Chuck Versus the Pink Slip

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"Chuck Versus the Pink Slip"
Chuck episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 1
Directed by	Robert Duncan McNeill
Written by	Chris Fedak Matt Miller
Featured music	"Black & Gold" by Sam Sparro "Wait It Out" by Imogen Heap "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)" by Kenny Rogers "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips "My Backwards Walk" by Frightened Rabbit "Young Adult Friction" by Pains of Being Pure at Heart "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor
Production code	3X5801
Original air date	January 10, 2010 (2010-01-10)
Guest appearances
Bonita Friedericy as Diane Beckman Tony Hale as Emmett Milbarge Adoni Maropis as Javier Cruz Christian Svensson as Frank
Episode chronology
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List of episodes

"Chuck Versus the Pink Slip" is the third-season premiere episode of the television series Chuck. It aired on NBC on January 10, 2010 in a special two-episode block. After failing "spy school", Chuck must find his way back onto the team, and in the process repair his shattered relationship with Sarah.