"Chuck Versus the Predator" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of ''

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''. It originally aired on

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on March 23, 2009.

Plot

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reluctantly tells his handlers that he has been contacted by Orion, the mastermind behind the Intersect computer and the person who can erase the Intersect from his brain. When the team goes to retrieve the computer Orion sent to Chuck, they run into a

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agent named

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. After Orion's computer is brought back successfully, General Beckman arrives in person to oversee the operation to locate Orion. Meanwhile, a conflict breaks out between the

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and

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branches.

Critical response

"Chuck Versus the Predator" received positive reviews from critics. Steve Heisler of ''

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'' gave the episode an A, though he expressed disappointment that plot points were resolved so quickly. Eric Goldman of ''

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'' gave the episode a 9 out of 10, praising the burglary scene. "From Jeff and Lester mistaking Sarah and Casey for, well, Jeff and Lester; to Emmett spraying mace in Jeff and Lester's face; to Casey revealing he still had a gun on him, despite Chuck telling him not to, this sequence was expertly constructed." The episode drew 6.156 million viewers.

References

External links

* {{Chuck episodes

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2009 American television episodes