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the locks of hair . The locks of hair.

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Scorpion 4x05 Thoughts:

My episode review post for Scorpion S4 ep 4x05: 

LONG POST, CONTAINING  SPOILERS...UNDER THE CUT: 

Moments:

Happy/Cabe scene (father/grandpa-daughter scene). I love this scene mainly for the following four reasons: 1) Happy, the mechanic, fixing Cabe’s new old car, 2) Dad/Grandpa-Daughter/Kid scene -  them talking about recent events, 3) Happys’ got babies & diapers on her mind! - her word choice is again very revealing, and 4) a mention of Happy’s idol, Elon Musk.

STORK! Yet another acronym. The new Quintis plan! I’m quite certain that STORK’s fate is the same as PANNS/SCABOBI’s... they’ll drop it..soon! But I still love that they talked about wanting a baby, and came up with a plan (between lst  this ep... so during the past 2 days in their universe)...even if it is STORK. But these DORKS with their STORK & acronyms. It’s so “their thing”. Just like the costumes, the “date night at home” installing security systems...etc... 

Oh, Toby... you really know how to share TMI. Toby “I'm glad you asked, so let me tell you a bout our private lives..in detail...” Curtis, when he’s told not to share his story.

Little Tobina. You’re funny, Toby, but so wrong, when you think you’ll be naming the Quintis baby Tobina..or something similar. Though Tobina (a “version”of his own name, Toby) sounds like a girl’s name, so it’s a girl, right?

Sly is taking the bar exam! (but just like the prisons in this shows universe let visitors waltz into the prison cell of a dangerous criminal with cellphones & forearms in their packets - see 401, they allow cellphones into exam room... and none of it is any problem/issue LOL)

Walt still feel an “outsider” even among a family of geniuses surrounding him. His “no home” comment kinda reminds you of what he told to Linda at the end of 2x15, right? He feels “strange” even among “people like himself”. This has been a theme in the past, and now mentioned again...

It’s RAY-STARSWIPE! Oh, Ray.. and his marketing video! Its so embarrassing that its funny! Makes you wonder what else Ray did during his recent short stay at the Garage (just before Quintis wedding)

Toby & Happy are running late, because they’ve got some personal planning to do..again (in 3x13 it was the wedding planning, in 4x05 it’s the STORK project)

“What is it with Quintis & acronyms?“ ;) - Like father, like son. AKA that moment, when Cabe & Walter say/ask the same question (in 4x03 they both said “That’s an interesting development!” about Ralph’s interest in Patty! And they’ve done it before, too, like in 3x20, when they both commented that “Quintis [bicker] sound like they’ve been married forever/for years” ) Also: exactly what I asked when I read it. 

I love Cabe in the “sleep capsule”...singing “Gloria” to himself... PS. At first I was kind of sad that they didn’t use (probably for legal reason...cause they didn’t get the right to use the song originally written as the one playing on the stuck cassette) the original song planned to be stuck in that cassette player, but now I kinda like that it was a different song. “Gloria” worked wonderfully during the Cabe/car etc scenes! PS. For anyone not familiar with 1980s music or how to google things, the song is "Gloria” by Laura Branigan (1982 hit) WATCH ON YT!

It’s Doggett vs Fox...but not Fox Mulder. And that’s actually Cabe Gallo, not Doggett. #yesIjustdidanXFilesreference The bad guys are wearing masks..animal masks, and have “animal” code-names. But seriously... what’s with the Spanish? How & Why is that relevant? (or is this supposed to be a reference to 305 & those Spanish bad guys?)

Interesting... this “case” seems more & more like the one in 3x05. Foreign bad guys (Spanish), a heist story,...with a twist (the bad guys are not after what the Team originally thinks they’re after!) Plus...part of the team kidnapped/held hostage/inside the building with the bad guys & part of the team outside... working on ways to communicate with the ones inside. (the last part also makes me see parallels between 405 & 313) 

“It’s me, stupid! Happy’s MORSE-code message. The surest way to make sure others know it’s her is to say something very Happy-like. 

I love the Quintis  Teamwork! Those two are so in sync and work so well as a team! I love the eps, where Toby & Happy get to work as one of the teams, but though I kind of wish there were more eps like that, I actually like that this isn’t the case in every episode, because this way it feels even  better! We get them work with others in some eps, and them together again after every few eps! (next up 4x08, 4x10)

OOPS! Sir Richard was promoting a product that wasn’t ready. Not good. His reasons for doing so might’ve been “good”, but it’s still so not good! 

Elia’s PW: KING RICHARD (for my reaction see Walt’s reaction)

I know that Toby thinks of Sly instead of Ralph...first, when thinking of a very fast coder/hacker simply because this episode doesn’t have Riley B. Smith in it, but honestly... Ralph would do this faster than them all...even Sly! But yeah, Toby doesn’t call Ralph, cause the kids at school, so it’s Sly who’ll create the fake site.

Sly rocks! Sylvester, "I’m an attorney at law” Dodd, ladies & gents! PS. He’s not even completed the bar exam, but he follows Toby’s old saying "youre a lawyer if you believe you’re one” ;) (the original line was actually a bit different in S1, but... yeah) This is so his bar exam...and he will pass the exam & get extra points, because he doesn’t just answer the test questions correctly, he is able to use the knowledge he has in a practical situation... this is a “live” test/exam, where he gets to actually put his new skillset to use. 

Meet "Barnaby, the Banking Butler”!  PS. Here’s an idea though... since Team Scorpion is in need  of finances, and Cabe did such a great job as Barnaby, the Banking Butler (despite the accent), how about Elia paying Cabe for using him as the “model” for Barnaby so the agent can that way pay back his bail money to the Team, and hence not owe anyone anything & so freeing the Team from their extra debt?

LOL ... Classic Toby! “Good luck, baby! I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed for you”  - he wants Happy to do the job alone, cause handing a note to someone is totally a 1-person-job! He’s always trying to “stay behind”. PS. Originally the plan was to have a scene inside the bank, but for reasons this scene was changed, and we see Quintis only outside the bank (before & after...no interaction with the teller, etc. I kinda liked the final version that aired though I originally though the 1st draft version was great)

...and Happy’s “wife” stare! as a response. Those dorks are so married!

Quintis just robbed a bank! Technically they only stole a password, though, not money. And now they’re fleeing from the scene! Car-chase! And of course Happy’s driving! 

APB on Quintis (description) - Toby: caucasian male in his 30s, wearing a hat  & Happy: petite asian female

Oh, no! Not good! Happy, as a “skilled” driver turns the car too fast & all the (still hot!? How? Ride from coffee shop to conference center, the assessment of situation + discussions with the cops/detective... did all that take only 3 minutes or d they go to a magic coffee shop that has magic coffee that remains hot for an hour...) hot organic coffee spills on Toby’s gooty! Well...nothing else to do than remove his pants! To reveal: NO BOXERS! Tighty whities! #violationofSTORK

sidenote: Toby Curtis & Happy Quinn masters of removing their pants without taking off their shoes since 205/405! And while Toby’s pants in this ep weren’t as “skinny jeans” as Happy wore in 205 dangling upside down...), I’m still questioning the speed & ease of him removing the pants...over the sneakers. This couple’s got skillz ;) *sarcasm*

Oh, a little Toby’s childhood memory/story! About his first day of middle school...and what he wore that day. 

“Bet you wish you wore boxers now.” Oh, Happy! Bet he does. 

Cabe &  “Gloria” vs 2 bad guys on motorcycles - pursuit! Of course Barnaby “wins” the chase! 

There are not many “people”, who can get away with insulting an officer in broad daylight, in the middle of the street, while being half naked/wearing just tighty whities. 

I do not know if that was EKT or a (photo) double in the S3 bloopers reel for the S3 finale island scene with Paige/Toby and the loincloth talk scene, when Kat goes “he’s got nice legs”, but I’d say it applies here. Toby’s got nice legs. 

I knew it! Quintis is forgetting S.T.O.R.K. And focusing on fun instead. Or rather... on F.U.N. Sorry, pops... it’s another acronym. FUN = Freewheeling. Unencumbered. Newlyweds. 

DONUTS! Team/Family  moment!

A mention of Happy’s online gearhead friends! I hope these are her MechanChicks friends... mostly. Reference to 318. But could be other mechanic friends, too. 

Oh, poor Cabe... first clearer signs of what “losing his identity” (as we  learned in 317..his biggest fear is to seem weak & not be able to be the protector & “tough guy”) is doing to him...are showing. The car choice, the singing to himself in sleeping pods, the mixing up boxes... I sure hope he gets his real badge back soon...and give back the temporary intern badge... because he feels purposeless if he is not the agent. As explained in 317..and now explored in season 4A...

LOL at these geniuses! I guess Happy’s truck & Paige’s and Walter’s cars are not a the garage...orherwise... why not use of of their cars to move Cabe’s "Gloria”. But no... we would not have that fun team moment..if that were the case! If these geniuses remembered they could move his car using their car/truck... we would not get such a funny team bonding moment.... 

 The little things/Details to notice:

Happy using the word “diaper”, when using an analogy to Cabe’s new car’s technical condition. (”Leaks like a full diaper”) #HappysGotBabiesOnHerMind

Happy & Toby: white vs black theme! Happy wearing black tee & black pants/jeans, Toby wearing a white tee & (as revealed later...) white undies. A fun contrast/detail I noticed.

Welcome back Cabe’s “LA KINGS” (opening scene) & Toby’s “I’D RATHER BE WEIGHT-LIFTING" coffee mugs! (end scene) 

Happy’s outfit: yet another “mechanic” outfit with her usual boots, and dark jeans. Plus a loose top/tee with a LS plaid shirt on top. 

Also... Toby’s outfit ... it’s so S1-ish! The “lighter-coloured” pants, and that jacket...

And It’s been ages since we’ve seen Toby run..cause someone’s chasing him (cause he’s taken someone’s “money”) It happened quite often during early S1 days... but is not a theme anymore. 

6PCI245  - Happy’s car licence plate number in S4. Actually since 3x18! Originally it was 8Q49992 in 1x11, then 8Q49929 from 1x21 to 3x12; 6PCI245 from 3x18-3x20-to 4x05...; with the 3x22 PartyBus getting her old licence plate 8Q49929) ;) 

Paige lifting Toby’s legs off table (during the donuts scene)

So...Quintis S4 acronyms...so far: we went from PANNS to FUN. What’s next?  PANNS  +  SCABOBI  -> STORK -> FUN --> ?

hmm... Happy really wants for someone else (Paige) to PUSH...right now? Is this what’s to come in about 40 weeks? In that case... this coming from the woman, who as a mechanic claimed that the female body is a mechanical marvel...but will she be wishing someone else was “in pain” when it’s her time? We’ll see...

Favourite Lines/Quotes:

Too many to list. But some I’ve mentined in the comments above. 

I find that hard to believe! - “Continuity errors” & other questionable things:

How are “students” allowed to take their cellphones to the exam room? And leave the exam room... to “go to the bathroom” ...just like that? 

How is that coffee STILL hot? Did everything from them leaving from the coffee shop to robbing the bank happen in a 5-minute timespan (instead of closer to an hour or so..) or do they know a magic coffeeshop that sells magic coffee in magic cups that keep the coffee hot for hours? 

How did Toby get those pants off so easily...over his sneakers? Sure..his pants are wider than Happy’s skinnyjeans  in 205 were... but these two are still very masterful at removing their jeans without removing their footwear. 

How come they didn’t think of using one of their cars to move Cabe’s non-moving vehicle? 

 NOTES: 

On that note... Team Quintis & Team Scorpion’s financial situation is gonna be a topic...during this season, right? In S3 it was how to arrange a wedding on budget. In S4 its gonna be how to prepare for a baby...while on budget? But how are they gonna save or get better at being financially responsible if they keep buying organic coffee to go, and other such “luxuries”, when in other eps its made to sound like they can’t even afford a cheap deep-fried treat (churros)...though that’s Paige, not Quintis...who planned to get Kovelsky’s that night. It allows for several options - show how they get creative with baby stuff. And shows how their & their company’s financial situation affects them all... and it also gives perfect opportunity for a Toby/gambling debt/Bruno plot to surface...etc. 

Solution: Quintis can afford a baby just like Paige could afford to get a new car (a few weeks after getting the new job) & upgrade to a nice apartment + get Ralph to a good school (mere months later) + pay for the babysitter etc... because they’re not really broke (they already got 20.000 back from Cabe)... their definition of it just “exaggerated”. But also because they’re geniuses & gonna be very creative about the “baby costs” - building furniture themselves, having “free” access to medical stuff and treatments... and also... either they’re gonna do “baby on budget” and that’s the plot, or Cabe gets his job back soon, and the team starts getting big paydays... to fix their financial situation. Because this show has not been realistic about financial issues from the very beginning. It’d be great if that’d improve, but Quintis has made it clear they’re not good with saving etc. 

 posted: Oct 28th, 2017