Sarah: Chuck, you-you can't take this lightly. Developing an asset is very tricky business. You need to insinuate yourself into their life and have them trust you completely, knowing that one day you're probably going to have to burn them.
Chuck trains a new Nerd Herder and deals with an asset with ties to The Ring. Devon gets nervous about covering for Chuck when Ellie gets suspicious of his work.
Trope Flash:
- Call-Back:
- Hannah from the previous episode has started working at the Nerd Herd.
- A Flashback to Chuck and Sarah's first meeting in the Pilot is shown from Sarah's point of view, with her deciding Chuck will be a "piece of cake" to manipulate.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Chuck, after sending Manoosh into protective custody, the same fate he lived in fear of throughout the first two seasons.
- Shout-Out: To get close to Battlestar Galactica (2003) fan Manoosh, Sarah wears a "Frak Off" T shirt.
- Slowly Slipping Into Evil: Sarah worries that Chuck is being corrupted by becoming a spy.
