Chuck Episode 1.08 Chuck Versus the Truth

Mason Whitney is tied down in Riordan Payne's lair. Riordan has given him a fatal, time-released dose of a truth-telling drug. As soon as Mason reveals where he's hidden the codes, Riordan promises to administer an antidote. In the supply closet at Wienerlicious, Chuck and Sarah rehearse for a sushi dinner date with Ellie and Captain Awesome. When Sarah's boss Scooter knocks, Sarah opens her blouse and jumps Chuck.

Chuck is daydreaming about Sarah's kiss when a really cute girl rings his bell at Buy More. Lou's smart phone is busted and she's freaking out. Chuck can't help flirting with Lou, and they seem to hit it off. She owns a deli in the mall and needs the sandwich recipes in her phone, so Chuck promises to fix it by tomorrow. Morgan accuses Chuck of "mind cheating" on Sarah.

Things are going well at dinner until Captain Awesome accuses Chuck and Sarah of taking their relationship ridiculously slow. Meanwhile, Mason roams the streets near the restaurant in a daze with Riordan on his tail. When Ellie spies Mason collapsing, she tends to him and tosses his wallet to Chuck. Mason drops a necklace in the pocket of Ellie's lucky sweater as they drive off in an ambulance. Chuck flashes on Mason's ID and freaks out - Ellie's locked in an ambulance with a very bad man.

Chuck waits impatiently for Ellie at home. Finally she returns with news that Mason has died from some kind of poisoning. Sarah informs Chuck that it's time they spent the night together. Beckman tells Sarah and Casey that Mason was a programmer for "Sanctuary," an updated security system for U.S. weapons sites. The codes on his missing chip are the key to U.S. nuclear facilities. Beckman orders Sarah and Casey to bring Chuck to the morgue to check out Mason's corpse.

Big Mike tasks Morgan with a special assignment: help Harry's wife Poppy pick out his birthday present. Jeff and Lester videotape the proceedings, as Poppy thanks Morgan with a voluptuous hug. Lou brings Chuck a sandwich to thank him for fixing her phone. When Sarah walks up, he's forced to introduce her as his girlfriend, and Lou seems supremely disappointed.

Sarah finds a strange listening device behind Mason's ear, which infused the poison into his body. Meanwhile, Riordan questions Ellie, dressed as a cop. He pretends to fix her hair for a photo, and puts a similar listening device behind her ear. Chuck stops by Wienerlicious to talk to Sarah about plans to spend their first night together. When he spies Lou, he runs after her, to explain that he wishes he could explain, but it's complicated. If it gets less complicated, Lou tells Chuck to give her a call.

Jeff and Lester show Harry the videotape where Morgan asks Poppy to meet him in the Home Theater Room tomorrow night. Chuck decorates his room with candles and sexy music, which doesn't make Sarah happy - they're only doing this for cover. Still, she's wearing lingerie. Sarah claims she's only being professional, but Chuck jabs that it's the oldest profession. They roll to opposite sides of the bed, as Casey listens in.

Chuck asks Sarah about seeing other people. She doesn't think it's a good idea, and knows that he has a crush on Lou. Woozy, Ellie starts an argument with Captain Awesome, which she brings into Chuck's bedroom. She confesses to stealing from him when they were little. When Casey rings the doorbell to tell Sarah that he's getting crosstalk, Ellie passes out, and Sarah finds the poisoner's patch behind her ear.

Government teams are racing to find an antidote for Ellie, but Chuck's not convinced. He grabs the listening device, and announces that the codes are still on Ellie at the hospital, so Riordan will come to them. Chuck sits at Ellie's bedside and tells her everything, even about Lou. Captain Awesome enters with Ellie's lucky sweater, and the necklace falls out of the pocket.

Riordan finds Sarah disguised as Ellie in a hospital room. In a standoff with Casey, he holds up a vial of poison and a vial of antidote, as Chuck crashes into the room with the necklace. The vial of poison falls to the floor, and the fumes poison all four of them. Riordan runs for it. Casey throws a crutch, taking Riordan down, and Sarah lunges for the vial of antidote. She wants Chuck to take it, but he insists on giving it to Ellie, as they all start telling each other the truth.

Casey, Sarah and Chuck sadly prepare to die, until Chuck spies Riordan's PDA. They proceed to Riordan's loft. Riordan, an ex-gymnast, does some gymnastic battling until Sarah shoots him in the knee, and he turns over the codes and the antidote. Taking his last chance to know the truth, Chuck asks Sarah if their relationship is every going anywhere. She says "no," and Chuck thanks her for being honest, even if she couldn't help it.

The team debriefs with Beckman in the Home Theater Room, and Harry storms in, thinking to catch Morgan with Poppy. Casey tells Harry that they are spies, and now he is, too. Will Harry mind relocating to Oahu to await instructions? The next day, Big Mike tells Morgan to change the delivery address on Harry's present to Oahu. Harry won't be missed, but Big Mike will sure miss Poppy, who he was diddling for the last six months.

Chuck tells Sarah that his recent near-death experience made him see a list of things he's never done. He needs to end their fake relationship. Chuck hangs out with Lou at her deli as Sarah's phone rings. Casey asks if she said anything to compromise them during the time she was under the pentothal. Sarah admits if she hadn't been trained to withstand the truth-inducing effects of pentothal, she might have.