Volkoff Industries
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Volkoff Industries is a major organization on the television series Chuck
. It is a public business front owned by an international arms dealer named Alexei Volkoff
, portrayed by Timothy Dalton
. Volkoff Industries is introduced in the third season finale
as a threat against which Stephen J. Bartowski
was secretly working, a threat that the government could not deal with, in which his wife
was somehow involved. Volkoff serves as the main antagonist of season four
.
installation in Moscow
, and possess other known assets in Venezuela and Hong Kong. Like Fulcrum
and The Ring
before it, Volkoff Industries is the central antagonist of Chuck's fourth season. Little other specific information has been revealed so far in the series, other than that they use a number of other companies as public fronts for their arms shipments. John Casey
and Sarah Walker
had spent several months prior to "Chuck Versus the Anniversary
" on assignment attempting to track down the organization, and it has been revealed that Volkoff Industries is somehow tied to the disappearance of Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. Volkoff has established an underground weapons pipeline called "Project Beacon," which extends to Burma and Costa Gravas. Beacon includes a stolen nuclear controlled panel that could have bombed several American cities. Volkoff has been present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Cougars
," when Heather Chandler attempts to extort F-22 plans from her husband for Volkoff. Volkoff later arranged for her to be on the same prison transfer as Hugo Panzer and hired Panzer to kill her for the failure. Volkoff's ability to manipulate prison transfers, relationship with Mary, and former connections to the Soviet Union would suggest a far-reaching political power.
Volkoff's entire infrastructure is stored in "Hydra", a valuable database of weapons buyers and sellers that Mary believes is more important than Volkoff himself. The database was present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II
", when a box labeled "Identity: Hydra" was shown in Stephen's basement. The box was presumably incinerated with the rest of the basement in "Chuck Versus the First Fight
". Until "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
", Hydra was stored in Yuri the Gobbler's fake eyeball. Following Yuri's imprisonment, Volkoff saw the flaw in the arrangement and destroyed the eye with a paperweight, after downloading it to another computer aboard the ship The Contessa, which he uses as a base. in "Chuck Versus the Push Mix
", Chuck Bartowski
and Morgan Grimes
try to access the Hydra database, but cannot do so until they trick Volkoff into speaking the phrase that acts as a password. Once they access the database, a virus written by Stephen before his death moves Hydra to a computer in his cabin, allowing General Beckman to acquire it and arrest Volkoff.
Alexi's daughter Vivian initially tries to turn the organization into a legitimate enterprise but quickly fills her father's shoes under Riley's guidance. In "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
", Vivian and Alexei start a new life, sending Chuck and Sarah all of the company's assets, worth $877 million, as a wedding present.
, directing his operatives from behind the scenes. He first appeared in in the seventh episode, "Chuck Versus the First Fight
". Volkoff's real name is Hartley Winterbottom (codename Agent X). He is portrayed by Timothy Dalton
.
" as a threat against which Stephen Bartowski was secretly working, a threat that the government couldn't deal with, in which his wife was somehow involved. It has been revealed that in season four Chuck will be facing an individual villain, Alexei Volkoff, instead of another organization.
Vivian initially tried to turn the organization into a legitimate enterprise, but quickly conformed to her father's plans under Riley's guidance.
Chuck Bartowski and "Alexi Volkoff" (his memory and personality restored to Hartley Winterbottom), however, convince Vivian to reembrace her innocent original persona. Hartley and Vivian escape to a new life with the false passports Chuck gives them. Unable to make use of Volkoff Industries' assets without revealing themselves, the pair transfer the financial assets to Chuck and Sarah as a wedding present.
and the Ring
before him, Volkoff appears to appoint higher-ranking officials to command his company's numerous operatives. Alexei Volkoff serves as the company's head and founder, and Frost has been called his "right hand". Volkoff has also appointed a number of lieutenants to lead the organization should he be unable. However, Volkoff's intention is for his daughter, Vivian McArthur, to succeed him as the head of Volkoff Industries.
), a CIA agent who went deep undercover into Volkoff Industries in Project ISIS around 1994. To keep her cover, she went rogue from the CIA. She is described as Volkoff's "right hand," the woman who Volkoff sends to make his problems disappear. However, her true allegiances are unknown. After Team Bartowski's escape from Volkoff's Moscow headquarters, Mary herself escaped custody after killing several of her captors, including Marco.
Mary breaks her cover in "Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
" to inform her son
about Wheelwright and the nightmare-inducing toxin he is producing for Volkoff as it is "too dangerous" to be allowed into the wrong hands. However, after a series of double and triple-crosses in which she ultimately aids the team in capturing Wheelwright, Mary is revealed to be a rogue agent, and she is apprehended by Sarah Walker
and John Casey
. Mary convinces Chuck to seek out her MI6 handler, Tuttle, who can provide intelligence clearing her name. After accompanying Chuck and Sarah to their old home and Stephen's hidden base, she apparently betrayed them, flashing Chuck with a device that apparently neutralizes the Intersect
, allowing her to capture the pair with Volkoff. Although Volkoff destroys Stephen's base and intelligence, Mary slips Sarah a razor so that she and Chuck can escape, and she leads Ellie
to one of Stephen's surviving laptops.
In "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
", Sarah goes under cover as a double agent working for Volkoff, essentially becoming Mary's partner. Her plan is to have Sarah free Yuri the Gobbler from prison to gain access to Hydra. When Volkoff destroys the copy hidden in Yuri's false eye and downloads it to another location, Mary retrieves a piece of the micro chip. In "Chuck Versus the Push Mix
", Volkoff discovers Mary's betrayal. She tells him that her husband was ten times the man he is and she never stopped thinking of him.
), previously Vivian McArthur, is Volkoff's daughter and chosen successor. She had no knowledge of her father's criminal organization, having believed her whole life that he was an oil company executive. Team Bartowski is ordered to protect her when Boris Kaminsky begins a killing spree in search of a key to unlock a part of Volkoff's office and claim the company. When Boris confronts her, he reveals that Vivian's entire life, including martial arts training, target practice and learning multiple languages, her father had been about preparing her for the spy world. After shooting Boris with a shotgun
at point-blank range
, Vivian goes alone to the Volkoff Industries headquarters in Moscow and unlocks a compartment with a locket from her father, revealing a card to access Volkoff's vault at the First Bank of Macau
, which contain various pictures of Vivian's life.
Although Vivian initially declines her father's legacy, she is later shown to have joined Riley, and they drive away to learn the truth about her father. She then hires a CIA agent named Damien to kill Chuck for $10 million, effectively becoming Chuck's nemesis.
The CIA orders Vivian assassinated, but Chuck refuses to believe that Vivian would hire Damien. In a meet, Vivian reveals that she is turning Volkoff Industries into a legitimate enterprise, having given Interpol
a list of a list of every black market agent and replaced the old operatives. As a sign of good faith
, she gives Chuck a component of a Volkoff weapon known as the "Norseman", only to flee when she is apparently shot in the arm by a sniper
. Team Bartowski then seeks the help of Vivian's father to find the weapon's tracking device and killing agent in exchange for a meeting with Vivian. It is later revealed that Vivian had communicated with her father simply by giving Chuck the Norseman, and the elder Volkoff goes to rejoin her. However, Vivian refuses to forgive her father or Chuck for their lying and leaves them to die, using the killing agent, thorium
, as leverage to further her business aspirations. Vivian becomes determined to find "Agent X", the only person of whom her father was ever afraid. However, Agent X is later revealed to be the true identity of Volkoff himself.
Riley makes several attempts to turn Vivian into as ruthless an individual as her father, including killing all her competitors with the fully assembled Norseman. Vivian captures Mary, who she learns is not only the woman who betrayed her father for twenty years, but also Chuck's mother. Vivian accuses Chuck of being Agent X, but Chuck reveals that Vivian's father was Agent X. Riley twists this information to further his attempt at manipulating and shaping Vivian, only to be shot by Sarah. Vivian is shown to have transitioned from a victim to a villain when she seeks revenge against Chuck and the Bartowski family, by attempting to kill Chuck's fiancee Sarah Walker with the Norseman weapon. Vivian neglected, however, to consider the presence of neurosurgeon Ellie Woodcomb and cardiologist Devon Woodcomb who were able to slow the weapon's effect. Vivian is convinced to return to her innocent earlier persona by Chuck Bartowski and her father's restored personality, Hartley Winterbottom.
In "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
", Chuck Bartowski and "Alexei Volkoff" (his memory and personality restored to Englishman Hartley Winterbottom) convince Vivian to reembrace her innocent original persona. After providing Chuck with the Norseman antidote for Sarah and a platoon of Spetsnaz
paratroopers, Vivian and her father Hartley escape to a new life with the false passports Chuck gives them. Unable to make use of Volkoff Industries' assets without revealing themselves, the pair transfer these financial assets to Chuck and Sarah as a wedding present. In the same episode, Hartley reveals that Vivian was named after his grandmother, who also loved to ride horses and bears a striking resemblance.
) is an assassin Volkoff ordered to track down Stephen. When Chuck is revealed to have been impersonating Stephen, Volkoff informs him that Armand is going to kill Casey and Ellie
. Armand apparently smothers Casey with a pillow, but Casey is revealed to have faked his death and hits Armand with a bonsai
tree. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Push Mix
.
) is a Volkoff agent who gained access to the Buy More
by offering to do anything for a Bondesen 7G smart phone. Throughout the episode, she acts as Volkoff's second-in-command. Barbara is last seen guarding hostages when Volkoff informs her that their mission is accomplished. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Leftovers
.
) is a Volkoff agent who kidnapped Chuck and "Gregory Tuttle"—actually Volkoff himself in disguise—during Chuck's rogue attempt to clear his mother's name. Chuck and Tuttle escaped her custody by parachuting out of an airplane on which they were being transported, after Tuttle attempted to seduce her. She later reappeared leading a supposed bank robbery to cover for their attempt to recover the data on Mary that Chuck was attempting to find. After the gunfight in the bank she shoots "Tuttle" as part of Volkoff's plans to gain access to Stephen's hidden base. Dasha has several scars, and is portrayed by actress Ana Gasteyer in a very emotionless manner compared by HitFix writer Alan Sepinwall to Rosa Klebb
. First seen in: Chuck Versus the First Fight
.
.
) is an operative who assists Riley in locating Orion's laptop. She uses her appearance to her advantage, and is later shown to be proficient with knives. She is killed by Mrs. Winterbottom in the childhood home of Hartley Winterbottom (the true identity of Agent X and Alexei Volkoff). First seen in: Chuck Versus the Agent X.
s. However, he is unable to open the elevator to Castle. K.K. is last seen with Barbara guarding the hostages. In an episode
that is largely a homage to Die Hard
, he is believed to be a reference to the character Theo, even repeating the line "And the quarterback is toast!" First seen in: Chuck Versus the Leftovers
.
) was a high-level agent for Volkoff Industries. He was tracked to Hong Kong by Casey and Sarah, in possession of a portable EMP
device intended for black market sale. He later escapes and captures Casey and Sarah while on a flight to Venezuela, before taking them to Volkoff's Moscow headquarters. After underestimating Chuck and The Intersect, he escapes once again following an intense gunfight in the dark. When confronting Mary Elizabeth at an undisclosed holding facility, his veiled threats against her surviving family leads to her quickly defeating and killing her captors and escaping. Marco is killed by Mary during her escape. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Anniversary
.
, Dave Bautista, and Joel David Moore
) were members of Casey's Clinton-era
special forces team, with their expertise being in special weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and electronics, respectively, while Casey himself was the team's tactician. The characters are presented as an homage to and spoof of the A-Team
, a comparison Chuck makes during the episode
in which they appeared. During a mission in Iran during 1999 they attempted to steal terrorist gold they were ordered to destroy. Casey thwarted his teammates and personally dragged them back to friendly territory for court-martial. They managed to escape, and attempted to kill Casey several times before they finally gave up. At some point they went to work for Volkoff. When Chuck learned they may have had a connection to his mother he orchestrated a complex plan to lure them into the open by faking Casey's death and funeral. They were ultimately defeated and recaptured by Morgan when he electrocuted them, and himself, to prevent them from recovering the gold. They apparently take their names from electronics brands: Hewlett-Packard
, Texas Instruments
, and Apple Macintosh
. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Couch Lock
.
.
) is Volkoff's lawyer, handling Volkoff's estate after his arrest. Riley reads Vivian her father's will
, revealing Volkoff's intention for her to control the company. Riley is adamant that Vivian accepts the company, and he holds her at gunpoint when she declines. Although Vivian injures him and escapes, Riley later returns her locket. They are last seen driving away so Vivian can learn the truth about her father.
Riley later carries out an attempt to recover Stephen Bartowski's laptop from Chuck, ambushing him and his friends during his bachelor party
in Las Vecas, and later assaulting Team Bartowski at the house of Volkoff's—whose real identity as English scientist Hartley Winterbottom would be later revealed by intelligence the team recovered there—mother. He survives when Mrs. Winterbottom destroys the house and kills Riley's assault team to cover Chuck's escape.
He is shot and killed by Sarah during the events of "Chuck Versus the Last Details
" while attempting to turn Vivian into as ruthless an individual as her father. Before his death Riley revealed he was fully aware that Volkoff was Agent X, and of Stephen Bartowski's involvement in the project. He twisted this information to further his attempt at manipulating and shaping Vivian. First seen in: Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil
.
) is an arms dealer, described by Beckman as one of Volkoff's top agents. She used her cover as a high-profile runway model to move items through customs and reach her clients without attracting notice of authorities. She was intercepted by Chuck and Sarah while using Fashion Week
in Milan as a means of moving an experimental smart bullet
design. They managed to recover the bullets, but Sofia had already removed the control chips, hiding them in the sequins of her dress. Sofia was finally captured when Chuck and Sarah discovered the ruse, and was defeated by Sarah in a brutal (and public) fight on the catwalk in Milan. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Suitcase
.
) is a weapons designer, with experience as a professor of endocrinology, biochemistry, and psychology, as a senior lab advisor, and as a manager of resources. He makes reference in dialogue and action to the character Freddy Krueger
in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
—a role previously made famous by Englund—and Scarecrow
from the Batman
series. Wheelwright develops a nerve gas called atroxium that can send people into permanent nightmares. After Wheelwright demonstrates atroxium on a Volkoff security guard, Mary Bartowski risks breaking her cover and arranges for him to sell it to Volkoff's most trusted buyer, "Charles Carmichael" (cover for Mary's son Chuck). Chuck later locks Wheelwright and himself in the Buy More after being exposed to the drug, and the scientist tries to terrorize Chuck into opening the store by putting him in the "Aisle of Terror" (a Halloween attraction based on experiments by a UCLA
colleague, Professor Schofield, whom Wheelwright resents). The plan backfires when he is driven mad by the imagery. Wheelwright hands over the antitoxin and is taken into custody. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
.
), nicknamed "Yuri the Gobbler" because he eats his victims, was Volkoff's most trusted bodyguard. One of his real eyeballs was replaced by a false one containing the Hydra database (which is very valuable to Alexei Volkoff). In "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
", Team Bartowski breaks Yuri out of prison. When Sarah returns Yuri to Volkoff, Volkoff kills him and retrieves the eyeball. Willig earlier appeared in the first season
episode "Chuck Versus the Tango
", as "Uri", one of two bodyguards escorting the known arms dealer La Ciudad. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Gobbler
.
) worked with Stepanova for some time, falling in love with her. One security guard (Roland Kickinger
) was victimized by Wheelwright in a demonstration of atroxium for Frost.
Riley is later shown to employ a team of former Green Berets as mercenaries
, all of whom are killed by Casey. Several guards are shown to protect the mine housing the Norseman device in Amacayacu, Colombia
. One of them, Vlad (Michael Bailey Smith
), stops Chuck and Sarah when they are attempting to sneak in using Casey as a prisoner. When Chuck confides in Vlad that he is trying to impress Sarah, Vlad suggests beating Casey based on a personal experience of wooing a woman by breaking a man's neck. The Volkoffs are later revealed to have a platoon of Spetsnaz paratroopers at their disposal.
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...
. It is a public business front owned by an international arms dealer named Alexei Volkoff
Alexei Volkoff
Alexei Volkoff is the alias and alter ego of Hartley Winterbottom , a fictional character on the television series Chuck. Volkoff is the head of Volkoff Industries. For the first six episodes of the fourth season, he was an unseen character, directing his operatives from behind the scenes...
, portrayed by Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Peter Dalton ) is a Welsh actor of film and television. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
. Volkoff Industries is introduced in the third season finale
Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II
"Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II" is the 19th episode and season finale of the third season of Chuck. It was originally aired May 24, 2010 in a special two-hour block with "Chuck Versus the Subway." Team Bartowski escapes execution by Shaw, thanks to Morgan and Devon...
as a threat against which Stephen J. 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....
was secretly working, a threat that the government could not deal with, in which his wife
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski
Mary Elizabeth Bartowski is a character on the television series Chuck. Mary is the estranged mother of Chuck and Ellie Bartowski. She is portrayed by Linda Hamilton.-Biography:...
was somehow involved. Volkoff serves as the main antagonist of season four
Chuck (season 4)
The fourth season of Chuck was announced on May 13, 2010. Having initially ordered 13 episodes, NBC ordered an additional 11 on October 19, 2010 for a total of 24 episodes....
.
Organization
Volkoff Industries maintained a headquarters building in a former KGBKGB
The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the...
installation in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
, and possess other known assets in Venezuela and Hong Kong. Like Fulcrum
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...
and The Ring
The Ring (Chuck)
The Ring is a major spy organization on the television series Chuck. The main antagonist of the second season , Fulcrum, is revealed in the Season Two finale to be only one part of the Ring, which then serves as the main antagonist of Season Three...
before it, Volkoff Industries is the central antagonist of Chuck's fourth season. Little other specific information has been revealed so far in the series, other than that they use a number of other companies as public fronts for their arms shipments. John Casey
John Casey (Chuck)
Colonel John Casey is portrayed by actor Adam Baldwin on the television show Chuck on NBC. Prior to the episode "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac," he was partnered with CIA agent Sarah Walker to protect Chuck Bartowski....
and Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker (Chuck)
Sarah Lisa Bartowski is the alias of one of the main characters of the fictional television show Chuck on NBC. She is portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski and is one of two agents assigned by the NSA and CIA to protect Chuck Bartowski after he unwittingly downloads the secret government computer known...
had spent several months prior to "Chuck Versus the Anniversary
Chuck Versus the Anniversary
"Chuck Versus the Anniversary" is the fourth season premiere of Chuck. It originally aired September 20, 2010. When the CIA gains control over the Buy More, Chuck Bartowski begins searching for his mother . Sarah and Casey follow a trail to Russia as they investigate the mysterious Volkoff...
" on assignment attempting to track down the organization, and it has been revealed that Volkoff Industries is somehow tied to the disappearance of Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. Volkoff has established an underground weapons pipeline called "Project Beacon," which extends to Burma and Costa Gravas. Beacon includes a stolen nuclear controlled panel that could have bombed several American cities. Volkoff has been present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Cougars
Chuck Versus the Cougars
"Chuck Versus the Cougars" is the fourth episode of the second season of Chuck. It originally aired on October 20, 2008. Chuck Bartowski learns more about Sarah Walker's past when they run into her old high school nemesis Heather Chandler . Sarah's teenage insecurities come to surface and she tries...
," when Heather Chandler attempts to extort F-22 plans from her husband for Volkoff. Volkoff later arranged for her to be on the same prison transfer as Hugo Panzer and hired Panzer to kill her for the failure. Volkoff's ability to manipulate prison transfers, relationship with Mary, and former connections to the Soviet Union would suggest a far-reaching political power.
Volkoff's entire infrastructure is stored in "Hydra", a valuable database of weapons buyers and sellers that Mary believes is more important than Volkoff himself. The database was present in the series as early as "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II
Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II
"Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II" is the 19th episode and season finale of the third season of Chuck. It was originally aired May 24, 2010 in a special two-hour block with "Chuck Versus the Subway." Team Bartowski escapes execution by Shaw, thanks to Morgan and Devon...
", when a box labeled "Identity: Hydra" was shown in Stephen's basement. The box was presumably incinerated with the rest of the basement in "Chuck Versus the First Fight
Chuck Versus the First Fight
"Chuck Versus the First Fight" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 1, 2010. In the wake of his first fight with Sarah, Chuck Bartowski embarks on a rogue mission to prove his mother's innocence, ultimately colliding with her MI6 handler, Gregory...
". Until "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
Chuck Versus the Gobbler
"Chuck Versus the Gobbler" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 24, 2011. Sarah Walker sets out on a perilous undercover mission by assisting Mary Elizabeth Bartowski in a bid to finally crush criminal mastermind Alexei Volkoff...
", Hydra was stored in Yuri the Gobbler's fake eyeball. Following Yuri's imprisonment, Volkoff saw the flaw in the arrangement and destroyed the eye with a paperweight, after downloading it to another computer aboard the ship The Contessa, which he uses as a base. in "Chuck Versus the Push Mix
Chuck Versus the Push Mix
"Chuck Versus the Push Mix" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 31, 2011. Much like "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" in the third season, this episode was intended to be the fourth season finale before an additional eleven episodes were ordered...
", Chuck Bartowski
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:...
and Morgan Grimes
Morgan Grimes
Morgan Guillermo Grimes is a major character on the television series Chuck. He is portrayed by actor Joshua Gomez, and is the best friend of Chuck Bartowski....
try to access the Hydra database, but cannot do so until they trick Volkoff into speaking the phrase that acts as a password. Once they access the database, a virus written by Stephen before his death moves Hydra to a computer in his cabin, allowing General Beckman to acquire it and arrest Volkoff.
Alexi's daughter Vivian initially tries to turn the organization into a legitimate enterprise but quickly fills her father's shoes under Riley's guidance. In "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
"Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger" is the fourth season finale of the American NBC action-comedy television series Chuck. Aired on May 16, 2011, it is the season's 24th episode, and the 78th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Robert Duncan McNeill and written by series...
", Vivian and Alexei start a new life, sending Chuck and Sarah all of the company's assets, worth $877 million, as a wedding present.
Alexei Volkoff
Alexei Volkoff is the head of Volkoff Industries. For the first six episodes of the fourth season, Volkoff was an unseen characterUnseen character
In fiction, an unseen character is a character that is never directly observed by the audience but is only described by other characters. They are a common device in drama and have been called "triumphs of theatrical invention". They are continuing characters — characters who are currently in...
, directing his operatives from behind the scenes. He first appeared in in the seventh episode, "Chuck Versus the First Fight
Chuck Versus the First Fight
"Chuck Versus the First Fight" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 1, 2010. In the wake of his first fight with Sarah, Chuck Bartowski embarks on a rogue mission to prove his mother's innocence, ultimately colliding with her MI6 handler, Gregory...
". Volkoff's real name is Hartley Winterbottom (codename Agent X). He is portrayed by Timothy Dalton
Timothy Dalton
Timothy Peter Dalton ) is a Welsh actor of film and television. He is known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights and Licence to Kill , as well as Rhett Butler in the television miniseries Scarlett , an original sequel to Gone with the Wind...
.
Development
Volkoff Industries was introduced in the "Chuck Versus the Ring: Part IIChuck Versus the Ring: Part II
"Chuck Versus the Ring: Part II" is the 19th episode and season finale of the third season of Chuck. It was originally aired May 24, 2010 in a special two-hour block with "Chuck Versus the Subway." Team Bartowski escapes execution by Shaw, thanks to Morgan and Devon...
" as a threat against which Stephen Bartowski was secretly working, a threat that the government couldn't deal with, in which his wife was somehow involved. It has been revealed that in season four Chuck will be facing an individual villain, Alexei Volkoff, instead of another organization.
Vivian initially tried to turn the organization into a legitimate enterprise, but quickly conformed to her father's plans under Riley's guidance.
Chuck Bartowski and "Alexi Volkoff" (his memory and personality restored to Hartley Winterbottom), however, convince Vivian to reembrace her innocent original persona. Hartley and Vivian escape to a new life with the false passports Chuck gives them. Unable to make use of Volkoff Industries' assets without revealing themselves, the pair transfer the financial assets to Chuck and Sarah as a wedding present.
Leadership
Much like FulcrumFulcrum (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...
and the Ring
The Ring (Chuck)
The Ring is a major spy organization on the television series Chuck. The main antagonist of the second season , Fulcrum, is revealed in the Season Two finale to be only one part of the Ring, which then serves as the main antagonist of Season Three...
before him, Volkoff appears to appoint higher-ranking officials to command his company's numerous operatives. Alexei Volkoff serves as the company's head and founder, and Frost has been called his "right hand". Volkoff has also appointed a number of lieutenants to lead the organization should he be unable. However, Volkoff's intention is for his daughter, Vivian McArthur, to succeed him as the head of Volkoff Industries.
Frost
Frost is the codename of Mary Elizabeth Bartowski (Linda HamiltonLinda Hamilton
Linda Carroll Hamilton is an American actress best known for her portrayal of Sarah Connor in The Terminator and its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Catherine Chandler in the television series Beauty and the Beast, for which she was nominated for two Golden Globes and an Emmy...
), a CIA agent who went deep undercover into Volkoff Industries in Project ISIS around 1994. To keep her cover, she went rogue from the CIA. She is described as Volkoff's "right hand," the woman who Volkoff sends to make his problems disappear. However, her true allegiances are unknown. After Team Bartowski's escape from Volkoff's Moscow headquarters, Mary herself escaped custody after killing several of her captors, including Marco.
Mary breaks her cover in "Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
"Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired October 25, 2010. Team Bartowski battles sinister scientist Dr. Stanley Wheelwright , who is plotting to release toxins that induce nightmares...
" to inform her son
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:...
about Wheelwright and the nightmare-inducing toxin he is producing for Volkoff as it is "too dangerous" to be allowed into the wrong hands. However, after a series of double and triple-crosses in which she ultimately aids the team in capturing Wheelwright, Mary is revealed to be a rogue agent, and she is apprehended by Sarah Walker
Sarah Walker (Chuck)
Sarah Lisa Bartowski is the alias of one of the main characters of the fictional television show Chuck on NBC. She is portrayed by Yvonne Strahovski and is one of two agents assigned by the NSA and CIA to protect Chuck Bartowski after he unwittingly downloads the secret government computer known...
and John Casey
John Casey (Chuck)
Colonel John Casey is portrayed by actor Adam Baldwin on the television show Chuck on NBC. Prior to the episode "Chuck Versus the Tic Tac," he was partnered with CIA agent Sarah Walker to protect Chuck Bartowski....
. Mary convinces Chuck to seek out her MI6 handler, Tuttle, who can provide intelligence clearing her name. After accompanying Chuck and Sarah to their old home and Stephen's hidden base, she apparently betrayed them, flashing Chuck with a device that apparently neutralizes the Intersect
The Intersect
The Intersect is a fictional secret technology appearing in the television series Chuck. Within the series, it is used to house and analyze large quantities of encoded data...
, allowing her to capture the pair with Volkoff. Although Volkoff destroys Stephen's base and intelligence, Mary slips Sarah a razor so that she and Chuck can escape, and she leads Ellie
Ellie Bartowski
Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski Woodcomb, M.D., Ph.D., is the older sister of title character Chuck Bartowski on the television series Chuck. She is portrayed by actress Sarah Lancaster.-Biography:...
to one of Stephen's surviving laptops.
In "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
Chuck Versus the Gobbler
"Chuck Versus the Gobbler" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 24, 2011. Sarah Walker sets out on a perilous undercover mission by assisting Mary Elizabeth Bartowski in a bid to finally crush criminal mastermind Alexei Volkoff...
", Sarah goes under cover as a double agent working for Volkoff, essentially becoming Mary's partner. Her plan is to have Sarah free Yuri the Gobbler from prison to gain access to Hydra. When Volkoff destroys the copy hidden in Yuri's false eye and downloads it to another location, Mary retrieves a piece of the micro chip. In "Chuck Versus the Push Mix
Chuck Versus the Push Mix
"Chuck Versus the Push Mix" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 31, 2011. Much like "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" in the third season, this episode was intended to be the fourth season finale before an additional eleven episodes were ordered...
", Volkoff discovers Mary's betrayal. She tells him that her husband was ten times the man he is and she never stopped thinking of him.
Lieutenants
Jurek, Antonia, and Christoph were Volkoff's lieutenants. After Volkoff's arrest, Boris Kaminsky began a search for a key to unlock a compartment in Volkoff's office and claim the organization. Kaminsky murders Jurek and Antonia, leading him to Christoph, who tells him that he knows where the key currently is. The lieutenant is spared, but found dead later by the CIA.Vivian McArthur
Vivian McArthur Volkoff (Lauren CohanLauren Cohan
Lauren Cohan is an American actress. Her most recognized role to date is that of the role of Bela Talbot on Supernatural...
), previously Vivian McArthur, is Volkoff's daughter and chosen successor. She had no knowledge of her father's criminal organization, having believed her whole life that he was an oil company executive. Team Bartowski is ordered to protect her when Boris Kaminsky begins a killing spree in search of a key to unlock a part of Volkoff's office and claim the company. When Boris confronts her, he reveals that Vivian's entire life, including martial arts training, target practice and learning multiple languages, her father had been about preparing her for the spy world. After shooting Boris with a shotgun
Shotgun
A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...
at point-blank range
Point-blank range
In external ballistics, point-blank range is the distance between a firearm and a target of a given size such that the bullet in flight is expected to strike the target without adjusting the elevation of the firearm. The point-blank range will vary with the firearm and its particular ballistic...
, Vivian goes alone to the Volkoff Industries headquarters in Moscow and unlocks a compartment with a locket from her father, revealing a card to access Volkoff's vault at the First Bank of Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...
, which contain various pictures of Vivian's life.
Although Vivian initially declines her father's legacy, she is later shown to have joined Riley, and they drive away to learn the truth about her father. She then hires a CIA agent named Damien to kill Chuck for $10 million, effectively becoming Chuck's nemesis.
The CIA orders Vivian assassinated, but Chuck refuses to believe that Vivian would hire Damien. In a meet, Vivian reveals that she is turning Volkoff Industries into a legitimate enterprise, having given Interpol
Interpol
Interpol, whose full name is the International Criminal Police Organization – INTERPOL, is an organization facilitating international police cooperation...
a list of a list of every black market agent and replaced the old operatives. As a sign of good faith
Good faith
In philosophy, the concept of Good faith—Latin bona fides “good faith”, bona fide “in good faith”—denotes sincere, honest intention or belief, regardless of the outcome of an action; the opposed concepts are bad faith, mala fides and perfidy...
, she gives Chuck a component of a Volkoff weapon known as the "Norseman", only to flee when she is apparently shot in the arm by a sniper
Sniper
A sniper is a marksman who shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles....
. Team Bartowski then seeks the help of Vivian's father to find the weapon's tracking device and killing agent in exchange for a meeting with Vivian. It is later revealed that Vivian had communicated with her father simply by giving Chuck the Norseman, and the elder Volkoff goes to rejoin her. However, Vivian refuses to forgive her father or Chuck for their lying and leaves them to die, using the killing agent, thorium
Thorium
Thorium is a natural radioactive chemical element with the symbol Th and atomic number 90. It was discovered in 1828 and named after Thor, the Norse god of thunder....
, as leverage to further her business aspirations. Vivian becomes determined to find "Agent X", the only person of whom her father was ever afraid. However, Agent X is later revealed to be the true identity of Volkoff himself.
Riley makes several attempts to turn Vivian into as ruthless an individual as her father, including killing all her competitors with the fully assembled Norseman. Vivian captures Mary, who she learns is not only the woman who betrayed her father for twenty years, but also Chuck's mother. Vivian accuses Chuck of being Agent X, but Chuck reveals that Vivian's father was Agent X. Riley twists this information to further his attempt at manipulating and shaping Vivian, only to be shot by Sarah. Vivian is shown to have transitioned from a victim to a villain when she seeks revenge against Chuck and the Bartowski family, by attempting to kill Chuck's fiancee Sarah Walker with the Norseman weapon. Vivian neglected, however, to consider the presence of neurosurgeon Ellie Woodcomb and cardiologist Devon Woodcomb who were able to slow the weapon's effect. Vivian is convinced to return to her innocent earlier persona by Chuck Bartowski and her father's restored personality, Hartley Winterbottom.
In "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger
"Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger" is the fourth season finale of the American NBC action-comedy television series Chuck. Aired on May 16, 2011, it is the season's 24th episode, and the 78th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Robert Duncan McNeill and written by series...
", Chuck Bartowski and "Alexei Volkoff" (his memory and personality restored to Englishman Hartley Winterbottom) convince Vivian to reembrace her innocent original persona. After providing Chuck with the Norseman antidote for Sarah and a platoon of Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz
Spetsnaz, Specnaz tr: Voyska specialnogo naznacheniya; ) is an umbrella term for any special forces in Russian, literally "force of special purpose"...
paratroopers, Vivian and her father Hartley escape to a new life with the false passports Chuck gives them. Unable to make use of Volkoff Industries' assets without revealing themselves, the pair transfer these financial assets to Chuck and Sarah as a wedding present. In the same episode, Hartley reveals that Vivian was named after his grandmother, who also loved to ride horses and bears a striking resemblance.
Known agents and operatives
A number of Volkoff Industries operatives have been identified by Operation Bartowski over the course of the fourth season. In addition to spies, the organization includes weapons dealers, weapons designers, and assassins. After the organization's collapse, Vivian reveals that she has given Interpol a list of a list of every black market agent and replaced the old operatives.Armand
Armand (Igor JijikineIgor Jijikine
Igor Jijikine is a Russian actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow.Over the recent years, Igor has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and J. J. Abrams and has appeared in numerous commercial spots for major brands.Igor is also an accomplished sportsman and stage performer...
) is an assassin Volkoff ordered to track down Stephen. When Chuck is revealed to have been impersonating Stephen, Volkoff informs him that Armand is going to kill Casey and Ellie
Ellie Bartowski
Eleanor Faye "Ellie" Bartowski Woodcomb, M.D., Ph.D., is the older sister of title character Chuck Bartowski on the television series Chuck. She is portrayed by actress Sarah Lancaster.-Biography:...
. Armand apparently smothers Casey with a pillow, but Casey is revealed to have faked his death and hits Armand with a bonsai
Bonsai
is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ...
tree. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Push Mix
Chuck Versus the Push Mix
"Chuck Versus the Push Mix" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 31, 2011. Much like "Chuck Versus the Other Guy" in the third season, this episode was intended to be the fourth season finale before an additional eleven episodes were ordered...
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Barbara
Barbara (Monet MazurMonet Mazur
Monet Happy Mazur is an American actress, model and musician.-Personal life:Mazur was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Ruby Mazur, an illustrator who has worked in the record industry and at one time was the manager of Billy Joel. Mazur has four siblings: Nicholas, Cézanne, Matisse...
) is a Volkoff agent who gained access to the Buy More
Buy More
Buy More is a fictional big box electronics retail chain in NBC's action-comedy series Chuck. The Buy More is a parody of similar chains, particularly Best Buy....
by offering to do anything for a Bondesen 7G smart phone. Throughout the episode, she acts as Volkoff's second-in-command. Barbara is last seen guarding hostages when Volkoff informs her that their mission is accomplished. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Leftovers
Chuck Versus the Leftovers
"Chuck Versus the Leftovers" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski's mother comes over for "Thanksgiving leftovers" dinner the day after the holiday...
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Dasha
Dasha (Ana GasteyerAna Gasteyer
Ana Kristina Gasteyer is an American actress of stage, film, and television. She is best known for her comedic roles when she was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2002.-Early life:...
) is a Volkoff agent who kidnapped Chuck and "Gregory Tuttle"—actually Volkoff himself in disguise—during Chuck's rogue attempt to clear his mother's name. Chuck and Tuttle escaped her custody by parachuting out of an airplane on which they were being transported, after Tuttle attempted to seduce her. She later reappeared leading a supposed bank robbery to cover for their attempt to recover the data on Mary that Chuck was attempting to find. After the gunfight in the bank she shoots "Tuttle" as part of Volkoff's plans to gain access to Stephen's hidden base. Dasha has several scars, and is portrayed by actress Ana Gasteyer in a very emotionless manner compared by HitFix writer Alan Sepinwall to Rosa Klebb
Rosa Klebb
Colonel Rosa Klebb is a fictional character and the main antagonist from the James Bond film and novel From Russia with Love. She was played by Lotte Lenya in the film version...
. First seen in: Chuck Versus the First Fight
Chuck Versus the First Fight
"Chuck Versus the First Fight" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 1, 2010. In the wake of his first fight with Sarah, Chuck Bartowski embarks on a rogue mission to prove his mother's innocence, ultimately colliding with her MI6 handler, Gregory...
.
Boris Kaminsky
Boris Kaminsky (David S. Lee) was a former Volkoff Industries operative. After Volkoff's arrest, Kaminsky begins a search for a key to unlock a compartment in Volkoff's office claim Volkoff's bank account and his organization. He murders two of Volkoff's lieutenants, leading him to a last one in Volkoff's organization, who tells him that he knows where the key currently is. The lieutenant is spared, but found dead later on by the CIA. Kaminsky locates Vivian McArthur, revealed to be Volkoff's daughter, and holds her at gunpoint to find the key. However, Vivian pulls out a shotgun and shoots Kaminsky at point-blank range. First seen in: Chuck Versus the MasqueradeChuck Versus the Masquerade
"Chuck Versus the Masquerade" is the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. Although taking place on and around Valentine's Day, the episode actually aired originally on February 21, 2011, one week later. Valentine's Day is ruined when the team is dispatched to protect heiress Vivian...
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Jasmine
Jasmine (India de BeaufortIndia de Beaufort
India de Beaufort is an English actress and singer/songwriter from London whose appearances include roles in Basil Brush and Run Fatboy Run. She played Aneka, a pagan warrior maiden, in the 2009 series Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire...
) is an operative who assists Riley in locating Orion's laptop. She uses her appearance to her advantage, and is later shown to be proficient with knives. She is killed by Mrs. Winterbottom in the childhood home of Hartley Winterbottom (the true identity of Agent X and Alexei Volkoff). First seen in: Chuck Versus the Agent X.
K.K.
K.K. (Andre Kincaid) is one of Volkoff's computer experts. He hacks into the Buy More's weapons system and takes control of several minigunMinigun
The Minigun is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel heavy machine gun with a high rate of fire , employing Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external power source...
s. However, he is unable to open the elevator to Castle. K.K. is last seen with Barbara guarding the hostages. In an episode
Chuck Versus the Leftovers
"Chuck Versus the Leftovers" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski's mother comes over for "Thanksgiving leftovers" dinner the day after the holiday...
that is largely a homage to Die Hard
Die Hard
Die Hard is a 1988 American action film and the first in the Die Hard film series. The film was directed by John McTiernan and written by Jeb Stuart and Steven E. de Souza. It is based on a 1979 novel by Roderick Thorp titled Nothing Lasts Forever, itself a sequel to the book The Detective, which...
, he is believed to be a reference to the character Theo, even repeating the line "And the quarterback is toast!" First seen in: Chuck Versus the Leftovers
Chuck Versus the Leftovers
"Chuck Versus the Leftovers" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski's mother comes over for "Thanksgiving leftovers" dinner the day after the holiday...
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Marco
Marco (Dolph LundgrenDolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the movie action hero stereotype including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.A graduate in chemical...
) was a high-level agent for Volkoff Industries. He was tracked to Hong Kong by Casey and Sarah, in possession of a portable EMP
Electromagnetic pulse
An electromagnetic pulse is a burst of electromagnetic radiation. The abrupt pulse of electromagnetic radiation usually results from certain types of high energy explosions, especially a nuclear explosion, or from a suddenly fluctuating magnetic field...
device intended for black market sale. He later escapes and captures Casey and Sarah while on a flight to Venezuela, before taking them to Volkoff's Moscow headquarters. After underestimating Chuck and The Intersect, he escapes once again following an intense gunfight in the dark. When confronting Mary Elizabeth at an undisclosed holding facility, his veiled threats against her surviving family leads to her quickly defeating and killing her captors and escaping. Marco is killed by Mary during her escape. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Anniversary
Chuck Versus the Anniversary
"Chuck Versus the Anniversary" is the fourth season premiere of Chuck. It originally aired September 20, 2010. When the CIA gains control over the Buy More, Chuck Bartowski begins searching for his mother . Sarah and Casey follow a trail to Russia as they investigate the mysterious Volkoff...
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Packard, T.I., and MacKintosh
Packard, T.I., and MacKintosh (Eric RobertsEric Roberts
Eric Anthony Roberts is an American actor. His career began with King of the Gypsies , earning a Golden Globe nomination for best actor debut. He starred as the protagonist in the 1980 dramatisation of Willa Cather's 1905 short story, Paul's Case...
, Dave Bautista, and Joel David Moore
Joel Moore
Joel David Moore is an American actor who has appeared in television commercials, feature films, and television series. He is best known for his roles as Owen Dittman in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Dr. Norm Spellman in Avatar, Colin Fisher in Bones and J.P...
) were members of Casey's Clinton-era
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
special forces team, with their expertise being in special weapons, hand-to-hand combat, and electronics, respectively, while Casey himself was the team's tactician. The characters are presented as an homage to and spoof of the A-Team
The A-Team
The A-Team is an American action adventure television series about a fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel who work as soldiers of fortune, while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit". The A-Team was created by...
, a comparison Chuck makes during the episode
Chuck Versus the Couch Lock
"Chuck Versus the Couch Lock" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired October 18, 2010. When Colonel John Casey's Clinton-era team returns looking for him, Chuck Bartowski must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to find his mother...
in which they appeared. During a mission in Iran during 1999 they attempted to steal terrorist gold they were ordered to destroy. Casey thwarted his teammates and personally dragged them back to friendly territory for court-martial. They managed to escape, and attempted to kill Casey several times before they finally gave up. At some point they went to work for Volkoff. When Chuck learned they may have had a connection to his mother he orchestrated a complex plan to lure them into the open by faking Casey's death and funeral. They were ultimately defeated and recaptured by Morgan when he electrocuted them, and himself, to prevent them from recovering the gold. They apparently take their names from electronics brands: Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
, Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...
, and Apple Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Couch Lock
Chuck Versus the Couch Lock
"Chuck Versus the Couch Lock" is the fifth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired October 18, 2010. When Colonel John Casey's Clinton-era team returns looking for him, Chuck Bartowski must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to find his mother...
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Pierre, Victor, and Hercule
Pierre, Victor, and Hercule were Volkoff's top assassins in North America. They attack Chuck and Sarah with knives but are soon slain by Mary. First seen in: Chuck Versus the LeftoversChuck Versus the Leftovers
"Chuck Versus the Leftovers" is the tenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired November 29, 2010. Chuck Bartowski's mother comes over for "Thanksgiving leftovers" dinner the day after the holiday...
.
Riley
Riley (Ray WiseRay Wise
Raymond Nicolas "Ray" Wise is an American actor, known for his roles as Leland Palmer in Twin Peaks, as Leon C. Nash, right-hand henchman to villain Clarence Boddicker in the science fiction classic RoboCop, and recently as the Devil in the CW television series Reaper.-Life and career:Wise was...
) is Volkoff's lawyer, handling Volkoff's estate after his arrest. Riley reads Vivian her father's will
Will (law)
A will or testament is a legal declaration by which a person, the testator, names one or more persons to manage his/her estate and provides for the transfer of his/her property at death...
, revealing Volkoff's intention for her to control the company. Riley is adamant that Vivian accepts the company, and he holds her at gunpoint when she declines. Although Vivian injures him and escapes, Riley later returns her locket. They are last seen driving away so Vivian can learn the truth about her father.
Riley later carries out an attempt to recover Stephen Bartowski's laptop from Chuck, ambushing him and his friends during his bachelor party
Bachelor party
A bachelor party , also known as a stag party, stag night or stag do , a bull's party , or a buck's party or buck's night , is a party held for a man shortly before he enters marriage, to celebrate his "last night of freedom" or merely to spend...
in Las Vecas, and later assaulting Team Bartowski at the house of Volkoff's—whose real identity as English scientist Hartley Winterbottom would be later revealed by intelligence the team recovered there—mother. He survives when Mrs. Winterbottom destroys the house and kills Riley's assault team to cover Chuck's escape.
He is shot and killed by Sarah during the events of "Chuck Versus the Last Details
Chuck Versus the Last Details
"Chuck Versus the Last Details" is the 23rd episode of the fourth season of Chuck, and the 77th overall episode of the series. The episode was written by Henry Alonso Myers and Kristin Newman, and directed by Peter Lauer...
" while attempting to turn Vivian into as ruthless an individual as her father. Before his death Riley revealed he was fully aware that Volkoff was Agent X, and of Stephen Bartowski's involvement in the project. He twisted this information to further his attempt at manipulating and shaping Vivian. First seen in: Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil
Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil
"Chuck Versus the First Bank of Evil" is the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on February 28, 2011. Chuck Bartowski encourages Vivian McArthur to get in touch with her inner villain for a mission; Morgan Grimes' search for a new roommate has unexpected...
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Sofia Stepanova
Sofia Stepanova (Karolína KurkováKarolína Kurková
Karolína Isela Kurková is a Czech model, best known as a former Victoria's Secret Angel, and an aspiring actress. Mario Testino said of Kurková, "The proportions of her body and her face, as well as her energy level, make her a model who could fit almost into any moment." Vogue editor Anna...
) is an arms dealer, described by Beckman as one of Volkoff's top agents. She used her cover as a high-profile runway model to move items through customs and reach her clients without attracting notice of authorities. She was intercepted by Chuck and Sarah while using Fashion Week
Fashion Week
A fashion week is a fashion industry event, lasting approximately one week, which allows fashion designers, brands or "houses" to display their latest collections in runway shows and buyers and the media to take a look at the latest trends. Most importantly, these events let the industry know...
in Milan as a means of moving an experimental smart bullet
Smart bullet
Smart bullet is a term that has been used to describe several theoretical and prototype bullets. The "smart" part comes from the bullet doing something other than simply following its given trajectory, e.g. turning, speeding up, slowing down, sending data, etc....
design. They managed to recover the bullets, but Sofia had already removed the control chips, hiding them in the sequins of her dress. Sofia was finally captured when Chuck and Sarah discovered the ruse, and was defeated by Sarah in a brutal (and public) fight on the catwalk in Milan. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Suitcase
Chuck Versus the Suitcase
"Chuck Versus the Suitcase" is the second episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired September 27, 2010. There are crimes of fashion when Chuck Bartowski and Sarah Walker go undercover in Milan for Fashion Week to seize a high-tech weapon, yet Chuck soon recognizes a flaw in his...
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Dr. Stanley Wheelwright
Dr. Stanley Wheelwright (Robert EnglundRobert Englund
Robert Barton Englund is an American actor, voice-actor and director, best known for playing the fictional serial killer Freddy Krueger, in the Nightmare on Elm Street film series. He received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in...
) is a weapons designer, with experience as a professor of endocrinology, biochemistry, and psychology, as a senior lab advisor, and as a manager of resources. He makes reference in dialogue and action to the character Freddy Krueger
Freddy Krueger
Frederick Charles "Freddy" Krueger is a fictional, horrifying character from the Nightmare on Elm Street series of horror films. He first appears in Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street as a disfigured dream stalker who uses a glove armed with razors to kill his victims in their dreams,...
in the Nightmare on Elm Street series
A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)
A Nightmare on Elm Street is an American horror franchise that consists of nine slasher films, a television show, novels, and comic books. The franchise began with the film series created by Wes Craven. The franchise is based on the fictional character Freddy Krueger, introduced in A Nightmare on...
—a role previously made famous by Englund—and Scarecrow
Scarecrow (comics)
The Scarecrow is a fictional character, a supervillain, that appears in comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in World's Finest Comics #3 and was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane...
from the Batman
Batman
Batman is a fictional character created by the artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. A comic book superhero, Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 , and since then has appeared primarily in publications by DC Comics...
series. Wheelwright develops a nerve gas called atroxium that can send people into permanent nightmares. After Wheelwright demonstrates atroxium on a Volkoff security guard, Mary Bartowski risks breaking her cover and arranges for him to sell it to Volkoff's most trusted buyer, "Charles Carmichael" (cover for Mary's son Chuck). Chuck later locks Wheelwright and himself in the Buy More after being exposed to the drug, and the scientist tries to terrorize Chuck into opening the store by putting him in the "Aisle of Terror" (a Halloween attraction based on experiments by a UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
colleague, Professor Schofield, whom Wheelwright resents). The plan backfires when he is driven mad by the imagery. Wheelwright hands over the antitoxin and is taken into custody. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror
"Chuck Versus the Aisle of Terror" is the sixth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired October 25, 2010. Team Bartowski battles sinister scientist Dr. Stanley Wheelwright , who is plotting to release toxins that induce nightmares...
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Yuri the Gobbler
Yuri Gabrienko (Matthew WilligMatt Willig
Matthew Joseph "Matt" Willig is an American actor and former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League. He stands 6 feet, 8 inches .-Acting:...
), nicknamed "Yuri the Gobbler" because he eats his victims, was Volkoff's most trusted bodyguard. One of his real eyeballs was replaced by a false one containing the Hydra database (which is very valuable to Alexei Volkoff). In "Chuck Versus the Gobbler
Chuck Versus the Gobbler
"Chuck Versus the Gobbler" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 24, 2011. Sarah Walker sets out on a perilous undercover mission by assisting Mary Elizabeth Bartowski in a bid to finally crush criminal mastermind Alexei Volkoff...
", Team Bartowski breaks Yuri out of prison. When Sarah returns Yuri to Volkoff, Volkoff kills him and retrieves the eyeball. Willig earlier appeared in the first season
Chuck (season 1)
- Episodes :- Reception :The first season averaged on, only including the first 11 episodes, 8.68 million viewers per episode.- UK BARB ratings :...
episode "Chuck Versus the Tango
Chuck Versus the Tango
"Chuck Versus the Tango" is the third episode of the TV series Chuck, airing on October 8, 2007. Chuck faces the prospect of his first mission, while Morgan motivates the Nerd Herd to help him out against Harry Tang.-Main Plot:...
", as "Uri", one of two bodyguards escorting the known arms dealer La Ciudad. First seen in: Chuck Versus the Gobbler
Chuck Versus the Gobbler
"Chuck Versus the Gobbler" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of Chuck. It originally aired on January 24, 2011. Sarah Walker sets out on a perilous undercover mission by assisting Mary Elizabeth Bartowski in a bid to finally crush criminal mastermind Alexei Volkoff...
.
Other
In addition to Yuri, Volkoff Industries has assigned a number of guards to protect its assets and higher-ranking agents. One such bodyguard (Lou FerrignoLou Ferrigno
Louis Jude "Lou" Ferrigno is an American actor, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron...
) worked with Stepanova for some time, falling in love with her. One security guard (Roland Kickinger
Roland Kickinger
Roland Kickinger is an Austrian-born bodybuilder and actor from Vienna. Standing 6-feet-4-inches-tall and weighing from 250-300 pounds, he has appeared in numerous bodybuilding competitions, fitness magazines and training videos...
) was victimized by Wheelwright in a demonstration of atroxium for Frost.
Riley is later shown to employ a team of former Green Berets as mercenaries
Mercenary
A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...
, all of whom are killed by Casey. Several guards are shown to protect the mine housing the Norseman device in Amacayacu, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
. One of them, Vlad (Michael Bailey Smith
Michael Bailey Smith
Michael Bailey Smith is an American movie and television actor. He is best known for his appearances on the hit television series Charmed, where he played Belthazor, The Source of All Evil, a Grimlock leader and Shax.-Early life:...
), stops Chuck and Sarah when they are attempting to sneak in using Casey as a prisoner. When Chuck confides in Vlad that he is trying to impress Sarah, Vlad suggests beating Casey based on a personal experience of wooing a woman by breaking a man's neck. The Volkoffs are later revealed to have a platoon of Spetsnaz paratroopers at their disposal.