It’s been a while since I took the time to go on Tumblr. Even longer since I posted something.
But I just watched Scorpion Season Finale, maybe series finale (who knows?) and I have a lot of thing to say.
Fair warning to Walter’s fan, this won’t please you. I’m not here to upset anyone, so don’t read this if criticism on Walter upsets you.
Why felt the need for this warning?
Because it’s been awhile that I wanted Paige to break up with Walter. “I don’t have enough EQ” isn’t a good excuse anymore. That relationship wasn’t healthy anymore for Paige. She was pulling almost all the weight, and that can’t be good on someone. She wasn’t happy, Walter clearly wasn’t happy either if he was miserable with her friends. I like the idea to show that love doesn’t always conquer all. It’s realistic, to say the least. You need more than love to work as a couple in the day to day life. Or maybe it wasn’t love if it didn’t worked out. Who knows? I’m not an expert in love. But something was missing. And one of them had to change who they are, deep down for that relationship to work. And no one can ask that from anyone;
So I was happy that she did it. Plus Walter kind of deserved it. The guy always been stubborn, and had always had a hard time understanding relationship. That’s Walter, and I’m usually okay with that. But this time he screwed up despite everyone telling him that he was screwing up, and how it was going to end. Happy, Sylvester, Toby, all of them told him. But He had to be right, he had to be better than everyone. I can’t excuse this kind of arrogance, especially from someone who knows their flaws.
Sure, the writers are to blame here. Walter usually isn’t that arrogant. So far, he had asked for help in areas he was struggling, it was out of character for him to not listen to his friends on this matter.
Writers also screwed up a lot this season with Florence. She was a good character, and a good match for Sly...But why they had to put her between Paige and Walter. All the issue with Waige would still have happened, without Florence falling in love with Walter. What the Fork Writers?
Writers also kind of screwed up with Quintis. It was kind of obvious that Toby and Happy will decide to adopt. We expected it almost from the beginning. All the false pregnancy, the failed natural attemps and weirds science tricks to get pregnant, Toby’s unfertility etc, almost all of that felt unnecessary and just fillers so they could reveal what we all already knew in the finale. Especially since every part of that felt rushed. We spent really little time on how they felt about the failed attempts, how Toby’s felt learning he couldn’t fathered a child, or how they took the news that whatever they did with Toby’s sperm didn’t work.
Trying and failing to have a baby is something that a lot of people go throught everyday, normal people do. And I feel like they barely scratch the topic.
Truthfully, I think that this season of Scorpion, especially the second half wasn’t the strongest....by far. Few character development, many stories that didn’t move forward, and cases didn’t interest me as much.
That being said, I liked how they finished it. The team split up, in logical ways. Of course Sly go against Walter and with Paige. And Toby always been the most vocal against Walter and his tactless, insensitive way. I think he got fed up for good this time. And Happy felt like he was the one that broke up her family.
Then, on the other side, Florence is in love with Walter, and well, I doubt Paige would welcome her. And no matter what he thinks or feels, Cabe will always be with his son. And I feel he is the one that will bring them back all together in the end.
After all, that’s what fathers do.