[1] Devon Woodcomb gets a little more than he bargained for when he gets drawn into Chuck's latest assignment: protecting the leader of the Latin American nation of Costa Gravas.

As the professor calls on students to assist with an assignment, Devon and Ellie are absent from their first day of class, and making out in a closet having just met for the first time.

As they pause to remember their wedding album, Devon promises Ellie a romantic evening but are soon distracted by the sound of a helicopter flying past.

Chuck gets things going without trouble, but while Ellie is getting her wedding DVD, he flashes on the news report that Premier Alejandro Goya, the dictator of Costa Gravas, has collapsed from a heart attack.

Devon is successful and in a press conference announces the Premier's chances of returning to work are "muy awesome."

Because the embassy is considered Costa Gravan soil, the CIA disavows any knowledge of the mission and Casey tells the team he has to remove himself from the operation because of how many men he killed fighting Goya's revolution, the Costa Gravans call him "the Angel of Death" and he is a wanted man.

Meanwhile, Goya himself arrives at the complex to visit Devon and thank him for saving his life by inviting he and Ellie (while heavily flirting with the latter) to the gala.

As they're being removed, Chuck flashes on the real assassin and Casey enters disguised as a Costa Gravan soldier to take over.

At Castle, Beckman refuses to authorize a rescue operation and instead orders the team to stand down for the diplomats.

Chuck takes him to Castle to coordinate the rescue, but is interrupted by Sarah, who has also arrived to prepare to storm the place.

He reveals himself as part of the Ring, who wants to maintain the status quo in Costa Gravas, and attempts to kill him.

Casey breaks free and after a short fight defeats the assassin, but is shot in the leg by a guard who is himself quickly overpowered by Sarah.

On September 23, 2009 Armand Assante was announced in the role of Premier Alejandro Goya, the leader of a Communist Revolution in the fictional Latin American nation of Costa Gravas.

[2] On December 16, 2009, it was announced that House's return after its winter break was rescheduled to compete with Chuck's regular timeslot premier.

[4] Eric Goldman of IGN enjoyed seeing Devon integrated into Chuck's spy life after his learning the truth in "Chuck Versus the Colonel", finding praise for Devon's perspective on the stretched "Will They/Won't They" relationship between Chuck and Sarah and the material for Casey with his own antagonistic relationship with Goya, particularly Adam Baldwin's portrayal of Casey's silent fury over being forced to protect the Premier, and the amusing handling of Casey being shot in the same leg he just pulled a poison-filled needle from a moment before.

[5] Alan Sepinwall of the New Jersey Star-Ledger similarly praised the decision to introduce Devon into the spy world, and greatly enjoyed the manner in which he was woven into the storyline.