Based on a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.
Satellite of Love (Episode 1) 7.0
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-09-21
Overview: The new Director of Homeland Security, Adriana Molina, reunites the team when a nuclear powered Russian satellite is knocked out of orbit and must be diverted before it detonates over Southern California. Paige and Walter face their feelings for each other when hospital footage reveals that Paige kissed him.
Cuba Libre (Episode 2) 6.1
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-09-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Team Scorpion heads to Cuba when a woman from Cabe’s past pleads for him to help catch a Serbian war criminal.
Fish Filet (Episode 3) 7.9
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-10-05
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Sylvester goes undercover in a federal prison in order to save the lives of three judges, but the team must help him escape when his life is threatened.
Robots (Episode 4) 8.0
Writer: David Foster
Air date: 2015-10-12
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Walter, Cabe and Happy are trapped with the crew in a top secret submarine when an explosion sends it to the bottom of the ocean with limited oxygen and a self-destruct function that will soon activate.
Super Fun Guys (Episode 5) 7.8
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-10-19
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion goes undercover on the “Super Fun Guy” movie set in Kazakhstan in order to disable a soviet era nuclear missile being sold by terrorists.
Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll (Episode 6) 8.5
Writer: Nicholas Wootton
Air date: 2015-10-26
Runtime: 120 min
Overview: Walter’s attempt to “normalize” goes horribly wrong when a nefarious virus is uploaded to his computer, turning Team Scorpion’s new “smart” building project into a burning death trap with people locked inside.
Crazy Train (Episode 7) 8.0
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-11-02
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion must stop a sabotaged runaway subway train with Paige and Ralph on board. Also, in his attempt to impress Happy, Toby has his first boxing match.
Area 51 (Episode 8) 8.0
Writer: Nicholas Wootton
Air date: 2015-11-09
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion helps the CIA locate a top-secret aircraft in Area 51 in order to raise money for Walter's research to save his sister's life.
US vs. UN vs. UK (Episode 9) 8.5
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-11-16
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion is blackmailed to break into the United Nations to assist in the assassination of a menacing arms dealer. Also, Sylvester makes a bold move to protect Megan's wishes.
Arrivals and Departures (Episode 10) 8.2
Writer: Nicholas Wootton
Air date: 2015-11-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: When Team Scorpion and Walter's parents visit Megan in the hospital as her health deteriorates, they are quarantined after a deadly fungus outbreak threatens to infect everyone.
The Old College Try (Episode 11) 7.9
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2015-12-07
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion goes undercover at a university to find a hacker who infiltrates the Federal Reserve and threatens to collapse the world economy.
Dam Breakthrough (Episode 12) 8.1
Writer: Paul Grellong
Air date: 2015-12-14
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion must stop a catastrophe on Christmas Eve when heavy rain creates a large crack in a dam, putting an entire town in danger.
White Out (Episode 13) 7.9
Writer: David Foster
Air date: 2016-01-04
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: The members of Team Scorpion brave subzero temperatures in Antarctica to save a United States Special Forces unit. Toby risks his life to save Happy.
Sun of a Gun (Episode 14) 8.1
Writer: Adam Higgs
Air date: 2016-01-18
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Sylvester comes face to face with his estranged father, a retired general, who asks Team Scorpion for help when he believes that a dictator in Africa has uncovered a deadly World War II-era weapon of mass destruction and intends to use it.
Da Bomb (Episode 15) 8.4
Writer: Kim Rome
Air date: 2016-01-25
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion is tasked with helping NASA’s top secret rocket launch, but they must sabotage their own mission when Walter’s date from the previous night has a bomb strapped to her chest.
Fractured (Episode 16) 8.0
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2016-02-08
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: After a powerful earthquake rocks Los Angeles, Team Scorpion must fix a pinched gas line to prevent a massive explosion.
Adaptation (Episode 17) 7.9
Writer: Scott Sullivan
Air date: 2016-02-22
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: While Team Scorpion works to stop an influx of drugs being smuggled into the country via drones, Walter gives Happy and Toby an ultimatum on their new relationship.
The Fast & the Nerdiest (Episode 18) 8.1
Writer: Kevin J. Hynes
Air date: 2016-02-29
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: After Sylvester scores big on The Price Is Right, Team Scorpion must infiltrate a high-end car smuggling operation about to ship bioweapons to South America.
Ticker (Episode 19) 8.1
Writer: Rob Pearlstein
Air date: 2016-03-14
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: When Los Angeles’ blood supply is hacked and deemed unusable because of fear it’s been tainted, Team Scorpion must find the culprit in order to save a young girl in desperate need of a heart transplant.
Djibouti Call (Episode 20) 8.0
Writer: David Foster
Air date: 2016-03-21
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: While on a secret mission in Djibouti, Africa, with his new Homeland protégé, Tim Armstrong, Cabe is captured and Team Scorpion must save him.
Twist and Shout (Episode 21) 7.9
Writer: Paul Grellong
Air date: 2016-03-28
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion’s mission to recover the remains of fallen Marines in Vietnam is threatened along with their lives when a deadly tornado heads directly towards them.
Hard Knox (Episode 22) 7.2
Writer: Scott Sullivan
Air date: 2016-04-11
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion is hired by the Department of Defense to break into Fort Knox and “steal” a precious artifact in order to test their security, but they must break in a second time when they find something dangerous hidden inside the object.
Chernobyl Intentions (Episode 23) 8.2
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2016-04-18
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion goes to Chernobyl to repair the decaying nuclear reactor before a catastrophic meltdown, but must also save Sylvester and Paige when they become trapped inside.
Toby or Not Toby (Episode 24) 8.4
Writer: Nick Santora
Air date: 2016-04-25
Runtime: 59 min
Overview: Team Scorpion must outthink their unstable ex-Scorpion member, Mark Collins, after he kidnaps Toby and threatens to kill him unless his cunning demands are met.