Why didn't Chuck use the glasses after Morgan at the end of season 4?
In the last episode of season 4 (S04E24, "Chuck Versus the Cliffhanger"), Chuck has the "Intersect" suppressed from his memory. Later on, in the dying moments of the episode, Morgan Grimes puts on a pair of what he believes to be regular sunglasses and, of course, gets programmed with the Intersect.
Since there were a pair of glasses ready to reprogram the Intersect, why didn't Chuck just use those glasses to regain access to the Intersect?
Best Answer
The "Intersect" program is coded such as it deletes itself either during, or after run-time. As we have seen on several occasions when Chuck, or someone else (e.g. Shaw), has used Intersect computers or glasses, the monitors/glasses have been left in a state where they have either been black (disabled or just inactivated) or displayed the text "Upload Complete". This combined with the fact that everyone have treated the equipment as nonfunctional after it has been used hints that the program is only good for one upload.
This is actually confirmed later on in the show (S05E01, "Chuck Versus the Zoom") when Chuck and Ellie are standing down in "Castle", looking at a pair of glasses;
CHUCK
How certain are you that these glasses only had one reload left in them?
ELLIE
Like, very certain... I tried to access the program, but, there's no way to update it. This version of the Intersect is a one-time deal. I'm sorry.
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Is Morgan the new Intersect?
In a tag scene, Morgan sees a pair of sunglasses in a box of objects that was left for Chuck. When he put them on they uploaded the Intersect, and he became the new and unexpected human Intersect.What does the Intersect do to Morgan?
Corrupt Intersect This new Intersect contained a Trojan Horse, which caused memory loss for for Morgan. The Trojan Horse altered Morgan's personality, making him more overconfident and arrogant, so much so that he dumped Alex via text. Chuck said he was becoming 7th grade Morgan all over again.Does Chuck lose the Intersect in season 4?
Early in the last season, it became obvious that the Intersect was just too useful, because it could get Chuck out of almost any bind. So a decision was made at some point to muck it up and take it away. What I'm glad to report is that, against what I expected, the Intersect doesn't come back in this story.What happens season 5 Chuck?
In season five, Chuck (Zachary Levi) branches out on his own and has to contend with rival business owner Gertrude Verbanski (Carrie-Anne Moss). In addition to building his spy business and mentoring Morgan (Joshua Gomez), Chuck tries to stop a computer virus with Sarah's (Yvonne Strahovski) help.Why Didn't You Stop Me?
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