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"Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff" is the 20th episode of the fourth season of ''Chuck'', and the 74th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Robert Duncan McNeill and written by Nicholas Wootton and Amanda Kate Shuman. It originally aired April 11, 2011. The episode has several unrelated sub-plots. In the episode, Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski) throws Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi) a surprising relationship curveball as the CIA orders Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan) assassinated. In order to prove Vivian's innocence, Chuck must put his trust in a dangerous allyVivian's father Alexei (Timothy Dalton). Meanwhile, Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb (Sarah Lancaster) suspects that her mother Mary (Linda Hamilton) is interfering with the search into her father Stephen's past. "Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff" received positive reviews from critics. However, the episode continued ''Chuck'' steady decline in viewership, drawing 4.03 million viewers, a series low. According to the Nielsen ratings system, it had a 2.5/4 share among all households and 1.3/4 share among those aged 18–49. ==Plot== After Ellie Bartowski-Woodcomb (Sarah Lancaster) unlocks files about "Agent X" on her father's laptop, she begins reading about the Intersect. Ellie later discovers that her mother Mary (Linda Hamilton) has deleted a file. Ellie and Devon Woodcomb (Ryan McPartlin) spy on Mary and witness her deleting more files. It is then revealed that Mary has extracted the files for General Diane Beckman (Bonita Friedericy). Mary urges Chuck to stop lying to Ellie and tell her the truth about his place in the CIA. Meanwhile, Sarah Walker presents Chuck with a prenuptial agreement. Advised by John Casey (Adam Baldwin) and Morgan Grimes (Joshua Gomez) to "be cool", Chuck signs the agreement, worrying Sarah, who had expected an emotional reaction. Morgan receives an invitation to go to Alex McHugh's (Mekenna Melvin) graduation. To hide the fact that Casey is still alive from her mother, Alex arranges to meet Casey between the ceremony and dinner with her mother. In the episode's main plot, the CIA orders Vivian Volkoff (Lauren Cohan) assassinated for the murders in "Chuck Versus the Muuurder", but Chuck negotiates a meet to determine if Vivian is really guilty. As a sign of good faith, Vivian gives them a weapon from the Volkoff Industries arsenal. Suddenly, a sniper shoots Vivian in the arm, causing her to flee. Chuck and Sarah meet Vivian's father Alexei Volkoff (Timothy Dalton) in prison, and he confirms that the weapon is one of three components of the "Norseman", a DNA tracker that could instantly kill a target. Volkoff asserts that he is a changed man. In exchange for a meeting with his daughter, Volkoff agrees to lead the team to the missing components. The team travels to Mogadishu, Somalia, and acquires the targeting device from pirate Ellyas Abshir (Kevin Daniels). They then travel to the Swiss Alps to obtain the killing agent, thorium. Volkoff manages to access the vault by winning a game of computer chess before a timer expires and triggers several turrets. Outside, Sarah and Casey detect Russian chatter and rush to Chuck's aid, only to become trapped by Vivian, who is ''not'' injured. When Volkoff asks his daughter to release him, she refuses, feeling deceived and abandoned by him. She takes the thorium and leaves everyone in the vault with armed plasma bombs which Volkoff deactivates with a portable EMP generator. At Castle, Volkoff says goodbye to Mary before being returned to custody. As Casey grows increasingly uncomfortable with Alex lying to her mother, he considers revealing himself to her mother. It is revealed that Sarah has money saved up in case her father is arrested again, and she tears the prenuptial agreement. Chuck later brings his own document, requiring that Sarah never suggest divorce, which she gladly signs. Chuck takes Mary's advice to tell Ellie the truth about his place in the CIA. However, when he goes to confess and first mentions their father's computer, Ellie lies to his face. At Volkoff Industries, Vivian is determined to find and kill "Agent X", the only person her father ever feared. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuck Versus the Family Volkoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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