Episode 4.03

“Chuck vs. the Cubic Z”
Airdate: October 4, 2010
Gallery: Promotional Photos | Screencaps

Official Synopsis – added 9.17.10

Chuck AND Sarah’S PAST COMES BACK TO “HUNT” THEM WHEN A PRISON TRANSFER DELIVERS OLD FOES TO THE BUY MORE–NICOLE RICHIE, STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN AND STACY KIEBLER GUEST STAR — Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah’s (Yvonne Strahovski) romantic mission is cancelled with the arrival of Hugo Panzer (guest star Stone Cold Steve Austin) and Heather Chandler (guest star Nicole Richie). But Chuck grows more interested when the manipulative Heather claims to know a secret about his mom. Meanwhile, as Morgan (Joshua Gomez) prepares the Buy More for a huge video game release, he gets a surprise from Big Mike (Mark Christopher Lawrence). Adam Baldwin, Vik Sahay, Scott Krinsky and Bonita Friedericy also star.

Live Twitcast From The Set – added 08.14.10

Zac shows again why the Chuck cast and crew is the best.  He TwitCasted live from the set twice while shooting episode 3.03 4.03.

SPOILERS!!!!

The first one happened just before I went to bed at approximately 08:30 PM PST:

Clip 1

Imagine my surprise and amazement to find Zac had TwitCasted for a second time around 2:30 AM PST shortly before I woke up!

Talk about your Hard Day’s Night!

Clip 2

Guest Stars – 08.02.10

Stacy Keibler tweeted this morning that she’ll be guest starring on Chuck this season, after giving us some clues yesterday. Ausiello has now confirmed that what most of us assumed, that she’ll play Greta in episode 4.03 (title TBA). She’ll take on the role after Olivia Munn and Isaiah Mustafa, joining the ranks of Greta-of-the-week in the reimagined Buy More this season.

Keibler also revealed that she’ll be in the same episode that sees the return of ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin, and therefore Nicole Richie. The episode starts filming this week and will air in October.

Guest Stars – added 07.22.10

Now this is big news: Nicole Richie and Steve Austin will be reprising their roles on Chuck this season, per Ausiello. Richie played Heather Chandler in fan favorite season 2 episode “Chuck vs. the Cougars”. She was Sarah’s high school “mean girl” who turned out to be involved in nefarious goings on at their reunion 10 years later. She’ll appear in an episode slated for October (we believe it’s episode 4.04) when a prison transfer goes wrong and Heather ends up at Castle for safe keeping. Per Ausiello, her arrival coincides with some serious bumps in Chuck and Sarah’s relationship, which she’ll try to use to her advantage.

Steve Austin will reprise his role as Hugo Panzer from season 3′s “Chuck vs. First Class” later this season. No word on what Hugo’s doing back in Chuck’s world, but we have a feeling he’ll be out for a little bit of revenge against the nerd who took him down in the airplane.