We’ve all got friends from our childhood days that look out for us when the going got tough. In this week’s episode of Scorpion, however, that person who protected us from bullies and whatever else life throws at us is the one that will betray us.
The episode begins with Sylvester and the rest of Team Scorpion (sans Agent Gallo) at a live taping of The Price is Right. The human calculator was nervous as the announcer chose random people to come down to the stage to be the contestants for the day. Just as Sylvester’s hopes of getting chosen were about to diminish, the announcer called out Sylvester’s name and an overjoyed human calculator made his way down to the contestant stands, all the while avoiding enthusiastic high fives from the rest of the audience members.
I knew that Sylvester would kick butt on the show and I was right. The human calculator won the first round with practised ease and speeded through the second round before Drew Carey could finish talking. If this was an actual episode of The Price is Right, there would be so much time left on the tape that the producers won’t know what to do with. It would’ve helped if Sylvester could have calmed down a little bit and not race through the show like a quick calculation.
When Agent Gallo’s childhood friend Mick (guest star Eric Roberts) came to the garage to ask the Homeland agent for help, Agent Gallo agreed without hesitation because when a friend needs help, we help no matter what right? Shame that loyalty came back to bite Agent Gallo in the butt after figuring out that Mick was the one who is planning to use a bio-weapon, a powerful common cold virus, designed to attack a specific gene of the Aztec people, killing them in a mass genocide. I was so afraid that Agent Gallo’s SUV and Mick’s car was going to collide, sending car shrapnel everywhere, but I was worried for nothing when Mick suddenly swerved and stopped by the side of the freeway, unable to restart his engine.
I didn’t appreciate the fact that Mick betrayed Agent Gallo’s friendship and threw his girlfriend under the bus when he figured out that Agent Gallo had gotten to her. Guess there really is no honour amongst thieves. I have to agree with Mick on one thing, that despite the double-cross, he still values Agent Gallo as the best friend that he ever had.
It was interesting, and a little shocking, to see that our favourite Homeland agent has a passion for art. The way that he told the art teacher why he got into art was a sweet and tender moment. It reminded him of his friendship with Mick and how the latter always supported him and wouldn’t let anyone else make fun of him for it. That’s a true friend right there.
Speaking of tender moments, the scene towards the end of the episode where Happy confronted Toby about his gambling almost made me cry. The mechanical prodigy poured out her worst childhood memories of being bounced from foster home to foster home and that she doesn’t want the rug pulled out from under her again as she is afraid that Toby will never stop gambling or give it up altogether. Good thing Toby made the right decision to give up gambling for good because getting together with Happy was the biggest gamble that the shrink ever took. Yay for Quintis!
I enjoyed this episode. Got to see Walter race against Grady, the owner of the fancy car warehouse that reminded me of The Fast and the Furious movies, and the part where Walter and Agent Gallo rewired the television cables to reach Mick’s girlfriend Lorraine in the motel room was genius. I also hope to see Agent Gallo paint more art in future episodes. Maybe Ralph can join in too?
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