Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer
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Episode 5
- "All Out of Love" by Air Supply
- "Council Estate" by Tricky
- "Tom Sawyer" by Rush
- "The Touch" by Stan Bush
- "Sleepdriving" by Grand Archives
| "Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" | |
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| Chuck episode | |
 Chuck is forced to win Missile Command. | |
| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 5 |
| Directed by | Norman Buckley |
| Written by | Phil Klemmer |
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| Production code | 3T7255 |
| Original air date | October 27, 2008 |
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"Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer" is the fifth episode of the second season of Chuck. It originally aired on NBC on October 27, 2008. Life in espionage takes its toll on Chuck Bartowski and everyone is taking notice. Chuck tries to explain his unusual behavior to Ellie Bartowski and to the quirky Buy More efficiency expert Emmett Milbarge (Tony Hale), but a new assignment only complicates things. After a global terrorist comes searching for Jeff Barnes, Chuck is forced to socialize with Jeff in order to find out what role the oddball plays in the mission.
Chuck Bartowski arrives late to the Buy More and Morgan Grimes warns him about the new efficiency expert. As Chuck meets Emmett Milbarge, he flashes on a tough-looking bald man. John Casey identifies the man as Farrokh Bulsara, a global terrorist. Chuck's assignment is to find out why a terrorist is tracking Jeff.
Chuck asks Jeff about the man who was looking for him. Jeff thinks it is one of his fans and reveals a video to Chuck that he has not shown to anyone else: a 25-year-old news video of Jeff being declared the Missile Command world champion. It is revealed that Morimoto, the designer of Missile Command, worked for the Japanese military and was in the command of actual missiles, loaded into a satellite that is laying dormant in orbit.
Chuck infiltrates Morimoto's company, where he finds Morimoto playing Missile Command while listening to the Rush song "Tom Sawyer." Morimoto explains that he hid secret codes to the satellite on the arcade game's kill screen. It is revealed that a bomb has been wired to the game console, and Morimoto urges them to run. They escape before the bomb explodes, incinerating Morimoto.
At Castle, General Beckman realizes that the satellite must be shot down. Chuck proposes the alternate plan of having Jeff play Missile Command to the kill screen, which Jeff agrees to do. Jeff prepares to play to the kill screen, but collapses under the pressure. Chuck realizes that the mathematical pattern underlying the game is the same as the song "Tom Sawyer". Morgan plays the song, and Chuck plays to the kill screen in front of the crowd.