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[UK PACE - NO SPOILERS] Scorpion S3: ITV2, Saturdays from 22.10.2016 (time may vary)
carl.waring
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S3 from a week on Saturday.
S3 from a week on Saturday.DRAMA: Scorpion
On: itv2 (115)
Date: Saturday 22nd October 2016 (starting in 8 days)
Time: 20:50 to 21:50 (1 hour long)
Civil War.
Brand new series of the US military drama. Team Scorpion works with the US navy to outsmart hackers who have taken control of fighter aircraft and ships across the US which contain powerful missiles. With the US forced into nuclear lockdown, can Team Scorpion use their technological expertise to bring down the Bulgarian bad guys?
(New, Stereo, Widescreen, Subtitles, Audio Described, 2014, 4 Star)
Starring: Robert Patrick, Elyes Gabel, Katharine McPhee, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Jadyn Wong, Ari Stidham
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Excellent opener for the series though, rogue hackers, total nukular peril, fix a plane's systems with a spirit level and a baked bean tin, this is exactly the kind of thing I watch this for
I was worried the relationship stuff was getting too serious but then the comms came back on at the worst possible time, so that's all good then
Though usually it's only the baddies and not NPCs* that die, unless that's my memory painting a pretty picture?
* a story-relevant speaking role, definitely up from 'extra' and more complicated than 'hey he forgot his suspiciously heavy briefcase with the wires hanging out' but not so high up the scale that I would necessarily say 'supporting role', or is that the actual definition of it
As said above it had everything I watch the show for included and when Walter said to himself he loved Paige just as he moved back into an area where Comms work and the whole team heard was perfectly done.
Annoying ITV2 couldn't show them back to back as it was shown in America but as we saw with last years 2 part episode they don;t care about that, they even went on a xmas break during last years and we had to wait about a 4-5 weeks for it to come back on with the concluding half If I remember correctly.
And (spoiler-tagged because it involves surprise exit strategy and it's only the day after, yes I know that's being overly sensitive)
Walter's 'AAA' started out at the right tone, was well matched by Toby's 'HHH' because they both fit with the whole 'this is not a relationship guidance show' thing. There's limits on how far the three-dimensional character building should go. And no, the irony of my telling them to lighten up is not lost on me
On the physics front, there was more than enough time to sort the aerodynamics for a second and less drastic collision but then the final landing solution wouldn't have been necessary and it did have that necessary style to it
I loved Walter's hallucination. I really like the relationship stuff, as well as the science stuff, I think it makes it more exciting. I really don't like Paige's love interest, I want her to be with Walter.
Well duh!
No wonder the terrorists failed, all that planning and they spoil it by using a wood drill bit to make a hole in a rock :eek: and Happy doesn't make a rudely sarcastic comment about it :mad:
I think there's a fine balance to be had, as long as they don't over-do it - that episode seems to have been their 'get it dealt with' one where we get the full context so we don't keep asking those 'so what happened with' questions.
Similarly, this one was where they got a lot of Toby/Happy context sorted, along with the 'spare Walter' bit which I really did not see coming but on the other hand unless I forgot something, is a back-story add-on that doesn't break anything we've been told before...?
Its kinda getting like Doctor Who was in the 70's and 80's. Every alien planet happens to look uncannily like the same quarry.
I was going to make a remark about Blake's 7 simply because I remember they had the occasional rock-decorated scene, but curiosity got the better of me and yet again I experienced the ultimate truth of 'seek and ye shall find'
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BBCQuarry
And well done to them for just about managing not to make me womit
* though calling it a 'flux complicator' would probably be a bit too blatant
P.S. looks like it's all being repeated from the beginning, original pilot episode back on right now!
P.P.S. obviously by the time anyone sees this it will be too late even for the +1...
http://epguides.com/scorpion/
Right well, forewarned is forearmed, so I'll keep an eye out for the 'special' and have a tub of twiglets* and a pint of brandy at the ready to get in the proper festive mood.
* I looked but couldn't find any cheesy footballs this year, everyone seemed to have run out or it's a regional thing, just like Mum's local shop ran out of mince pies on christmas eve :eek: though fortunately they still had the posh puff-pastry ones that you can dig a hole in the top and fill with ice cream
Interesting to see the tar pits again and thankfully getting only a small explosion and not a complete volcano because even I couldn't stretch my forgiveness that far... even with the excellent underwater lamp-helmet improv!
Side-story highlights, 'artisan cookies' and 'fish in a barrel'