Other recurring cast members include Bonita Friedericy as Brigadier General Diane Beckman, the head of the NSA and an ally to Carmichael Industries, Mekenna Melvin as Alex McHugh, Casey's daughter and Morgan's girlfriend, and Richard Burgi as Clyde Decker, a CIA agent involved in a rogue operation to take down Chuck. Angus Macfadyen appeared in the final four episodes as the series' final recurring villain, Nicholas Quinn.
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Brandon Routh returned to the series as Daniel Shaw, a villain that the team had previously defeated. It was later confirmed that she would appear in the final episode. At Comic-Con, Fedak revealed his desire for Linda Hamilton to return as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. It was later announced that The Matrix actress Carrie-Anne Moss would play Verbanski.
John Casey was given a romantic interest in Gertrude Verbanski, the head of Carmichael Industries' biggest spy competition, Verbanski Corp., said by Fedak to be "the best spy company in the world". It was confirmed at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International that Sarah Lancaster would also reprise her role as Dr. The big-box store Buy More, which Chuck purchased in the fourth-season finale, is also featured in the fifth season, with Mark Christopher Lawrence, Scott Krinsky, and Vik Sahay reprising their roles as Michael "Big Mike" Tucker, Jeffrey "Jeff" Barnes, and Lester Patel, respectively. Chris Fedak later confirmed that Joshua Gomez would reprise his role of Morgan Grimes. Series stars Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, and Adam Baldwin all expressed an interest to reprise their roles of former Special Agents Charles "Chuck" and Sarah Bartowski, and Colonel John Casey, and an interview with Ryan McPartlin about the future of the series suggested he would also return as Dr. Cast įurther information: List of Chuck cast members and List of Chuck characters Levi had previously directed an episode each in the third and fourth seasons. It was announced on September 8, 2011, that series star Zachary Levi would direct the fifth episode of the season.
The season was scheduled to premiere Octo and mark the transition of the series' timeslot from Monday nights to Friday nights at 8/7c, before being rescheduled to one week later, October 28. Despite a drastic decline in viewership, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season of 13 episodes on May 13, 2011. Fedak later confirmed that the episode, as the title suggests, would have a cliffhanger ending leading into the fifth season. Series co-creators Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak expressed a desire to produce a fifth season of Chuck as early as March 2011, when it was revealed that the fourth season finale would be titled " Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger".