Production
"Chuck Versus the Dream Job" continues on the arc begun with "Chuck Versus the Lethal Weapon," particularly referencing Orion and furthering Chuck's quest to have the Intersect removed from his head. It also advances the general arc of season two, which has focused heavily on Fulcrum's desire to obtain the Intersect for its own purposes. Additionally, Arnold Vosloo reprises his role of Vincent from "Chuck Versus the Predator."
Bakula and Chase were announced to be playing the roles of Stephen Bartowski and Ted Roark, respectively, in January, 2009 as part of an extended arc to close out the season. Besides their resemblance to each other, Bakula was cast for Stephen Bartowski because Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak consider themselves "huge Quantum Leap fans, and found Bakula's ability to jump from comedy to drama to action reminiscent of Zachary Levi's.
Numerous small references are made to previous episodes, especially the pilot:
- Chuck tells Sarah he's "freaking out" while they're in his dad's trailer. Chuck previously used this line Chuck Versus the Intersect; first when Sarah has to point her gun at him when Casey catches them, and later at the end of the episode.
- Pancakes as a late-night snack or dinner were previously mentioned by Casey in the same episode.
- Also from "Chuck Versus the Intersect," when Chuck asks Ellie how he looks before his date with Sarah, she tells him "Aces, Charles." Chuck identifies this as a "dad line." When Stephen and Chuck are breaking into Roark's office, we hear Stephen use the line himself, telling Chuck "That's Aces, Charles" after Chuck retrieves the code for a security lock from the Intersect.
Roark's company is called two different names during the episode. The majority of the time, Ted's company is called Roark Instruments. For example, when Morgan first confronts Chuck over his 'new job', he calls the company Roark Instruments, as does the side of the file Chuck received when he started at RI. At the unveiling of RIOS, the caption of Ted's presentation on the webcast Ellie and Stephen watch says Roark Industries.
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