‘Scorpion’ season 2 finale review: Was Toby safe, and did he propose to Happy? Also, Walter’s realization
“Toby or not Toby” was the perfect title for the “Scorpion” season 2 finale, and not just because it was a great Shakespeare reference. This also just so happened to be a great microcosm for the decision Walter O’Brien had to make: Do you stop your former team member Mark Collins before he kills other people, or do you save Toby’s life?
Maybe the old Walter would’ve just focused on the mission, but he’s got more humanity now than he once did. As a result of that, he gave Toby a chance to fight again, and he also displayed confidence that he and his team would stop this super-dangerous man at some point. Ultimately, they did. Walter, Cabe, and Tim all eventually worked together to take him down using a tip from Walter’s past conversations with the guy. He used social skills in order to take him down.
In the end, Toby of course took advantage to try and propose to Happy … but that brings us to the big “shocker” of the night: Happy was already married to someone else. We say that this was a “shocker” in quotes mostly because we’d seen a sneak peek of Mark alluding to something that would cause her to say no, and this was one of the few things that actually made a little bit of sense.
As for other relationships, it looked at one point like Walter and Paige were going to have a big moment together, but ultimately, he made the decision to focus more on work. He used this as an example that office relationships are bad, but we don’t think he really believes that. Toby even convinced him of that in the closing minutes, when Walter decided that he’d make the drive to confess his true feelings. Sweeping romantic gestures!
While the Happy revelation was a tad predictable, we still think that short of Walter kissing Paige, this was the “Scorpion” finale everyone hoped to see. Grade: A-.
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NC76
April 26, 2016 @ 12:10 pm
Sorry the episode was a failure for me..too predicatbe
Rebecca Rivera
April 26, 2016 @ 4:31 pm
For me, it wasn’t so much predictable as it was uninspired. I was hoping for more revelatory mind-games between Collins and Toby. “I know Happy longer than you”. Oh, that was such an intriguing opening, then nothing. And so what if Happy’s already married…she’s obviously not committed to it and has been separated for a very long time. Even if her marriage partner (we can’t assume gender distinctions anymore) is in a coma, divorce is still an option. “I love her; I’m a moron!” Yes, Walter, that’s been well established over the past two seasons, but PAIGE!…girl, I know you’ve got your pride, but you’re also supposed to translate the world for him! Instead, you give Walter the opportunity to deny his feelings for you again, then essentially have him send you off for a weekend with the boringly perfect guy who might be the pragmatically better choice, but is not the one with whom you have real chemistry and belong with. “I’m a moron” could have also served as the title of the finale. As Toby and his broken heart told Walter, “All that matters is LOVE!” I don’t even want to guess how much longer the writers are going to drag this out. Sorry Scorpion, season 3, I’m out of here.
caro
April 28, 2016 @ 8:04 pm
My guess is that they will drag this out until at least end of season 3…. with paige and tim together in the meantime… so frustrating…
Rebecca Rivera
April 28, 2016 @ 11:25 pm
Insulting too.
Rebecca Rivera
May 25, 2016 @ 6:55 pm
Just came across this exchange…do you think Paige will actually end up, as opposed to fall in love, with Tim in the S3 premier?
caro
May 26, 2016 @ 2:53 pm
I think that the season premiere will start with Walter not being able to tell Paige how he feels (for whatever reason) and she ends up starting a relationship with Tim after their weekend alone in Tahoe. The producers said that there will always be ‘waige’ under the surface, even if there are with other people… which makes me think that they will put Tim and Paige together, and thereby adding some drama to Waige. preventing Walter to express his feelings to give her and Tim a chance (feeling not good enough for her maybe)… and probably it will take until late season 3 to see a resolution to this (Paige realizing she cannot suppress her feelings for Walter, or Walter admitting finally to her)… I think this scenario might be the ‘best’ in the producer’s eyes to drag the waige storyline a bit longer…which does not make me happy…
Rebecca Rivera
May 26, 2016 @ 3:56 pm
I agree, and if that proves to be the case in the season 3 premier, I’m over and out. Why do the writers continue to insult us like this.
caro
May 26, 2016 @ 7:27 pm
they probably are scared that the viewers would get bored if Walter and Paige would get together too ‘quickly’ and that’s why they would want to add some drama…. I think that if Walter manages to tell Paige his feelings on the premiere, Paige would never date Tim and we would have waige on the premiere… and they said it would not happen :(
Rebecca Rivera
May 26, 2016 @ 10:25 pm
Well, after two seasons of waiting, this viewer is already bored of watching this dance, which has become pretty tedious. Even sweet patient Paige has finally moved on to another guy. If the writers were really creative, they would come up with more imaginative ways to keep us interested in how they stay together. Think of all the baggage Walter’s low EQ would bring to that relationship.
caro
May 28, 2016 @ 8:12 pm
I totally agree with you…besides i do not see how the writers want to make walters EQ and self confidence evolve if they put paige and tim together….
Rebecca Rivera
May 31, 2016 @ 3:35 pm
Good point; however, in all fairness Walter did finally come to the realization that he loves Paige, so there’s that step. But you’re right — how can he progress if he is stopped in his tracks by Paige falling for Tim? One step forward…and we’re back to square one, only now Walter knows, but still can’t say. Boring.