Chuck Episode 5.06 Chuck Versus the Curse

Chuck and Sarah are at Castle trying to figure out the bigger conspiracy behind the Omen virus. Sarah thinks they need to get the team back together to find out. Chuck wonders why Casey and Morgan haven't arrived yet. Have they been caught? Cut to a reveal of Casey and Morgan crawling through the Castle air ducts. Casey wonders why they're sneaking through the air ducts when they could have just gone through the front door. Morgan reminds him he's a fugitive and Castle may be compromised. Casey compliments Morgan on the prison break just before calling him a moron. Morgan happily takes any compliment he can get from Casey.Still crawling, they arrive at the vent above the Castle control room where Chuck and Sarah are sitting. Casey calls for Chuck and he looks up surprised. Casey and Morgan jump down from the vent and apologize for being late. Sarah tells them she's happy they're back and asks Casey about Verbanski. Casey tells her that after taking out Decker, it's best for her to leave the country for a bit until things cool down. Morgan laments out loud that it's a shame because Casey and Verbanski were just getting started. Casey says, "She's a hell of a woman. She's not dead yet and neither am I, so let's get on with it."

Sarah fills in Casey on the Omen virus and its potential for global devastation. Casey thinks the source of the mayhem is from inside the CIA, and they need to talk to Beckman. Just then, Beckman makes an unexpected visit via the main Castle monitor. She tells the group they're under arrest for the murder of Decker and for treason. She tells them they betrayed her trust, and she considers them traitors. Casey notices something during the communique and rewinds it. It turns out while Beckman was ostensibly scolding them she was also using her finger to tap out a Morse code warning. Beckman's still on their side. It's time to leave Castle. The team gathers their things and decides to head for Chuck's cabin hideout. Casey will track down Beckman and get some answers but not before heading back to his apartment and wiping his computer hard drive. Sarah thinks the place is probably surrounded by agents. Morgan volunteers because he's not a fugitive. Casey agrees.

Awesome and Ellie get ready for a "date night." Ellie wonders if Clara will be okay. Awesome tells her not to fret because she's with his parents. They're going to have a great time at dinner followed by a stay at a nice hotel. It's a mini "vacay." He tells her in addition to all that he has a little surprise. She tells him she may also have a little surprise for him. Meanwhile, Morgan who's sporting his best ninja getup sneaks into his apartment through a window. He's met with the business end of a shotgun pointed at his head and wielded by Alex. She threatens the intruder with death before Morgan reveals himself. He explains Casey's now a fugitive and the CIA is after him. Alex already knows - that's why she's in their apartment hoping to find her dad. They hear a knock at the door.

Morgan answers and is greeted by a cluster of flashlights pointed in his face. It's a cabal of CIA agents and special agent Robin Cunnings introduces herself asking for Casey and the rest of the team.Morgan tells her he doesn't know where they are. Cunnings asks what they're doing there. Alex tells her Morgan's her boyfriend, and they're just hanging out. Cunnings is surprised Morgan lives with his girlfriend's dad. One of Cunnings' men returns from sweeping the apartment and confirms that Casey isn't there. Before leaving, Cunnings reminds them if they see Casey or help him they're aiding and abetting a fugitive.

Driving together away from Castle and towards the cabin hideout, Chuck worries that the CIA will bring Ellie in for questioning. He wants to call her, but Sarah tells him her phone is probably already tapped. Back at their date night, Ellie and Awesome arrive at a swank restaurant for their romantic dinner. The hostess can't find their reservation, so Ellie asks her to look under Bartowski. Sure enough the hostess finds them, and Ellie explains to Awesome she booked the reservation using Chuck's Open Table account because he loves getting the points. Unfortunately, the Bartowski Open Table reservation raises a flag in the CIA database and the team led by Cunnings is alerted.

Ellie and Awesome toast to their very special night. Awesome tells her she looks beautiful. She tells him she wanted to wear something special, so she borrowed the dress from Sarah. Sarah only wore the dress once, for a mission in Bulgaria. Awesome wonders how it would be working as spies, living a life of mystery and adventure. Ellie reminds him spy work runs in her family, and there's no reason why they couldn't pretend to be spies if only for the night. While at the cabin trying to get into the CIA mainframe, Chuck tells Sarah being on the lam makes him feel like his father. He can only imagine how his father felt having to leave his family behind in order to save them. Sarah tells him that's not going to happen. Chuck feels like it's a curse because every Bartowski has put family in danger and had to leave them. Sarah tells him there is no such thing as a curse. He won't end up like his father because he has her. Just then, Chuck gains access to the CIA mainframe. Curiously, there's an open case file but no one is listed as being in charge. Is this a rogue operation?

Back at dinner, Ellie and Awesome decide they'll play spies for the night. They settle on the code word "martini" in case things get too hot. Their "signal" is a tug on the ear. Awesome gets up from the table to get Ellie's surprise. While looking through the CIA mainframe, Chuck and Sarah see an alert indicating they've been located. Sarah says they have to run for real now. Chuck agrees except he can't leave without his pants.

He calls Morgan and asks him to get his pants. Morgan agrees and tells him it would be an honor to get his pants. As it turns out pants is actually an acronym for "Private Artifacts Never To Share." It's a box of personal mementos Chuck and Morgan put together in their youth that they would take with them in case of a fire or other unforeseen circumstances. Back at the restaurant, Awesome is at the restaurant bar sampling a bottle of 2000 Sangiovese that turns out to be the surprise he had planned for Ellie. It's the same wine they served at their wedding. A burly man standing next to Awesome at the bar tells him "project Eagle is in effect." He tells Awesome he's ready to take him and Ellie to a secret location and a limo is waiting outside. At the same time, a note left for Ellie at the table announces the same thing.

Back at the cabin, Sarah finishes checking outside for any signs of the CIA but finds nothing. They're both confused. Just then Chuck gets a notification on his smart phone confirming a dinner reservation through Open Table. They deduce the CIA has mistaken Ellie and Awesome for them. Ellie and Awesome board the limo to begin their adventure. Chuck calls Ellie, but she ignores it. At a remote roadside diner, Casey meets with Beckman. While sharing a bottle of whiskey with Casey, Beckman tells him a group within the CIA is conspiring to destroy Chuck. She doesn't know who's behind it, but in the meantime, she's doing all she can to protect Chuck, Sarah and their family.

Back in the limo, Ellie and Awesome begin to realize that neither of them planned this limo adventure. Awesome wonders if they're now on a real spy mission. Back at Morgan and Casey's place, Morgan is putting together an elaborate plan to sneak into Chuck's place and steal his P.A.N.T.S. When Alex gets wind of it, she dispenses with the overly-complicated scheme and calls the cops to tell them a violent ex-boyfriend is outside her apartment. When the cops arrive, that should be Morgan enough time to sneak in and retrieve Chuck's P.A.N.T.S.Awesome and Ellie are now starting to get a little nervous about their surprise limo ride. Awesome thinks they should jump out of the car and attempt a "sturdy combat roll." Ellie is reluctant because, for their special night, she neglected to don underwear. Chuck and Sarah talk to Casey about the restaurant mix-up, and he tells him Beckman is helping; and she's already sent someone to pick Ellie and Awesome up. Chuck and Sarah are relieved. Back inside the limo, Ellie and Awesome open the limo doors and jump out. After recovering from their rollout, they run off. The limo driver notices the doors are open and pulls over to see that Ellie and Awesome are gone. He calls Beckman and tells her. Back at the stopped limo, Cunnings pulls up in an SUV full of her CIA goons and shoots the limo driver dead. Ellie and Awesome are running when Cunnings pulls up next to them. Cunnings tells them she's working with Chuck. Ellie and Awesome fall for the lie and get into the SUV with her. Chuck and Sarah pull up to the parked limo and find the limo driver dead.

Back at Casey's apartment, Alex's call to the police has distracted the CIA agents enough for Morgan to go into Chuck's apartment and retrieve his P.A.N.T.S. Chuck and Sarah join Casey and Beckman at the remote roadside diner. Chuck is a bit panicked about Ellie and Awesome. Meanwhile, Ellie and Awesome are at Cunnings hideout. Cunnings apologizes for the inconvenience and tells them Chuck will arrive soon to pick them up. She offers a beverage, and Ellie asks for wine. Although visibly irked, Cunnings agrees.

Back at the roadside diner, Chuck gets a call from Cunnings. She tells him Ellie and Awesome are safe, but unless he turns over the virus in three hours, she can't guarantee their safety. Chuck tells the others about the demands. Beckman thinks they should create a fake virus to in order to buy time. Chuck is nervous about the idea. What if they find out it's a fake? What happens to his sister? He reluctantly agrees. Chuck privately tells Sarah he's scared, and he thinks the plan is a mistake. He thinks they should give them the real virus and not take any chances. Sarah tells him he doesn't have to do it alone, and she agrees they should give them the real virus. She's going to try and convince Beckman and Casey they should give Cunnings the real Omen.

Ellie and Awesome are greeted by an agent who brings them a bottle of Chardonnay. He also hands Ellie a phone he found in the SUV. She checks the phone and sees they called Chuck with her phone. She then grabs the wine bottle and smashes it over the agent's head. Awesome is shocked and wonders why she did it. She tells him she has a feeling they're going to get killed because the CIA would never bring them wine or use her phone to call Chuck. She thinks its clearly some kind of ransom situation, and they need to get out of there fast.Sarah convinces Casey and Beckman that it's too risky to give them a fake virus. Sarah picks up the case holding the virus and discovers it's empty. Chuck took the virus and left without them. Chuck shows up at Cunnings' lair to make the virus exchange. Cunnings asks Chuck for the virus, but he refuses to hand it over until she lets Ellie and Awesome go. She agrees and leads Chuck to see Ellie and Awesome. She's then surprised to see them gone. Cunnings demands to know how they got away, but not before Chuck quips, "I guess you've never met my sister."

Ellie and Awesome are hiding in the dark industrial corners of the Cunnings hideout while Chuck is tied up. He refuses to give Cunnings the Omen virus until he knows Ellie and Awesome are safe. Cunnings tells him there's a specialty she's known for that some may consider torture but she considers art. Chuck tells her he can handle anything she throws at him. She then orders her men to bring out "The Toy" which looks to be a very intimidating electrical torture device clearly designed to inflict great pain. Ellie and Awesome see Chuck about to get tortured and formulate a plan. They will cause a blackout by shorting the building's electrical panel. Ellie will distract the guards while Awesome kills the power. Just when Cunnings is about to jolt Chuck with a painful rush of volts, Awesome manages to short the power - only to be discovered when the lights immediately return, powered by a back-up generator. He apologizes to Chuck for his misstep. Ellie watches from the shadows and quietly panics.

Sarah and Casey race to the scene. She's really upset that Chuck would leave for the exchange without her. Casey hopes that he's smart enough not the give up the Omen because that will probably mean they'll all be killed. Back at the hideout, Cunnings has tied up Awesome and is about to torture and "permanently change his face" when Chuck gives up the location of the virus. It's hidden just outside. Awesome is spared. Ellie accidently reveals herself to one of Cunnings guards and just before he shoots her, Sarah and Casey take him out. Cunnings retrieves the Omen and immediately uploads it to the Internet. Chuck asks her why she's doing it. She tells him she's just doing her job. Unleashing the virus is just one part of a larger plan she doesn't know anything about. Just as Cunnings is about to shoot Chuck, the place goes dark again, but this time it's Sarah and Casey. A brief gun battle ensues and all of Cunnings people are taken out. Ellie and Awesome are reunited and so are Chuck and Sarah, although she's angry with him for taking off without her.

Casey and Beckman talk to a tied up Cunnings back at Castle. She refuses to tell them anything. Casey leaves the room and returns with "The Toy." Beckman tells her she's very excited to see how it works. Later, Casey and Beckman rejoin Sarah and Chuck in the Castle control room and tell them Cunnings has spilled the beans about the conspiracy. Beckman tells them all charges against the team have been dropped including the trumped up charges against Casey. She also tells them her team is working on the virus. After Beckman leaves with Casey, Chuck asks Sarah if she's still mad for leaving without her, and of course she is. He apologizes again and tells her he just didn't want to risk her life and become a victim of the family curse. She tells him there is no curse. He finally realizes and agrees never to leave without her again. The Bartowski family curse ends with him. She reminds him she's a trained assassin, in case he ever thinks about leaving without her again.

Back at Casey's apartment, Morgan gets the call from Chuck that operation P.A.N.T.S. is off. Alex wonders what's in Chuck's P.A.N.T.S. box, but Morgan refuses to let her look. He gives her his box for safekeeping instead. After he leaves, she opens it and sees he has placed a photo of them together in the box. Alex looks moved by the gesture. Ellie and Awesome return home after their wild night and jump on the couch. Back at Castle, Chuck and Sarah are kissing and making up when all of their monitors go static. Chuck checks their system and realizes the entire system is infected. The virus has gone global. Every system on the planet is now potentially infected. Their worst fears have come to fruition.