2.16 - Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon
Original Airdate: March 9, 2009Written By: Zev Borow and Matthew Lau
Directed By: Allan Kroeker
Description: Barker escapes Fulcrum custody and is left in the Castle with Chuck while Casey and Sarah go on a mission. Chuck and Barker are left no choice but to help Sarah and Casey. Morgan struggles with how to tell Anna he's moving in with Chuck as she keeps pressuring him to move in with her. Chuck discovers Fulcrum's plans to build their own Intersect.
Quotes
Captain Awesome: You two lovebirds need to find a nest where you can let the worm wiggle free!
Chuck: Thank you, Devon.
Jeff: Morgan Grimes is so tired of listening to Big Mike punch his momma's time clock, that he actually showed up for work on time today.
Lester: Okay, okay, well Morgan Grimes is so disturbed by what Big Mike is doing to his momma, that the thought of Jeff doing the same thing to Anna is actually sweet, sweet relief.
Morgan: That's good. Laugh it up, fuzzballs.
[Talking about Anna.]
Lester: Oh buddy, you are screwed.
Morgan: No, actually I think if I tell her the truth at this point that'll end the sexual component of our relationship.
Jeff: And I'll be there to pick up the pieces.
Morgan: What are you reading there, sweetie?
Anna: Did you know IKEA sell seventeen kinds of home shelving? I can only pronounce two of them, though.
Lester: Morgan, all you have to do is convince Anna that moving in with you is a bad idea.
Morgan: Okay, but how am I gonna...
Lester: Shhh! You've come to the right place. Repulsion is our business.
Jeff: And business is good.
Lester: Phase one of "Operation Repulsion". The obscure and disturbing hobby.
Chuck: Why are you trying to repulse Anna?
Morgan: No, no, no, no, no. Lester, it's ridiculous. What I was trying to do was simply test her, that's all.
Chuck: Testing her why?
Morgan: Because, Chuck, because she's trying to get all serious with me and, and I wanna make sure that she loves me for me and not...other things.
Chuck: Excuse us. Are you crazy? What other things could she possibly be loving you for? I mean, honestly buddy, you know that I love you, but you're lucky to have a girl in your life who loves you for you, even though you are, in fact, you.
Casey: We're dead, Bartowski's got a gun.
General Beckman: Mr. Barker, I understand you were hurt protecting Agent Walker. I'm told you showed great courage.
Barker: Just doing my job, General. Actually, it was Chuck who showed great courage on this mission. He was also injured in the line of duty.
Casey: He got clipped by a window sill. It's as pathetic as it sounds.
[About Anna]
Lester: My God, could she really be... unrepulsable?
Morgan: I'm beginning to think so.
Jeff: No, sir. Not on my watch.
Morgan: What are you suggesting?
Jeff: You're going to need a quart of peanut oil, some bubble wrap and as much yarn as you can find.
Busgang: You're the guy who shot me!
Chuck: It was an accident, I swear. It was the first time I had ever handled a gun and the first time that I'd shot someone. Clearly, those two things must be connected in some way.
[About Anna]
Chuck: If you don't stop testing her, she's gonna choose to be with someone else. And then you will have realized, and unfortunately too late, that you lost the catch of a lifetime.
Lester: Counter point. She's not the catch of a lifetime. She's a scheming tart who will harvest your organs and sell them to the highest bidder.
Casey: Let me ask you something. When you escaped from Fulcrum, did you really take out nine guys?
Barker: The truth?
Casey: Professional courtesy.
Barker: It was more like twelve. I just don't like to boast.
Barker: Well, who'd have thought it. Cole Barker loses the girl to Chuck Bartowski.
Sarah: When you meet somebody you care about, it's just hard to walk away.
Barker: I couldn't have said it better myself.
Morgan I can't move in with you, Chuck. Because I'm moving in with Anna. She loves me and she wants to move in with me and I want to make her happy. But I want you to understand.
Chuck: I do. Buddy, seriously, I totally understand and furthermore, I think that you are absolutely making the right decision.
Morgan: That's awesome. Thank you.
Chuck: Is she gonna be okay with your string cheese habit?
Chuck: Just so you know, I am going to get this thing out of my head one day. I will. And when I do, I'm going to live the life that I want with the girl that I love. Because I'm not going to let this thing rob me of that. I won't.
Featured Music
God & Suicide by Blitzen Trapper Chuck and Sarah wake up together.
Walk Like an Egyptian by Puppini Sisters Chuck and Barker cover Sarah and Casey.
Signs by Bloc Party Chuck talks to Sarah at the end of the episode.
Episode Trivia
The shirt Sarah wears when she wakes up with Chuck is the same shirt he wore in the final scene of Chuck Versus the Seduction.
Morgan tells the Buy More employees, specifically Lester, to "laugh it up fuzzball". That is a quote from Star Wars: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Han Solo says it to Chewbacca.