He is the one who first recruited Jill to Fulcrum. Jill suggested that he was the only one who would know where Chuck's captured father would be held. To draw him away from his Fulcrum protectors, Jill and Chuck pretend to be engaged and throw a party. When Bernie realizes that Chuck is working with the government, he chases them down and tries to kill him, instead suffering a heart attack while attempting to beat Chuck with a baseball bat. He established Fulcrum smuggling drops in north Vietnam, south China, Singapore, Mongolia, India and Kazakhstan.