User blog:PropellerheadCyclone/Team Scorpion: A Post-Mortem

On May 12, 2018, just weeks after the fourth season had wrapped, CBS announced that it was pulling the plug on Scorpion for good. And while the show had managed to linger in the Top 25 for the first three seasons, average viewership dropped precipitously to below 10 million and it tumbled to 43rd in the Nielsen ratings, which gave hint of its future as a casualty of the massive axing of TV shows mid-year across the major media networks.

Despite this sad development, its leading stars took to social media to share their gratitude to the fans who stayed loyal to the show during its run.

Veteran actor Robert Patrick, who played Homeland Security agent and team liasion/father figure Cabe Gallo posted a tweet on the day itself here.

Katharine McPhee, the former American Idol champion who brought emotional quotient and maternal instincts to the team as former waitress Paige Dineen, joined her co-star in sharing her sentiments within the 280-character universe here.

The mechanical genius and not-so-wordy Happy Quinn, portrayed by female Asian actor Jadyn Wong, shared a message to the show's fans on Instagram here.

And most heartwarmingly, young actor Riley B. Smith, who protrayed Paige's genius son Ralph Dineen, took the opportunity on Instagram as well to express gratitude to all who made the show possible in a resounding show of maturity and hope here.

And while this appears to be a situation that not even this team of geniuses could fix, especially in light of the cliffhanger ending with Scorpion fracturing into two separate teams (A Lie in the Sand, Season 4 Episode 22), the show did gain a loyal fanbase and its stars appear to have hope that for every door that closes, another one opens and they will be there to walk through it with us following eagerly.

Walter's departed sister and Sly's late wife Megan O'Brien-Dodd (portrayed by Camille Guaty) left a message for her brother that reminded him to not be afraid to love and be vulnerable (Arrivals and Departures, Season 2 Episode 12), because she saw him as more than his genius intellect. And that might be the greatest legacy that the show leaves to its fans.