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ActionDrama

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United States

First episode date
  
22 September 2014

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Starring
  
Elyes GabelKatharine McPheeEddie Kaye ThomasJadyn WongAri StidhamRobert PatrickRiley B. Smith

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Brian TylerTony Morales

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Scorpion (stylized as </SCORPION>) is an American action drama television series loosely based on the life of computer expert Walter O'Brien. In the series, O'Brien and his friends help each other to solve complex global problems and save lives. The series premiered on September 22, 2014 and airs in the United States on CBS. On October 27, 2014, CBS placed a full season episode order for the first season. On March 25, 2016, CBS renewed Scorpion for a third season, which premiered on October 3, 2016. In March 2017, CBS renewed the series for a fourth season.

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Synopsis

Scorpion is said to be the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats around the globe. Drawing on a diverse set of skills and experience, the team tackles a variety of problems, many of which are extremely complex. While they are frequently called into service by the Department of Homeland Security, they also accept work from private individuals and organizations.

Main

  • Elyes Gabel as Walter O'Brien
  • A genius with an IQ of 197, Walter was notably arrested for hacking into NASA's mainframe as a child, seeking a set of blueprints to put on his bedroom wall. Later in the series, it is revealed that he married Happy Quinn to avoid Deportation.
  • Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen
  • Paige serves as office manager for the team, and helps to 'translate' the real world for them, helping them interact with the people they meet. In turn, the team helps her understand her genius son, Ralph.
  • Eddie Kaye Thomas as Tobias "Toby" Meriwether Curtis, MD
  • A Harvard-trained doctor with a degree in psychiatry, Toby serves the team as a behaviorist, 'reading' people that the team encounters. His gambling addiction occasionally causes trouble for him and the team.
  • Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn
  • A gifted mechanical engineer, Happy was named for her parents' favorite song, R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People". After her mother died in childbirth, her father gave her up for foster care; her experience makes it difficult for her to interact with and relate to others.
  • Ari Stidham as Sylvester Dodd
  • Gifted as a mathematician and statistician, he is described as 'a human calculator'. He is a highly sensitive person and struggles with OCD and anxiety, and harbors fears of germs, air transportation, boats, and open water, among others.
  • Robert Patrick as Agent Cabe Gallo
  • A former Marine and an FBI agent before joining Homeland Security, Gallo initially recruits the team to fix a serious air traffic control problem; afterward, he asked them to become a liaison team to tackle difficult missions that the government does not have the manpower or technological prowess to handle.
  • Riley B. Smith as Ralph Dineen (recurring season 1, main seasons 2–)
  • Son to Paige, he is initially believed to be a troubled child before meeting and interacting with Walter, who tells Paige that he is actually a genius. He interacts well with the team, and on occasion, assists with cases.

    Recurring

  • Camille Guaty as Megan O'Brien (season 1–2), Walter's sister and Sylvester's wife, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, a condition that Walter sought to "fix" in order to repay the favor of her always being there throughout his childhood. She died in the episode "Arrivals and Departures" after suffering complications due to her disease.
  • Brendan Hines as Drew Baker (season 1), Ralph's biological father who is a struggling minor league baseball player.
  • Daniel Zolghadri as Young Walter (season 1).
  • David Fabrizio as Merrick (season 1–2), Director of Homeland Security. After the events of season 1, Merrick was demoted and reassigned as Homeland Security's liaison to NASA. He dies in the episode "Da Bomb" during a fight with Cabe Gallo when Cabe pushed him off the rocket's launch platform.
  • Andy Buckley as Richard Elia (season 1–), billionaire tech mogul who wants Walter to work for his company
  • Jamie McShane as Patrick Quinn (season 1–), a mechanic and father of Happy.
  • Joshua Leonard as Mark Collins (season 1-), former member of Team Scorpion, who kidnapped Toby.
  • Alana de la Garza as Adriana Molina (season 2), the new Director of Homeland Security who is Merrick's successor, eventually as of "Fish Fillet" she is no longer interacting with team Scorpion since Cabe called her a disappointment for offering to leave Sylvester in a prison to die.
  • Kevin Weisman as Ray Spiewack (season 2), Walter's new buddy from community service, Ray is a former firefighter who is suffering from post-traumatic stress after losing his best friend in a fire 10 years ago.,
  • Peri Gilpin as Katherine Cooper (season 2), the Deputy Homeland Security Director who takes over for Molina as Scorpion's Homeland liaison; prior to working with Scorpion, Cooper had never served in the field.
  • Pete Giovine as Chet (season 2), Happy's "date", a comedian who is her comedy coach.
  • Horatio Sanz as Heywood "Jahelpme" Morris, (season 2), lawyer with his own TV commercial who first takes on Sylvester's game show contract case, then eventually becoming the team's personal attorney.
  • Brooke Nevin as Linda (season 2), a matchmaker in speed dating that Walter ends up briefly dating in an attempt to try and connect emotionally with others.
  • Scott Porter as Tim Armstrong (season 2–), Homeland Security trainee and former Navy SEAL that Cabe brings in to work with Scorpion. Armstrong starts to develop feelings for Paige on their first meeting, and he soon takes Paige out on a date. Armstrong also takes Paige to a Jazz concert that Walter insisted; however, Walter intended the tickets to the concert were for Paige and Walter. Although initially established as a Master chief petty officer, Tim's uniform for the United States Marine Corps birthday ball in "We're Gonna Need a Bigger Vote" is that of a Lieutenant. In "Don't Burst My Bubble", Paige and Tim are revealed to have broken up.
  • Lea Thompson as Veronica Dineen (season 3), a con artist and Paige's mother, with whom Paige does not get along.
  • Critical reception

    Scorpion has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, season one holds a rating of 42% based on 48 reviews, with an average rating of 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Typical procedural plot lines and boring characters using a distracting amount of geek-speak make Scorpion a forgettable show without sting." On Metacritic, the show has a score of 48 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

    The show premiered on September 22, 2014, earning a 3.2 rating in the 18–49 demographic and 13.83 million total viewers. This improved CBS' Monday 9 p.m. time slot from the previous season by 66% in total viewers and 22% in the 18–49 demographic. It was also Monday's top new series in viewers and key demographics. The number of viewers during the first season across all platforms was 26 million.

    Broadcast

    Scorpion was picked up in thirteen countries, including in the UK by ITV2 for broadcast starting on October 23, 2014. The series premiered in fall on RTÉ2 in Ireland. Australian Network Ten began airing the show on September 28. In New Zealand, Prime began airing the show on October 10. The show airs in Canada on City simultaneous to CBS.

    A special 63-minute episode, "Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll", was originally aired as a single episode in season two, but shown in Britain and its overseas territories in two parts.

    References

    Scorpion (TV series) Wikipedia