Chuck Episode 3.11 Chuck Versus the Final Exam

Flash forward: Chuck's chasing down a mysterious man and once he catches up to him it seems as though Chuck is finally ready to use a gun. However, three days ago things were different--Lester and Jeff were up to their usual tomfoolery in the Buy More until Casey, now a civilian and the new Ass Man--put the insurgents in their place by banging their heads together. Chuck checks in on Casey's civilian experience and tells him that he'll quit if Beckman doesn't reinstate him. However, Casey realizes that he put his team and his country in danger and is in full acceptance of the consequences. Casey's got more problems to deal with when Big Mike tells him Jeff and Lester are now threatening to sue Casey for using physical force against them.

Chuck meets Sarah down in Castle and tries to get a feel for what she and Shaw were doing in D.C. Chuck finds out that in D.C. Shaw and Sarah decided with General Beckman to put Chuck through his final spy test. If Chuck fails this test he will have to go back to his old life--but if he succeeds, he will be a real spy, based in Rome, with the cover of a billionaire industrialist. Chuck's excited to hear this news until he realizes that he will be alone in his new life--with no Sarah. She'll be in D.C. with Shaw.

The next morning, Sarah surprises Chuck at his apartment to tell him that his mission has started--this is how real agents get missions in the field. Sarah's job right now is to observe and report. He opens up a blue packet and pulls out a small video player as Sarah records his every move. General Beckman pops up on the video and she informs Chuck of his mission: F.S.B. Russian Agent Anatoly Zevloski has been fed information by a mole in the C.I.A. whom Beckman believes works for The Ring. Chuck's mission is to ascertain the identity of the mole at the Pinnacle Hotel and Spa in Los Angeles. When Chuck wants to hear the message again, the video player self-destructs, just like in the movies. Sarah continues to write down everything Chuck is doing--and she admits that they have been through a lot together.

Chuck realizes this could be his and Sarah's last mission together--and that Sarah wants him to pass his test and become a real spy. Back at the Buy More, Casey watches Big Mike get measured and fitted for a new suit--and Big Mike offers Casey some fashion advice, to which Casey reluctantly agrees. Meanwhile, Chuck sets up for his last mission and offers Sarah some champagne and sizzling shrimp, in memory of their first stake-out together.

Chuck inquires about Sarah's relationship with Shaw, but she's foggy about it and says how it's different than how it is with him. Shaw interrupts Chuck and Sarah's moment and tells him to get it together. Chuck admits to Sarah that he thinks about what would have happened if he'd made a different decision about Prague, and if he passes this test now, he'll become a real spy and they could really be together--if Sarah were willing to give it another shot. As they're about to kiss, Shaw interrupts them again.

Chuck's target has entered the hotel and he needs to go after him--Chuck is now on his own. Using surveillance glasses, Shaw watches Chuck's every move as he enters the Spa to meet with Anatoly. Chuck enters the steam room and finds Anatoly Zevloski with his muscle--under the cover name of Ivan Drago. Ivan receives a note to meet someone upstairs and Chuck quickly rushes to find the note--but Ivan's muscle catches him in the act. Quickly, Chuck skill-flashes on judo and takes down both thugs.

By following "Ivan Drago," Chuck climbs from one balcony to another to identify the mole--who kills Ivan because the mole is now directly with The Ring. But Chuck still hasn't gotten a look at the mole's face. He uses a bird call to get the mole to come to the window and gets a confirmed identity: Hunter Perry. Chuck, still hanging from the balcony, believes he has passed his test--he's a spy, a naked spy.

Casey has taken Big Mike's fashion advice and is dressed in a sharp suit to have a sit-down lunch with Jeff and Lester at Subway. Casey apologizes for roughing them up--but Jeff and Lester drive a hard bargain. Not only does Casey have to pay for their lunch, he must also take a bite out of Jeff's sandwich, after Jeff has already eaten some of it. Unbeknownst to these Buy Morons, Casey has been through worse, and gladly takes a bite of Jeff's "tuna-roni" sandwich.

Chuck wants to know when he'll get his "official" spy card. Sarah asks Chuck to meet her for dinner later at Traxx at Union Station. Chuck gives Casey a gun from Castle as a present--and Casey thanks him. Chuck believes he has passed his final test and is excited for his dinner with Sarah--but Casey seems unsure if Chuck really knows what he's in for. He tells him to be ready for anything.

Down at Castle, Shaw tells Sarah that Chuck has to kill Hunter Perry as his last test, the Red Test. Sarah is mad at Shaw for not telling her and will not be a part of it. Shaw believes that if Sarah tells Chuck to kill Perry, he'll do it. Chuck goes to Traxx to meet Sarah for their "dinner" and she tells him about his Red Test. Perry will be meeting Chuck for dinner. She hands him a picture of Hunter Perry and tells him that he must kill him. Sarah then passes Chuck a red napkin with a gun inside of it. Chuck is shocked at this news--but if he doesn't go through with this Red Test, he won't become a spy, and he and Sarah can't be together. One thing's for sure though: after tonight, there is no turning back.

Hunter Perry arrives at Traxx just as Sarah leaves and he meets with Chuck--but it's not long before Chuck's chasing Perry into the bathroom for a brutal knife fight. Perry slashes Chuck on the leg and then Chuck skill-flashes on knife-fight combat. When Chuck has his chance to kill Perry he doesn't take it, and Perry tells Chuck that The Ring was going to kill him. When Perry compares Chuck to Ring agents, Chuck decides to arrest Perry and not kill him.

Perry isn't to be trusted though and he turns on Chuck, making another run for it. Chuck and Perry are in an all-out chase now through the train tracks. Sarah comes to help Chuck, but she can't find the two men between the trains. Chuck holds Perry at gunpoint and right before Perry pulls out his gun a shot rings out: it's Casey--who shoots Perry before disappearing behind a train car. However, Sarah finds Chuck just in time and sees him standing over Perry's dead body and believes that he has killed a man. Sarah confirms with Shaw that Chuck has officially passed his test.

Later, back at his apartment complex, Chuck talks to Casey about the Red Test. Casey tells Chuck that no one can know the truth about what happened tonight because Casey is technically a civilian and what he did was murder. Chuck can't even tell Sarah. All that matters is that Beckman and Shaw think Chuck killed Perry--and this means he's a real spy. But Chuck doesn't feel like one, and doesn't even know who he is anymore. Casey can't offer any advice to Chuck about that--but he does know that Chuck's not a killer and that's why he killed Perry for him.

Chuck desperately tries to contact Sarah. There's another blue packet waiting for him at home with a video from General Beckman and she congratulates him. He has a badge and ticket to go to D.C. for his induction and processing. After the video player self-destructs Chuck tries to call Sarah again, but she doesn't pick up. He leaves her a message, and Sarah tells Shaw that she can't believe Chuck killed a man and she can't help blaming herself. Then she admits that she is no longer in love with him.

Sarah remembers her Red Test and how horrible it was for her--and that she didn't want to kill her target, but then she saw the woman reach for a weapon (or so she thought) and Sarah reacted by shooting her. Shaw tries to comforts Sarah, but she admits it was the worst day of her life. Back in Chuck's apartment he gets a knock on the door; it's a C.I.A. operative ready to escort him to Washington. But Chuck's not sure if he's ready.