
Eccentric genius Walter O'Brien leads a group of brilliant misfits who constitute Homeland Security's new think tank, helping defend against the high-tech threats of the computer age. The team -- dubbed Scorpion -- includes behaviorist Toby Curtis, mechanical prodigy Happy Quinn, and statistics guru Sylvester Dodd. While comfortable with one another, the team members struggle with understanding life outside their circle, so when they need help translating societal cues, they rely on the skills of Paige Dineen, a woman with a gifted young son.

A deadly tornado threatens the lives of Team Scorpion during a mission to recover the remains of fallen Marines in Vietnam.

The team is hired by the Department of Defense to test the security at Fort Knox by trying to break in and steal a precious artifact.

In Chernobyl, Sylvester and Paige become trapped inside a decaying nuclear reactor that the team is trying to repair before a tragic meltdown.

The members of the team travel to Mexico when the daughter of a tech billionaire is abducted; Walter participates in an interview that leads to hurt feelings.