Chuck Episode 4.09 Chuck vs. Phase Three

Chuck and Sarah are all over each other in bed. The scene grows steamier - until Sarah seductively asks Chuck to flash. Chuck's shocked. He scolds Sara: she knows he can't flash - his ability remains suppressed, despite protracted attempts to make it work. Chuck turns to his right and discovers Lester in bed with him and Sarah. It's all a mental manipulation. In reality, Chuck is strapped to a chair in a secret Thai prison where The Belgian and his technicians are manipulating Chuck's brainwaves and memories in an attempt to get him to flash. The Belgian wants the secrets in Chuck's head.

Back at Castle, Beckman delivers the distressing news to Sarah and Casey: there are no leads on Chuck's whereabouts. Sarah desperately wants to take action, but Beckman cautions her to stay put until they can develop some intelligence. Beckman signs off and Morgan enters with some good news for Sarah and Casey: he's identified a known associate of The Belgian outside the Thai embassy in Los Angeles. Sarah wants to infiltrate the embassy, but Casey cautions that it's sovereign soil - they can't operate there. Sarah challenges Casey to "be a spy" and do it anyway. So they do.

Casey and Sarah don disguises as rug cleaners and enter the embassy, tracking down the aide who was known to associate with the Belgian. Casey shoots him with a tranq dart and they haul him out of the building in a rolled-up rug. Sarah interrogates the aide at Castle, stepping dangerously close to losing it and compromising the investigation by torturing him. Casey steps in to tell her to cool off, but she can't. The situation grows uncommonly tense, until Morgan steps between a testy Sarah and Casey. Sarah agrees to leave and get some rest. You have two hours, she tells them.

Ellie gets ready for a 36-hour shift at the hospital. As she's saying goodbye to Awesome, they notice a strange-looking laptop that's been hidden under the seat of the sports car that Ellie and Chuck's dad left for them. They anxiously return inside with the computer. Ellie's afraid of what the laptop might hold, and they have trouble booting it up. Awesome promises he'll handle it â€" and he won't tell Chuck, since that might bring him back into the spy game. Ellie's still under the illusion that Chuck's no longer a spy.

The Belgian's scientist continues to try to manipulate Chuck into flashing, using auto-suggestions that leverage his love of Ellie and Sarah. But it's not working. The Belgian is frustrated by the lack of progress. He's told the only choice is to move onto Phase Three - the destruction of Chuck's entire mind with the exception of the Intersect.

A forlorn Sarah searches the apartment, looking for clues. She finds a somewhat cryptic map but can't determine its meaning. Morgan arrives. He's just as sad and concerned about Chuck's abduction as Sarah is. Sarah asks him about the map and he denies knowing anything about it - until he changes course. The map was Chuck's proposal plan. It detailed things and locations that were important to him and Sarah which he planned to incorporate it into his proposal.

Emboldened and desperate, Sarah returns to Castle, locks Casey up, and starts threatening her prisoner. She menacingly injects him and he quickly divulges that Chuck's being held in a secret Thai prison. She tells Casey she's heading to Thailand - alone. She wants to operate above the law and Casey will just get in the way. Sarah arrives in the jungles of Thailand in a rowdy backcountry bar, where she immediately begins asking questions. The pretty blonde amuses the rogues in the bar - until she levels one of them.

Sarah finds a local warlord who promises to take her to The Belgian if she'll fight and defeat his best fighter. Sarah agrees, and a brutal martial arts battle in a fighting pit ensues. The warlord's fighter is a more than worthy opponent for Sarah, though she holds her own, until he temporarily blinds her and then moves in for the kill, knife in hand. All of a sudden, a shot rings out, striking the knife from the would-be killer's hand. It's Casey and Morgan, armed to the teeth. Sarah resumes her battle in the pit - she's determined to beat the warrior and get the information she needs to rescue Chuck. Driven by love, she fights incredibly, defeating the warrior.

Awesome summons Jeff and Lester to help him get the computer working. They'll help - but only in return for medical treatment. Jeff's got an abscess and Lester suffers from gout. Awesome takes the deal and the Nerd Herders get to work.

The Belgian has ordered Chuck's mind slowly erased. Drifting in and out of consciousness, Chuck is subjected to a series of wild hallucinations. Try as he might, he simply cannot flash. As the procedure gets underway and it appears Chuck is losing his consciousness and permanent memories.

Morgan, Sarah, and Casey work their way through the Thai jungles, intent on finding The Belgian's hideout. They stumble upon some rogue thugs, but the fighting reputation of Sarah Walker, the blonde "she-male," has preceded her and the rogues flee. They soon discover The Belgian's facility and quickly overpower him and his henchman to find Chuck, drifting in and out of reality. A desperate Sarah pulls the medical equipment off of him and begs him to come back to the land of the lucid. But Chuck's unresponsive. Is his mind gone? A crying Sarah kisses him and holds him and tells him that she knows about his proposal plan. Through tears she tells him that she wants to marry him too. Miraculously, Chuck returns to consciousness.

Back at Awesome and Ellie's apartment, it appears that Jeff and Lester have brought the computer to life. An excited Awesome anticipates the moment of truth. The computer boots up, only to reveal a prompt for a password: "Knock, knock." Jeff suggests the password "Who's there," but it proves to be wrong. Ellie returns and Devon asks her about the password. She tells him: "I'm here." It's from a joke she and her father shared when she was little. It unlocks the computer, revealing a shocking secret comprehended only by Ellie.

Chuck, Sarah, Casey, and Morgan return to Castle to be congratulated by General Beckman. The Belgian has been apprehended, Chuck has been rescued, and Walker has returned to her old reliable self. Beckman tells Chuck that she's going to discuss a role for him at the agency, despite his not having the Intersect. You're an asset with or without the Intersect, she tells him. Sarah couldn't agree more.