Chuck Episode 4.13 Chuck vs. the Push Mix

Chuck, Morgan and Alex are in Casey's hospital room. Ellie brings them news that Casey is in good hands and should be conscious in the next day or two. Casey, eyes closed, mumbles the word "pants," leading Morgan to find half a plastic eyeball in his pants. Chuck flashes on the eye, revealing the man who designed it for Volkoff, Ronnie Eimacher, and asks Casey who gave him the eye. Casey whispers, "Sarah."

In an attempt to locate the Hydra network, Frost and Sarah use a robot spider to trick Volkoff's security system and break into his office. While Sarah tries to locate the Hydra, Frost gets a call from Volkoff which he takes, so as not to arouse Vollkoff's suspicion. He tells Frost about his "awful day" and then, through the videophone, kisses her goodnight. Meanwhile, Sarah learns that Volkoff is transferring Hydra to "the Contessa."

Back at Castle, Beckman relays this information to Chuck and Morgan, telling them that Volkoff is sending the Hydra to a woman known as the Contessa. Chuck wants to take action, but Beckman tells him he has to wait. After she hangs up, Chuck tells Morgan that regardless of the general's wishes, he's going to do something, then works on a plan with Morgan. Morgan says his yoga regime has him ready, but he worries that it's a suicide mission. Chuck assures them that they'll be fine, but first they need to find Ronnie Eimacher. They trace him to UC Irvine and make a plan to kidnap him for interrogation.

In his office, Volkoff is nearly crushed by his elevator doors, and gets flashed at by his office lights. When he calls security, the line is dead. A message flashes on his desktop screen: HELLO VOLKOFF. I WANT MY WIFE BACK. Then ORION flashes all over the screen. Volkoff calls on Armand, a trusted assistant, to find Orion, aka Stephen Bartowski, aka Chuck's dad. Armand insists that The Ring killed Orion, but Volkoff sends him out regardless, and tells Armand that he'll be with the Contessa.

All nerves about Ellie's impending delivery, Awesome visits Chuck, who gives him a "push mix" music CD he's created to be played during the delivery and an emergency number to call for a special CIA team to rush Ellie to the hospital when the time comes. As Awesome leaves, Jeff blocks him while Lester steals the push mix. The musical duo is afraid the music Chuck's chosen will be all wrong. Mission accomplished, they let a confused Awesome leave the store. Lester complains about the "indie music" that Chuck must have put on the mix ("It's like, we get it dude, you're cool!"), and decides that what the baby needs is a performance delivery-room style from... Jeffster!

Morgan and Chuck wrap Chuck's bathroom in black bags to make it an interrogation room. The first man they interrogate insists on his ignorance. When Morgan growls, "Do not play games with us, Ronnie Eimacher," the man says his name is Barry Greenfield. Chuck and Morgan do better the second time, getting the "real" Eimacher. He says they're in serious trouble. He was kidnapped and forced to design the Hydra, and Volkoff threatened to kill everyone he knew if he didn't do it. When Chuck asks who the Contessa is, Eimacher says she's not a person, she's a ship.

Awesome is exercising in the living room when Ellie announces that her water has broken. Awesome freaks out, and hurriedly refers to the plan he's written out on the wall, only to find that the push mix is missing. Ellie insists she doesn't need it. Awesome digs frantically in his bag for the emergency number Chuck gave him, but before he can do anything, there's a knock at the door. Ellie answers, and the well-dressed CIA agent at the door tells her, "Mrs. Whitcomb, your transport service has arrived."

One of Volkoff's men disarms Frost. Volkoff shoots him, saying, "No one touches my Frost." Volkoff shows Frost a message from Orion: "Meet me at Twin Pines cabin. Godspeed, my love." Frost insists she has no idea where it came from. Volkoff scoffs, saying that there are hundreds more just like it. Frost still claims ignorance, but says that her husband " dead or alive " is 10 times the man Volkoff is, and that she's never stopped thinking about him. Volkoff strokes her cheek and says he's going to visit her husband. When he comes back he'll bring her his body. He gives her a kiss, which she immediately wipes off.

Alex visits Casey in the hospital and brings him a bonsai plant to cheer up the room. She tells him that she likes " more than likes, she's gotten used to - having her dad around. She spent her childhood thinking her dad was dead and doesn't want to do that again. With a grunt of pain, Casey reaches over to hold her hand. In her hospital room, Ellie directs the doctors on how to proceed with inducing her contractions, while Awesome nervously arranges things in the room. Not too convincingly, Ellie explains that he gets this way and he'll be fine.

Volkoff arrives at Twin Pines cabin with his men, and walks into the cabin alone. Spying a shadowy, seated figure, he says, "Orion, we finally meet." The figure stands; it's Chuck. He says, "Hello Alexi, I believe you were looking for me," then knocks him out. Chuck ties Volkoff up and trains a gun on him. Volkoff insists Chuck can't kill him; he has access to all of Chuck's friends and family. While talking, Volkoff looses himself from his binds, and suddenly surprises Chuck with a punch that knocks him off his chair.

Volkoff tells Chuck that he's now responsible for the deaths of his friends and family. Cut to Armand suffocating Casey with a pillow. Casey reaches over to the bonsai plant but then his hand falls away. Armand looks at Casey's heart monitor " the pulse registers zero. Smiling, Armand whispers, "Now for the sister." But Casey has duped the would-be assassin by unplugging his monitor and promptly knocks him unconscious. Back at the cabin, Volkoff tells Chuck that if his men don't hear from him, they'll kill Chuck's mother. Then he prepares to shoot Chuck, telling him "Cheers Charles, here's to a family reunion."

Chuck says, "I can't believe you haven't figured out the solution." Volkoff asks, "Solution? What solution?" Chuck responds, "Gotcha." Morgan " hidden somewhere recording Volkoff saying the pieces of his voice password " tells Chuck they have it, and replays the password words in order: Death is the solution to all problems. It's the voice passphrase they've been after, and it promptly opens up Hydra. Chuck explains to Volkoff that the fake communiqué from Orion was more than just a play on Volkoff's jealousy; it was also a virus that will now transfer the entire Hydra network into the cabin's computer.

Chuck tells Volkoff that his father taught him a lot. "Looks can be deceiving (cut to Casey knocking Armand out with the bonsai plant), you fight for your family (cut to Sarah saving Frost), and of course, never use a gun, unless you absolutely have to." Volkoff tries to shoot the gun trained on Chuck, but nothing happens. Volkoff tells Chuck he forgot one thing: all of Volkoff's men are stationed outside. "You'll need an army to get out alive." There's a knock. Chuck opens the door, revealing Beckman and the U.S. Army. Chuck says, "Will they suffice?"

Beckman tells her men to arrest Volkoff. Morgan walks in and tells Chuck that Ellie's having her baby. Chuck tells Morgan to find a ride, but Beckman insists they take an Army chopper. In the delivery room, Awesome is falling apart with anxiety. Ellie tells him he needs to leave until he relaxes. Outside the room, a wheelchair-bound Casey tells Awesome he shouldn't miss his daughter's birth, like Casey missed his daughter's entire childhood. Awesome nods, calms himself, and goes back into the delivery room to take Ellie's hand.

Jeffster infiltrates the waiting room and pumps out a cover of "Push It" for the waiting patients. Finally, Jeff and Lester are escorted out by security. Chuck, Morgan, Frost and Sarah make their way through the hospital to find Casey. Sarah starts to apologize but Casey tells her he's just glad to see her back. A nurse steps out of the delivery room and invites one family member in. Chuck's mom walks in to be with Ellie. Ellie says, "You came," and her mother tells her that they all did. After Ellie gives birth, a tearful Awesome picks up the baby and says,

Alex finds Morgan and Casey walking and rolling down the hall. She tells Casey that she's not going anywhere, and he promises her the same. Morgan - somewhat to Casey's chagrin insists he's not going anywhere either. Outside the delivery room, Chuck and Sarah sit smiling and taking in each other's presence. While a janitor polishes the corridor floor, Chuck stands up, silently opens the box containing the ring, and kneels in front of Sarah. The perfect moment to propose has finally arrived. Ecstatic, she slides into his arms and they kiss.