Episode 2: Single Point Of Failure Review

is the high-stakes second episode of the first season of the TV series Scorpion , which originally aired on September 29, 2014. The episode shifts from the global scale of the pilot to a more personal and emotionally driven medical thriller. Plot Summary

Some reviewers, such as those at Den of Geek , felt the "bio-hacking" premise was "farcical" and relied too heavily on tech-jargon and clichés. Episode 2: Single Point of Failure

The Governor of California’s daughter is targeted by a lethal, custom-made bio-virus that leaves her with only 24 hours to live. Team Scorpion discovers that she is one of four children infected via a "bio-hack" involving a targeted computer virus. is the high-stakes second episode of the first

Reviews for the episode were mixed but generally acknowledged its "fun-cedural" energy. The Governor of California’s daughter is targeted by

The team must stage a daring break-in to secure data to create an antidote, eventually realizing the Governor himself is the final target for a heart-stopping infection. Character Development

The team traces the virus back to a disgruntled geneticist, Robert Richter, whose own daughter died after a pharmaceutical company abandoned a life-saving drug trial for a more lucrative asthma medication.