Thanks to Estee for her many suggestions.

CHUCK (V.O)

Hey I'm Chuck. Here's a couple of things you might need to know or maybe you just… [Okay, everybody reading this should already know what happened in Season 2. I encourage you to read my season 3 episode 1, Chuck vs. the Ringmaster.

If you're dead-set against it, then here are a few things you might need to know: Chuck's Intersect skills are unpredictable, particularly what skill he acquires during a flash. Chuck and team are back working for Beckman, but she doesn't know about the Intersect 2.0 in Chuck's head. Chuck and Casey have opened a "Spy Store" as their new cover and have employed Big Mike, Jeff, and Lester. Ellie and Devon have moved to a new house. Sarah has moved into the apartment with Chuck as part of their cover (taking their relationship to the next level) but Beckman has given them separate bedrooms. Oh, and there's some evidence that Chuck's not actually using his bedroom…]

[Early morning in Chuck and Sarah's apartment. It looks different than when it was occupied by Ellie and Devon. New furniture, new pictures, and some nice decorating touches perhaps added by some of the remaining members of Casey's multi-talented team. The camera moves past the open door into Chuck's bedroom and we see that it hasn't changed at all from the last time we saw it. The bed is empty and made. The "Morgan" door is open. As an alarm clock is heard going off followed by Huey Lewis' "Power of Love," the camera moves to the other bedroom where we see Chuck and Sarah spooning under the covers. The bedroom mostly reflects a more "feminine" aesthetic. The alarm clock that Chuck got for Sarah sits on a table on Sarah's side of the bed while Chuck's alarm clock shows 7:00AM and is going off on a table on Chuck's side of the bed. Chuck's arm is above the covers and wrapped around Sarah.]

SARAH
[Mumbling] You have terrible taste in music.

CHUCK
[Also groggy] It's a classic.

SARAH
It should only be played at reunions. Get up and turn it off. And no dancing on the bed – it'll wake me up.

CHUCK
[Turns off the alarm] Don't you need to get up?

SARAH
I don't have a new cover job yet. I'm sleeping in.

CHUCK
We've got some time before I have to be at work… [Kissing the back of her neck]

SARAH
[She turns toward him and just when you think they're going to perform an encore of the motel scene from Chuck vs. the Colonel, she puts her fingers gently over his mouth and says:] Okay, but lets brush our teeth, morning breath is only romantic the first time. Grab me a glass of water from the kitchen?

CHUCK
I'm on it. [He springs up and heads out the door. Sarah watches from the bed.]

[The camera follows Chuck as he heads to the kitchen. Ellie is at the counter making breakfast.]

Hey sis. 'Morning.

[Chuck grabs a glass of water and exits the kitchen back toward the bedroom when he stops and back-tracks to the kitchen and looks quizzically at Ellie.] What'cha doin' here? I realize that I crashed at your place for five years but with your new house… Well, I didn't expect you to return the favor…

ELLIE
I'm sorry. There's just so much to be done at the house and with our hours at work we just can't make any progress. I just wanted a peaceful breakfast without having to dig through boxes for a knife. I'm sorry, I'm interrupting…

CHUCK
[Having trouble remembering which cover story to use with Ellie.] No you're not interrupting at all, we're sleeping separately.

ELLIE
What's wrong, Chuck?

CHUCK
No, I mean, that's crazy. She's up there now, waiting for me in our bed.

ELLIE
Okay, Charles. A little too much information.

CHUCK
Right. Sorry. We're doing great. It's great. [Big Chuck smile] Really great.

[Ellie gives him a big, happy, hug.]

What are you guys doing for the long weekend?

ELLIE
We actually both have the time off, but we'll probably just spend it unpacking.

CHUCK
How 'bout Sarah and I come over and help out. We can grill and make it a party.

ELLIE
That'd be great little brother. Really great. I'll let myself out the Morgan door…

[Camera shot from the parking lot through the new Spy Store. It looks exactly like the Buy More (after all we need to try to bring down the fictional production costs) except the dominant Buy More Green has been replaced with Spy Store Black and the electronics they sell are Spy-related. Security cameras, long-range microphones, bugs, cleverly-disguised voice recorders, binoculars, and many other assorted "spy" devices line the shelves. The camera picks up Chuck with a customer demonstrating an infrared security camera. Casey interrupts and whispers to Chuck]

CASEY
Can I see you in the back?

CHUCK
[Finishing up with the customer.] Take your time. If you decide to get it, Jeff can help you at the cash register. [Following Casey toward the back of the store] What's up? New mission?

CASEY
Nope.

[They pass Big Mike's office (complete with Fish) and head down the back hallway toward the shipping/receiving area and the storage "cage". They come around a corner and almost run into Lester and Jeff who immediately put something behind their backs and act innocent.

CHUCK
What are you guys doing back here?

JEFF
We were just…

LESTER
Nothing. Why do you ask?

CHUCK
'Cause I know you. Never mind, just get out on the floor. There's a guy looking at infrared security cameras that may want to check out.

LESTER
We're on it. [They start to leave.]

CHUCK
And guys. Any legal costs resulting from your actions will come out of your paychecks.

JEFF
[Under his breath] As if we make that much. [He turns and we see a glossy magazine with a scantily-clad woman tucked into the back of his pants.]

CASEY
Let's go. This store is a cover, not an career. Let Big Mike handle those two.

[They have arrived in the shipping area at a gray metal door labeled "Cleaning supplies"]

CHUCK
What's this?

CASEY
New entrance. [He opens the door to reveal a small room with mops, and some shelves with various cleaning solutions.]

CHUCK
Shouldn't it have a special lock?

CASEY
Its labeled cleaning supplies, [taps the sign] I don't think that we have to worry about any of the dedicated employees you've selected so far setting foot in here. [He opens a gray electrical panel on the back wall of the closet, and says] Colonel John Casey [A green light "scans" his eye] Besides the voice print and retinal scan are still required to operate the elevator.

CHUCK
[Alarm] The what? [They both drop out of the bottom of the camera shot because the whole closet is an elevator that goes down a level.]

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[They enter Castle by the main entrance at the top of the metal stairs]

CHUCK
[As they descend the steps.] Nobody sprung for a new Castle?

CASEY
[sneering]The powers that be thought we needed to cut costs so we just re-routed a few of the entrances. There's one thing new and it's all for you. [Cringes at his own un-intentional rhyme.]

CHUCK
Is it more special than a Casey rhyme?

CASEY
[Grunts and grabs a martial arts outfit off a table and throws it to Chuck who catches some of it.] Go over there and put this on. You've got training.

CHUCK
[Picking up the rest of the outfit and moving off camera to change (sorry ladies)] What? Why?

CASEY
You signed up Chuck. Everybody gets trained.

CHUCK (V.O.) (from off-screen)
Hey, does the opening go in the front or the back, 'cause I always get that wrong at the doctor's.

CASEY
The front, numnuts. It's a Karate Gi not an examination gown.

CHUCK (V.O.)
So, do you want me to teach you some Kung Fu?

CASEY
Funny, Bartowski.

CHUCK (V.O.)
What are we learning today?

CASEY
Some humility if I had anything to say about it.

CHUCK
You're not teaching me?

CASEY
Nope.

CHUCK
[Entering in Karate Gi] Good. No offense, but I'm thinking your training would involve a lot of pain.

CASEY
You have no idea.

CHUCK
[They go to a new door off the main Castle room.] This is new. So Sarah's teaching me?

CASEY
You wish. Remember – no intersect skills – just you Chuck. Good luck.

[He shoves Chuck in the room and locks the door behind him. The menacing figure of Casey's old Sensei, Ty Bennett stands in a Karate Gi in the middle of the room.]

CHUCK
Help! [He assumes "the Morgan" pose]

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