Does anyone remember the TLC show
Perfect Proposal where they would help men pop the question with highly elaborate schemes? And yes, while I do enjoy the creativity and even the occasional Jumbotron proposal (except maybe
this one which is just awkward), I'm with Casey -- there's no such thing as a perfect moment or spot. All Chuck needs is the girl.
Wine and Dine
Chuck's mighty antsy to propose to his lady love. However, after Sarah reveals that her parents' proposal went horribly wrong (we're talking minor burns here), Chuck must scrap his own plans involving a huge balloon bouquet, champagne, a string quartet, and a horse-drawn carriage.
But there's no time to dwell on the botched proposal with their next mission at hand. Chuck, Sarah and Casey must head to a wine tasting gala in France to retrieve a missing nano-chip containing blueprints of secret European CIA locations. They have some competition in Pierre Melville, a terrorist who's also searching for the chip.
Eventually the team learns that the chip's in a bottle of '86 Chateau LeFranc. Unfortunately for them, the bottle is on a waiter's tray, and there are about a dozen waiters milling about.
Chuck uses his tracker to zero in on the bottle (stable on the label, stork on the cork), but it's empty! He finds the man with the glass of wine containing the chip, and after extolling the virtues of Two-Buck Chuck, he steals the glass. He runs into Pierre, but easily handles him without spilling a drop of wine.
Sub-mission Impossible
Morgan's at Castle instructing Chuck on the perfect moment to propose (balcony at sunset). Things don't work out as planned, but Chuck gets a second chance when Beckman orders them back to France to pose as rogue CIA agents. They'll sell Melville a different chip with a locator in order to root out the entire terrorist cell.
The exchange goes way too easily (and what of the camera snapshots?), but Chuck's excited for the new plan: a moonlight proposal. However, Sarah has taken control after she hears Chuck and Morgan making plans through the air ducts. She wants to make the proposal happen for Chuck's sake. And for hers.
Cut to the balcony. Both Chuck and Sarah have butterflies (adorable), and Chuck makes an impassioned speech about how he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. But before he can slip the ring on her finger, the CIA arrives to arrest Sarah for treason!
C'est La Vie
Turns out that was the General's plan all along: Set up Sarah as a double agent to plant her inside Volkoff and take the organization down. Chuck doesn't understand especially since that's how he lost his mom, but Sarah promises that she's doing for him. She's escorted off, and Chuck takes one last forlorn look at the ring as he shuts the box.
Saskatchewan's Most Eligible Bachelor
... isn't Lester Patel. But his uber-traditional (in the Canadian sense, of course) parents insist on an arranged marriage. He isn't so keen since he's killing it in online dating, but after he meets Jinsana, he deems her a 12. The marriage is on like Donkey Kong.
Jeff and Lester turn the home theater room into a Canadian wonderland complete with flags, poutine and hockey on display. Jinsana's freaked out, but when he backtracks and tells her this isn't the real him, she finds his attempts to impress her cute.
When she comes back, she's met with the sweet sounds of Jeffster covering Whitesnake's "Is This Love." Sadly, she finds it to be the most uncomfortable five minutes of her life and runs away.
To ponder: Will Chuck ever propose to Sarah? Can Lester ever find love? And do you want your own manservant named Jon-Jon?