Jill Roberts
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Dr. Jill Roberts is a recurring character on the action/comedy series Chuck
on NBC. She is a prominent figure in the series mythology, though did not appear until the middle of the second season. Jill is Chuck
's ex-girlfriend from Stanford, and is portrayed by Jordana Brewster
. Jill has made the most recurring appearances among Fulcrum agents in the series (with four appearances), surpassing Ted Roark and Vincent, who have each made three appearances.
" they met through their mutual friend Bryce Larkin
(Matthew Bomer) at Stanford in 1999, and after growing closer as friends, eventually began to date. In 2003, Chuck was expelled after being framed for cheating on a test by Larkin. A flashback in "Chuck Versus the Ex
" shows he returned to Stanford briefly in an effort to explain the situation, but Jill told Chuck it was over between them. She also didn't contradict her roommate when the latter said Jill had begun seeing Bryce.
She graduated from Stanford with high grades, and her school performance attracted Fulcrum's
attention while she was still attending school. They began exerting pressure on her, until it was too late for her to escape from their influence. According to Chris Fedak, Jill was recruited into Fulcrum by her Uncle Bernie. In "Chuck Versus the First Kill
," Bernie is revealed to be her father's best friend. After Chuck was expelled through the actions of Larkin, she was ordered by Fulcrum to break off her relationship with Chuck. The best way she knew how was to tell him she had started seeing Bryce. During the course of her recruitment, she also received espionage and firearms training.
," Jill aided the team when they began to search for a list of Fulcrum agents that LaFleur had stolen and had intended to turn over to the CIA. As Jill was familiar with the puzzles LaFleur used to protect his valuables, she was able to assist the team with recovering the data. As Chuck and Jill decided to embark on a romantic getaway, Casey and Sarah were reviewing the list and matching it with a list of government agents. It was then revealed Jill was in fact a Fulcrum agent.
Jill's Fulcrum handler was a man known only by the code-name Leader. Her own Fulcrum callsign was "Sandstorm," which Casey and Sarah told to Chuck to trigger a flash and confirm their warnings. Chuck agreed to help bring Jill into custody, however Jill was already setting Leader's plan to infiltrate Castle in motion. She played on Chuck's trust and feelings for her to lead him to believe she wanted to escape Fulcrum, manipulating a lie-detector test in order to convince him that they could really be together. She and Leader both underestimated Chuck's computer skills, which he used to first lock down Castle, engineer his own escape, and release Casey to deal with Leader. Jill attempted to kill Sarah, but Chuck tricked her into getting into the Nerd Herd vehicle and used its built-in detainment system to place her under arrest.
Jill returned in "Chuck Versus the First Kill
." She agreed to help the team rescue Stephen Bartowski
in exchange for being released into witness protection
, although Chuck was unauthorized to make such a deal. Jill attempted to escape during a firefight between Sarah and a Fulcrum team while infiltrating a Fulcrum office fronting for a recruiting center, but changed her mind and returned to help Chuck. After overhearing where Stephen was being taken, she told Chuck and in return he honored his promise by letting Jill escape.
As of the end of Season 2, Jill is still at large. It is unknown whether she has returned to Fulcrum or has turned rogue.
when Chuck spaces out while remembering how close the three of them were in Stanford.
In March 2009, Jordana Brewster stated in interviews that she would be returning to play Jill in "Chuck Versus the First Kill." She was released from prison after being arrested at the end of "Chuck Versus the Gravitron
" to assist the team in locating Chuck's captured father. The episode focused heavily on trust, particularly how much Chuck could trust Jill in reference to her several betrayals in "Chuck Versus the Gravitron."
fan. It was Jill's intelligence that first attracted Fulcrum's attention, and in "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" she claimed to have been pressured into joining. In the same episode it was revealed that Jill was highly deceptive, and was able to carefully manipulate a lie detector to convince Chuck of her intentions to turn and help them, setting up Fulcrum's attempt to take control of Castle. Jill also claims that she didn't actually cheat on Chuck with Bryce after his expulsion from Stanford and that she was ordered to tell him this by Fulcrum appears to have been validated by the lie detector.
In "Chuck Versus the First Kill," she expresses a great deal of regret over how Fulcrum changed her, and warns Chuck to not allow the CIA and NSA to do the same with him. She was also grateful that Chuck's operation allowed her a chance to see her family one last time, and she didn't blame him for being sent back to prison despite the deal they struck to secure her assistance in locating Stephen Bartowski. Jill first attempted to escape when Sarah was pinned down in a firefight, but she changed her mind and chose to return to help Chuck after first overhearing where Fulcrum was taking his father. Instead of allowing her to be arrested again, Chuck released her to hold up his end of their deal and show her that he wasn't letting his job change him.
NBC.com suggests that Jill is believed to have a sizable amount of knowledge on the Intersect computer, as well as Fulcrum's plans for it. Jill's relationships with both Chuck and Bryce make her a dangerous liability to both.
Chuck (TV series)
Chuck is an action-comedy/spy-drama television program from the United States created by Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak. The series is about an "average computer-whiz-next-door" named Chuck, played by Zachary Levi, who receives an encoded e-mail from an old college friend now working for the Central...
on NBC. She is a prominent figure in the series mythology, though did not appear until the middle of the second season. Jill is Chuck
Chuck Bartowski
Charles Irving "Chuck" Bartowski is the main and titular character of the American fiction television show Chuck on NBC. He is portrayed by Zachary Levi.-Character profile:...
's ex-girlfriend from Stanford, and is portrayed by Jordana Brewster
Jordana Brewster
Jordana Brewster is an American actress. She began her acting career in her late teens, with a 1995 one-episode role in the soap opera All My Children. She followed that appearance with the recurring role as Nikki Munson in As the World Turns, for which Brewster was nominated for Outstanding Teen...
. Jill has made the most recurring appearances among Fulcrum agents in the series (with four appearances), surpassing Ted Roark and Vincent, who have each made three appearances.
Biography
Most of what is known about Jill in the series has been revealed by Chuck, and prior to Sarah Walker, Jill was the love of his life. It was revealed in "Chuck Versus the Alma MaterChuck Versus the Alma Mater
"Chuck Versus the Alma Mater" is the seventh episode of the first season of Chuck. It aired on November 5, 2007, and finds Chuck returning to Stanford to track down a data disk, and answer questions about his past...
" they met through their mutual friend Bryce Larkin
Bryce Larkin
Bryce Larkin is a recurring character on the spy comedy series Chuck on NBC. Bryce is the ex-college roommate and fraternity brother of the series' main character, Chuck Bartowski and was formerly partnered and once romantically involved with Chuck's CIA handler Sarah Walker. Bryce was responsible...
(Matthew Bomer) at Stanford in 1999, and after growing closer as friends, eventually began to date. In 2003, Chuck was expelled after being framed for cheating on a test by Larkin. A flashback in "Chuck Versus the Ex
Chuck Versus the Ex
"Chuck Versus the Ex" is the sixth episode of the second season of Chuck. It originally aired on November 10, 2008. Chuck Bartowski runs into his ex-girlfriend Jill Roberts while on a Nerd Herd call. In an attempt to save face, he lies to the girl who broke his heart and tells her that he is more...
" shows he returned to Stanford briefly in an effort to explain the situation, but Jill told Chuck it was over between them. She also didn't contradict her roommate when the latter said Jill had begun seeing Bryce.
She graduated from Stanford with high grades, and her school performance attracted Fulcrum's
Fulcrum (Chuck)
Fulcrum is the codename of a fictional hostile espionage organization on the television series Chuck. Fulcrum serves as the series' main antagonists up until the end of season two, though their specific goals beyond acquiring the Intersect have not yet been fully revealed.-History:Very little...
attention while she was still attending school. They began exerting pressure on her, until it was too late for her to escape from their influence. According to Chris Fedak, Jill was recruited into Fulcrum by her Uncle Bernie. In "Chuck Versus the First Kill
Chuck Versus the First Kill
"Chuck Versus the First Kill" aired on April 13, 2009, the 20th episode of the second season, and 33rd overall. Chuck strikes a deal with his ex-girlfriend Jill to have her released from prison if she cooperates with his search for his father...
," Bernie is revealed to be her father's best friend. After Chuck was expelled through the actions of Larkin, she was ordered by Fulcrum to break off her relationship with Chuck. The best way she knew how was to tell him she had started seeing Bryce. During the course of her recruitment, she also received espionage and firearms training.
Series
In "Chuck Versus the Ex," set six years after Chuck's expulsion, he and Jill unexpectedly reunite while he was providing technical support for a scientific conference that Jill was attending with her boss, Dr. Guy LaFleur. Chuck was ordered to use his connection with Jill to learn more about LaFleur, who was suspected of developing a biological weapon. After LaFleur was killed by a Fulcrum agent, Jill revealed that he actually uncovered the plot and was attempting to stop it. Chuck later identified himself as a government operative to obtain her assistance once the bioweapon was unleashed in a scientific conference. After this, she and Chuck began dating again in secret while Chuck continued to maintain his cover relationship with Sarah, which both women found uncomfortable as they were both jealous of each other. In "Chuck Versus the Fat LadyChuck Versus the Fat Lady
"Chuck Versus the Fat Lady" is the 7th episode of the second season of Chuck and the 20th overall. It aired on November 17, 2008. Chuck and the team must break into Guy LaFleur's hotel room and find a list of Fulcrum agents...
," Jill aided the team when they began to search for a list of Fulcrum agents that LaFleur had stolen and had intended to turn over to the CIA. As Jill was familiar with the puzzles LaFleur used to protect his valuables, she was able to assist the team with recovering the data. As Chuck and Jill decided to embark on a romantic getaway, Casey and Sarah were reviewing the list and matching it with a list of government agents. It was then revealed Jill was in fact a Fulcrum agent.
Jill's Fulcrum handler was a man known only by the code-name Leader. Her own Fulcrum callsign was "Sandstorm," which Casey and Sarah told to Chuck to trigger a flash and confirm their warnings. Chuck agreed to help bring Jill into custody, however Jill was already setting Leader's plan to infiltrate Castle in motion. She played on Chuck's trust and feelings for her to lead him to believe she wanted to escape Fulcrum, manipulating a lie-detector test in order to convince him that they could really be together. She and Leader both underestimated Chuck's computer skills, which he used to first lock down Castle, engineer his own escape, and release Casey to deal with Leader. Jill attempted to kill Sarah, but Chuck tricked her into getting into the Nerd Herd vehicle and used its built-in detainment system to place her under arrest.
Jill returned in "Chuck Versus the First Kill
Chuck Versus the First Kill
"Chuck Versus the First Kill" aired on April 13, 2009, the 20th episode of the second season, and 33rd overall. Chuck strikes a deal with his ex-girlfriend Jill to have her released from prison if she cooperates with his search for his father...
." She agreed to help the team rescue Stephen Bartowski
Stephen J. Bartowski
Stephen J. Bartowski is a recurring character on the television series Chuck portrayed by actor Scott Bakula. Stephen is the estranged father of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski, and under the government codename "Orion" was the chief designer of the Intersect....
in exchange for being released into witness protection
United States Federal Witness Protection Program
The United States Federal Witness Protection Program is a witness protection program administered by the United States Department of Justice and operated by the United States Marshals Service that is designed to protect threatened witnesses before, during, and after a trial.A few states, including...
, although Chuck was unauthorized to make such a deal. Jill attempted to escape during a firefight between Sarah and a Fulcrum team while infiltrating a Fulcrum office fronting for a recruiting center, but changed her mind and returned to help Chuck. After overhearing where Stephen was being taken, she told Chuck and in return he honored his promise by letting Jill escape.
As of the end of Season 2, Jill is still at large. It is unknown whether she has returned to Fulcrum or has turned rogue.
Development
On July 13, 2008, Jordana Brewster was officially announced as joining the cast of Chuck in the role of his ex-girlfriend from college, Jill Roberts. Although Jill had been referenced numerous times throughout the first and second seasons, she had yet to actually appear in an episode. Most details about her up until her appearance were revealed by Chuck in dialog. The most significant information about their relationship was in "Chuck Versus the Alma Mater," where it was first revealed that Jill was a friend of Bryce Larkin's. Bryce introduced them not long after he and Chuck first met, referring back to the pilot episodeChuck 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...
when Chuck spaces out while remembering how close the three of them were in Stanford.
In March 2009, Jordana Brewster stated in interviews that she would be returning to play Jill in "Chuck Versus the First Kill." She was released from prison after being arrested at the end of "Chuck Versus the Gravitron
Chuck Versus the Gravitron
"Chuck Versus the Gravitron" is the 8th episode of the second season of Chuck. It aired on November 24, 2008. Chuck, Sarah and Casey are shocked to discover that Chuck's girlfriend Jill is a Fulcrum agent in search of the Intersect...
" to assist the team in locating Chuck's captured father. The episode focused heavily on trust, particularly how much Chuck could trust Jill in reference to her several betrayals in "Chuck Versus the Gravitron."
Personality
Jill is highly intelligent and an expert in biomedical engineering. She was good friends with Bryce Larkin at Stanford, and it was Bryce who first introduced her to Chuck. In "Chuck Versus the Gravitron," it was revealed in a flashback leading in to the episode that although Chuck was interested in dating Jill for a while, he was too shy and uncomfortable to tell her how he felt so she was forced to take the lead. Jill shared many of the same interests as Chuck and Bryce, and was an avid EverQuestEverQuest
EverQuest, often shortened to EQ, is a 3D fantasy-themed massively multiplayer online role-playing game that was released on the 16th of March, 1999. The original design is credited to Brad McQuaid, Steve Clover, and Bill Trost...
fan. It was Jill's intelligence that first attracted Fulcrum's attention, and in "Chuck Versus the Gravitron" she claimed to have been pressured into joining. In the same episode it was revealed that Jill was highly deceptive, and was able to carefully manipulate a lie detector to convince Chuck of her intentions to turn and help them, setting up Fulcrum's attempt to take control of Castle. Jill also claims that she didn't actually cheat on Chuck with Bryce after his expulsion from Stanford and that she was ordered to tell him this by Fulcrum appears to have been validated by the lie detector.
In "Chuck Versus the First Kill," she expresses a great deal of regret over how Fulcrum changed her, and warns Chuck to not allow the CIA and NSA to do the same with him. She was also grateful that Chuck's operation allowed her a chance to see her family one last time, and she didn't blame him for being sent back to prison despite the deal they struck to secure her assistance in locating Stephen Bartowski. Jill first attempted to escape when Sarah was pinned down in a firefight, but she changed her mind and chose to return to help Chuck after first overhearing where Fulcrum was taking his father. Instead of allowing her to be arrested again, Chuck released her to hold up his end of their deal and show her that he wasn't letting his job change him.
NBC.com suggests that Jill is believed to have a sizable amount of knowledge on the Intersect computer, as well as Fulcrum's plans for it. Jill's relationships with both Chuck and Bryce make her a dangerous liability to both.