I DON’T KNOW WE’LL SEE.
It’s part of Walter’s personal mission of being more social.
Speed dating is a step up from emulating the Kardashians, but still.
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The Backstory
Can you even imagine running into Walter during speed dating?
Walter literally challenges his partners with riddles while Toby instructs from an earpiece.
You’re not the only one disappointed, y’all.
Methinks we have some lies going on.
The Mission
This week’s mission finally brings our buddy Sly back into this spotlight.
He’s not only Sylvester’s estranged dad, but also a retired colonel.
He’s focused on the sun gun.
It’s a weapon of mass destruction that was theoretical until now.
The colonel has found the weapon, owned by a dictator in Africa.
For this week, Toby has to stay behind because he got sick during the speed dating stint.
The Execution
The team rolls up to Bahari, in North Africa, and are immediately swarmed by locals.
That’s what happens in a dictator’s country.
As Walter says, “His people starve.
He lives like a king.”
For a dictator, though, he’s very charming.
He requests that Walter join him for some one-on-one time.
Toby warns Walter not to be offensive, as the president tends to get a little stabby when offended.
It’s practically like the speed dating never stopped!
The rest of the team breaks out looking for the sun gun.
At first, the only suspicious find is the blimp that Cabe and Happy stumble upon.
There doesn’t seem to be any proof that there’s any kind of weaponry.
Sylvester is over the chase, particularly because his father is the lead on it.
They quickly find chemical panels that are used to make the sun gun.
Sly and his dad debate on how to get the panels out of the country.
The team manages to set the blimp off anyway, even if Col. Dodd criticizes his son’s calculations.
That’s when Walter deduces that the panels are likely underground.
The president mentions an Olympic-size pool.
Regardless, Sly and his dad are trapped underground.
The mortar they were working with has set, locking Col. Dodd and Sylvester in place.
Upstairs, there’s a full-blown party being hosted by President Dictator.
PAIGE AND WALTER ARE DOING A DUET.
And the irony that he vaguely sounds like Taylor Hicks is NOT.
The plan works, and the team bolts.
After the performance, President Dictator realizes that his watch is gone and loses his mind on Team Scorpion.
They share a super tense hug: not because of emotions but because they’re literally locked in mortar.
But Sylvester comes up with a plan using the stolen panel.
And they do that using math!
The panel shoots a beam that rebreaks the seal and then another one that breaks the mortar.
Back at the warehouse, Col. Dodd apologizes to Sylvester for not being the right family for him.
Sylvester even goes along with the idea that he should go and visit his mom.
And then Paige says, “I don’t know; you’d have to ask Elton John.”
Paige’s Feel Board:
