6.3/10604 votesLoading...#1 - A Lie in the Sand
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/16/2018
Team Scorpion heads to Northeast Africa where they must carefully navigate a minefield in order to save the lives of local villagers. Also, Paige and Walter’s relationship takes a shocking turn, and Toby and Happy make an important decision.
Director: Sam Hill
Writer: Paul Grellong, Scott Sullivan
7.0/10789 votesLoading...#2 - Once Bitten, Twice Die
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/9/2015
When a conflict in Eastern Europe threatens to escalate, Team Scorpion is called on to help facilitate secret peace talks to prevent World War III.
Director: Guy Ferland
Writer: David J. North
7.0/10724 votesLoading...#3 - Cuba Libre
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/28/2015
Team Scorpion heads to Cuba when a woman from Cabe’s past pleads for him to help catch a Serbian war criminal.
Director: Mel Damski
Writer: Rob Pearlstein, Nick Santora
7.2/10869 votesLoading...#4 - Father's Day
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2014
A case gets personal for Team Scorpion when three convicts break out of prison and one of them is a brilliant hacker who was forced to help the others steal billions online. Meanwhile, Paige must manage Ralph's expectations when his father returns.
Director: Milan Cheylov
Writer: Nick Santora
7.2/10422 votesLoading...#5 - Broken Wind
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/20/2017
While on a mission to repair a turbine at a wind farm, Team Scorpion must race to save Paige and Happy before the cable holding the gondola they are in snaps and sends them plummeting to the ground.
Director: Steven A. Adelson
Writer: Cait Duffy, Nick Santora
7.2/10495 votesLoading...#6 - Extinction
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2017
Team Scorpion must work with their old nemesis Mark Collins in order to prevent the extinction of mankind. Also, Walter and Paige awkwardly navigate their new relationship.
Director: Sam Hill
Writer: Nicholas Wootton, Nick Santora
7.2/10338 votesLoading...#7 - Gator Done
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/2018
Team Scorpion heads to the bayou to track down a cagey alligator in order to stop a deadly mosquito-borne virus, and Paige teaches Walter the concept of the “white lie.” Also, Walter hits Cabe with a tranquilizer gun and Toby must save his life, and Sylvester and Ralph help Patty when the mean girls at her school force her to get a dreaded tardy slip.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Kim Rome
7.3/10946 votesLoading...#8 - Plutonium Is Forever
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2014
To fix a Los Angeles nuclear reactor that's on the verge of a cataclysmic meltdown, Walter and the team must reluctantly enlist the help of a troubled former member.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Paul Grellong
7.3/10851 votesLoading...#9 - Risky Business
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/2014
Team Scorpion enlists the help of a musician who created a controversial algorithm that generates hit songs to help find the murderer of a music blogger. Meanwhile, Drew asks Walter to help him connect with his son.
Director: Matt Earl Beesley
Writer: Nicholas Wootton
7.3/10451 votesLoading...#10 - Bat Poop Crazy
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2016
Before Halloween, Team Scorpion must infiltrate a deep, vast cave system in order to prevent a bat population from destroying the North America ecosystem. Also, the team dons costumes to stage photos from Halloween’s past for Walter’s upcoming immigration inspection.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: David Foster, Nicholas Wootton
7.3/10459 votesLoading...#11 - Mother Load
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2016
Paige’s estranged mother calls on Team Scorpion when she accidentally uncovers a forgotten nuclear reactor on the verge of exploding.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Kevin J. Hynes, Nick Santora
7.3/10472 votesLoading...#12 - Sharknerdo
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/2017
Team Scorpion’s job to find sunken treasure goes awry when Walter and Paige’s boat explodes, leaving them lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by sharks.
Director: Tim Story
Writer: Elizabeth Davis Beall
7.3/10444 votesLoading...#13 - Monkey See, Monkey Poo
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/2017
To stop a dangerous virus from spreading, Team Scorpion must locate a rare endangered monkey in the Amazon that has the antibody for the cure. Also, Toby and Happy see a counselor to prepare for matrimony.
Director: Don Tardino
Writer: Scott Sullivan
7.3/10415 votesLoading...#14 - Rock Block
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/10/2017
Team Scorpion must defy the orders of a foreign government after they retrieve an asteroid from space containing DNA strands that could have deadly consequences once exposed.
Director: Antonio Negret
Writer: David Foster
7.3/10387 votesLoading...#15 - Nuke Kids on the Block
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2017
While decommissioning an old nuclear missile, a simple accident causes Team Scorpion to endure exposure to toxic vapor while trying to prevent the nuke from detonating. Also, Paige confronts Happy about constantly tagging along with her and Walter.
Director: Elodie Keene
Writer: Paul Grellong, Nicholas Wootton
7.3/10375 votesLoading...#16 - Queen Scary
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2017
At Halloween, Team Scorpion takes on a case to prove the existence of ghosts on the Queen Mary but find an all-too-real disaster when they locate a “ghost ship” on a deadly collision course. Also, Walter considers taking note of Paige’s interests to benefit their relationship.
Director: Omar Madha
Writer: Adam Higgs, Nicholas Wootton
7.3/10373 votesLoading...#17 - Foul Balls
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 3/26/2018
Team Scorpion must use their high IQs to win a softball game when the homeland director challenges, with all of their future government contracts on the line. Also, Walter’s secret night out with Florence puts Toby and Happy on edge.
Director: Nick Santora
Writer: Kim Rome
7.3/10319 votesLoading...#18 - Kenny and the Jet
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/9/2018
Paige’s maternal side goes into high gear when Team Scorpion must save an unconscious, hypothermic boy stuck in the wheel well of their airborne airplane. Also, Walter’s white lie to Paige starts to take a toll on him, and Paige realizes something’s up.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Rob Pearlstein, Adam Higgs
7.4/101,847 votesLoading...#19 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2014
When a crisis at LAX prevents dozens of airplanes from landing, the government brings in a group of misfit geniuses to sort things out.
Director: Justin Lin
Writer: N/A
7.4/101,267 votesLoading...#20 - Single Point of Failure
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2014
The governor calls on Team Scorpion when his daughter is mysteriously "bio-hacked" with a deadly virus and only has 24 hours to live. The case takes on a deeper significance for Walter after he receives a letter regarding his sister.
Director: Bobby Roth
Writer: David Foster
7.4/101,070 votesLoading...#21 - A Cyclone
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2014
After failing a military training mission, the team members are determined to prove themselves when an Internet infrastructure is threatened by a bomber.
Director: Gary Fleder
Writer: Nicholas Wootton, Nick Santora
7.4/10714 votesLoading...#22 - Going South
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2015
A tech billionaire hires Team Scorpion to rescue his kidnapped daughter. Meanwhile, some feelings get hurt when Walter gives an interview and fails to acknowledge the other members of the team.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Nick Santora, Nicholas Wootton
7.4/10541 votesLoading...#23 - Chernobyl Intentions
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 4/18/2016
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.
Director: Jeff T. Thomas
Writer: Nicholas Wootton, Nick Santora
7.4/10351 votesLoading...#24 - More Civil War
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2016
The team members set aside their personal and romantic issues when hackers take over targeted U.S. military aircraft and war ships, pointing the weaponry at American cities.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Nicholas Wootton, Nick Santora
7.4/10463 votesLoading...#25 - Sly and the Family Stone
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2016
When Team Scorpion travels to Ireland for Megan’s one-year memorial, Walter discovers that a nearby lake’s natural disaster has created a poisonous cloud that could kill everyone in the village. Also, Cabe and Toby try to alleviate the tension between Tim and Walter.
Director: Jeffrey G. Hunt
Writer: Adam Higgs, Nicholas Wootton
The Worst Episodes of Scorpion
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Worst Episodes Summary
"A Lie in the Sand" is the worst rated episode of "Scorpion". It scored 6.3/10 based on 604 votes. Directed by Sam Hill and written by Paul Grellong, Scott Sullivan, it aired on 4/16/2018. This episode scored 0.7 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Once Bitten, Twice Die".