Yes, Chevy Chase will be in the season finale. Why ? Because they filmed the episodes out of order :
On November 12, Megan Ganz, a (very good) writer on the series, said on Twitter that it was "Day one of shooting the finale". Attached to that statement was the picture below :
As you can see, Chevy Chase is clearly here for the season finale, which is called Advanced Introduction to Finality, a callback on the title of episode 3.22, Introduction to Finality, when they didn't know if the show would be back for a fourth season. Great idea of a title, don't you think ? Looking forward to Introduction to Advanced Introduction to Finality *wishful thinking*.
As you can see from the script, this 13th episode of the season was shot as the 11th episode, explaining why Chevy Chase won't be in 1-2 episodes (e.g : he might be missing from episode 4.12).
Because, whether you like Chevy Chase or not, having a series regular leaving the show before the season finale would have kind of sucked (unless they would have found a replacement for Pierce without the group even noticing the change, like Bill Murray or a goat).
And the possibility of having a back 9 order, or a back 5, or even a back 1.5 seems gone now. Not that having a première date on February 7 left much room for an extension on the 13-episode order : with one episode each Thursday at 8pm for 13 weeks, it gives us a season finale on May 9, 2013... Jeff said he would be eating a steak with his lawyer license back on May 23, 2013, so maybe NBC will try to adjust to that — assuming the new showrunners, self-proclaimed fans (who should know that bit of info given in season 1 then), made a story that leads to such an event (and if Jeff doesn't get his license back, I think there should still be a meat-eating scene in episode 4.13).
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