In federal agencies, the term "special agent" generally denotes an investigator, comparable to how a detective outranks a beat cop. Reputedly, CIA field personnel prefer to be called operatives and refer to snitch-for-money informants as agents. Certainly, the CIA Inspector General has Special Agents tasked with investigating high profile crimes and misconduct within the CIA, similar to a police department's internal affairs office.
When yelling at the lady customer looking for the HDTV sale in the store, Chuck is speaking Thai.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Lester electrifies the fight cage, an unnamed employee flies backwards, to the sound of the Wilhelm Scream.
Both Zachary Levi (Chuck Bartowski) and Brandon Routh (Daniel Shaw) have played comic book characters in movies.
Zac played Fandral in Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), then he played Shazam in Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
Brandon played Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns (2006), Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis (2020), then played Ray Palmer/The Atom/Neron/Superman/Superman (Earth-96)/Clark Kent (Earth-96) in Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Batwoman (2019).
Zac played Fandral in Thor: The Dark World (2013) and Thor: Ragnarok (2017), then he played Shazam in Shazam! (2019) and Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023).
Brandon played Clark Kent/Superman in Superman Returns (2006), Todd Ingram in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis (2020), then played Ray Palmer/The Atom/Neron/Superman/Superman (Earth-96)/Clark Kent (Earth-96) in Arrow (2012), The Flash (2014), Supergirl (2015), DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016) and Batwoman (2019).
When Morgan tells Lester he is on probation, he adds "double secret" this is in reference to the movie National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) where Dean Wormer plots to get rid of Delta House and says "Well, as of this moment, they're on DOUBLE SECRET PROBATION!"