We open by reliving those last few moments of last season, when Chuck uploaded the new Intersect and learned kung-fu. Everyone was shocked, including Chuck. Typing tells us it's "Six Months Later. Prague." Chuck's being manhandled by some thugs, one who addresses him with a thick accent, calling him "Agent Carmichael." Chuck: "Call me Charles." The guy laughs, but Chuck goes on that the guy, Uri, has a case that belongs to Chuck's boss and he'd like it back, please. Uri mocks him, all, "What if I don't, Guy With No Gun?!" General Redhead tells Chuck, through the earpiece he's wearing, that they have a lock on the case, which is in the room with Chuck. Uri mocks him some more, so Chuck flashes and jumps up and does some kung-fu to get Uri's gun. He points it at them and asks for the case back. General Redhead tells Chuck to shoot him, and even Uri says, "Shoot me." But Chuck doesn't. Instead he just goes kung-fu on Uri and his two or three goons. He knocks them all out and then General Redhead asks him what's going on since his heart rate just spiked. He replies into his watch that he's fine. He got punched in the face and it's throbbing, but otherwise he's good.

He takes the case and runs. General Redhead tells him to get to a roof, because the chopper's inbound and the guys are after him. He runs to the roof, but she says the chopper's too far out, so he should zipline to the next building. He protests, but she tells him it's in the intersect. He pulls off his belt, but tells her he's not flashing. She tells him to flash, but he says if she stresses him out, it's never going to work. I think he's going to have to learn to deal with stress if he's going to keep up this spy thing. She tells him to flash a few more times, and he tries to tell himself to as well, but it doesn't work. Just then, Uri and his guys come out and point their guns at Chuck. General Redhead walks out with a megaphone and lights come up. She says, "That's all, Frank. Terminate the simulation." She tells Chuck to come down now.

On the ground, General Redhead asks Chuck why he didn't shoot Uri, and he says that even though it was a simulation, they were very close to each other and he's just not comfortable with the whole shooting people thing. General Redhead tells him this isn't working out. Chuck knows they've had setbacks, but he swears he can be a great spy. She says they spent millions to get him up and running as the new Intersect Agent, but it's not working. Chuck thinks maybe his dad can help, but General Redhead says the problem isn't with the computer; it's with Chuck. She says Intersect 2.0 was designed to go into a real spy, like Bryce Larkin (even in death, he's overshadowing Chuck), someone who can control his feelings. She fires Chuck. When he tries to stop her, saying she has no idea what he gave up for this, she says, "Frank," and one of her own thugs knocks Chuck out with some sort of stun gun.