Chuck answers the phone at his desk when Mei-Ling calls and says she's looking at him right now. He doesn't place her voice at first and asks who it is. "Let's just say you owe me for ruining my rescue operation. And I've fully reloaded those sweet Army pieces of mine, too." Okay, some of that was non-verbal. Chuck gets to his feet and looks Casey's way, but Casey apparently wants an iPhone more than I might have guessed, if the way he's hard-selling some customer is any indication. Mei-Ling tells him that if he signals his friend, it will be the last thing he ever does, and "by the way, nice mustard stain." Hee. Chuck looks down to see that there is in fact a big yellow spot on his tie, and Mei-Ling then informs him that her brother has only nine hours before the Triad executes him, and she wants Chuck's help in rescuing him. Morgan appears, and Chuck is uncharacteristically unindulgent with him, which can happen when it's all you can do not to void your bowels at any moment. He tries to protest that he just fixes computers and can't really help, but Mei-Ling notes that Chuck has a team watching his every move. "You can help and you will." She hangs up, and when Casey passes, Chuck asks him if he wants a hot dog. Casey swivels quizzically. Chuck: "It's an emergency."

Over at Weinerlicious (I love how this place is always deserted; it's like the library on Buffy), Chuck is wondering if they could get Mei-Ling to defect if they helped her. He rattles off some movies in which people defected -- The Hunt For Red October and White Nights. Casey: "Well, as long as you've done serious research on the subject." Hee. Sarah wonders why he's bringing it up, causing Chuck to confess about the phone call from Mei-Ling, which in turn sends Casey and Sarah scurrying back to Buy More...

...but there's no trace of Mei-Ling. Meanwhile, Chuck apologizes to Morgan for the night before, but Morgan is graceless about it, and says he's working a double shift that night in an effort not to get fired. Boo-hoo. Jeff then sends Chuck to the storage cage to sign for a delivery. Soon after, Casey asks Jeff where Chuck is, and is dismayed to hear the answer, as deliveries usually come at six. Jeff guesses they came early, but no one with more than three working brain cells really thinks that could have happened. And sure enough, it's Mei-Ling who's waiting for Chuck, as she points one of those sweet silver pistols at him. He stutters that he hopes it's not real, but she jabs it into his stomach and asks, "Real enough?" Probably best to move on to a different topic, dude.