The Best Episodes of Chuck Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(2669 votes)

   #1 - Chuck Versus the Intersect

   S1:E19/24/2007

   Chuck Bartowski is an average computer geek until files of government secrets are downloaded into his brain. He is soon scouted by the CIA and NSA to act in place of their computer.

   Director:McG

   Writers:Chris Fedak, Josh Schwartz

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   Director:McG

   Writers:Chris Fedak, Josh Schwartz
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   7.8/10(2009 votes)

   #2 - Chuck Versus the Helicopter

   S1:E210/1/2007

   As Chuck is beginning to adapt to his new life as a spy, a doctor who could possibly "cure" Chuck is murdered. Chuck then begins a high-speed fight for his life, all while trying to decide which of his two new colleagues might be out to get him. Meanwhile, Chuck's sister Ellie invites Sarah to dinner to meet the family.

   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writers:Chris Fedak, Josh Schwartz

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   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writers:Chris Fedak, Josh Schwartz
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   8.1/10(1932 votes)

   #3 - Chuck Versus the Tango

   S1:E310/8/2007

   Chuck needs the help of Morgan and the Nerd Herd to prove that he is ready to become the store's assistant manager. Sarah and John assign Chuck his first undercover spy mission to foil a terrorism plot.

   Director:Jason Ensler

   Writer:Matthew Miller

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   Director:Jason Ensler

   Writer:Matthew Miller
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   8.0/10(1853 votes)

   #4 - Chuck Versus the Wookiee

   S1:E410/15/2007

   Chuck's latest mission has him raiding a Malibu mansion to grab a million dollar diamond being used to fund terrorism. Tagging along is an attractive but less-than-trustworthy DEA agent.

   Director:Allan Kroeker

   Writer:Ali Adler

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   Director:Allan Kroeker

   Writer:Ali Adler
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   7.7/10(1753 votes)

   #5 - Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp

   S1:E510/22/2007

   After his intuition is wrong while working on a stakeout, Chuck feels morally obligated to make things right, even when both Sarah and Casey refuse to help with Chuck's new mission. Meanwhile, Morgan has to participate in a sales competition that could decide his fate at Buy More.

   Director:David Solomon

   Writer:Scott Rosenbaum

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   Director:David Solomon

   Writer:Scott Rosenbaum
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   7.9/10(1726 votes)

   #6 - Chuck Versus the Sandworm

   S1:E610/29/2007

   In this Halloween episode Chuck meets a Federal agent just like him: A computer whiz whose brain is important to national security. However, Chuck soon has a personal dilemma arise when he has to decide whether or not to turn the man over to Sarah and Casey or to help him escape his handlers.

   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writer:Phil Klemmer

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   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writer:Phil Klemmer
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   8.3/10(1759 votes)

   #7 - Chuck Versus the Alma Mater

   S1:E711/5/2007

   Returning to Stanford, the University that expelled him, Chuck has to help a former professor who is a government agent being hunted for a sensitive top-secret file he has in his possession. At the same time, Chuck learns much about himself and about the death of his friend Bryce Larkin.

   Director:Patrick R. Norris

   Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders

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   Director:Patrick R. Norris

   Writer:Anne Cofell Saunders
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   8.5/10(1829 votes)

   #8 - Chuck Versus the Truth

   S1:E811/12/2007

   Chuck must learn to balance a real love life with his cover love life when he meets a charming young woman by the name of Lou. At the same time, his relationship with Sarah gets interesting when the duo must explain their sexual relations with Ellie and Captain Awesome on a double date. Meanwhile, there is trouble when someone is using truth poison in order to retrieve codes for nuclear facilities.

   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writer:Ali Adler

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   Director:Robert Duncan McNeill

   Writer:Ali Adler
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   8.3/10(1734 votes)

   #9 - Chuck Versus the Imported Hard Salami

   S1:E911/19/2007

   Not all of Sarah's feelings for Chuck may have been a cover, as she finds out, when Chuck begins to date Lou, a sandwich maker. When things couldn't get even more complicated, Lou turns out to be part of a smuggling ring.

   Director:Jason Ensler

   Writer:Scott Rosenbaum

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   Director:Jason Ensler

   Writer:Scott Rosenbaum
10. 

    8.4/10(1694 votes)

    #10 - Chuck Versus the Nemesis

    S1:E1011/26/2007

    Chuck discovers that his former roommate and old nemesis, Bryce Larkin, is still alive, and that a renegade group within the CIA is after the Intersect. Chuck then has to balance helping Bryce return to the legitimate CIA, with the year's busiest shopping day at the Buy More.

    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer:Chris Fedak

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    Director:Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer:Chris Fedak
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    7.8/10(1629 votes)

    #11 - Chuck Versus the Crown Vic

    S1:E1112/3/2007

    While coping with the realization that Sarah still has feelings for Bryce, Chuck must assume his toughest cover yet by going on a mission as Sarah's husband. The team must foil the plot of a politically connected counterfeiter, who may be endangering the lives of Anna, Morgan and Anna's parents. Both Morgan and Anna also find themselves in the cross hairs.

    Director:Chris Fisher

    Writer:Zev Borow

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    Director:Chris Fisher

    Writer:Zev Borow
12. 

    8.1/10(1650 votes)

    #12 - Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover

    S1:E121/24/2008

    The episode begins with a flashback to the year 2004, where John Casey is involved with a female Russian named Ilsa, who claims she is a photo journalist. Later, in present day, Ilsa returns with a fiancé, named Victor Federov. Things get complicated when it is revealed that Ilsa is a French spy.

    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye

    Writer:Phil Klemmer

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    Director:Frederick E. O. Toye

    Writer:Phil Klemmer
13. 

    8.5/10(1711 votes)

    #13 - Chuck Versus the Marlin

    S1:E131/24/2008

    Two new characters are introduced, both of whom want to take the Intersect. One is a beautiful, young female enemy agent that works in the Pita Palace next to the Buy More, and the other is a handsome CIA agent who is posing as an undercover police detective investigating a theft at the Buy More who wants to take Chuck into his custody. The former quickly blows Chuck's cover, while the latter kidnaps him and makes him vanish from his former life.

    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Matthew Lau

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    Director:Allan Kroeker

    Writer:Matthew Lau