Hi everyone, I apologize for not getting the final chapter out. It has been a challenge getting my family's house ready for selling. The process of selling your childhood home sucks. It still hasn't been bought yet! With school starting again, I will try posting future prompts, updating stories when I have the opportunity!
I've been nervous about writing this chapter. This chapter might be the most challenging because Walter and Paige are my favorite characters in the show; despite the recent challenges. Plus, there is the addition of Scorpion being cancelled. This is not my year for having my favorite shows renewed for several reasons. On that note, let's jump into the pool about The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly about Waige.
Season 3, I believe was a rough time for followers of Walter and Paige. Both made mistakes, and yet only Walter got reprimanded for his.
Walter started off the season with one big mistake: going a different route about talking to Paige in Tahoe. I was frustrated with Cabe at the end of the season premiere telling Walter that he is only "half-baked" for acting like a teenager; yet Cabe was also "half-baked" in my mind because he had many opportunities for dating other women before Allie. I see this as Walter's first mistake in moving towards a relationship with Paige. Walter cancelling the Valentine's Day dinner at Escala, giving the jazz festival tickets to Paige, in my opinion, were moments of EQ growth for our beloved genius. I think he was taking Janice's advice by becoming more human before trying to be in another relationship. Next mistake O'Brien made was segregating Tim in the garage, and in the cyclone. This showed a loss of EQ and humanity in Walter, when he showed a few times before the Christmas episode, he was becoming more baked. I'm glad Walter stood up to Tim about the SEAL intruding on his team which has been overshadowed once again by Walter's childish actions with the elevator and the laptop he gave to Paige. Walter made a small quantity of mistakes, which each time he gets called out upon by one or several members in his family of misfits; while his lover makes mistakes also, but she is not held accountable for any.
With Paige, I have more issues with her than Walter. Many things in Season 3 could have been avoided if Paige made the first move in starting a relationship with Walter. This is based on what Ray told her at the end of episode 11 in Season 2. If Paige asked Walter out herself, we would have avoided problems with the ex-SEAL. I'm making this statement because it doesn't always have to be the guy asking the girl first. During 8th grade, there was a girl who I'm guessing liked me, or knew who I was before I knew her. She introduced herself and I started developing a crush on her. My cousin had a similar experience but it started with the coach for his girlfriend's coach needing him to run on a relay for their team. My cousin's girlfriend, at the time, gave my cousin her number. Comparing my real-life event to the show, Paige could have introduced the idea of her and Walter dating better than subtle hints. I know I'm saying this after reading a one-shot by WF; Paige also had another chance and ask Walter to go to Tahoe with her after he gave her the tickets. Except Walter got cold feet again. Is it just me, or was Walter thinking back on what Janice told him near the end of "Love Boat" about making more emotional connections, when he went from about to ask Paige to giving the tickets for her and Tim? That was my first thought when S2E23 aired that night.
After watching one of the clips on Scorpion's YouTube page, I thought Paige was going to follow through with going after Walter, but the too nosy shrink stopped the Cyclone's liaison which led to the catastrophic case in "Strife on Mars".
In Season 4, I can't really say much since I had seldom time for watching a whole episode. The only full episode I watched was the Valentine's day episode. After the mid-season finale, involving Walter's dream, everything went south for Waige.
In my chapter talking about Happy, I mentioned that honesty is a reason friendship is maintained. Without honesty, trust among friends and partners begins to deteriorate. During the mining episode, reading about the plot, I didn't find an issue with Walter making sure he could work at his fully capacity. This scene has similarity to the season 3 finale when Walter is concerned about his EQ dropping on the island. The difference between that scene, and this scene is Paige didn't reassure Walter that he can bounce back from a short intelligence decline. This is also when, in my eyes, Paige begins having new standards for Walt's EQ. I maybe misinterpreting this whole scene, but it looks like Paige wasn't honest about their plans after the case, forcing Walter to go somewhere he'll be uncomfortable. This change leads to the disaster of not being honest in the last few episodes.
I'll admit up-front, I side with Walter during the whole white-lie fiasco. Paige teaching Walter the concept of a white-lie went against his morals. He has often preferred being honest with Paige in their relationship. Finding out the truth behind Paige's white-lie for the lecture for himself, did not sit well with Walt. So, he used the concept she taught him, and saved her from a boring night with him. What bothers me is that Happy only believes what she saw when Walter was leaving with Florence. Did Walter's family forget he asked them what they were doing, after he told his white-lie to Paige? He was seeing if anyone was free because it irritates me that no one was wanting to go. Toby said it would have still been a white-lie if he took him; and NOT FLORENCE. Except, Toby would rather be with Happy, I understand that, but he didn't think and ask why Walter was asking about their plans. So, Walter's train of thought for who he should take to the lecture, seemed logical to him and logical to me. He took the one person who showed interest in the subject and was ALSO FREE. If Season 5 were happening, I would want Walter to stand up for himself because he often caved into what others say involving emotional dilemmas. All the mistakes could have been fixed with open communication between Walter and Paige, but the lack of consistency between writers among the episodes didn't help. The decrease in communications between my OTP caused an end to their relationship, plus the end of the actor's relationship gave some justification to end Waige.
Another problem I had with the last two seasons of conversations between Walter and Paige felt strained. I think my belief on sometimes forced talks between Walter and Paige partially involves the break-up between Elyes and Katharine. Before and after finding out about their relationship, in my eyes, made the scenes they shared more realistic. After their break-up in the summer of 2016, the scenes between them seemed bended, in my opinion. By the scenes being bended, I mean they did not seem as real compared to the first 2 seasons when Kelyes was together. Now with the whole series being cancelled, I don't know if Katharine is really upset. She is moving on with the actual career she wanted.
I feel like Katharine stopped being passionate about this show. Her actions aren't matching her words about Scorpion not getting a fifth season. The whole crew didn't go to Comic-con like they did for the first three seasons, which effected promoting the show. I thought she enjoyed working on the set; I guess I was wrong. Here's a question for you readers: Is Katherine pushing for her old show, SMASH, for a return? I saw on Twitter several months ago a picture of Kat walking out the NBC building in November 2017. She has also tweeted out memes involving SMASH. SMASH was a TV show focusing on actors and actresses who acted in the theatre with a focus on their music career. She just wants her music career back; and she is working on that since she's now engaged to her 68-year-old fiancé and old-fart who forgot what marriage really means, David Foster.
Waige and Kelyes were good couples, even with their flaws. Unfortunately, neither will be getting together anytime in the future. I hope there will be a return of Scorpion; and the return of one or both couples. Long live the original Scorpion!
A.N. Well, there we go Scorpion go fans. As it is said after each Merrie Melodies, old Looney Tunes short clips: That's all Folks! I'm sorry y'alls it took me this long to post this chapter. I can't believe it's taken me at least 6 months to write about Walter and Paige.
Let me give you an update. My family and I have sold our home back in early October. During September last semester, some neighbors and I made the house more presentable by watering our front yard garden. Now, you could say I'm a Georgian since I technically live in Georgia based on the address I've given to my college. Speaking of college, I'm back at the place where I started my college studies, Ashland University as a Sports Communication major. I hope to share some of the skills in my communication classes through my stories and characters here on Fanfiction.
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