Lighthouse of the Rising Sun is the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of Scorpion, and the eighty-fifth episode of the series overall.
Synopsis[]
A solar storm knocks out the power in Los Angeles, and Team Scorpion must help a teen pilot and his girlfriend who are lost over the Pacific without navigation or radio contact. Also, Walter must look after Ralph's classmates, and Cabe tries to tell Allie that he finally loves her.
Plot[]
Paige is a little touchy with Florence when they go over her investor’s speech. Walter overhears and confronts Paige. She tries to brush it off. Meanwhile, Cabe and Allie are off for the weekend together to a lighthouse. Just as they arrive, they hear a noise. Cabe finds Toby and Happy playing dress up. Toby shows their reservation is for the current weekend and Cabe pulls out his own reservation, only to realize it's for the next weekend. Cabe tells Happy and Toby he needs a favor – he wants to tell Allie he loves her, so he needs the lighthouse. Just as they agree to switch, the electricity goes out.
Sly and Paige are out together, picking up eggs for Walter's science program. Walter is back at the warehouse with Ralph and the kids from the show. They all talk. It looks they are in the middle of a blackout due to a solar storm. Sly has a ham radio in his bag back at the warehouse. Ralph grabs it while a girl tells Walter she is scared.
Walter makes contact with the ham radio, speaking with a government agency. They need Team Scorpio’s help locating a seaplane that cannot contact them. Happy, Toby and Cabe get to work trying to get the lighthouse light back on with a makeshift generator. Ralph and Walter launch Birdroni. Sly and Paige head to a local naval academy to get the flight patterns so Sly can calculate where the plane is in the air.
Cabe and Allie watch the sky with binoculars to see if they can catch a glimpse of the seaplane. Just as Cabe attempts to tell her he loves her; Allie spots the plane. Walter flies Birdroni right onto the front of the plane. They tell the young teen pilot and his scared girlfriend they will assist him in landing. He is freaking out. Toby jumps on the line and gives him a breathing technique. Happy takes over after to instruct him. Meanwhile, Paige is making quiet digs to Sly about Florence. Sly calls her a bully.
Griffin, the pilot, sees the lighthouse. Just as he is about to land, he hits something. He flies right over Happy and Toby. Happy notices he smashed his floats, giving them no way to land.
Walter has to break the news to Griffin and his girlfriend that they need to perform a controlled crash now that the float is broken. Sly and Paige get to work to find the flattest slice of land for them to touch down on. Sly also needs to calculate a safe speed for them to touch down. Walter and the kids need to find out what they can use on the plane to cushion the inside.
Happy is irritable as she and Cabe look for supplies. Happy is mad that her weekend was ruined. She is supposed to be making a baby. Sly shares his calculations. Things are looking good. If this doesn’t go right, the two could die.
Cabe and Happy have set up the net. Griffin is nervous. He doesn’t know if he can pull this off. His friend goes in the back of the plane to get all of their belongings to cushion the impact. Griffin tells the team that he was going to tell Rachel he loves her. Cabe talks him into telling her while telling Allie he loves her too. Allie tells him the feeling is mutual. Griffen and Rachel do the same.
Their plan isn’t going to work. Cabe and Happy fix the net to catch them, not the plane. This is the best plan they can come up with. The plane is running out of fuel. Griffin and Rachel prepare to jump. Walter counts down. They take the plunge and scream the whole way as Toby, Cabe, Happy and Allie stand waiting for them to fall into the net. The two fall into the net safely.
Back at the warehouse, the team watches Walter's very nerdy landing video he made with the kids. Florence shows up and everyone scrambles. Florence tells Paige she got the funding. Paige apologizes for being short. The two make up. Just as Paige goes to hug Florence, she runs off because she's not a hugger. Meanwhile, Ralph is finally going to get his wish and spend more time with Patty. Sly has added him to his campaign team.
Paige apologizes to Walter for being upset over the dream. They need to continue to trust each other.
Cast[]
Main[]
- Elyes Gabel as Walter O'Brien
- Katharine McPhee as Paige Dineen
- Robert Patrick as Cabe Gallo
- Eddie Kaye Thomas as Toby Quinn-Curtis
- Jadyn Wong as Happy Quinn-Curtis
- Ari Stidham as Sylvester Dodd
Recurring[]
- Riley B. Smith as Ralph Dineen
- Reiko Aylesworth as Allie Jones
- Tina Majorino as Florence Tipton
- Nikki Castillo as Patty Logan
Guest[]
- Haley Pullos as Rachel
- Brett Pierce as Griffin
- Kellen Micheal as Meatball
- Jessica Lindsey as Officer
- Melany Ochoa as Melanie
- Dana Heath as Tracy