Chuck Me Mondays: “Chuck vs. the Sandworm” (Giveaway!)

**Congrats to Eonwe, winner of this week’s giveaway!**

It’s not actually Halloween, but do we really care? Chuck continues what will be a tradition of giving the male AND female viewers a healthy dose of eye candy alongside a potent storyline. This week, Chuck sees what could be his future when he meets another nerd-turned-government-asset who wants out. Is Chuck destined for the same fate? Here’s the official synopsis:

HALLOWEEN – Chuck (Zachary Levi) accidentally runs into a fellow government agent who seems to be living a similar life. It turns out this agent is a gadget whiz, whose brain makes him a national security asset and a dangerous liability, much like Chuck. Chuck faces a predicament whether he should help turn this agent into Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Casey (Adam Baldwin) or help this agent escape his handlers. Meanwhile, Halloween, a holiday that means a lot to Chuck and Morgan (Joshua Gomez) as buddies, proves to be a little different this year as Morgan feels that Chuck is neglecting both their childhood and friendship.

Lots of promotional photos were released for this episode, plus we have 1600+ screencaps in our Gallery. You can also download the songs using this episode on our Music page.

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98 comments

  1. You gotta love Jeff and Lester’s costumes

  2. The Comic Con picture of Chuck and Sarah is priceless! A great ep all around.

  3. Best part when Sarah says they’re a real couple. Funny part when Casey reveals what he has heard. Monday is Subway footlong nite. Boy, March is so far away.

  4. I hope there will be some real couple episodes in season 3 for Chuck and Sara.

  5. How did we do on twitter this week? Hope we were a trend.
    Gotta love Morgan in this ep. 🙂

  6. Need I say that Captain Awesome looked mighty fine in his costume. 😉

  7. Captain Awesome and his snake *urgh the image will follow me forever*^^

    the sandwich theory was a nice idee

    but Yvonne, in StarWars Outfit, was the best

  8. that was a asome episode

  9. Perhaps in season 3 there will be an episode where Chuck and Sarah really do go to Comicon dressed as Hans Solo and Princess Leah.
    They could run into Adam Baldwin at a Firefly exhibit.

  10. i love this one.
    im trying to think of the specifics but i cant!
    everything about this one was good.
    and its the first of the ones where sarah starts inadvertanly acting like a real girlfriend.
    and nothing wrong with a good lay…uh
    😉

  11. I watched Dune about 2 weeks ago for the first time. This episode reminded me of it. Of course, I only watched it because of Chuck. 🙂

  12. Great episode! I loved the awkwardness between Chuck and Sarah before their “relationship.” I CANT WAIT FOR SEASON 3!

  13. Mystery crisper! Mystery crisper! LOL

    One of the questions that popped into my head after watching this episode for the umpteenth time, if the sandworm costume was so important, why did it take Morgan almost a year to take it to the dry cleaners to get the ranch dressing out?

  14. Chuck vs. the sandworm is one of my favs. i always like when they bring in new careactors, even if they don’t stay it always give us a deeper look into one or more of the careactors.

  15. Dylan Anderson

    i love this eposode it is really cool. “Do you Want to see my snake”?
    HAHAHAHAHA
    Viva Buymoria

  16. One of the best episodes of the first season, at least in my opinion! =)

    Also, before this, the song “Dice” kind of annoyed me when I had to listen to it, but now I even enjoy it, ’cause it always makes me grin when I think about that Chuck&Morgan moment! ^.^

  17. I think this is one of my favorite episodes of the early half of the first season. The fun had with the costumes, and the hilarity involving Morgan cannot be denied. =)

  18. Speaking of science fiction movies (the Sandworm was from Dune and Sarah as Princess Leah), I watched Independence Day over the weekend. I had forgotten that Adam Baldwin played Major Mitchell in that movie.

  19. Princess Leia…

  20. Sarah totally rocks the Princess Leia slave bikini! Sandworm! Sandworm! Sandworm! The funniest part has got to be when Casey listens in on Chuck and Morgan argueing about what kind of sandwhich they would take on a desert island. Haha!

  21. How can you not love Yvonne Strahovski in a Princess Leia costume?

  22. OMG love this episode.

    Favorite part is the scene between Morgan and Chuck, at the Halloween Party that mimics the a scene on the OC.

    “I didnt know if you were going to show”

    haha gotta love it

  23. Morgan sans shirt or Awesome sans shirt. Which would YOU rather see?

  24. Mystery Crisper!!!

  25. I would love to watch Chuck S1 on BluRay!

  26. I love that the show make references to other Sci-Fi films and other pop culture mainstays. Strahovski in the Leia costume is frankly the only one who should wear the costume ever. You have to love references to Dune, Tron, and how they even parody “The OC” during the Chuck and Morgan reunion.

    I LOVE THIS SHOW!

  27. Hey this has nothing to do with this ep but Chuck vs ex and fat lady are now playing on hulu. The entire episode. Though my fellow Chuck fans would want to know. 🙂

  28. Love this episode! Not only is the sandworm funny, but so is the whole interview thing at the Buy More! Haha! Can’t wait for season 3!

  29. I was over on the Chuck message boards at NBC, and we were talking about a marathon of S1 and S2 episodes the few weekends before Chuck S3 starts.
    Unless there is an early start to the season, the Olympics will be on at the same time.

    So how about taking the Chuck Me Mondays into high gear just before S3 and have the Chuck Me Marathon. Imagine two all weekend virtual viewing parties.

    Hey I am probably going to spend those two weekends going through the S1 and S2 DVD sets anyways. The only winter olynpics sport I am into is Hockey, so should have most of those weekends free.

  30. aahh the costumes they were great

  31. In retrospect, this episode foreshadows how sandwiches will ultimately help save Chuck. 😉

  32. Roast beef… >.>

  33. @Debbie E – That is good. 🙂

  34. Great episode! Love the sandworm costume!

  35. Nobody does Halloween better than Chuck!

  36. Strange episode in that Casey and Sarah are barely in this one.

  37. @OldDarth-Hmmmm……Now that you metioned it, there wasn’t much Casey and Sarah in this ep. I wonder why that was?

  38. I was just wondering does anyone know when season 2 is coming out?

  39. Sylv22,

    August.

  40. Just watched Chuck vs the Colonel the other night. Amazing how far the characters have come in just two seasons. Such a difference in Morgan between his “bringing Chuck down” in Chuck vs the Sandworm, and being Emmett’s “A#$ Man” in Chuck vs the Colonel (one of the best nicknames in the show BTW). Can’t wait to see what they do w/S3!

  41. On the NBC Chuck message boards somebody mentioned that the S2 DVD/Blue Ray sets will be out some time in August. Hopefully in time for me to continue with Chuckme Mondays – as a Canadian I don’t get the on-line episodes at least not without using adware that gives me a US IP address but tons of ads poppling up.

  42. Gord – I hope your info is right about the DVD release! In the UK, we are well behind on the episodes, but I am soooo glad they renewed.

    My favourite part of this episode is mike in the pimp suit! Bloomin’ hilarious 😀

    Excellent site you have here, bookmarked 😀

  43. Sarah/Yvonne is so sexy

  44. Yeah, Big Mike’s suit was great! Jeffster’s costume was hilarious too! Love the Buy More dynamic.

  45. Yeah, I also noticed on this episode that Sarah and Casey were barely on.

  46. Favorite line – Casey: I’m starting to feel like the guy who always gets picked last and I don’t like feeling like Team Chuck’s little fat kid.

  47. hey, mel, just wanted to ask, who won the giveaway 🙂

  48. Hilarious episode.
    Just finished watching S02 with my girlfriend. Gotta start over again ;o)