Dumb rant about a good show that left a bad taste in my mouth in the end
You guys know Scorpion? That drama about a team of geniuses that was founded by the guy with 197 IQ? No? Then ignore this, maybe. Yes? Be ware of spoilers for season 4, then.
So, the show has it’s ups and downs, but in general, it’s a good one. I am, however, massively disappointed with how season 4 ended. It starts with the swamp episode, where Paige teaches Walt about “white” lies and encourages him to use them. In the end of the episode, Walt hears Paige tell Ralph that she really wouldn’t want to go to a lecture she had promised to go with Walt. Walt, who had just learned about white lies, makes a logical conclusion of what Paige might do in his position, and tells Paige a white lie that the lecture is cancelled. Of course, Walt himself still wants to go, and to not waste the other ticket, he asks around if anyone wants to come with him. But when everyone says no, he calls neighbor’s Florence. Flo is very interested in the subject of the lecture, so it’s a logical thing to do. Everything should be fine with this... but no.
Last episode of the season, Paige knows something’s been bothering Walt and asks him about it. Walt tells her about the lie, but before he can add that he went with Flo instead, Paige interrupts him by saying how proud she is that he used a white lie for her like that. All good? No.
Paige finds out Flo was there, and she’s not happy. I get that, but there are two things that make the way she treated Walter unfair: 1. Walter never actually said that he went alone, and he would’ve told Paige had she not interrupted him. And more importantly, number 2: It was her who taught Walter about white lies and told him to use them, yet then she gets all bitchy and whiny when they’re used in a way that she doesn’t like. She’s the one telling people to use them, so she’s the last person who has a right to be angry when someone she taught gets caught telling her one.
And then, about Florence. She’s mad at Florence too, and for what? Florence caught feelings for Walter yes, but she didn’t do anything. She didn’t do anything, she was completely innocent, yet Paige bitches at her too. And Sylvester, he throws a tantrum when it turns out his crush got a thing on Walter instead. Well screw you, you loser, it’s not Walter’s fault if he’s more appealing to Flo than you are!
I’m also disappointed in the way Happy and Toby were included; they knew about the whole lecture thing yet kept it to themselves, so they should logically be considered to be part of team Walter. And yet, they take Paige’s side and bitch at Walter too. Paige should’ve been mad at them, at least more so than to Flo who, I repeat, did nothing. She didn’t know the lecture was such a big deal to those people, she didn’t deserve such treatment.
So, to put it short, fuck Paige Dineen. That character has officially lost all the respect I ever had for her. If there’s ever a season 5, bitch better apologize to both Walter and Florence, especially the later.
