It's my firmest opinion that the hit vaguely-sci-fi thriller Scorpion deserves at least another full-length season and here are six reasons why

1. Its representation: Now I know the main ensemble is majority-white and majority-male but there's a lot of strong female characters any girl (and any guy for that matter) can look up to and the two PoC there are are well-written and non-stereotypical, and also, representation is a lot more than that. E.g. a lot of the characters could be reasonably headcanonable as being autistic (specifically Walter, Happy, Sylvester and Ralph) and if the show got more time to do so and could actually call their apparent autism what it is, it would have the best autistic representation on TV. Also, many a fat acceptance/activism site has sung the praises of Sylvester and how good a representation he is for fat men (a group that usually doesn't get that kind of representation)

2. It makes nerdiness cool: I'm not naming names but when a lot of shows try to be nerdy, they confuse it for being geeky and throw in a whole lot of references to sci-fi and superheroes and think that that placates that crowd. Scorpion, however, when I watch it, I feel like I've met my people, a found family of awkward genius nerds (and their "team mom" and "team dad") who are also Big Damn Heroes saving the world through science like I've always dreamed of being. Think of the kids who might see it and finally get to see someone like them being the hero for a change. Think of what it might motivate them to do for the world. Now don't you want more of that in your life?

3. It's a breath of fresh air: I don't know about you but there are certain trends on TV that I don't exactly not like but am just kinda bored of like family sitcoms or shoot-em-up-y police shows. Scorpion breaking out of all those genre boxes to give us something different; a little bit of sci-fi, a little bit of thriller, a little bit of crime show and a little bit of heartwarming found family drama, is what makes it memorable and leads to it having so many fans

4. It's a little bit of everything: Speaking of which, that's also another reason why it's amazing enough to be continued; it has a little something for everyone. For those that love science it has pretty advanced vaguely-fringe-y science centrally featured in a lot of the plots and science to some degree in every episode. For those that love action and suspense it puts characters' lives in near-but-not-actually-of-course-mortal-danger so much it's become a running joke among fans. For fans of more soap-opera-y (but in a good way) shows like This Is Us, it's got found-family heartwarmingness and romantic drama in spades

5. It takes risks: I know I've mentioned the advanced fringe science (some of which has formerly been seen on explicitly sci-fi shows like Eureka so its inclusion on a more realistic show must mean it's gaining more social acceptance) and the action that's high-octane to the point where character near-death experiences are a fandom running gag but those aren't the only ways Scorpion takes risks. It also takes risks with how it tells its story e.g. I have never seen a show (at least not an explicitly sci-fi or fantasy show) use dream sequences that effectively nor a non-cartoon-or-musical show have that good "random" musical moments.

6. The story isn't over yet: I didn't see the S4 finale so I don't know if anything happened that would "end the story"/make it a proper series finale but a lot of times shows have come back from supposedly show-ending cliffhangers be they end-of-season (like the destruction of the Warehouse in Warehouse 13 S3 or the Warehouse coup in Warehouse 13 S4) or not (like the Criminal Minds arc with Deputy Director Barnes and how her splitting up the team only lasted an episode if that) so Scorpion would still have nothing to worry about status-quo-wise even if that was the case. There's also just so much more it could do; so much science it could teach about, so many more risks it could take, so much of the characters that could be explored and also, maybe it's just me but since, if/when the show goes on, Waige is probably going to be endgame (unless something truly devastating happened in the finale that I didn't know about), I would love to see how a Waige wedding compares with the Quintis one we got to see.

In conclusion, Scorpion should be picked back up (either by CBS or another network) for all the above reasons. Also, it would be a neat bit of new-beginning synergy if it started again once Katharine McPhee finished her run in Waitress (because then she'd be going from waitressing to the team again), and also 99% of the time when you think someone's dead on the show they aren't and I think the same "near-death rule" should apply to the show itself

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