I have quite liked Scorpion so far, mostly because of the actors, but episode 18 brought it all down for me. The leaders of Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania are bringing about the WWIII??? I guess the show is directed at a viewer with very limited knowledge of anything, and I admit to not now much of what's going on in Africa right now, but, c'mon, a brief googling would give enough information about those countries. Latvia and Lithuania do not have nuclear weapons, they have a tank or two, but that's about it. Being small countries they have very little influence and they couldn't possibly bring about WWIII, even if they really wanted it. Vatican and Switzerland would be much more believable - at least those countries have some cash and influence. As for Belarus, people there earn like a 100 bucks per month. Oh, and those "victorious" leaders of those "mighty" countries speak some language amongst themselves and seem to understand it. It wasn't Russian which would be believable. Let me explain. There's no reason for a Lithuanian to speak Latvian and vice versa. Or for the Belarus to understand either of them. C'mon people, really, the Internet is there for the taking, use it. I'm Estonian by the way. Yes, that's right, it's right next to Ethiopia, dear Scorpions. We speak Swahili here and have 2 nuclear warheads per household. Save us, Scorpion :(
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Not real life, people.
mmcour7 March 2020
Why can't you people just watch a show without expecting it to be real life? Good grief. Entertainment is just that. Entertaining. If you want everything you watch to be factual I suggest you watch the news. (Sarcasm) leave the entertainment for the rest of us that want to sit back and forget how hard our day was. We love this show.
Very tense episode
DebbyNessie14 November 2018
I know others found this episode disturbing, but this TV show is fiction not a historical or geographical documentary. It's just a TV show folks.
Walter and the snake is tense. The look on the prime minister's face when Walter tells him off is priceless. Steamy kiss at the end - Quintis forever.
Walter and the snake is tense. The look on the prime minister's face when Walter tells him off is priceless. Steamy kiss at the end - Quintis forever.
Complete ignorance
lokyzz10 March 2015
Warning: Spoilers
A. Lithuania and Latvia are NATO members, as well as Poland, Germany,US, and France.
B. Lithuania and Latvia are located in Northern Europe (officially by UN), not Eastern.
C. We do not have sandstorms, it is rather difficult in countries with dense territory with woods, not deserts. A lot of trees, you know.
D. Despite sharing a significant time in the past in a federal state of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the three nations are different, and three presidents could not speak all together in broken Lithuanian (not "some" language, it is certainly Lithuanian, barely recognizable, although Russian is heard somewhere in the background). Ye more, they could not be raised by someone singing by supposedly 1920's singer lullaby, who sings in the tone of 70's romance.
E. Well, Lithuanian politic elite did not come just out of the woods, and certainly do not have Pravoslavic beards and Russian family names, also do not speak in such a recognizable Russian accent. And the security details would not act as idiots shouting something about homeland in foreign country, and certainly would not threaten to hang anyone in a diplomatic summit. Capital punishment is abandoned in our beautiful Baltic states.
Correct me if I'm wrong. Did I really heard about 1897 Presidents of Lithuania and Belarus? Really really?
And since when the beautiful catholic St. Mary's Basilica in the newsreel from Cracow, former capital of Poland, is Located in Belarus? Belarus is Pravoslavic country.
Was it so difficult to look it up in Wikipedia?
B. Lithuania and Latvia are located in Northern Europe (officially by UN), not Eastern.
C. We do not have sandstorms, it is rather difficult in countries with dense territory with woods, not deserts. A lot of trees, you know.
D. Despite sharing a significant time in the past in a federal state of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth the three nations are different, and three presidents could not speak all together in broken Lithuanian (not "some" language, it is certainly Lithuanian, barely recognizable, although Russian is heard somewhere in the background). Ye more, they could not be raised by someone singing by supposedly 1920's singer lullaby, who sings in the tone of 70's romance.
E. Well, Lithuanian politic elite did not come just out of the woods, and certainly do not have Pravoslavic beards and Russian family names, also do not speak in such a recognizable Russian accent. And the security details would not act as idiots shouting something about homeland in foreign country, and certainly would not threaten to hang anyone in a diplomatic summit. Capital punishment is abandoned in our beautiful Baltic states.
Correct me if I'm wrong. Did I really heard about 1897 Presidents of Lithuania and Belarus? Really really?
And since when the beautiful catholic St. Mary's Basilica in the newsreel from Cracow, former capital of Poland, is Located in Belarus? Belarus is Pravoslavic country.
Was it so difficult to look it up in Wikipedia?
Baltic nations
gulinfalis10 March 2015
Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonians and Belarus are like brothers.
We defend each other.
This state is not associated with Russia.
Lithuania,Latvia and Estonia, are as well a NATO member. Dale Gribauskaitė are the Lithuanian president and she is a woman. We do not have a Russian accent, we drank beer, not vodka, we say "Į s.v.e.i.k.a.t.ą!" (Cheers!)not "sveiks".
In this series has not been any real facts.
P.S. Excuse me for my poor English
Eligijus Stankevičius
We defend each other.
This state is not associated with Russia.
Lithuania,Latvia and Estonia, are as well a NATO member. Dale Gribauskaitė are the Lithuanian president and she is a woman. We do not have a Russian accent, we drank beer, not vodka, we say "Į s.v.e.i.k.a.t.ą!" (Cheers!)not "sveiks".
In this series has not been any real facts.
P.S. Excuse me for my poor English
Eligijus Stankevičius
Just wow
katukasz20 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
I like the show in general but like others said, the authors really needed to research this thing.
First thing that ticked me off was the fact that Lithuanian president had a Russian name. No, Lithuanian names are not like Russian and the only Russian named person in the Parliament was not there long and was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax fraud. The name of his adviser? Nope, not Lithuanian either.
The idea that these three countries would be able to single-handedly start a world war, also preposterous. I have no idea if I should laugh or cry. There are so many wrong things about that idea. 1. None have any nuclear weapons, a simple google search will tell you that. 2. The three countries together are barely the size of Germany. 3. After being taken over by the Soviet Russia, all three countries are more likely to band together than to have a war.
I'm fluent in Lithuanian and have learned Russian, but I have no idea what language they were talking between themselves, all I could figure out was the toast. Which, by the way, sounded like a choppy 'hello' and definitely not a toast. As well as them accusing each other where a guy yelled out 'kill'. Not you killed him or I'll kill you, just kill like a demand.
The fact that apparently in 1897 Belarus and Lithuania almost went to war... Totally fake.
A dust storm? How? All three countries are known for having thick forests. They're not deserts, there's not enough sand anywhere in those countries for there to be a dust storm.
Lithuania is 89th country in the world by population... Also fake, how the hell is it supposed to be 89th when it barely has 3 million people, if that.
And what the hell was up with shaking the hand? That's common courtesy. It will not make the whole treaty fail. It's like saying that if there's a black cat crossing the road it will all fail. Because the only thing about shaking the hand is that there's some old superstition that if you shake someone's hand over the doorway you will have bad luck, that's it.
I'll just stop at how the snake bite supposedly affected Walter. Just no.
I haven't even listed all that was wrong with this episode...
I love the series but this really doesn't make USA look any good. This whole thing has also been in the newspapers so probably all of the countries have read how badly USA messed up.
First thing that ticked me off was the fact that Lithuanian president had a Russian name. No, Lithuanian names are not like Russian and the only Russian named person in the Parliament was not there long and was sentenced to 4 years in prison for tax fraud. The name of his adviser? Nope, not Lithuanian either.
The idea that these three countries would be able to single-handedly start a world war, also preposterous. I have no idea if I should laugh or cry. There are so many wrong things about that idea. 1. None have any nuclear weapons, a simple google search will tell you that. 2. The three countries together are barely the size of Germany. 3. After being taken over by the Soviet Russia, all three countries are more likely to band together than to have a war.
I'm fluent in Lithuanian and have learned Russian, but I have no idea what language they were talking between themselves, all I could figure out was the toast. Which, by the way, sounded like a choppy 'hello' and definitely not a toast. As well as them accusing each other where a guy yelled out 'kill'. Not you killed him or I'll kill you, just kill like a demand.
The fact that apparently in 1897 Belarus and Lithuania almost went to war... Totally fake.
A dust storm? How? All three countries are known for having thick forests. They're not deserts, there's not enough sand anywhere in those countries for there to be a dust storm.
Lithuania is 89th country in the world by population... Also fake, how the hell is it supposed to be 89th when it barely has 3 million people, if that.
And what the hell was up with shaking the hand? That's common courtesy. It will not make the whole treaty fail. It's like saying that if there's a black cat crossing the road it will all fail. Because the only thing about shaking the hand is that there's some old superstition that if you shake someone's hand over the doorway you will have bad luck, that's it.
I'll just stop at how the snake bite supposedly affected Walter. Just no.
I haven't even listed all that was wrong with this episode...
I love the series but this really doesn't make USA look any good. This whole thing has also been in the newspapers so probably all of the countries have read how badly USA messed up.
Shocking
eduardasmarma13 March 2015
The dumbest TV episode ever made. No sense to comment absolute nonsense. I hardly can afford to write ten lines about this weed-vision of the real world. Too shy to name real problem in this part of Europe: Big Bear out of leash? If you want just entertain F-grades, please don't use real names.In classic TV shows no one uses real country names in these type of adventure-fiction ("Mission impossible").It's very rude to talk about real countries without knowing elementary facts. Venom and killing of the first born son, oh it's not The Games of Thrones.You are far off off off their league. This show declining very fast.
For the writers!!!!
mcapaite11 March 2015
You people should be ashamed of yourselves. It wouldn't take much time to get to know each of these wonderful counties, but instead you choose to sit on your big fat butts and make up pathetic lies..
I used to love this show until this bullshit of an episode.
I hope people responsible for making this nonsense realize how inappropriate you are and that you look like complete morons who can't see further than the end of your nose.
Congratulations YOU have ruined this show for every self-respecting Lithuanian, Latvian and Belorussian. And made sure that at least half of Americans who watch this show now see us this way too, because they'll believe anything you'll say. That's just sad.
I used to love this show until this bullshit of an episode.
I hope people responsible for making this nonsense realize how inappropriate you are and that you look like complete morons who can't see further than the end of your nose.
Congratulations YOU have ruined this show for every self-respecting Lithuanian, Latvian and Belorussian. And made sure that at least half of Americans who watch this show now see us this way too, because they'll believe anything you'll say. That's just sad.
Horibly wrong!
hannes_angell31 March 2018
North America's education holes
canidaos17 April 2015
This episode is the epiphany of North America's failure. Even though many great universities are located in USA, stupidity and idiocracy is at it's highest rates there too. And this episode, who was supposed to be written by educated people about a team of geniuses show this very well. It seems, that Einstein with his 160 IQ was way more knowledgeable than any member of this TV series as well as the main character, on who's story the TV show 'is based on'. I love to watch intellectual TV, but now I understand, that this isn't one of them. Each elementary school student have way more understanding about things than the team of this show. The least you can do know, is to release a public apology of the misguidance and misinformation that were so numerous in this episode (and others), and also include all the real facts. Otherwise, you even won't be able hold to the remains of the honour you might still hold.
Awful. Completely Awful episode. And to mention "a 25 page study about the countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus". It seems, that you have no shame or respect to the citizens of these countries and those, who know things, or those who watch your show what's so ever. This episode just strengthen my suspicions, that the real O'brien is just a casual imposter.
Awful. Completely Awful episode. And to mention "a 25 page study about the countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus". It seems, that you have no shame or respect to the citizens of these countries and those, who know things, or those who watch your show what's so ever. This episode just strengthen my suspicions, that the real O'brien is just a casual imposter.
Study the countries you write about
balandisvasaris25 September 2020
It seems like this episode was written with an idea (or hope?) that no Lithuanian, Latvian, Polish or Belarusian viewers would ever come across it; Or nobody who was any sense of history and politics knowledge. Honestly, it was embarrassing to watch. Switched it off after alcohol was introduced as a mandatory element for reaching a consensus among "Eastern European snakes". What a hell.
Shocking ignorance
batasbaloje7 July 2019
We all know that this is just a TV show, but once again American mentality strikes again. And ironically the show is about high IQ. Nothing about that episode is true. Nick Santora should be ashamed for trashing such small countries
This episode deserves -10
ievadubovapiano10 April 2021
Worst researched episode in history of tv. There is no place to begin how bad everything in this episode is from the supposed facts about the Baltic states to every detail there is n one ounce of truth but nothing ok boy that the fiction borders on on complete idiocracy.
More Proof O'Brien is a Fraud
wildernessbarbie4 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
We watch this show because my 12yo likes it. However the completely ABSURD pseudoscience is offensively and aggressively idiotic on every single level and makes us all dumber for having watched it.
Stealing a poisonous snake instead of the anti-venom that the facility would keep on hand in case of a bite? Dropping the animal that could prevent WWIII and then just laying there watching it run away? Snake venom that acts immediately upon DRINKING, but not so much when injected directly into the bloodstream? Habitat rain systems that constantly drench wooden structural beams?
Not to mention the overtly offensive ignorance regarding the three different countries depicted and their languages, history, cultures, and names.
It's been clearly documented that the actual Walter O'Brien is a liar and a fraud, using this show as a paid-for advertising for his consultation group. He refuses to take another IQ test, claiming he took one as a child (with no proof).
The plots of virtually every episode of this series should serve as further proof that not only is O'Brien NOT any kind of genius, but has an absolute distain for his audience and science itself.
Stealing a poisonous snake instead of the anti-venom that the facility would keep on hand in case of a bite? Dropping the animal that could prevent WWIII and then just laying there watching it run away? Snake venom that acts immediately upon DRINKING, but not so much when injected directly into the bloodstream? Habitat rain systems that constantly drench wooden structural beams?
Not to mention the overtly offensive ignorance regarding the three different countries depicted and their languages, history, cultures, and names.
It's been clearly documented that the actual Walter O'Brien is a liar and a fraud, using this show as a paid-for advertising for his consultation group. He refuses to take another IQ test, claiming he took one as a child (with no proof).
The plots of virtually every episode of this series should serve as further proof that not only is O'Brien NOT any kind of genius, but has an absolute distain for his audience and science itself.
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