Something iswrong, wrong, wrongin the world ofScorpion.
They actually have a really strange chemistry, but all I can think is, This is not Waige.
This is not Waige.
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Back at the warehouse, Sylvester is practicing for hisJeopardy!audition.
Paige reallyismy spirit animal.
The Backstory
No time for all that dating nonsense because Cabe has shown up with a rocket problem.
Theres a rocket launch, but the team needs to figure out some glitches with the rocket.
So they travel to the Hoffman Air Force Base.
And guess whos hanging out at the base?
Ex-Homeland Security Director Merrick, who isstillnot chilled out from when Cabe got him demoted.
Just when seems as if the dating talk is over, Linda shows up terrified with a jump drive.
Linda opens up her pea coat to reveal a bomb.
WORST FIRST DATE EVER, AMIRITE?
The Mission
Somehow, they lock Linda inside a Plexiglass box because who doesnt have one of those around?
And with that awkward confession, Team Scorpion has been persuaded to sabotage the rocket.
At this point, though, the team is dedicated to sabotaging this rocket.
Back at the rockets fuel center, Happy and Sly develop a plan to sabotage the rocket.
Happy works out the plan and sends Sylvester off with Merrick while she depletes the gas tank.
Back at the warehouse, a phone goes off again, but its Lindas.
And its a preprogrammed text from Walter that says, Have a blast today.
The team X-rays Linda and finds the mark of the bomber, which is kind of like an M.O.
of how the bombmaker wires the bomb.
Its a double helix, which sends Toby on the search.
Unfortunately, theres nitrogen being unloaded at the base, which is used to re-create Earths atmosphere.
Why would they need to do that?
There are three astronauts getting on board the secret-mission rocket.
So now its either kill Linda or kill three astronauts…or maybe save everyone?
So Happy and Walter reconnect, and Walter decides not to decide.
And maybe the team can have both, and maybe Lindas bomb can go off anyway.
I love it when Paige gets to the point and shuts the science talk down a little bit.
Meanwhile, Toby comes up with the idea to sneak Happy in to re-fix the rocket.
So they set the surveillance footage into motion while Happy runs to the rocket to fix the damage.
But Merrick gets notification that Happy is working on the rocket and runs to catch her.
Do you know why thats not just bad, but DOUBLE bad?
Because the team has figured out the bomber responsible for that double-helix wiring.
You guessed it: Merrick.
Anyway, Merrick admits to the entire thing when he runs into Happy.
Unfortunately, Toby, Paige, and Walter are all around her.
Lindas mom calls and apologizes for how bad her date was (can we just give Walter a break?
Jeez), but she admits that she was wrong.
That hes different and that hes pretty great.
They continue to fill her tank with gel as time runs out.
And time is running out quickly.
Happy can only hold Merrick off for so long.
Cabe comes around the corner and tackles Merrick, and they get into a pretty intense round of fisticuffs.
But Merrick ends up with the detonator, and Cabe holds him at gunpoint.
Happy, Cabe, and Sylvester escape, and the detonator lays beside Merricks dead body.
Walter chooses to stay with Linda in the bomb box.
Paige is horrified that hes choosing to stay, but shes alsosoover it.
As Walter says, This is not the worst date Ive ever and the bomb explodes.
The two of them end up with some broken ribs and bruises, but they both live.
Its anAmerican Horror Story, if there ever were one.
As the night ends, Sylvester prepares for hisJeopardy!audition, and then Paige confronts Walter.
Not about their natural love and connection, but over why his dates arent working.
Honestly, as heartwarming as it is, its equally infuriating.
It leaves us screaming, So why arent you guys a couple yet?
Who knows, yall?
I dont know if even a genius can figure this one out.
