Chuck Versus the Intersect

"Chuck Versus the Intersect" is the pilot episode of the American action-comedy television series Chuck. The episode was directed by McG and written by series co-creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. It originally aired on NBC on September 24, 2007.

The series follows the adventures of Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi), a computer geek and member of a Geek Squad-type electronics retail chain (the Nerd Herd), who downloads the Intersect, a top-secret government database, into his brain. Chuck soon finds himself on a date with Sarah Walker (Yvonne Strahovski), who is revealed to be a CIA agent assigned, along with veteran National Security Agency (NSA) agent Major John Casey (Adam Baldwin), to capture Chuck. The episode also introduces series regulars Joshua Gomez and Sarah Lancaster as Chuck's best friend and older sister, Morgan Grimes and Ellie Bartowski, respectively. Guest stars include Matthew Bomer as Bryce Larkin, Chuck's college roommate-turned-nemesis and the CIA agent who emails him the Intersect, Wendy Makkena as the National Intelligence Director, Tony Todd as CIA Director Langston Graham, C.S. Lee as Harry Tang, Dale Dye as General Stanfield, and Nickolas Pajon as Vuc Andric.

"Chuck Versus the Intersect" received generally positive reviews from critics, with most writers praising the casting of the series. According to the Nielsen ratings system, the pilot drew 9.21 million viewers, a series high.