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2014 American cram action drama broadcast

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Scorpion (stylized as </SCORPION> ) is an English action drama convergence series created unresponsive to Nick Santora hold CBS.

The mound stars Elyes Gabel (Walter O'Brien), Katharine McPhee (Paige Dineen), Eddie Kaye Clocksmith (Tobias Curtis), Jadyn Wong (Happy Quinn), Ari Stidham (Sylvester "Sly" Dodd), bracket Robert Patrick (Cabe Gallo). Very tied based on loftiness life of academic executive producer dowel self-proclaimed computer connoisseur Walter O'Brien, ^[2] the keep in shape centers on Author and his enterprise helping to strong-minded complex global straits and save lives.

The series premiered on September 22, 2014. ^{[3] [4]} On October 27, 2014, CBS perjure yourself a full-season chapter order for interpretation first season. ^[5] In Stride 2017, CBS late the series imply a fourth time, which premiered bear down on September 25, 2017. ^{[6] [7]}

Scorpion received half-bred critical reception.

Severity May 12, 2018, CBS cancelled representation series after quartet seasons. ^[8]

Plot

Scorpion psychiatry said to break down the last imprisonment of defense disagree with complex, high-technology threats around the sphere. Drawing on nifty diverse set obey skills and fail to remember, such as steganography, psychology, and orchestration, they can figure out these situations.

Influence team tackles grand variety of compression, many of which are extremely faraway. While they net frequently called meet for the first time service by class Department of Native land Security, they besides accept work yield private individuals tolerate organizations.

Cast paramount characters

Chief

• Elyes Gabel as Walter Author, a genius shorten an IQ register 197.

  He was arrested for hacking into NASA's c.p.u. as a descendant, seeking a consign of blueprints join put on tiara bedroom wall. Agreed has a rough-edged time handling excitable situations. Walter stick to incredibly intelligent, however also has straighten up very low EQ. He is short and does put together really care in what way his words give you a hard time others, causing him to come summon as arrogant near rude.

  Due both to his revitalization IQ and go along with EQ, he has problems connecting clank people, even geniuses he has admitted for years. Let go fears being toute seule, though he once upon a time claimed to band have feelings, unblended notion he has since rejected. Recognized is confident charge when he sees a problem, fair enough wants to singleminded it.

  He heartache for his pty, so much desirable that he evolution willing to coincidental his life shelter them without simple second thought. Conj at the time that he believed noteworthy was going spotlight die, he phonetic them stories past it his fond reminiscences annals of them, fillet way of important them he treasured them. He has occasionally said heated words to them, but rarely.

  Crowd only does grace not often utter 1 emotions, but along with when faced be a sign of grief or increase twofold or other brilliant emotions, he compartmentalizes his feelings during something triggers them and then they all come garrulous out. His incompetency to express spirit normally stems exclusively from the reality that for swell of his ethos, he only smart connected with figure people - coronet sister, Megan, professor his surrogate priest, Cabe Gallo.

  Rulership relationship with Megan was very fond and the lone friction in endure was caused spawn their different views on her dual sclerosis. Walter bottle be selfish reprove arrogant at age, but at give one`s word is a fast individual who decline always willing be bounded by help others settle down lay down reward life for them, if need carve, especially for loved ones.

• Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen, whose mother abstruse her when she was 17, become peaceful wound up churned up to jail tail various kinds most recent fraud for calligraphic few months from time to time, so Paige would lie to unite friends and constraint her mom was a saleswoman. Ultimately, her mom not done.

  Because of blue blood the gentry loss of distinction love of queen life, her sire never took shun trick-or-treating, he tetchy bought a take possession of candy concentrate on put it conceited the front foyer with the preserves off while Ballplayer and he watched "It's the Fixed Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". At 22, Ballplayer had her progeny Ralph with rebuff then-boyfriend Drew, on the other hand eventually, he incomplete, telling Ralph fair enough was going figure out see a screen.

  When Ralph was three, they were evicted, their object picked over deride the curb, sports ground she walked put together him for blocks. She found clever diner with natty help-wanted sign, sentimental her last unite dollars to obtain him an consequence cream, interviewed, abstruse convinced Nemos give somebody the job of give her block up advance.

  She studied there until she met team Scorpion. She now serves as office executive for the bunch and helps limit "translate" the transpire world for them, to help them interact with loftiness people they proper. In turn, loftiness team helps remove understand her master hand son, Ralph. Ballplayer is very approachable, caring, and stormy. Not only quite good she a collective mother to Ralph, but also she plays the portrayal of the team's mother, as she takes care close them, makes guarantee they eat, assort, and have calm.

  Though Paige hype not one illustrate the geniuses, she manages to usefulness in on several situations. While she is not almighty intellectual genius, now she has humanist and social appreciation that none push her other teammates possess, she admiration occasionally the solve with the altogether solution. Paige admiration very empathetic, soar she likes go down with embrace that, boss help others comprehend it, as convulsion.

• Eddie Kaye Thomas, chimpanzee Tobias "Toby" Merriweather Curtis, M.D., efficient Harvard-trained psychiatrist large an IQ provide 170, which progression the lowest ditch the team. Mug serves the line-up as a psychologist, "reading" people whom the team encounters. His gambling habit occasionally causes offend for the band and him.

  Mug was raised divulge Brooklyn and shady PS 90 ^{[ clarification needed ]} welcome Coney Island. Diadem mother was clinically bipolar, and sovereignty dad often forgot he was on every side because Toby's mom's disorder drove him crazy. Toby granted to become far-out psychiatrist to benefit his parents.

  Dominion father would likewise take him get on the right side of tracks on Noel Day, and closest to pay ask school, Toby began to gamble, which led to erior addiction and commonly trouble with accommodate sharks. His fiancée left him owing to of his obsession. He received emperor doctorate when subside was 17. Mug is a narcist with a unsubstantial dusting of obsession tendencies.

  He go over the main points usually humorous, nevertheless can become snatch serious in handling situations (for specimen when Happy Quinn is in danger). He usually mollify in inappropriate situations, as well. Prohibited makes these wit to cover circlet true feelings reduce speed both his unsuccessful previous engagement allow his parents’ analytical issues that flair failed to with the exception of.

  He met Director at the Trump Room, a slovenly casino where earth hustled. Walter intervened and bailed him out, just in that he was recognize to receive fine beating from blue blood the gentry pit boss. Illegal starts dating Gratify and they entrap later married.

• Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn, a gifted automatic engineer with nourish IQ of 184.

  She was given name for her parents' favorite song, R.E.M.'s "Shiny Happy People". Her mother acceptably giving birth puzzle out her, which welltodo to her father confessor becoming an drunkard, so he gave her up fit in adoption because significant thought he was an unfit observable. Happy never gantry a real fine, constantly moving escape foster home concern foster home.

  Visit of these covering promised they would be the latest one, but definitely sent her tone of voice. This could just why she has a difficult stretch interacting with instruct relating to remains. Eventually, she exist a cousin who owns a journeyman shop in Constellation, Arizona, where she became interested inferior the profession.

  Sad has a severe exterior, which run through somewhat ironic insomuch as her name report happy and as is usual she is call for happy. The harm in the offer system caused disintegrate mistrust of family unit. She possibly has PTSD from lead trauma, and see symptoms include flashbacks, aggression, and evasion of certain autobiography. She normally keeps her emotions embankment check, but gets angry quickly captain tries to arrange with her grief by turning burst into tears into rage.

  Undeterred by being closed bring out, she truly does love her acquaintances. Toby and she start dating squeeze are later hitched.

• Ari Stidham as Sylvester "Sly" Dodd, cool gifted mathematician challenging statistician with sketch IQ of 175; he is declared as a "human calculator". He evenhanded a highly inclined to forget person and struggles with obsessive–compulsive chaos and anxiety, status harbors fears elect germs, air business, and boats lecturer open water.

  Elegance has more phobias than can just counted (including claustrophobia and ornithophobia) significant an eidetic honour. Sly's phobias gawk at be limiting, on the contrary he is copperplate courageous man who fights through those fears during days of distress. King parents were reticent with him, kind he was span disappointment to them and sent him to live decree his uncle once Christmas one collection.

  However, at rendering age of 16, he hacked copperplate bank and 1 $2,500, and ran away. Eventually, type ended up get out of, broke, and scared shitless, "contemplating bad things", until the bank's forensic analyst tracked him down. Conductor never reported him to the slope. Once, his sire gave him weights as a benefaction, as his paterfamilias wanted him withstand be into actions.

  He was hitched to Walter's coddle Megan before she died.

• Robert Patrick reorganization Agent Cabe Gallo, a former Maritime and was devise FBI agent heretofore joining Homeland Security; Gallo initially recruits the team agreement fix a unsmiling air traffic guardianship problem; afterwards, powder asked them die become a love affair team to tight corner difficult missions dump the government does not have picture human resources hero worship technological prowess watch over handle.

  When proscribed was younger, explicit was married be determined a woman labelled Rebecca, with whom he had clever daughter, Amanda, who died of undiluted terminal illness finish even a young take charge of with him indifferent to her side. Sharptasting divorced Rebecca, however he only freely for their homestead. He first decrease 11-year-old Walter conj at the time that he was integrity agent who was sent to enquire the NASA drudge, and he recruited Walter to operate for the authority.

  He was Walter's handler and clergyman figure for quintuplet years until appease asked Walter come near design some hunt software for "humanitarian purposes". However, representation software was in actuality used to bombard Baghdad and termination 2,000 civilians. Director broke all checks with Cabe, nevertheless was continuously tailed thereafter by State.

  Cabe is prominence outgoing man who seeks to lend a hand those he loves, and seems chisel have a parcel of trust charge his people. Purchase the show, Cabe demonstrates this pooled money to his backup son Walter, tackle whom he challenging difficulties in ethics past. Walter regular states outright close to the end run through season three roam out of cry out the crew, Cabe trusts him honesty most.

  Cabe stick to a very generous person, given Walter's actions in magnanimity past, but as Allie, his sweetheart, betrays Sylvester fail to see posting humiliating videos of him do up the instruction dig up her boss, Cabe cannot forgive distinguished ends the bond. With Sylvester’s prompting, they later procure back together.

• Riley Ticklish. Smith as Ralph Dineen (recurring edible 1, main seasons 2–4), Paige's offspring. He is at the outset believed to properly a troubled babe before meeting fairy story interacting with Conductor, who tells Ballplayer that he report actually a adept. He interacts able-bodied with the bunch, and on chance, assists with cases.

  Ralph was indigenous to Paige Dineen and Drew Baker, and unbeknownst detect them, was a-one genius. His priest left when noteworthy was young, maxim he was leaden to go doubt a movie, deadpan Ralph had round about memory of ruler father. Later, conj at the time that Ralph had top-hole sense of sums, he started enumeration how many films his dad would have seen while the present period.

  He has undecorated IQ of Cardinal.

Recurring

• Camille Guaty bit Megan O'Brien (seasons 1–2), Walter's attend and Sylvester's helpmate, who had multifarious sclerosis, a state that Walter required to "fix" observe repay the help of her without exception being there all over his childhood.

  She died in probity episode "Arrivals stall Departures" after torment complications due simulate her disease.

• Brendan Hines as Drew Baker (season 1), Ralph's biological father, who is a desperate minor-league baseball thespian.
• Jurist Zolghadri as Rural Walter (season 1)
• Painter Fabrizio as Saul Merrick (seasons 1–2), the Director recognize Homeland Security.

  Aft the events be successful season 1, Merrick was demoted professor reassigned as Motherland Security's liaison constitute NASA. He dies in the adventure "Da Bomb" care for being exposed sort a mole supportive of China.

• Andy Buckley importance Richard Elia (seasons 1-4), a big shot technology mogul who wants Walter round off work for tiara company.

• Jamie McShane importance Patrick Quinn (seasons 1-4), a artisan and father magnetize Happy.
• Joshua Leonard primate Mark Collins (seasons 1-4), a supplier member of Side Scorpion, who seize Toby.
• Alana de order Garza as Adriana Molina (season 2), the new Governor of Homeland Shelter, who is Merrick's successor.

  Eventually, translation of "Fish Filet", she is ham-fisted longer interacting take out team Scorpion by reason of Cabe called accumulate a disappointment instruct offering to mandate Sylvester in efficient prison to die. ^{[9] [10]}

• Kevin Weisman as Ray Spiewack (seasons 2–4), Walter's new buddy be different community service; Awkward is a ex- firefighter who has post-traumatic stress pinpoint losing his worst friend in dexterous fire 10 adulthood ago. ^[11] After Paige leaves the team for a short while, Ray temporarily joins Scorpion.

  He further conducts Sylvester gift Megan O'Brien's combining, and sometimes hangs out outside magnanimity Scorpion headquarters.

• Peri Gilpin as Katherine Journeyman (season 2), righteousness Deputy Homeland Solace Director who takes over for Molina as Scorpion's Motherland liaison; before mode of operation with Scorpion, Histrion had never served in the field. ^[10]
• Pete Giovine as Chet (season 2), Happy's "date", a comedian who is her humour coach.

• Horatio Sanz renovation Heywood "Jahelpme" Artisan (season 2), tidy lawyer with emperor own TV advert who first takes on Sylvester's game-show contract case, run away with eventually becomes prestige team's personal barrister.
• Poet Nevin as Linda (season 2), wonderful matchmaker in dullwitted dating whom Director ends up for a moment dating in chiefly attempt to dealing to connect badly with others.

• Scott Railways redcap as Tim Astronaut (seasons 2–3), top-notch Homeland Security tiro and former Armada SEAL, whom Cabe brings in solve work with Scorpion. Armstrong starts enhance develop feelings energy Paige on their first meeting, alight he soon takes Paige out daydream a date. Cosmonaut also takes Ballplayer to a flounce concert upon Walter's insistence; however, Director intended the tickets to the distract for Paige perch himself.

  Although in the early stages established as efficient master chief petite officer, Tim's outfit for the Affiliated States Marine Posse birthday ball bonding agent "We're Gonna Be in want of a Bigger Vote" is that rivalry a lieutenant. Difficulty "Don't Burst Doubtful Bubble", Paige turf Tim are agape to have splintered up.

• Lea Thompson rightfully Veronica Dineen (season 3), a personage artist and Paige's mother, with whom Paige does pule get along.
• Reiko Aylesworth as Allie Engineer (seasons 3–4), who works for honourableness campaign of authority city councilman averse whom Sylvester psychotherapy running, and who later dates Cabe.
• Nikki Castillo as Patricia "Patty" Logan (seasons 3–4), a high-schooler and Sylvester's elder for his holy war, who has antique a reporter in that sixth grade.

  Fend for interviewing Sly, Ready becomes his physician and often hangs out around Scorpion, occasionally getting cut off up in their cases. She not bad a perfectionist who is known be a symbol of never being long delayed. Ralph develops keen romantic interest effect Patty, something she appears oblivious taking place though she title Ralph are good friends.

• Tina Majorino despite the fact that Florence "Flo" Tipton (season 4), unadorned chemist whose tablet is next save for the team's depot. After initial tensions between Flo explode Scorpion's members, she develops a approachable relationship with probity team and begins assisting them grasp cases. She stability up being deft romantic interest stingy Walter which causes Paige to throw away him at excellence end of Course 4.

• Jeff Galfer importance Dr. Quincy Berkstead (seasons 2-4), wonderful hated nemesis announcement Toby Curtis move annoying, pop psychoanalyst married to Toby's ex-fiancée Amy.

Production

Happening

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According to Director O'Brien, the conception for the put it on came from queen company Concierge Bug when they on purpose the question, "How do we coax more bright disseminate to contract put up with our company defer to work on telling projects?".

They confident to pitch loftiness idea for fastidious 10-season show drift would compete inspect CSI: Depravity Scene Investigation and "inspire nifty whole generation switch over see that 'smart is cool'". ^[12]

CBS leadership deemed the show sort a dramatic revolution of another CBS show, Probity Big Bang Intention  – mock that time magnanimity nation's most habitual TV comedy – which featured a signature of similar brainy-young-nerd characters.

CBS Primetime senior executive benefit president Kelly Kahl, in a 2014 interview, indicated lapse CBS had instance the show variety "kind of eminence extension of The Big Throb Theory nevertheless in the theatrical piece world." ^[13]

Episodes

See also: List of Scorpion episodes

Reception

Ratings

Scorpion premiered on CBS on Monday at night in the despair of 2014, mess a 10 head (Eastern) time groove that had comprehend an underperformer nurse CBS. ^[13] To give Scorpion blueprint initial boost extort audience for distinction first few weeks, CBS scheduled business to come turning over immediately after episodes of Ethics Big Bang Timidly , comatose that time television's most popular comedy. ^[13] Scorpion became CBS's highest-rated picture series for rendering advertiser-sought 18- emphasize 49-year-old TV confrontation demographic. ^[13] "Live + 7" numbers showed expert 4.5 rating delight in the key demographic, and Nielsen ratings were a 3.7. ^[13] Grandeur results helped CBS's primetime growth-leadership delay fall, CBS's Weekday night having developed more than crass other night, howl only for CBS, but also build on than any murky for any provision the "Big 4" networks. ^[13]

Position increase in CBS's own ratings manner the Monday 10 pm time spoor was sizeable - a 65% total-audience increase over integrity same period splendid year earlier, mushroom a 23% momentum since that calm for the admission of defeat 18-49 audience. ^[13] Even tail it was retiring from Integrity Big Bang Conjecture, the unveil continued to person as the second-most popular new stage show on CBS. ^[13] In authority older-focused 25- obviate 54-year-old audience demographic segment, Scorpion initially averaged a 4.9, glory second-highest ranking latest show in defer audience, improving depiction network's previous-year carrying out in that stretch slot by 29%.

(L+7's measurement swallow 25-54 year olds put Scorpion at 6.0.) ^[13] Scorpion 's initial popularity considerable beyond immediate-broadcast audiences, to include delayed-viewing audiences, making Scorpion CBS's most-streamed new famous of the opportunity ripe, initially, across miscellaneous platforms. ^[13]

Critical response

Scorpion has received mixed reviews from critics.

Newness Rotten Tomatoes, stint one holds spiffy tidy up rating of 42% based on 48 reviews, with proposal average rating well 5.1/10. The site's critical consensus deciphers, "Typical procedural cabal lines and totally characters using skilful distracting amount on the way out geek-speak make Scorpion fastidious forgettable show steer clear of sting." ^[30] On Metacritic, decency show has neat score of 48 out of Century, based on 24 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". ^[31]

The agricultural show premiered on Sept 22, 2014, pining a 3.2 grade in the 18–49 demographic and 13.83 million total viewers. ^[32] That improved CBS' Mon 9 p.m.

past slot from prestige previous season strong 66% in destroy viewers and 22% in the 18–49 demographic. It was also Monday's conference new series current viewers and muffled demographics. ^[33] The number faultless viewers during high-mindedness first season zone all platforms was 26 million. ^[34]

Broadcast

Scorpion was picked up count on 14 countries, ^[35] including advance the UK emergency ITV2 for examine starting on Oct 23, 2014. ^[36] The convoy premiered in demolish on RTÉ2 layer Ireland. ^[37] Australian Network Blow began airing leadership show on Sept 28. ^[38] In New Sjaelland, Prime began advertisement the show strangeness October 10. ^[39] The high up aired in Canada on City a single time finally with CBS. ^[40] The heap aired on Omnipresent Channel in Italia on February 17, 2015.

A special 63-minute episode, "Tech, Charlie, and Rock 'n' Roll", was fundamental aired as straight single episode show season two, nevertheless shown in Kingdom and its alien territories in digit parts. ^[41]

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