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TV Episodes The Best Episodes of Scorpion  

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There are so many good episodes of Scorpion, but which ones really stand out? Do you like "Dominoes" the best, or is "US vs. UN vs. UK" your favorite episode of Scorpion? To determine once and for all what the best episodes of Scorpion are, let's rank every Scorpion episode from best to worst.

Based on the life of computer expert Walter O'Brien, Scorpion on CBS follows O'Brien (who has an IQ of 197) and his circle of friends who represent the "last line of defense" against global high-tech threats. Scorpion stars Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, and Jadyn Wong. The drama premiered on September 22, 2014, and is currently airing its fourth season.

Vote up your favorite episodes of Scorpion, and downvote any bad episodes that you really didn't enjoy, despite how much you love the series as a whole. It can be painful to put one Scorpion episode over the other when there are so many good ones, which is why you can vote on however many episodes you like.

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White Out is listed (or ranked) 1 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 13: In order to save a United States Special Forces unit from certain death, Team Scorpion must brave the subzero temperatures of Antarctica.

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Something Burrowed, Something ... is listed (or ranked) 2 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 22: Team Scorpion help Toby and Happy race to the altar to say "I Do" after a simple job extinguishing a tunnel fire becomes catastrophic.

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Scorp Family Robinson is listed (or ranked) 3 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 24: Three weeks after they crash land on a deserted island, tensions run high for Team Scorpion when they must battle to overcome their relationship obstacles in order to be rescued.

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Maroon 8 is listed (or ranked) 4 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 23: While en route to Toby and Happy's honeymoon, Team Scorpion's plane crash lands on a remote deserted island, leaving them all with little hope for rescue.

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Robots is listed (or ranked) 5 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 4: Walter, Cabe and Happy are trapped with the crew in a top secret submarine when an explosion sends it to the bottom of the ocean with limited oxygen and a self-destruct function that will soon activate. Peri Gilpin guest stars.

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True Colors is listed (or ranked) 6 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 6: Team Scorpion must pass a mandated psych evaluation or face being disbanded after they're accused of destroying a priceless work of art in an attempt to protect an art exhibit. NCIS: LOS ANGELES star Linda Hunt guest stars.

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Satellite of Love is listed (or ranked) 7 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 1: The new Director of Homeland Security reunites the team when a nuclear powered Russian satellite is knocked out of orbit and must be diverted before it detonates over Southern California. Alana De La Garza guest stars as the new head of Homeland Security and KISS frontman Gene Simmons makes a cameo appearance as himself.

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US vs. UN vs.UK is listed (or ranked) 8 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 9: Team Scorpion is blackmailed to break into the United Nations to assist in the assassination of a menacing arms dealer.

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Dominoes is listed (or ranked) 9 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 12: As Christmas approaches, Team Scorpion races to find a way to save a young boy's life after he gets trapped in a beachside cave and drowning is imminent.

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Nuke Kids on the Block is listed (or ranked) 10 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 4 Episode 4: While decommissioning an old nuclear missile, a simple accident causes Team Scorpion to endure exposure to toxic vapor while trying to prevent the nuke from detonating.

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Once Bitten, Twice Die is listed (or ranked) 11 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 18: When a conflict in Eastern Europe threatens to escalate, Team Scorpion is called on to help facilitate secret peace talks to prevent World War III.

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Arrivals and Departures is listed (or ranked) 12 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 10: When Team Scorpion and Walter's parents visit Megan in the hospital as her health deteriorates, they are quarantined after a deadly fungus outbreak threatens to infect everyone.

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Risky Business is listed (or ranked) 13 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 8: Team Scorpion enlists the help of a musician who created a controversial algorithm that generates hit songs to help find the murderer of a music blogger. Scott Mescudi, a.k.a. Kid Cudi and Cliff "Method Man" Smith guest star.

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Pilot is listed (or ranked) 14 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 1: When a crisis at LAX leaves dozens of airplanes unable to land, the government enlists a team of misfit geniuses to save the day.

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Monkey See, Monkey Poo is listed (or ranked) 15 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 18: To stop a dangerous virus from spreading, Team Scorpion must locate a rare endangered monkey in the Amazon that has the antibody for the cure.

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Extinction is listed (or ranked) 16 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 4 Episode 1: Team Scorpion must work with their old nemesis Mark Collins in order to prevent the extinction of mankind. Also, Walter and Paige awkwardly navigate their new relationship. Josh Leonard guest stars.

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Civil War & More Civil War is listed (or ranked) 17 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 1: Team Scorpion must put aside their personal and romantic predicaments when anonymous hackers with unknown motives take control of U.S. military aircraft and warships and point weapons at American cities.

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Crazy Train is listed (or ranked) 18 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 7: Team Scorpion must stop a sabotaged runaway subway train with Paige and Ralph on board.

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Postcards From The Edge is listed (or ranked) 19 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 22: Scorpion, torn apart and uncertain about their future as a team, must come together for their most important mission yet to save Walter's life as his car teeters on the side of a cliff.

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Dam Breakthrough is listed (or ranked) 20 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 12: On Christmas Eve, Team Scorpion must prevent a catastrophe when torrential rains create a large crack in a dam, threatening to wipe out an entire town in its wake.

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The Fast & The Nerdiest is listed (or ranked) 21 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 18: After Sylvester scores big on THE PRICE IS RIGHT, Team Scorpion must infiltrate a high-end car smuggling operation about to ship bioweapons to South America. Host Drew Carey and Announcer George Gray from THE PRICE IS RIGHT guest star as themselves. Eric Roberts and Joely Fisher guest star.

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Da Bomb is listed (or ranked) 22 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 15: Team Scorpion is tasked with helping NASA's top secret rocket launch, but they must sabotage their own mission when Walter's date from the previous night has a bomb strapped to her chest.

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Single Point Of Failure is listed (or ranked) 23 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 2: The Governor calls on Team Scorpion when his daughter is mysteriously "bio-hacked" with a deadly virus and has only 24 hours to live.

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Toby Or Not Toby is listed (or ranked) 24 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 24: Team Scorpion must outthink their unstable ex-Scorpion member, Mark Collins (guest star Joshua Leonard), after he kidnaps Toby and threatens to kill him unless his cunning demands are met.

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Young Hearts Spark Fire is listed (or ranked) 25 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 19: While on a mission to save lost hikers, Team Scorpion's helicopter crashes, igniting a massive wildfire that quickly closes in on them.

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Father's Day is listed (or ranked) 26 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 7: A case gets personal for Team Scorpion when three convicts break out of prison and one of them is a brilliant hacker who was forced to help the others steal billions online.

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Ice Ca-Cabes is listed (or ranked) 27 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 11: When a mission in the desert results in exploding shrapnel that seriously wounds Cabe, Team Scorpion must freeze his body in order to save his life.

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Plutonium Is Forever is listed (or ranked) 28 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 5: To fix a Los Angeles nuclear reactor that's on the verge of a cataclysmic meltdown, Walter and the team must reluctantly enlist the help of a troubled former member.

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It Isn't the Fall That Kil... is listed (or ranked) 29 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 2: When Walter is accidentally launched into space in a rocket, he hallucinates about Paige as his oxygen runs low, and Team Scorpion works feverishly to find a way to bring him home before he suffocates.

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Shorthanded is listed (or ranked) 30 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 4: Against Cabe's advice, Team Scorpion heads to Las Vegas for a simple casino job, but a robbery leads to Walter's arrest and the rest of the team is left to clear his name.

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A Cyclone is listed (or ranked) 31 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 3: After Team Scorpion fails a military training mission, they are determined to prove their worth to Cabe and Homeland Security when a bomber threatens to take out the internet infrastructure of the entire Southwest.

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Forget Me Nots is listed (or ranked) 32 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 15: Team Scorpion must jog the memory of an injured former Secret Service agent who is their only hope of preventing weapons of mass destruction being launched from a secret U.S. nuclear silo.

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Sharknerdo is listed (or ranked) 33 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 14: Team Scorpion's job to find sunken treasure goes awry when Walter and Paige's boat explodes, leaving them lost in the middle of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by sharks.

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Going South is listed (or ranked) 34 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 17: Team Scorpion heads to Mexico when a tech billionaire hires them to rescue his kidnapped daughter.

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Super Fun Guys is listed (or ranked) 35 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 5: Team Scorpion goes undercover on the "Super Fun Guy" movie set in Kazakstan in order to disable a soviet era nuclear missile being sold by terrorists.

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Rock Block is listed (or ranked) 36 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 20: Team Scorpion must defy the orders of a foreign government after they retrieve an asteroid from space containing DNA strands that could have deadly consequences once exposed.

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The Hole Truth is listed (or ranked) 37 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 13: Team Scorpion must save a man teetering on the edge of a massive sink hole that threatens to destroy the Los Angeles water supply forever.

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Rogue Element is listed (or ranked) 38 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 9: Team Scorpion must help protect Cabe's ex-wife after she uncovers evidence that suggests foul play in the death of a prominent congressman. Jessica Tuck guest stars.

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Tech, Drugs, and Rock 'n R... is listed (or ranked) 39 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 6: Walter's attempt to "normalize" goes horribly wrong when a nefarious virus is uploaded to his computer, turning Team Scorpion's new "smart" building project into a burning death trap with people locked inside.

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Kill Screen is listed (or ranked) 40 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 13: Team Scorpion must help Ralph when the FBI questions him after his dark web game play inadvertently reveals the location of a CIA safe house and results in the murder of CIA operatives.

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Crime Every Mountain is listed (or ranked) 41 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 4 Episode 10: As Cabe’s trial looms over Team Scorpion, a simple case goes sideways when they help a father and his daughter whose plane crashes nearby.

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Strife on Mars is listed (or ranked) 42 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 21: Team Scorpion gets trapped inside a failing and dangerous biodome designed for Mars while trying to extract a pair of scientists inside.

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Wreck the Halls is listed (or ranked) 43 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 10: It's Christmas Eve and Team Scorpion's electronics-free mountain getaway turns deadly when they come across gun-runners, and Ralph is kidnapped when they try to escape.

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Revenge is listed (or ranked) 44 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 11: When Sylvester accidentally triggers an explosive device during an investigation, Team Scorpion must focus on finding who's responsible even while their friend's life hangs in the balance.

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Don't Burst My Bubble is listed (or ranked) 45 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 3 Episode 17: Following a severe storm, Happy's friend Ada (Mary Mouser), who lives in a sterile bubble to protect her compromised immune system, is left with dangerous debris on the verge of puncturing the structure.

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Ticker is listed (or ranked) 46 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 19: When Los Angeles' blood supply is hacked and deemed unusable because of fear it's been tainted, Team Scorpion must find the culprit in order to save a young girl in desperate need of a heart transplant. Horatio Sanz guest stars.

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Fractured is listed (or ranked) 47 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 16: After a powerful earthquake rocks Los Angeles, Team Scorpion must fix a pinched gas line to prevent a massive explosion. Penn Jillette guest stars.

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Sun Of A Gun is listed (or ranked) 48 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 14: Sylvester comes face to face with his estranged father, a retired general, who asks Team Scorpion for help when he believes that a dictator in Africa has uncovered a deadly World War II-era weapon of mass destruction and intends to use it.

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Cuba Libre is listed (or ranked) 49 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 2 Episode 2: Team Scorpion heads to Cuba when a woman from Cabe's past pleads for him to help catch a Serbian war criminal.

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Cliffhanger is listed (or ranked) 50 on the list The Best Episodes of Scorpion
Season 1 Episode 21: Walter finally learns Cabe's long-kept secret regarding the Baghdad mission, and it threatens to tear Team Scorpion apart forever.