. the crowd toward Ellie at Cedars-Sinai. and a resident Captain Please Devon's in a too CHUCK Awesome to ELLIE don't call tight the rescue. through boyfriend

him that. To show off the guns.

UCLA t-shirt.

CAPTAIN AWESOMN some Okay, T've identified candidates for Chuck. And they Awesome. are? F{e orabs Chrrr:k's arm. This is a trao. Chuck }ooks at EIIie. Morgan and X-Box disappear. She closes Chuck's bedroom door. Just follow (CONT'D) CAPTATNAWESOME my lead, Chuckles.

ACROSSTHE ROOM A PACK of young women talk about young woman stuff.

(CONT',D) CAPTAIN AWESOME Ladies, Iet me introduce you to Chuck - Ellie's brother. Chuck stands there. eyes Several sets of very attractive That lack of killer instinct in fuII view. staring at him. Uh... So begins CHUCK I'm veah... Chuck. various women: the

a PAfNFUL MONTAGE Chuck with of

YOUNGWOMAN #1 Are you in a costume?

No, I really Geek Force.

CHUCK work for

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YOUNGWOMAN #2 Geek Force? That's so cute. But what do you really want to do? YOUNGWOMAN#3 / re: Chrrr-k'q l-randar-red finoers\ Did you hurt your hand?

CHUCK I'm putti-ng together year plan. I'm just to choose a font.

a five tryrngt

CHUCK No - that t s f Of HalO. The XBOx contrOller can chafe after.. several- hours of... nevermind.

YOUNGWOMAN #4 So do vou have a qirlfriend? Brakes squeal on the MONTAGE.

CHUCK I did. A while back... in college. Her name was JilI. We met freshman year at Stanford. YOUNGWOMAN #4 ( intrrgued ) You went to Stanford? CHUCK ( oblrvious ) She was great. There was kind of gang of us, Jill, Bryce, and... WeIl, she had this smile... Ellie walks over to
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CAPTAIN a w e s o me, on, Io o k ing at

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ashen.

CHUCK years of S o r th ere I w as, four my l i fe d o w n the drai n. A nd Ji l I, th e o n e p e r son I thought I coul d count o n , was gtone. I ro ' l a n l rc rrn *- Y. O n ] w E ll i p is l i steni noS he S hakeS her head.

CUT TO: LATER. The party Awesome clean up. is over. Chuck helps EIIie and Captain He can tell EIIie's upset with him.

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Chuck.

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Okay, I,lI CHUCK get over JiIl_ tomorrow. ELLIE Stanford was five need to move on. Captain Awesome ties To take

you years ago. __ It,s time bag. Chuck sees hi-s escape.

up a trash

CHUCK out the trash.

f,m on it.

EXT. PATrO/ THE DUPLEX _ NrcHT Chuck opens a trash patj-o gate is, . . pail. He stops. Coming through the

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KAYLA HART (2s), one of the worrd,s most beautifur fuckups. she's searching for her keys una-Jo.=r,,t see chuck. she i-sn't weari-ng a single item that cost more than five bucks, but a deslgner wourd spend a fortune for her "iyi". Chuck is frozen. Garbagie bag dangles over the pail. He rnsrde.

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of the

Good try, EIIie

ELLrE (o.s. ) Chuck.

MORGAN(O.S.) Seriously. A for effort. from their f did not door.

and Morgan have been watching ELLIE But when I said move on, mean Kayla.

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MORGAN Which is a shame. Since clearly she's impervious to your charms. (he pulls on his backpack) Thanks for... EIIie, that was fun. You weren't not Chuck, oblivious, INT. ELL]E invited,

MORGAN kickinq me out. Iooks at Kayla's door and sighs once agarn.

_ CHUCK'S BEDROOM LATER

Chuck notices Bryce's equation stilI on his computer screen. Behind it, there's a FRAME on the waII. A dusty FRATERNITY PICTURE of thirty handsome young men in suits standj-ng in even rows. . . except for the TWOGOOF-OFFS off the top falling riser. We recognize a younger Chuck and Bryce. Chuck contemplates
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Closes his eyes. He stares at the equation. Leans back. Mumbles numbers to himself. Spins his chair. And then AHHA! His fingers race across the keyboard. A chain of numbers enter into the equation. Chuck smj-les. This is fun. He hits ENTER and a TORRENTof A virus? CHUCK Hey thanks, II,IAGES invade Bryce. the monitor.

He sees pictures: APPLE PIE. THE OCEANAT DAWN. A DARK ALLEY. YOUNG LOVERS IN A FfELD. Weird. The images pick up speed, Chuck is transfixed. His face goes slack, his hands begi-n to shake. Something's happening. FinaIIy, he blinks, and -ZAP! -- SUNLIGHT fills the room. The clock radio chirps: 7:01 AI,t. Chuck's been standing here back and... for seven hours. Stunned, his eyes roll THUMP.
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ACT ONE INT. C H U C K ' S BE D R O OM _ MOR N TN G u p to fi n d Morgan a n d th e w orl d is MORGAN you okay? CHUCK M o rq a n ? MORGAN W hat happened? H e' s standi ng over hi m. now . very bl urry ri ght sti l l

Chuck wakes o n th e fl o o r

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CHUCK I w a s g o n n a ask you the same th i n g ... D i d you spi ke the punch? MORGAN Uh, I haven't seen punch at a party p ro m. since A nd even then i t w as p ro m i n a t een movi e. C h rrr_ k Jsuioi s I
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RADIO 101 1s clear at Universal City. Watch out for delays near Burbank Airport. Security is checkinq all vehicles. the Chuck turns toward the water and closes his eyes. FZASH. A torrent of images flood through his rnind: APPLE PIE - CfTY MAPS - TBAFT.IC DATA - DEPLOYMENT !.IEMOS. Dozens more f ollow gone. in rapid succession. A second later, they're
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bump from where he fell last night. Did he have an aneurism? A stroke? He exhales deeply. What is going on? EXT. ECHO PARK STREET, NEAR THE DUPLEX A weirded-out Chuck walks with Morgan to in his Geek Force gear, Morgan trying to More shirt under a grungy jacket. a VW Beetle. hide his blue Chuck Buy-

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CHUCK (he tosses over the keys) me. You drive, my head's killing MORGAN ( uncomfortable ) Dude, come on. I can't drive What if someone sees me? The Beetle is actually the white- and "Geek Fclrce" is

it.

black and GEEK FORCEMOBILE. It's nainted On each Side and the rOof.

CHUCK Just stay off the 5. The cops are in a phased deployment. MORGAN How do you know that? Chuck stands INT. there for a second. How does he know that?

DATA VAULT, DNI - MORNING

The once impressive Intersect Charred. lies in ruin. A blackened skeleton. fts silicon brains now imbedded in the vault walls. GENERALMARY BECKMAN(40s), Helen Mj-rren with star on her shoulder, contemplates the mess. Boiling. GEN. BECKMAN ft was Bryce Larkin, Graham. of your CIA agents. Behlnd her,
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He's JOHN CASEY (mid 30s) enters. The vault door opens. We see two NICOTINE PATCHESon in a worn black suit. dressed He's scary, the guy you want side of his neck. either defending your country - but don't ask too many questions. GEN. BECKMAN Ma3or Casey. Graham turns -shocked by the sight of Casey.

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GRAHAM That's a nicotine... are you supposed to wear two? CASEY (ignoring the question) out You're saying there's a vj-llain there with every secret we ever good and had... ours and theirs, evil? GEN. BECKMAN Find them and find those CASEY Moscow rules? General Beckman nods. Casev turns in to leave. secrets.

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Graham...

CASEY How do you know this is a domestic op? Larkin could have sent those secrets anywhere. You have an agent on the ground? GRAHA.[4 No. CASEY Keep it that way. was working with? bel-onqs to me. fNT. Whoever Bryce The bastard

BUY_MORE, GLENDALE - MORNING

It's a bright warehouse filled with media, computers, and electronics. Nerd Valhalla. We are at the GEEK FORCEHELP TEAM of tech DESK. Chuck stands in front of his virgin-laden wizards. He checks off jobs on a clipboard. Okay, next CHUCK up - Lester. a blonde afro that weighs

LESTER (25), a computer savant with more than his body, steps up.

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CHUCK (CONT',D) You man the desk with me. ANNA (19), the lone girl and lone

Anna... grabs her assignment.

goth,

C H U C K (C ON T' D )

print driver Remember: smile.
And Jeff... JEFF (40s), the

for Linux. Even a smirk.
perv, perks up.

ol-dest geek and resident

CHUCK (CONT',D) Old lady needs Photoshop on her Mac. What's the rule, Jeff? JEFF No sweet tal-k. CHUCK 'Cause the ladies f j,nd your talk none too sweet. That's it. (then remembers) wait, hold on, one more item: there's a new computer virus out there -- they're calli-ng it the Irene Demova Virus.
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CHUCK (CONT'D) Yes, it's named after the Serb.ian porn star. This is a nasty one, kids, a computer killer. Doesn't MORGAN (o.S.) mean she's not hotl the WAIL OF really

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CHUCK Ladies and geeks, just ignore UncIe Morgan and everything... On the biq TV WALL, FOX NEWSappears ANCHORis in mid drone.
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ANCHOR is The Ukrainian prime minister 1n Los Angeles later to arrive today after months of risrng tension back home. CHUCK normal.

set

images overtake him: Chuck blinks and.. . FleSH. Rapid-fire APPLE PIE - AIR TRAFTIC CHARTS- LANDING IJOGS- FL'IGHT 121. fn a They strobe urgently, but with a b1ink, they disappear. daze, Chuck turns around. The geeks stare back at hin, CHUCK (CONT'D) He's already here. They landed Iast niqht. The sguad gives him a collective strange-o look.

ANNA Who's alreadv here? Chuck shakes it off. Blinks a few times.

I don't

CHUCK know. ..

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AGENT #1 We intercepted a coded message from CIA. Larkin's siqnal was traced off a transponder outside Los Angeles. You were right - Graham has CIA on the sround there. CASEY Get me a jet. We'Il- l-et them make conlact, do the heavy lifting. But we need to shadow that aqent.

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An attracti-ve woman i-n a black suit heads for the Geek Force. This is SARAII (28.) Morgan is hanging out by Chuck's desk. Chuck is ringing up a customer when Morgan sees Sarah. MORGAN (re: Sarah, quoting from Prrnce's Batman song) " Stop the presses/ Who,s that/ Vicky VaJ-e." Chuck bags products, doesn't see Sarah. Joins record scratch part of the song. With a little Vicky Vicky Vale. VaIe. HUCK Vicky Vicky Vicky Vicky VaIe. see Sarah, in front of in. Doing the robot dance.

Morgan elbows Chuck. him. He's flustered. Hope I'm

Who looks up to She smiles.

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from Batman. SARAH makes it better.

'Cause that

MORGAN He's Chuck. I'm Morgan. Sarah smiles. It's a nj-ce smile, it Even people like Chuck and Morgan. puts people at ease.

SARAH Wow. I didn't think people still named thej-r kids Chuck... or Morgan for that matter.
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CHUCK Ah, the Ftip 180. (he opens the back) There's a screw that comes loose this mode}. Annnnnd... (he pops the back with a mini screwdriver) here we go. No problem. He hands it back. Sarah clicks it on... it

on

works.

SARAH Wow, you geeks are good. MORGAN Chuck rs King of the Geeks. greatest Geek I know. SASAH (gives Chuck a look) High praise. She smiles at him. Chuckl Chuck looks away, embarrassed. Suddenly The

LESTER (O.S.) Chuck!

Chuck turns. So do Morgan and Sarah. Morgan steps between Chuck and an approaching Lester. Trying to keep him away. MORGAN ( sotto ) Not now, Lester. But we qot LESTER a code Zebral

CHUCK ReaIIy? Zebra? (to Sarah) I'm sorry. One sec? She nods and Chuck moves to the other end of the desk. He finds a STRESSED-OUT (6) DAD waiting His DAUGHTER for him. stands behind him in her ballet costume. shoes and recital

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STRESSED-OUT DAD I don't know what I did wrong. (he holds a camcorder) f taped the whole recital, but it won't plav back. Okay, let's Chuck takes the CHUCK take a l-ook. The tape slot

now

camcorder.

pops out.

EMpTy.

There's But it's Right, Oh no. He turns to Chuck looks it

CHUCK (CONT'D) no tape in here. STRESSED-OUT DAD diqital. CHUCK takes digital

tapes. me.

STRESSED-OUT DAD Her mom's gonna kitl

his daughter. Her expression is near tears. back over at Sarah, she sm-iles at hj_m.

CHUCK I think we can help. (to Lester) TeII l"lorgan I need the wa1l. Sir, QUfCK CUTS AROUNDTHE STORE: the geeks move out, a CD is chosen, a dj-gital tape is grabbed, buttons are pushed, and switches are flipped. ELECTRONICS DEPT. _ MOMENTS LATER chuck plugs the camcorder j-nto the console that contrors the warr of FLATSCREEN TVs. He nods to the guirty dad now ready to firm. chuck then checks the DAUGHTER, who-waits to danc-e in front of the TV WALL. CHUCK
Roa.l\r ?

She looks

nervous.

He squats down so they

can talk.

CHUCK (CONT'D) What,s wronq? f'm usuatly DAUGHTER in the back row.

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1R

CHUCK

why? DAUGHTER f'm too taII, I block balleri-nas. the other

CHUCK you a secret? Can I tell Don't te]l the other girls, but... (a whisper) Real ballerinas are taII. She smiles at him. begins to dance. The music starts and the qirl slowlv

Behind her, she's up on each of the screens. steps grow confident. A crowd forms. Sarah watches the dance, but her eyes shift to

Her nervous Chuck,

He sniles girl as the little pirouettes crowd of CUSTOMERS and EMPLOYEES cheer. MOMENTS LATER. the help desk. Chuck!

gracefully. A The qirl bows. at

As the crowd disperses, Chuck looks over He sees Sarah, starts to move, when... PARSON(O.S. )

Behind him stands PARSONTANG (early 30s). Department supervr-sor. Born to manage a Buy-More store. He's the
rrl J- imato macr a- qtnr o tr annor -di al r hr r n:l - r r r o er r nor d i al e

trarnrng. CHUCK Parson, hey. Don't back up in runninq Chuck wants to head towards worry. in five Sarah, We'1I be minutes. Parson steps

- - - .- t- ''v -

but

in.

PARSON Five minutes? Do you know what five minutes means in real dollars? Do you know how to monetize your time? f didn't word... even know monetize was a

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PARSON

r.,'i"ii."fi::fl'"
CHUCK Big Mike didn't tell an opening.

anymore, chuck.

And you wonder why Big Mike wants manager. me for assistant me there was

PARSON Why would he? He knows you won't Ieave the comfort of vour nerd herd. He's Morgan walks got (O.S.) MORGAN a point there. He nods toward the desk where Sarah stood.

up.

She left...

(CONT'D) MORGAN but there was this.

He hands Chuck a BUSfNESS CARD: SARAHKENT. VETERfNARIAN. With a phone number. never call. Chuck sighs, knows he'II As he pockets the card WE HEAR: CAPTATNAWESOME (V.O. ) you what you need, Chuck. I'II teII An adventure. Your life in danger. Looking death right in the eye. Doesn't that sound awesome? ]NT. LIVING ROOM, THE DUPLEX _ EVENING

Dinner with Ellie, Chuck, and Captain Awesome. Conversation is often focused on the Captain's adventures and Chuck's
€ ^..1r ^ !qur uD.

CAPTAIN AWESOME T h e s e a re cl ass 5 w hi te w ater Last ra p i d s / m a n. Y ou gotta come. ti me w e w e nt I thouqht hal f the group drowned CHUCK w h e n you sel l AWESOIVIE
M=rzl.ra IaaJUC trnrr Jvu

We II, CAPTAIN
/- t mnn t rlrr jo ssuve

it

that

w ay. ELL]E
oharr DIIVUIu I rl J-rrr ulJ i rL.t

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20.

CHUCK (CONT',D) the whole Point of becomingt Isn't doctors to Prevent PeoPle from dying? We're CAPTA]N AWESOI4E going again next weekend. CHUCK I'm Picking uP some extra

ActuaIIY shifts I thought

ELLIE You were readY to quit. a new job store manager.

CHUCK But there's I was. Assistant opening. And You're I'm What's to ELLIE aPPlYing?

CHUCK about it. thinking CAPTAIN AWESOME awesome' Dude, that's

ELLIE think about?

CHUCK (CONT'D) There's this guY Parson dunno. I And he reallY wants the job' Tang. So it's ProbablY gonna be tough' ft's And then what if r do get it? Home a lot of resPonsibilitY. and office appliances Products? PIus, That's outta mY wheelhouse. I'm committj-ng to the store f or gotta be years. And there's else I'm suPPosed -uo do something right? with my life, Ellie would like to believe so, the captain not so sure.

ELLIE (unconvincing ) anyttring you want to Chuck. Thanks, Then suddenly

do,

CAPTAIN AWESOME (uncon-vincing ) dude' Definitely,

CHUCK (CONT'D) VerY insPiring. 9uYs.

- screaming:

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27.

Stop!l! Kayla?

KAYLA (O.S. ) Stop!!! CHUCK

EXT. THE DUPLEX - MOMENTS LATER x3vrq is racing up the street. yetli-ng. Chuck blasts the door. Giving chase. Running aftei her. EXT. STREET _ SAME Kayla srows as a BUS disappears around a corner. sees Chuck running up to her, winded: Are you... CHUCK are you alright? she turns, out

KAYLA I missed my bus. CHUCK Oh, I thought someone was tryj_ng to kiII you or something. I wlsh. exciting. A beat. KAYLA At least that into

would be a conversatron.

Chuck has stumbled

K A Y LA (C ON T,D ) Thanks, C h u ck. A nd sorry I mi ssed y o u r p a rty . f had to w ork l ate. CHUCK s ure. W here,s

Oh ,

yeah,

your

car?

KAYLA Imp o u n d e d . W ho knew dri vi ng th e i n fl u e n c e i ncl uded pot? CHUCK do need

under

They
+L ^!

re a l 1 y

to

ctari fy

Kayla

smiles,

checks her watch. I

Chuck, thinking

fast...

Maybe...

CHUCK (CONT'D) could drive you?

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22.

INT.

GEEK FORCEMOB]LE - NIGHT of traffic. It's taking He's nervous, too long... her trying to

Chuck weaves in and out fi gure out what to say.

KAYLA So, how's EIIie and... boyfri-end's name?
T .)o rz n n CHUCK nr "*t -:nl gi n KAYLA
T I m qnr r r r ?

what's

A W eS Ome.

CHUCK
Mnrn:n r-rvryqrr anrl arru T nrl I9qMlJtLL I ivlm r'--^+:i uaf/uaflt ^

Awe so m o
itr mn i ncr

ntr f

E rrerrzth
nf nl

i no
anoq

he

ci oes

r_S

awesome - climbing KAYLA Not a fan?

mountains, !'l nqq i - - *----Lng.

CHUCK I mean, he treats EIIie weIL. So he loves to travel and wear a fanny
hr^1. !/qU^ ..'1^^ wIlU ^n dlLL Y I l-^ Lv irrdno? J uqys.

KAYLA Fanny packs? N ot good. - th a t th o u g h f can get CHUCK Y o u have anyw here
fn nn?

Travel , behi nd.

Yeah?
\z- r r r ^r :nf

in

mi nd

KAYLA ,T tts f a n w n l acc JameS B Ond haS been. CHUCK W h en w oul d

C o o 1 ...

you

l eave?

KAYLA You know how it is
sn m e th i n cr : i nh f :mi

- there's
I rr rar

always
YU

]mp o u n d e d .
U r 1U L.T \ ^a,
if af f

-orq

U'

You should
rnonf

be a Double-0
rrl g haV e tO

secret
be a C OId

Qr r r a
fnr

blooded
n:id

assassin,

but

the travel's

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KAYLA I may not have a license but whv not a license to
rl thor z cmi I o
t

to drive kil-I.
T {ar z l a tr r r nq thnr r c htfr r l

annnant
v v ar r r ev

i nc

And

thon

KAYLA (CONT'D) So back at the apartment - you thought I was being attacked and instinct was to save me? vour first That. CHUCK And escape dinner. Double-0, Before Why? Chuck.

KAYLA Maybe you're the Chuck thinks about this.
h e re ,

he can resDond --

T u rn EXT.

KA Y LA (C ON T' D ) thi s i s i t. LOUNGE _ BAR/INT. GEEK FORCE MOBILE i roni cal l y.

THE SILVERLAKE

The mobile ro l l s Ch u c k c h e c k s th e

to a stop. c ro w d , they KAYLA rescui nq

H i psters sni cker l ook scary.

Thanks

fo r

me...

UVED

She oives h i m a s mi l e . r ^^ ^ ^E ^A" ]* ' .h eL I I C D I IL ^ C I L cI U Aa r

that H e nods- soaki no i n. N o S ooner \JU then d H IP S TE R GUIY w al ks up to her, U 1 IC II Wd I] a N AT.) J- .O!\

KISSES her... I

and leads just

her inside. a date.

Chuck realizes:

CHUCK drove her to

EXT. PATIO/ THE DUPLEX Morgan sits parJ_o gare. on the stoop.
MORGAN
Ml r r .' nnmnr ll- or i q :nt i na rrn ^n ma

He perks

up when Chuck opens the

Irene She's
rlrnnarnrrc

CHUC}. Demova? MORGAN so beautiful and so

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CHUCK What's up? MORGAN I need to make a Wikipedia entry. There's this tool in },ladison who's been editing my Monster Squad page. Zod forbid someone read somethincr so wroncf . Chuck unlocks the door and thev head inside.

INT. CHUCK'S BEDROOM Chuck hits the Iight switch. A BURGLARstands across from him. Mask to toe in b1ack. He holds Chuck's COMPUTER. The window is open behind him. Chuck and Morgan are thrown. Please. The burglar CHUCK Put mv computer down. to back away from them.

continues Chuck!

MORGAN Stop hin!

And then he sees Chuck looks at Morgan: "What did you say?" his trophy shelf. Every Science Fair and Spelling Bee award qrade. since the first He qrabs one and FIRES it at... right The burglar ninja kicks the PLASTIC GOLD BOWLER Chuck's head. He ducks and it pierces the wall. CHUCK Okay.
The ni nia trrrn s l -n o cn:no nhU C k S eeS thi S . Gi V eS C haS e.

at

Chuck? I

MORGAN W hat are vou

-computer SWEEP-

the A nd tosses The ninja tu rn s . S e e s C huck comi ng. The burgl ar i t. H uh? at h i m. C h u c k c a tc h e s V oomp! K I C K S h i m. H e q o e s h ori zontal . T h e r:o m n rrte r f I i o c C h u c k h i ts Smaek! rrn i n fho th e fl oor, ai rhi s The hrrro' l af w i nd knocked

C atC heS out.

i t.

MOR GA N (C ON T' ,D ) C H U C K! M o rg a n
P U' .L' ' I' .LK

s p ri n g s
UNUCK

i n to
SLOIC

a cti -on.
ITO M

H e l ooks

up on the
G T AD S .LT .

w al l ,
.T r r m nc

sees
f'hr r nl r

a

PU T T - PU IT .

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l 4oR GA N (C ON T' D )
ftrlnrlHH !

And flies at the burgilar, the putter over his head. The burglar raises the computer in defense. Morgan swings. CHUCK Noooooo ! WHAM! The putter SMASHES the r-.omnrrtor rl- falls. rol1s out oi the way just befo;;^"i;"i"orr"*r on the The burglar takes Woah. one step and back frips through Chuck froor.

the window.

MORGAN Freakin, Storm ShadowJ

EXT. THE DUPLEX - SAME chuck rimps and Morgan dashes from the duprex at top speed.

The burgrlar race: a dark sports car. He bounds up on the jumps, and !9 tr unk, fries through the open sun roof. vRooM! The car and thief are gone in seconds. MORGAN That was cool. ]NT. DARK SPORTS CAR _ SAME SARAHrips off her mask.

Racing away, a furious Damnit l

END OF ACT ONE

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ACT TWO INT. GEEK FORCE HELP DESK, BUY-MORE_ MORNING Geek Force stare LESTER totally fried. anvthinq on the CHUCK Lester. at the demolished computer.

Chuck and his It's flnd

I couldn,t hard drive.

Thanks,

ANNA (monotone ) What if you're an unwitting target of a nj-nja vendetta and he returns tonight to strangle you with his nunchuks w hile you sleep the sleep of the dead. CHUCK And here I thought I couldn't get more freaked out. So thank you, Anna. If you,Il man the desk I'm going next door. Get some new 1ocks. . . INT. THE HOME DEPOT - LATER for some CUSTOI4ER
_ q.\ D v.
. .

Chuck searches through the aisles and rows looking he1p. fn a narrow row, he finds an ominous-Iooking
arra i nn + l- \6 D/1 r CUT ! l \ u. "F u v f TrER S . Thgre's Ir r c!c
J

nohodv r l vvvu J

el L srE!D

arorrnd
q !vu tr q ,

CHUCK Excuse me, do you know where... Something stops Chuck. He l-ooks cl_oser at the man. FlaSE. The images invade Chuck's vision: AppLE pfE - AN OLD PICTURE OF THE CUSTOMER DRESSED IN FATIGUES. IDENT DATA - EXPERT: DEUOLITIONS. Abrupt1y, they CUT TO... The customer stares at him. it? . . nevermj_nd. . . Chuck stumbles back.

OMINOUSCUSTOMER What is CHUCK Yeah, I'm. . . sorry.

Chuck, afraid, shakes his head, and marches down the row. Trying to be casual. But then he starts to hear FOOTSTEPS.

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Chuck stops. The footsteps stop. Chuck starts walking - and sure enough... FOOTSTEPS. Chuck turns slowly. Looks back. The ominous customer is following, holding the BOLT CUTTERS. CHUCK (CONT',D)
t'ar:n

Chuck tries to remain cool. Picking up his pace as he crosses the aisle and into the next row. Where is everybody? The store is seemingly empty. A maze of aisles. And the ominous glow of the fluorescent bulbs. Home Depot is scary. He scans for MUZAK and...
H is f ar - . e is

a way out. O\fER THIS, there's only then FOOTSTEPS. Aqain. He turns.
im na. q. qir r c 'l i k e

the

sound of row.

The OII{INOUS CUSTOMER is But he's traded hi-s bolt

behind
a

him,
/-ontral

at the

end of the

F 'r r r n n o 2 n

TefminatOf.

cutters

for

a NAIL GUN.

CHUCK (CONT'D) Doubl"e craD. Chuck sees an EXfT sign.
nr r r^+ ILLUD L ^-!^^^ U UD D -

Escape.

But to

get there

he first

THE LAMP ROW. Hundreds of 'em. Chuck keeps moving when -Beep, Beep, Beep. NoJ A FORKLIFT backs out ahead, blocking
his e sr - a n e An A ho r an,r na l ofl nr ri nhi SO he dOeS WhaC

any man would do.

He grabs

a floorlamp.

Just

in

case...

CLACK, CLACK, CLACK. Footsteps. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. Slowest forklift ever. Trapped, Chuck doesn't look back. Too afraid. Finall-y the forklift clears. Chuck moves fast now.
1'lriq ri ahf 'l afJIrJarrzi nn lrln 'l nnaor l-rrzi na i-n eaom nan't

Suddenlv Chuck almost Thank God.
anr l Tf \z- l' ) - an ho r r nr r t q p :' l or t eti

collides

with

a HOMEDEPOT ASSOCIATE. a guy,
L tf

CHUCK (CONT'D) Listen, there's
j

trrr ri u

nc lrrY \/^r r r

i-n om nl
_I

dn sv

I

eamsaf vr r l

hi L ttY nn

.

I I

q:\r o
vqve

nr r ooq --\z ^r r r qol r z aq

nr W t ..J

AS S OC IA TE (e y e s C huck' s l amp) W hat ki -nd of quv? U h -h u h . CHUCK Ki n d of a Termi nator S c a ry . C rew cut Sunglasses. AS S OC IA TE l e a th e r i acket?

vi be.

B1 a c k

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Chuck nods. How did she know? The Associate gestures to the CASH REGISTERS. The ominous customer is buying his NAfL GUN and BOLT CUTTERS. Smiling pleasantly at his CASHTER. CHUCK Oh. Right. WeIl... I said doing something and he is. Chuck Iaughs at his own bad joke. he was Paying. sheepishly.

Smiles

AT THE CASH REGISTER The OMfNOUSCUSTOMER eyes Chuck with a targeting stare. He searches for his wallet. CLOSEON: HIS JACKET. His hand moves and we see the hidden AUTOMATIC readv in its holster. EXT. PARKING LOT, BUY-MORE Chuck walks back to work. He misses the dark sports parked a few aisles over from the Geek Mobile. rNT. DARK SPORTS CAR - SAME Chuck as she talks on her cell. car

Sarah watches

SARAH - Iike I said, it was completely destroyed... by a putter. GRAHAM(0.S. ) Then you need to get on the plane to DC. You're done. We INTERCUT WITH; rNT. GRAHAM'SOFFTCE/ CrA, LANGLEY/ VA - SAME
EJo annf amnl =f aq th e VieW ffOm hi s fnn-f'l oor uvt/ r Offi C e.

SARAH But what if he has an external drlve? A backup? He works for Geek Force - there has to be GRAHAM I can't risk you in the field. Beckman put Casey on the job. Sarah takes a breath, that name carries

the

weight.

SARAH So? He's a burnout. Didn't he go aII Colonel Kurtz with the Kurds?

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GRAHAM He's back and he's Cold School .

a killer,

Sarah.

SARAH He's too old to be scary - I'lI be done before he gets his NSA e-mail workinq. GRAHAM He's the grim reaper in a black suit. You need to listen to me (the real issue) What happened with Bryce - you couldn't have known. Couldn't have stopped it. SARAH But I can fix it. Give me toniqht. get this Chuck to open up to I'lI me. Hand me the back up. If not, I tranq his ass and ship him home. INT. _ BUY_MORE LATER the aisles together.

Chuck and Morgan walk

MORGAN So you were robbed by a ninja. It's not that weird. I mean, this is Los Anqeles. CHUCK Except other weird stuff has been happening. I've got this headache that won't go away. And at the Home Depot I think I recognized someone. Someone I don't know. (a beat) Someone. . . danqerous. MORGAN (half listening) But you know what's

really

weird?

Morgan nods hj-s head to the Geek Force Desk. Chuck looks over to see SARAH. She smiles at them. Waves. MORGAN (CONT'D) I thi-nk that chick likes vou. Crazy.

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GEEK FORCE HELP DESK Chuck approaches Hi. Is Sarah. it Morgan on his phone? heels.

CHUCK the ceII

SARAH Yeah. I'm not sure I'm able to recelve calls (beat, smiles ) - cause I never got one from you. MORGAN Hoo-hoo. (off
n^+
UUL IL...

Chuck's
Chr r r : k tri

look)
cs

.i +

Aq

M or c r an

s n' l i t s

-

to

remain

cool.

SARAH
Qnr r r z uv!!f T ' 1 off
u

<^ uv

dr l i

Yq l e r r r J

clrl

rr

r r eqtc r dar r

T h a c l a n a nnoi ntment to l o o k a t a condo. h e re CHUCK W e l c o me.

w i th a real tor moved I j ust

Oh .

SARAH Thanks. And f don't know anyone. And a few Except for the realtor. clients cats and dogs - but they're I was wonderi-ng if really... And... you might want to show me around. If you're free? Before he can respond Yes! Sarah smiles. He's -from behind the -CAMCORDERS

(O.S.) MORGAN free! smile back. It's a date.

Chuck has to

EXT. PARKING LOT, BUY_MORE No longer Strides to her car. Sarah exits the Buy-More. As she gets in her car, a BLACK VAN idles nearby. smiling. rNT. BLACK VAN _ SA}48

His TEAM of AGENTS JOHN CASEY rubs the patch on hls neck. boss. wait in the back -- guns held ready/ eyes on their

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Who is

AGENT #1 she?

CASEY Sarah something-or-other. CIA. ToP of her class. fvy League. Your future boss. AGENT #1 So you know her? CASEY Just enough to hate her. f ollow. Let's

INT. LIVING ROOM/ THE DUPLEX - LATER EIIie
chr r c k
ulruu

and Captain
c r c tuo q
Y9

Awesome are still
The w barelv

hom errvrrru.

'l n n k

in their
trn as he

scrubs
enters.

when

E LLIE Hey, Chuck. CHUCK C a p t ai n. the door: behj -nd C huck.

EL Ii e ,
rlvrYqrr

M .r.r^ n

rrrs h e s

th ro rto h

Chuck's

MORGAN g o t a datel E LLIE W h o? CAPTAIN C huck!
a q l onk

Wh a t?

Wa y to
F'rl' lid !!! E air zac
YrvsD

go,
f- anfain vqyeqlrr

AWESO}4E That' s...
Ho qtr :nq-

l-rl.r o L ls

D e ta i l s ... IN T .

E LLIE now . LA TE R i n C huck' s cl oset.

C H U C K ' S BE D R O O}4-

r ' l ' l i c n i r-k s j - h ro rro h

sh i rt.s E LLIE she' s CHUCK

So S a ra h ...

a veteri nari an?

Van fvt/.

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??

Nice?

ELLIE Prettv?

CHUCK WeII, Morgan met her on this website, and... (on E1lie's death look) Kiddinq. She came into the store. ELLIE You know in your action movies always that one hostage who there's freaks out and gets someone killed? That's Morqan for vour Love life. Morgan plays X-Box on Chuck's bed. Ellie grabs a new shirt.

MORGAN I can hear vou. ELLTE was for you too. (surveyrng Chuck's closet) Do you own any good non-sneaker shoes ? ft EXT. DUPLEX _ EVENING Decked-out Chuck and Morgan strj-de to the Geek Mobile.

MORGAN Lrsten to me. Take Sarah to Spaceland. No way. CHUCK Kayla works at Spaceland.

MORGAN Exactly. And Sarah will make Kayla jealous. Nothing turns a girl on Iike jealousy. This CHUCK sounds like a bad idea.

MORGAN But in the best way, right? Besrdes, I already called Kayla told her you were coming. With date. EIIre catches up. Clutching some flowers

and a wrapped in paper.

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E LLIE H e re . T h e se are l eftover p a rty . A n d don' t forget o 1 d g i rl fri e n d rul e. CHUCK N o menti on

from about

the the

Go t

i t.

of

Ji II.

E LLIE (fi x e s C huck' s col l ar) A c e s , C h a rl es. Y ou' re aces. CHUCK q u o te ? I' m

A dad

i mpressed.

E LLTE Mo m a n d d a d w oul d g i r} . I c an teII. INT.
Q:r :h r 9 e!ar

have

l i ked

thi s

SA R A H ' S H OT E L R O OM qf r :nq Du!qPD nn vlt : q qr r nor - f DUPEI- LIIIII

S A ME
h in l - r r!c u-'l !v v !nr nnf !ur r l y ot\7I'C r F v !D t. Qho tIIc fLIYrnhto- ^ i r ugr r J

the

straps

and it

seems to

almost

fuse

to

her skin.

CUT TO:

Sarah fixes a pair of HOLSTERS to her wrists. The TRANQGUNS go in last. attach to them. Mini dart cartridges CUT TO: perfume on her neck, then adjusts the She spritzes on the BOTTLE -- switchinq Eau de Parfum to lilace. INT. _ DESERTEDWAREHOUSE SAME guns small dial

A real badguy hangout. Casey and his men ready their and. armor as thev check ID PHOTOSof Chuck and Sarah. CASEY Chuck Bartowski is the mark. But I want him with a pulse, no kiIIshots. AGENT #1 Why the artillery, Boss? This Chuck guy looks like a ciwy. CASEY For all you know, Chuck Bartowski is rogue CIA... a GRU hitter... a Mossad technician. This "Chuck
.n r v" v*J r-a)l r I rl ho w rrl l F rrToFS j ! n i crhtmaf g .

AGENT #2 (re: Sarah's photo) The CIA skirt i-s kinda hot.

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34.

CASEY Hot, huh? So, should I just shoot you now or Iet her do it? Hot equals dangerous. , , got it? You learn No. AGENT #2 that from spv school?

CASEY Mv ex-wife. (re: Sarah's photo) She makes a move... drop her.

rNT. LOBBY, SARAH'S HOTEL - NrGHT Sarah waj-ts. INT. It's Her smartphone buzzes. We INTERCUTWITH:

GRAHAi{'S OFFTCE, CIA, LANGLEY, VA - NIGHT late, everyone's gone... except Graham.

SARAH He's picking me up for

a date.

GRAHAM Do you remember how to go on a date? I mean, you wore a Burqa for most of last vear. SARAH He's a nice guy. f see why Bryce talked about him so much. GRAHAM Nice guys don't get secrets. HONK! She looks outsj-de. sent government pulls up. Chuck waves.

The mobile he runs?

SARAJI What should I do if GRAHAM KitI him. Chuck is She hangs up. for her. Sarah reallv

holding flowers. Opening her door him. hopes she won't have to kill

END OF ACT TWO

12-r2-06
ACT THREE rNT. ALEGRIA RESTAURANT, SILVER LAKE _ NIGHT in the
'i n n

Tt,s r.o l o rfrrl i n ti m a to S a ra h h a v e a ta b l e n ear
r^ro'l 'l l- r rl.r orr e vl f ro hnf
elr

e ni ce stri n mal l -. vJi ndow . The di nner

C huck and i s qoi nq

h

'l a r r nh rsq Yr r +r r Y.

CHUCK how I met Morgan. I so that's in the fourth qrade saved his life it ever and my sister has regretted since. Sarah tries not to choke on her food.
C H U C K (C ON T' ,D )
vntl ^P2\t /

SARAH
\In il-rc trorrz f

CHUCK
IaTo]l Tr m a fr r , r* , rn y g u y .

C l e :rl
:m nnt

rz .

SARAH W hi r-h i s oood -

' C el l se

I

fr r n n rr

CHUCK
t' - ' l oa rl rr
'l.ri

( she makes a face - ha ha)
Qa i e v" I ,^^.--^ UaUDC i- rtri 1-halTr--^ f VC rrnrrr L^an leErr n eocroi? horo rrs!u. rrnrr . . ciffinn Jruulrrq nrrl\r^ll l,vq

n ur Lr y . . l-nn r 19 fLO fr l -i 9nrrra r D wrUlry r.,jth WIurr

,

rrl. r# WIIqU

) --

lznnt.

,.,,-.tr |

SARAI]
Ple n fwRcl i crrg 1119.

CHUCK And f was thinking either she's a not funny. cannibal or she's really f was pulling for cannibal 'cause I've never met one. SARAH Not a cannibal. But I did
or r t of a I ono rel ati onshi n-

just

get

.So I

may come with

baggage. own

arJTrrl K

WeII, I can be your very baggage handler. (MORE )

T2-12-06
r - r {I T r - K / r . n N T 'n \

(she smiles) Let's discuss. So, is the ex the reason vou moved here from. . . ? SARAH D.C. Yeah. After I realized all my friends were his friends and everything about Washington reminded me of Bruce. I needed a change... a big one. New life. New coast... The light conversation has become a little heavy.

CHUCK Bruce? You gave me crap about Chuck and you went out with a Bruce?
Thaf oet s anol- her
4s s Y1r

lar r c r h

orri-

of

Safah.

And what c l o s e t?

SARAH skel etons are Any secrets?

i n your A ny w o:nen?

We l I rrv44

t

CHUCK lutm - har.k i n r.nl ' l eoc rrrt

therp

w es

(he smiles) Actually, that's aII over - and her restraining orders are very
cnoci fi a

She smil-es. ]NT.

He does too.

He passed the

test...

GEEK FORCEMOB]LE _ LATER streets with professional eyes.

Sarah scans the

W h e re

SARAH w e goi ng? CHUCK m usi -c? SARAH

Yo u

like

I

guess. CHUCK W hat' s

Yo u g u e s s ? band? S a ra h m a k e s wnat / a fa c e ...

your

favori te

not

sure.

C huck

sl aps

hi s

forehead.

12-t2-06

SARAH Not funny. Doesn't listen music. This is your worst ever, rrght? SIRENS BLARE. Chuck hits the brakes.

to date

Before them, a MOTORCADE black of UKRAfNfAN FLAGS whip about on the

limousines barrels hood of each limo.

past.

FLASH. The flags are replaced with; APPLE PIE - LfNES OF CODE - A BLUEPRINT - THE INSIDE OF A HALI, IN A LARGE BUILDING. The code and blueprint superimpose, then everything disappears. Sarah touches Chuck on the shoulder.

SARAH (CONT',D) I was waiting for you to say "no". He shakes his head, disturbed and scared.

CHUCK Sorry, kinda zoned there. (beat, recovers ) But no. I' ve been on far \^/orse dates. In eleventh qrade SARAH Eleventh grade? You have to back to eleventh qrade? ! As thev INT. I arroh - Chuck tries to shake the go Flashes. . .

SPACELAND(CLUB) counter. She smiles as Chuck enters.

Kayla works the ticket Chuck! She opens a side Hi,

KAYLA Over here. door that Sarah and Chuck go through.

SAFAH thank you. KAYLA welcome, I'rlr Kayla. SARAH Good to meet vou. He iust st-ares for a moment.

You're Sarah. Thev hofh lnok

gygy at Chuck.

L2-12-06

?R

CHUCK Kayla, Sarah, Kayla. was late, wasn't it? KAYLA You guys can come in SARAI{ Fancy. Chuck? Chuck gives
qFAq o\Torrrf hi

Sarah. Okay. for free.

That

KAYLA Oh yes...

Very. smile. Sarah sees. She

Kayla
na

an appreciative

INT. Chuck

BAR/ and

SPACELAND Sa ra h wait for dri nks.

SARAH

T e II

me a b o ut

K ayl a.

Ri oht -

CHUCK Yp ah S he' s SARAH

mv nei ohbor.

Qlra,

q

\zar\r

nral-f

rr

CHUCK That to o .

SARAH Have you guys. . . No. I'm CHUCK not her type. "The Switches") takes the stage.

A COOL INDIE BAND (Iike Who is? Chuck nods at the
nh

SARAH super cool band.

SARAH (CONT',D)
VII .

And the music starts. Sarah and Chuck stand near It's loud. up front. the back, safe from all the MOSHINGDANCERS

L2-12-06

BEHIND THEM THREEAGENTS, Casey's
cr'i f q th e ll' r *+r l cr o r Jv rsr rne r ^ g cie

men, enter
thei r
- c!

the
u

club.
'

They wear black
Thetttt"l
b U d II

I aff

arms a l l tL o

--^*

+L^
Lf

IE

Uluv

^'1 "!-

I

CHUCK AND SARAH SARAH (re : th e band) g o od! T h e y ' re CHUCK s he l i kes

(g l a d Go o d ! s r rd d e n ' l w ., DUUUEIIIJ s a raqrl ' ^ l^ 9q!
5 DYY

them)

DEIIDcD

She surveys

the

room and sees the THREE AGENTS.

-

ki ck J

i n.

S omethi ng' s

w rong.

SARAH (grabbing Chuck) Let's dance.
JIIE

Ch o

dranq
U!qYD

h i m
TIIILI

ihIrVn Y lrr o h LI ! u r

the urre

66cl r

r ttve r r 4 r !Y

i n.' /-

e vYvse J

qw cal -v

crow d.

I'm But she's faster.

not

CHUCK a dancer. reallv And the next song kicks in. Louder and

oblivious,

And suddenly she's not 3ust an Chuck's eyes are on Sarah. she's venus on the dance floor. veterinariani attractive I thouqht She can't hear him. AGENTSfanning out. They see her CHUCK (CONT'D) like music! vou didn't Plus, for her eyes stay with their badly sidearms. in something approaching to the three

and reach to

Chuck continues dancing.

gyrate

the TRANQGUNS strapped unseen by anyone, sarah activates out from under her sleeves. They flip her wrists. And the agents move in, through the dancers. Her hair is doing

Chuck can't look away from Sarah. something amazing in the Iight. But her eyes are controlled, skilled.

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40.

The

ac c nt s

Ar F

eac h

te n

feet

awaw-I

tuhLe w L Vf

sqr!!vu rrun r r n d D rr r

her. r fs!,

tLhgc r z fr J

begin

to

draw their

sidearms...

and she does an amazing SPIN and I'IRES THREE TRANODARTS. THE THREE AGENTS TA],L. The tranq fIoor. guns RETRACT/ and Sarah pulls Chuck off the dance

No one notlced her fire. the unconscious agents,

The dancers continue to mosh around mistaken for drunk dudes.

CHUCK Where are we qoinq? She drags Chuck to the exit and past a surprised Kayla.

We need to

SARAH qet home.

And fast.

KAYLA (to herself) Way to go, Chuck. EXT. SPACELAND_ NTGHT
r lllr o r r rrraL t- l- .r ^ r r n h l- h o erru narl ri r\!rrY yqr -^ IOt tO the mObj _Ie.

SARAH (at the driver's Give me the kevs.

door)

CHUCK Well - f 'm not old fashioned, it's just that the store only wants geeks, I mean, employees driving. Suddenly, a BLACK VAN screeches into the parking lot.

Chuck misses Sarah taking a quick-action skeleton key from her purse. The lock pops and she's j-n the mobj-Ie in seconds. The VAN'S side door slj-des Chuck is confused. open and rnore AGENTS rol-I out. hand,

And he hears the mobile start. He looks down at his the keys are still there. Now he's more confused. Chuck, 9et
T ho l lls nr der v! uc! r syr r ocietar a us! D

SARAH in right
a lu alnA ho rrE

now!
In+a I11t- u . . .

i r rul i^^ m l PD J

L2-72-06

4r.

INT.

GEEK FORCEMOBILE the gas and they fly out of the parking tot.

Sarah hits

BEHTND THEM The agents INT. sprint back into the black van.

GEEK FORCEMOBILE Beetre's engine and heads for What do they downtown.

sarah guns the

CHUCK Who are those guys? want? you. SAFAH Buckle up.

she spi-ns the wheer, which frings Chuck against the door. They race into a dark alley. sile eyes th6 g-g.". And there's the VAN behind them.... CLOSING FAST!

rt srams into the back of the GFM. Both sarah and Chuck rock forward. she spins the wheer, ang tJ.uy fry out of the arrey on to a larger deserted street. Chuck is fieaked. SARAH (CONT'D) Thomas Gui_de.
CHUCK W h a t?

SARAH The page for downtown. chuck reaches for his Thomas Gui-de, frips finds the downtown page. Rip it SARAH (CONT'D) and show me. chuck tears out for a second, to the reference,

out

BooM! The van is right on their tair again. the page and holds J-t up. sarah peers it it one eye on the road, one on the map. (coNT'D) Got it
CHUCK Got w h a t?

72-12_06
A?

Now she makes another EX?. DOWNTOWN STREET The Geek Force Mobire

series

of

quick

turns.

whips past

some stoners

stumbling

home.

whoa, .o*ojffJ?.rnu..u.
rNT. GEEK FORCEMOBTLE Sarah weaves in and out of multiple TfcHT TURNS, ftying througrh cross streets. rire- van harf a turn behind them. NARROW ALLEY The mobite just barel y It makes it through. a\,yay at top speed.

The van stops. INT.

backs up and pulls

GEEK FORCEMOBILE sarah hits the rights. our. R";;;"s for the door.

They turn into a another alrey. stopschuck is beyond ,;i;;ad

CHUCK Okay. So if you have trouble with . your^phone agai_n, f ,m gonna u"t-y"u try Circuit City... Bye. Voomp! There's something cold against his temple.

Don,r.. oiTT.i.u.. .
sarah aims the GirN_ri g h t a t Ch u c k , s h e a d . He , s n e v e r h a d a g un in hi_s face beforJ . s;.;;,s e x p re s s io n is c o rd .

prease o.":Ju"tLot me.
SAAAH You have to do what I say. men wil-I hurt you, Chuckl CHUCK (re: the gun to his r.'hev're the bad guys ? Those

head)

SARAH They're from other agencies. The Pentagon, the NSA. i,nd they,re after you.

12-72-06

A1

Sarah lowers

the

qun.

Chuck is

frantic

--

thi-s

i-s a mistake.

CHUCK Me? No, I'm nobody. I'm the supervisor of the Geek Force at BuyMore. Maybe someday f'II be assistant store manager. And f'm not even sure I want that iob but -The sound of CAR TIRES in the distance.

SARAH We need to move. EXT. GEEK FORCE MOB]LEIPARKING GARAGE Sarah maneuvers the mobile rNT. PARKTNG GAFAGE is empty. Sarah races to the top. into a nearby parking garage.

Each level

EXT. ROOF/ DESERTEDPARK]NG GARAGE The mobile is parked near the edge. Sarah looks over the streets, scanning for the van. Chuck's unsure what to do.
How wel I SARAH c J o vorr know B rvne CHUCK
/ qlrnnlrorl \

T,ar:ki n?

How do you know Bryce? SARAH We worked together at the CIA. Bryce a spy?

CHUCK The CIA? Bryce is a spy? Larkin from Connecticut is

SARAH A rogue spy. Two nights ago, he downloaded sensitive information and then transmitted it. CHUCK Where? SARAH To you. Did you get an e-mail Bryce two nights ago? (l4oRE) from

72-12-06 SARAH (CONT'D) (Chuck nods, reeling) Where's vour backuP? CHUCK What back up? SARAH How did you back it Your computer. drj-ve? up? Is there an external CHUCK It crashed a few weeks ago... WhY would Bryce send secrets to me? Chuck sees the look on her face -this the is car. all for not.

44.

We have to

SARAH Back in so.

INT. GEEK FORCEMOBTLE They get in. Sarah takes out her ceII phone. Dialing.

! VOOl.lP,VOOMP, VOO!I[P,VOOIIP What's CHUCK happening?

The mobile's

whee]s explode.

FOUR AGENTS. One for each Sarah scans the parking lot. jackets. Their guns are already back under their corner. opens and Casey exits. A nearby elevator He siqnals for Sarah to is his offi-ce. Listen, at you. Nonchalant. talk. This

SARAH I might need to aim mY gur: Don't freak out.

EXT. ROOF, DESERTEDPARKING GARAGE Sarah gets out of the car. Casey walks Iate, craP. towards her.

CASEY It's Enough, Sarah. Iet's cut the tired, him to me. Now. Sarah trains her sun ON CHUCK.
SARAH c l oser and I

I'ITI Give

C o me a n v

shoot.

LZ-

L Z - UO

,,1c

CHUCK (O.S.) ( f rom ins j-de the car ) f'm freakinq out. Sarah. Srrddcnlw Ca.qew draws hj-s GLIN. Aims at Sarah. CASEY then You shoot him, I shoot you... we leave your bodies here and get a Iate snack, maybe pancakes. INT./EXT. GEEK FORCEMOBILE - SAME a his left... there's The CLOSESTAGENT is Everyone spi-ns.

As Sarah and Casey talk, Chuck Iooks to He opens the mobile's door. stairwell. watching Sarah and Casey. He throws open the Chuck!
T ho aaontq an f n

door and starts SARAH No!

running.

dr ar .r

thoi

r

fi r r nq

Don'tl

CASEY I need him alive!

flying As bullets are about to start -- Chuck FREEZES. door -- in the distance -- he sees the Beyond the stairwell glass cylinders HOTEL. thick of the WESTIN BONAVENTURE APPLE PIE FtaSH. Thousands of images invade his vision: BIUEPRTNTSFOR THE WESTTN- COMPUTER SCHEMATICS PHOTOSOF of aII the THE SERBIAN DE!.IOLITIONS EXPERT. A culmination a staggering, images. It's overwhelming amount of data. Sarah,

Casew ancl the
v s v eJ

aoents close

in.

Guns strll

drawn.

CHUCK (a whisper) The Westin. Apple pie. (snapping back) him. He's qoinq to kiII CASEY K1II who? minister.
l nnl r \

CHUCK The Ukrainian prine
/nff ihoi r ql r :r ar i

There's
T t ttl m !

something wrong with
na l-}' i nne LIIIrIYp. . .

me.
T L

romam}rori !gltlcltuc!IIIY

fulllrlY- naq ]r'i

shouldn't

know.

L2-12-06

.to.

Talk

SARAH to me, Chuck.

Like

what?

CHUCK There was a Serbian demolitions expert at The Home Depot this afternoon... which was strange.
t/ho talr ae a q hr oath\ vl 9q
9 r. ,/

Last week, the NSA intercepted blueprints for the Westin Bonaventure. And the CIA found a file in Prague with schemati-cs for a new Serbian bomb... the bomb in that hotel. Why do I know this? CASEY Why does he know that? SARAH
I r aal - LZ- Lrr 9 nn\ r cclr i qi \ J

It's the Intersect. read Bryce's e-mail?

Chuck, did

you

CHUCK There was an eguation. I tried to solve it. And then there were these pictures.. . So many pictures... What's wrong wj-th me? What's CASEY wrong with him?

SARAH He opened the e-mail. The Intersect secrets are subliminally encoded into images. If you see an image, you know the secret. Bryce sent him the entire server. Wait!
cnmntr f

CASEY Where's my data?
or ?

Where's my

SARAII Don't you get it? AII our secrets they're in his head. (beat ) The computer is Chuck.
END OF ACT 3

12-12-06

41 . ACT 4

EXT. ROOF, DESERTEDPARKING GARAGE- NTGHT Chuck stares at Sarah and Casey -CHUCK you say? confused, stunned.

What did mean? unucK. . .

What does that

D.t|Jlft.Il

CHUCK WHAT'S HAPPENTNG ME? TO Chuck... What? SARAII can we save them? CHUCK Save who? in

CASEY The prime minister. The people that hotel. Can we save them?

CHUCK How do I know? There,s a bomb and going to explode. it's Go find Bryce, ask him to save the day. Sarah takes control. She closes in on Chuck, grabs his arms.

Bry c e th o s e

SARAH i s d e ad. H e dj -ed s e c re ts to you. CHUCK
r ' ehnnlr or l \

sendi ng

Pr r r no

i c

r lar rl ?

CASEY
Tf r!

' l ot s

r r nr r Jvu

r lan qvtr

, J_ u

.t_a I l r Lo!nf

ho rrc

r c D

annnz y v r tl r a

I^ Itdv c - ,,^

of

c om n e n v .

N O w t e }I

US

-

Can

we disarm
T r lr r nnn a+ ^- ^ D UAyE

the bomb? CHUCK
mha .:* If I r .;y j J J 1e !- r Onl - r t LW ur r e) , m i ni Stef m li tr l ufoq uuJ r r nr r . tak eS

+L^ Ullg

CASEY
/fn hiq m on\

Get the van!

12-12-06

48.

INT.
C.hrrr! tclr vr sv

C AS EY ' S V AN _ SE C ON D S LA TE R
Q:r ah :nd :' l' l fho c ni oq ni l o in Aq thor r qnr oonh

through the garage, from the radio. This is

Journey's

"An)rway You Want ft"

explodes

CHUCK what vou listen CASEY car chases.

to?

OnIy for

EXT. DOWNTOWN STREETS - SAME The van roars INT. over medians, heading for the entrance to...

HOTEL - SAME GARAGE, WESTIN BONAVENTURE Casey gets out as private He takes out a badge.

The van screeches to a stop. rushes toward them. security

CASEY LAPD! TelI the night manager we need to evacuate the hotel. Sarah turns to Chuck, still SAFAH you'Il in the van. be safe.

Stay here, rNT.

LOBBY, WESTTN BONAVENTURE Pentagon agents race through CASEY gonna have to do a search. the lobby.

Sarah and the

We're

SARAH Do we have time? They come to No! Chuck stands INT. an intersection ft's behind of halls, Casey looks for...

CHUCK (O.S.) this way. them. He's out of breath.

LATER SERVICE HALLWAY- SECONDS the Is spies down a series way? of service corridors.

Chuck leads

this

CASEY the right

12-72-06

AO

CHUCK (turning right) They remodeled in ,83, this now goes a1I the way to the Huntington Room and the pool. That,s CASEY fascinatinq. go

CHUCK One problem, we have to throuqh... INT.

MEN'S STEAMROOM/MEN'SSHOWERS/MEN'S LOCKERROOM

chuck, sarah/ and the spies race out of a utirity croset and througrh these usuarJ-y private rooms. NAXED BUSTNESSMEN saunter about. onry a few have the decency to wear a tower. Excuse us ! Very sorry! INT. CHUCK/SARAH/CASEY Official business ! Don,t get up!

MATNTENANCE HALLWAY _ SAME another door, Sarah is of now in the lead.

They come out

Sorry, that This wav. INT.

CHUCK was a Iot

genitalia.

BONAVENTURE BA],LROOM- SAME

The room is packed with press and dignitaries. The ukrainian PRrME MrNrsrER is arready into his speech. The ukrainian frag decorates his podium. Chuck and the spies move around the side of the room. official-rooking badges are frashed and the team moves backstaqe. CASEY Chuck, focus. Where,s the bomb? CHUCK (rubbing his temples) C-4, computer detonator r rror I don't know that. BACKSTAGE Casey and his men spread out. CASEY Over here. Searchj_ng for the bomb.

12-72-06

50.

There's an extra PODIUII. It,s flag. They move around it.

decorated

wlth

an American

A LAPTOP COMPUTER sits nn fnn of a weddi-ng cake-sized pile --o explosives. A digital countdown j_s in progress -- TWO MINUTES AND COUNTTNG.
C A S E Y (C ON T' D ) evacuate. Ideas? AGENT #1 the l aptop? CHUCK an auto-tri gger. SARAII + -he cabl es?

of

N o ti m e

to

Disconnect

No,

th e re ,s

Wh a t T h e re a re

about

S T X M U L T T _ C OLOR C A B LE S . CASEY How clich6. CHUCK i n the a nd turns

T h e y w e re n ' t S a ra h ta k e s a b re a th

ori gi nal to C asey.

pl ans.

Get Ca s e y looks at

SARAH h j -m o u t. I ,IL Chuck and nods

try for

the hi s

cabl es. men to move hi m.

CHUCK W a i t, n o ... SARAH Y ou,re
r uurrtrsv stu nned

Go C h u c k .
/ i : ca r r r c man n ^ tr e
u a

too
vllq9^ C huck

i mportant.
to Lv the uIIc
IEa! 1ga1

c1-ano D uayc

dnnr uu\./J-

r

Suddenly,

Chuck

shakes

hi msel f

free.

D etermi ned.

A ngry.

CH U C K No! He ru s h e s back to th e bomb and the l aptop.

CASEY (g ra b b i n g C huck' s arm) T o u c h th o s e keys and w e,re

dead.

L2-72-06

This sell

CHUCK is a Prism Express laptop. this at our store.

We

SARAH What are vou doinq? CHUCK What if the Serbian didn't reset the factory override? (he freezes) The Serbran. I qot an idea. The timer just hit SfXTY SECONDS. There's a static the bomb's fuses charge. Chuck looks at Casey. I think CHUCK (CONT'D) I can do this. This is real down. hiss as

CASEY ft's not a videogame. Iif e. . . reaL J-ives. Sarah looks from Casey to Chuck.

The TIMER counting Casey.

SARAI{ We can't save these people, He's our only chance.

Sarah gives Chuck a Iook - please be right. Chuck nods. He types in a code. Nothing changes... hold on... a small BLACK WINDOW opens on the monitor. THE C PROMPT. The COUNTER continues it's deadly march... 30 SECONDS. No one is breathi-ng. Chuck blinks sweat from his eyes. Mr. CHUCK Bomb? Meet l4r. Gooqle.

He types in a code. The countdown is behind an INTERNET EXPLORER window. GOOGLE comes up. Chuck types in two words. SUPER CLOSE UP: I-R-E-N-E Irene
nnr n? |

D-E-M-O-V-A. for

CASEY Demova?! He's searchinq

The SITE LIST appears, Chuck clicks a link... the screen changes... and everybody reacts to some Serbian pornography.
Q qq Er r r ' , urr Ar la nJlr r / fl- ,a u r lc a666r ee4 u v*,r gr ie r ' < herd-6i 1.i V eve * -A .rl Wn]-f Whi fS S IOL-*J IOrrd'l w -

bad is

happening

inside.

S ometh..i nr "..*..9

L2-12-06 Chuck and the spies slowly step back. There's a spark under the keys. They flinch. The screen FLASHES/ more SPARKSfly, then the screen qoes BLACK. And nothing explodes. SARAH You did r did it! CHUCK it. r did it. r defused a -( suddenly reallzes ) Real- bomb. What if... I was wronq? Sarah and Casey exchange a look. The reality of the situation finally lands on Chuck. gives way to nausea. His adrenaline Don't CASEY puke on the C-4.

_ EXT. BALCONY/ WESTTNBONAVENTURE LATER Behind the
a nol i l- e qni

glass
r oa

doors,
Chr r nk

the prime minster
nnnder q tho nonn] o

and guests
ho i r r qi

conduct

qar z od

Nearby,
k es}Jt n n
u

Casey and Sarah are in mid argument.
Rr r f u uq o e tii urrryn o ys u orr lvuqcr 'l j er.

Thei-r voices
I

I o lvw w- .

rl raacr
uaDEy

D

a

ayEtr -^^-tS

WatC h.

CASEY
Hp' s - om ' i no wi f . h m e. Hc, s c.nmi no

SARAH
with me.

SARAH Do you know what those NSA doctors will do to him? It's barbaric. CASEY Rightf your CIA interrogators the real humanitarians. are

SARAH Go home. Get your strokes from the Pentagon. Bask in your own glory. ( beat ) But don't get used to it. CASEY Admit it. Your panties bunch 'cause we crashed
F i ahf l.rof aro rrnrr anll- a

are in a your date.
hrrmn rr^r.-

mark.

72-12-06

Hump what? thi-ng you'Il desk.

SARAH Hump this. be humpJ-ng

r llE AD

nnl rr

your

CASEY When we get back to Washington, remember: f take my coffee black, no sugar... Sugar.
They glower at each o ther. CASEY me.

He c o m e s w i th

SARAH me .

H e comes w i th

Or,
rF hatr rl l E] l.r nf h !ULII 1- r r r n Lu!Il

CHUCK umr you can let
. tti nA nJllU nf! U fnr c n+ r ur y \J L

me go home.
l ^^ Il C "-a W dJ +1- 'ar a LIIEIE.

CH U C K (C ON T' ,D )
T ^ ^ l!UU[7

mq:rszl- r o rtl ju

Trm f, ItL

foo'l !L e !JIr Y

i nrr

: e

'l

!Iu L l E

i ftl e

defusing a bomb and cocky after That saving like a hundred people. kind of thing can go to your head.
Pr r f T , m nr ol- f \r qr r r o R r \t- o qenf f he

And e-mail to me. And he's dead. gets now I'm the one who apparently government secrets every time f turn on the radio or watch DeaI or No DeaL. ( beat ) You need me. Which means you have to listen to me. And I'd like to go home.
l ._acor r v qo s l , I r\o r v vnnkq t^ .- .,nF of hi s aoent_o __ nof r aaAy tO. . .

SARAH
t- aqor r I{ o' q ri nhf

Sarah leads

Casey over

a few steps.

Out of

earshot.

CASEY This is about right. This isn't And mine are to about orders. bring thj-s jackwad to the DNI. SARAH He's too valuable to interrogate. is gone, but he The Intersect works.

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SARAH Even supposing we could deactivate the sublj-minal triggers. . . we can ' t risk erasing what you know. You're aI] that's left of the Intersect. CompromJ-sing you would mean compromising national security.

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ear. The hair on his neck stands up. From the DUpLEX WINDOWS -- it looks like Chuck is getting a kiss goodnight. SARAH (CONT.D) (whispers ) Trust me, Chuck. INT. Ellie THE DUPLEX and Morgan jump to their feet when Chuck enters.

MORGAN She totally stuck her tongue down your throat. My Kayla plan worked. She vibed you and Kayla right? Chuck staggers to his

ELLTE How did it qo? Good? Was Did you like her? she nice? Shut-up, Morgan. and smiling mostly.

room, nodding

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out the big window -there toniqht.

CHUCK Yeah, definitely. EXT. PATIO, THE DUPLEX - LATER Chuck waits on the stoop by his door. She saying...

Kayla walks up the steps, just home from Spaceland. doesn't see Chuck. He watches her }ike before, not CHUCK KayIa. She stops, Iooks Hey. over her shoulder, KAYLA That was some date, CHUCK a kinda crazy huh? story.

Yeah, it's I If like

KAYLA a qood storv, CHUCK not busy, I could...

you're

The patio gate opens. The drummer from the band that played at Spaceland slides inside, having just found a parking spot for his car. Kavla hasn't come home alone. CHUCK (CONT'D) But you are. So it can waj-t. Kayla smiles at Chuck. He looks place with the drummer... away as she heads into her

12-12-06

INT.

SARAH'S HOTEL ROOM- NIGHT screen. chuck, his an order

sarah sits on her bed, staring at her cerr phone's she scrorrs through surveilrance photos: Buy-More, coworkers. she takes a breath and scrorls back to set of shots.

we see BRYCE LARKTN standi-ng on a beach. He's smiring. she jumps forward one photo. we now see Bryce and sarah on the same beach. They look happy. INT. GEEK FORCEHELP DESK, BUY_MORE DAY -

The geeks arr stand around chuck. He's in the process of signing the applj-cation for assistant store manlger. And he's done. It's ready. He looks around at his team. Here I go. CHUCK Wish me luck.

And he moves out, heading through the DTFFERENT DEPARTI\,IENTS to the store manager's office. we hear Morricone,s Fj-stful of Dolrars score. chuck stops. This isn't the soundtrack. rt's Morgan blasting a cD from the Entertainment Department. He gives Chuck the thumbs up. proud of him.

OUTSIDE THE STOREMANAGER'SOFFfCE Parson waits. Arms folded. Sneer in place.

PARSON You apply for this, Chuck? are done beinq friends. CHUCK We were friends?

And we

PARSON f'm watching you. And your dork squad. Every glgabyte of Spyware you install, every network server you slip up and I you on-Iine? take vou down. Yeah, we,re As Chuck walks CHUCK definitely calls not friends. him.

away - parson

after

PARSON Whatever it takesl Espionage. Sabotage. This is war.

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INT.

STOREMANAGER'SOFFTCE - SAME manager, stares at his computer. at his in-box and doesn't look up.

BIG MIKE, the rotund store As Chuck enters, he points Didn't

B]G MIKE think you'd apply...

CHUCK Well, I'fiI ready for this, Bi9 Mike. And what it means - responsibility, decisive leadership. . . Save it for BIG I',IIKE the interview.

ENTERTAIMENT DEPARTI4ENT- MOMENTS LATER Chuck walks back through the aisles of media. He stops.

At the cash registers -- he sees SARAH, one of Langley's finest. In a Buy-More uniform. Ringing up customers. She gives him a nod. Then he sees CASEY, the Pentagon's top spy, uniform. fn front of the washing machines. Angry he's here at aII. in a BUY-MORE Watching hlm.

Chuck just stands j-n shock near the TV WALL. An entertainment news reporter appears on the waII. ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER The Legends of Punk wiII tour the US next month. Members include Chuck sees a montage of punk pelt Chuck: images furj-ously PHOTO - THE PUNK SINGER AS A NEEDLES. What the heII does Chuck is stunned.
Johnny

He turns.

singers screaming. FLA9H. The A HUMMING BIRD - A RUSSIAN ID YOUNG!I!.A}I- !,TUSIC SHEETS this mean?

He now knows -CHUCI.. R o tten' s a spy.

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