01. - Video - Don't freak out.

[scruffynerdhrdr]

[The camera comes on, revealing a nervous-looking young man in his late 20s. A Tron poster is visible behind him.]

H-hi, hello, Barge. Hi.

Name's Chuck, Chuck Bartowski, I, uh, I fix computers and things. It's my job. Also for fun.

I hope I can help an inmate, I mean, I want to help an inmate. Or many inmates. And it's good to, you know, just

Comments

[scruffynerdhrdr]

[Look who's all herp-de-derp and doesn't really remember Fourth Wall Day due to 1) him being from the writers' strike at the time and 2) Barge amnesia.]

...yes...?

He's so adorable when he's confused.

[scruffynerdhrdr]

[And nooowwww it starts to sink in. That's why she looks so familiar! And probably another thing.]

Days...?

Oh, God! This is -- this is that Barge! With the network thing! [How did you forget that, dummy? Did the Intersect 2.0 just kind of rewrite that part of your brain?]

Claire, that was like two years ago! What the hell's going on?

[scruffynerdhrdr]

Yeah, definitely two years ago. It wasn't too long after Awesome - er, Devon - proposed to my sister. And they got married last spring.

[Indeed, Barge. WTF.]

Uh, yeah! I'm here, I'm on board, in...hold on just a sec.

[He runs to the door to check the number on it, and also which floor he's on.]

Room 16, level 4, is where I am right now.

[scruffynerdhrdr]

Yeah, I know, right?

[You thought your life was weird before, Chuck? Prepare for it to get LOADS weirder.]

Uh-huh, I'm a Warden. And...you are too, right? Am I remembering that correctly?

[scruffynerdhrdr]

Right. The vampire. [Chuckle.] I wonder who I'll be assigned to.

[scruffynerdhrdr]

Oh, okay. Good.

So how often do those come around? Like, every week, once a month...?

[scruffynerdhrdr]

If all goes well. And if all doesn't?

[scruffynerdhrdr]

I...think I missed the memo on that one.