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Chuck: Chuck Versus the Sandworm

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In this Halloween episode Chuck meets a Federal agent just like him: A computer whiz whose brain is important to national security. However, Chuck soon has a personal dilemma arise when he has to decide whether or not to turn the man over to Sarah and Casey or to help him escape his handlers. Read full recap »

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Writers:: Phil Klemmer

Director:: Robert Duncan McNeill

Stars:: Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski); Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah Walker); Sarah Lancaster (Ellie Bartowski); Adam Baldwin (Major John Casey); Joshua Gomez (Morgan Grimes)

Recurring Role:: Julia Ling (Anna Wu); Scott Krinsky (Jeff); C.S. Lee (Harry Tang); Bonita Friedericy (General Beckman); Ryan McPartlin (Devon "Captain Awesome" Woodcomb); Mark Christopher Lawrence (Big Mike); Vik Sahay (Lester)

Guest Star:: Creagen Dow (Teenage Boy); Jesse Heiman (Fernando); Greg Baine (Special Agent Ben Katz); Rick Hoffman (Agent Scary); Jonathan Sadowski (Lazslo Mahnovski); David Burke (HR Manager)

Featured Music:
"Dice" by Finley Quaye & William Orbit
"It Takes Two" by Rob Base And DJ EZ Rock
"All Right Now" by Free
"The Weight of the World" by The Editors edit »
The two German words that Sarah speaks in this episode geschlossen and willkommen, both mean "closed" and "welcome", respectively. edit »
Briefly at the end when Casey is listening to Chuck and Morgan discussing sandwiches, a portrait of Ronald Reagan can be seen on his coffee table. Casey has mentioned before that his favorite president was Ronald Reagan. edit »
Harry Tang has his middle name revealed as Tiberius. A distinction he shares with Captain James Tiberius Kirk from the TV series Star Trek. edit »
The end scene when Chuck runs back home in slow-motion while Finlay Quaye's song "Dice" plays, is a copy of the end sequence from The O.C. episode "The Countdown", Josh Schwartz' debut series. edit »

Original International Air Dates:
Latin America: December 12, 2007 on Warner Channel
Sweden: April 26, 2008 on TV3
United Kingdom: May 12, 2008 on Virgin1
Poland: May 13, 2008 on TVN7
Denmark: March 14, 2008 on TV3+
New Zealand: July 23, 2008 on TV2
Norway: September 22, 2008 on Viasat4 edit »
Sarah gives Chuck a manipulated photo of the two of them together "at Comic Con", and Chuck mentions that they never went together. In reality, both Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah) and Zachary Levi (Chuck) attended San Diego Comic Con International in July 2007 to promote the series. edit »

Morgan: So what'd (Sarah) say?
Chuck: She said... if she were stranded on an island, she would definitely take roast beef!
Morgan: No way!
Chuck: It's true man! (Shows Casey listening, who rolls his eyes) edit »
Chuck: I can't believe you bugged my room! That's terrible!
Casey: No, terrible is having to listen to you and that moron Morgan yammer on for FOUR HOURS about what sandwich you would bring if you were stranded on an island!
Chuck: It wasn't four hours... (Casey plays tape)
Chuck: (On tape) Well I don't know, Morgan, I think roast beef would hold up better than the bologna... edit »
Chuck: Is that a water gun?
Lazlo: No.
Chuck: I'm pretty sure it is. It's dripping on my face. edit »
Morgan: What happened, Chuck? You used to be cool.
Chuck: I used to be cool? When, when was that? When we were 13? Well, I hate to go changing on you, buddy, but if you hadn't noticed we are now, chronologically speaking, adults. So, unless you want to work retail for the rest of your life and, by the way, drag me down with you in the process, I would suggest that you grow up! edit »
Captain Awesome: (in costume) Yo, Chuckster, guess what I am?
Chuck: You're naked?
Captain Awesome: I'm Adam. You know, like Adam & Eve, Adam? Wait till you see my snake.
Chuck: I don't wa...I don't wanna see your snake. edit »

Star Wars:

The costume worn by Sarah in the fake photograph she gives Chuck, and later at the Halloween party, is based on the "slave girl" bikini worn by Princess Leia in Jabba's palace. The character Chuck is portraying in the fake photo is Han Solo, the romantic interest of Leia. edit »
James Bond:
Chuck disarms the bomb at seven seconds left on the countdown just like the bomb in the James Bond movie Goldfinger. The movie also gets mentioned several times during this episode. Additionally, the part where Chuck gets ejected from his car is from a similar scene in Goldfinger, when Bond ejects one of the henchmen. edit »
Lazslo: Would you like to play a nice game of Thermonuclear War?

When Lazslo hacks into Strategic Air Command, he references the film WarGames (1983), in which a teen-age computer whiz (played by Matthew Broderick) tells the main computer at NORAD that Soviet nuclear missiles have been fired at the United States, while under the impression that he was playing a computer game. edit »
Guitar Shredder
The game Morgan plays in the arcade is called Guitar Shredder. Very similar to games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band. edit »
Dune
Chuck wants to be a SandWorm again for Halloween and he says Dune fans have been going crazy about his costume since 8th grade. Also referring to the SandWorms of Dune in the title of the episode, "Chuck Versus the Sandworm." edit »

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allaboutmoxie
member since: Jan 27, 2007
Chuck Versus the Sandworm
The Bottom Line: "A very special episode"
Chuck meets the evil version of him. Morgan needs to grow up. Chuck and Sarah are a different couple. Casey feels left out. Captain Awesome is awesome! ...Continue »
09/08/08 05:26am | report abuse
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Chuck Versus the Sandworm
The Bottom Line: "Another great installment"
Chuck is thrusted into another "who-to-trust"-crisis. ...Continue »
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Good episode. ...Continue »
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Another Decent Episode ...Continue »
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Chuck Versus the Sandworm
The Bottom Line: "Exactly why I watch this series"
best episode so far ...Continue »
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