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Stephen Joseph Bartowski is a recurring character on the television series ''Chuck'' portrayed by actor Scott Bakula. Stephen is the estranged father of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski, and under the government codename "Orion" was the chief designer of the Intersect. ==Biography== Few details about Stephen Bartowski's life have been revealed on the show. His wife, Mary Elizabeth Bartowski, left him under unknown circumstances when Chuck was in the fifth grade〔"Chuck Versus the Best Friend"〕 and although he loved his children, Chuck describes him in "Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp" as "never really there." Stephen is a computer and software genius who attended graduate school with Ted Roark, whom Bartowski would later allege stole all of his best ideas.〔 Sometime after the end of his association with Roark, he went to work for the government. He worked with Dr. Jonas Zarnow〔"Chuck Versus the Helicopter"〕 and Howard Busgang〔"Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon"〕 on the Intersect computer database, where he was the head of the project under the codename "Orion." Stephen would tell Chuck in "Chuck Versus the Dream Job," regarding the Intersect, he designed "just the really cool parts." He would later reveal to Chuck that he tested the Intersect on himself, and thus possesses an older version of it himself.〔"Chuck Versus the Ring"〕 Stephen left his children roughly ten to eighteen years before the events of "Chuck Versus the Dream Job" after promising to make his children pancakes for dinner. This number seems to vary: in the second season, Chuck says that their father abandoned them ten years ago, but at the end of the third season, Chuck indicates that this time was much longer, as Ellie had to raise Chuck and manage the family finances when she was twelve due to the fact that their father left soon after their mother did; their mother supposedly left almost immediately after Chuck broke Mary's necklace, and both Chuck and Ellie are seen as children at this time. As Chuck and Ellie are both in their late twenties at minimum, this further illustrates that the time Stephen left was longer than the time mentioned earlier in the series. At some point, Stephen learned what the government intended to do with the Intersect and knew that others would want it too, whereas he wanted to use it to help people as a learning device. Stephen decided then that he had to go on the run, and stay away from his children in order to protect them. After completing the original Cipher, Stephen purged his personal records and disappeared. Ever since, he has been the target of a major global manhunt by the NSA. According to the "Spy Dossiers" at NBC.com, the manhunt has continued for "over five years,"〔''NBC.com'': (''Spy Dossiers'' )〕 and General Beckman claims to have "had an army of analysts and spies hunting for Orion since before With only his codename to go on, Stephen was targeted by both the government and Fulcrum. Fulcrum assigned Vincent to the task of tracking him down.〔"Chuck Versus the Predator"〕 Stephen faked his death on several occasions.〔 Stephen's mastery of computer systems allowed him to stay one step ahead of his pursuers, to the point that the NSA issued a directive that all communication pertaining to the hunt for Orion be carried out via non-electronic means.〔 "Chuck Versus the Ring" reveals that Stephen had asked Bryce Larkin to look out for his son after he found out the latter protected Chuck at Stanford. Orion asked Larkin to keep him away from the Intersect project, however it was Bryce's familiarity with Stephen and the Intersect that played a role in his decision to send it to Chuck. After the Intersect 2.0 is retrieved by the CIA, Stephen reprograms the Intersect under the condition that Stephen and Chuck are left alone, but notes that Bryce has altered the original design, giving the recipient physical capabilities. In addition Bryce promised Orion that he would not allow the Intersect to fall into the wrong hands. 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「Stephen J. Bartowski」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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