How was that for a post-Thanksgiving fete? Though I do hope your festivities last week involved fewer guns and psychopaths. Read on for all the tasty dish (under the headings of my favorite Thanksgiving fare) from this week's episode -- which also happens to be the final episode of 2010!
Cranberry Saucy
Intersect update: Yep, still gone. But where better to brush up on your hand-to-hand combat than a strip kick class? Never thought I'd see Chuck pole dancing to Lady Gaga, but he made it look good. Although seeing Morgan grind on the stripper pole was a little disturbing.
The combat training, however strange, comes in handy when three assassins attack Chuck under Volkoff's order of death. But when Chuck and Sarah begin to get overwhelmed, one mom, a smoking gun and three dead assassins later, they find themselves having to trust Frost yet again.
Mashed Pota-totally Surprised
What does Volkoff want so badly that he's willing to undertake a full CIA assault of the Buy More? Frost, of course. When Volkoff weepily says, "I'm not leaving here without you, my love." -- well, that's news to Chuck. Turns out Volkoff's in love with Frost!
Frost says that they've never been together, and Sarah praises her ability to turn Volkoff's one-sided infatuation with her into a major intelligence asset. She's trying to take down the network, not just the man, Frost asserts.
Via the red phone of doom, Chuck threatens Frost's life, and Volkoff counters with his own explosive threat claiming that he'd rather Frost die than have to live without him. Crazy (in love) guy, huh?
Eventually, they release Frost back to Volkoff on the promise that he'll leave them alone. But no such luck. With Chuck on the ground and face-to-face with Volkoff's gun, Frost reveals that Chuck is her son. Really!
Volkoff's reaction is a strange one -- he wants to meet her family and is sad that she kept them a secret. Conveniently, when Ellie calls to invite Chuck to a post-Thanksgiving dinner at her house, Volkoff invites himself over. Kids love him, he promises. Yeah, about as a much as kids love getting their cavities filled, I'm sure.
Tur-keeping It in the Family
At Ellie's, things are awkward at first, but things start to get fun when charades are involved. (Side note: Anyone catch what Volkoff was trying to act out? Movie, three words and not Bourne Identity.)
Chuck manages to tell Awesome what's going on, and they enact a savvy plan to get him and Ellie out of the apartment for a hospital "emergency." Once they leave, a standoff ensues in the courtyard that ends with Frost telling Volkoff why she never told him about her family: He only knows how to control, not love.
Frost promises to leave with Volkoff if he promises not to hurt her family and their friends. He agrees, and she apologizes to Chuck with the hopes that he'll be able to trust her someday. He sends her off with the assurance that he already does trust her.
Extra Stuffing
- Yes, Morgan deserved that Subway meatball sandwich for a job well done at the Buy More. Any of you brave (or crazy) enough to tackle Black Friday this year?
- Morgan, shirtless, gun, packing tape, Yippee-Ki-Yay epic fail, total awesomeness.
- AND ... most importantly, after getting Papa Bartowski's laptop from Devon, Chuck answers his father's final riddle "1 or 11?" with "Aces, Charles," and he downloads the Intersect again! Huzzah!