User Reviews

This episode is creepy, showing Chernobyl, especially the amusement park. Love the bit where they are climbing up the ladder and jumping off the roof. Seeing them close is so tempting.

This show had it's fill of ridiculous scientific claims, weird plotholes and a whole lot of misconceptions about national and international affairs, but this episode takes the cake. The corium at it's peak had emitted radiation of over 10'000 R/hr by now it decreased to about 4'000 R/hr. Exposure to 10'000 R/hr for a few seconds leads to certain death after 2-3 days, which the photographers of the "Elephant's foot" had to learn the hard way. For 4'000 R/hr a minute or two within 100m of the corium it is about the same result. To put it in perspective just how dangerous gamma radiation is, even 10 R/hr for a couple of hours may lead to genetic deformations. They stayed inside the facility for about 20-30 minutes. They wouldn't even live for 10 minutes in this environment and be incapacitated almost immediately. Don't misinform people about radiation. Even if it's just a show. Millions of people watch this and especially in a show with the premise of science and intelligence may believe almost everything they see in it.

Americans have no knowledge of radioactivity. The symptoms of radiation exposure are more serious.

As the scorpion series progressed the episodes became more and more crazy. But the inaccuracies in this episode are beyond bizarre. Them going to Chernobyl and looking at the elephants foot without issues is just crazy and going to far.

This is the most realistic episode in the entire series. The team goes to Russia to fix the Chernobyl problem because they're "the smartest and fastest minds available."

So what happens? Through sheer stupidity and arrogance, Walter sends a robot straight into a giant blob of radioactive material, threatening millions of lives.

First believable thing I've seen so far from a series that shows its genius by having its characters randomly spouting mathematical equations (look ma, I can maths) and magically inventing everything they need to complete their missions (EMP gun from microwaves? Sure, just give me 5 minutes.)

One of the other reviewers covers the Radiation #'s. I was a NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) Warfare USN / USMC Corpsman later as a US Naval Officer. The only ones to survive would be Toby, Ralph, and Tim due to they were not there. Add the water pipe as they covered earlier it would make Steam, which radiation clouds, so lot of "Rain" one does not want to have. The moment they were near the Building, the Radiation Hazmat suits should have been worn. The "Bad" Russian Accent "Pilot" should have Known so much of this and the idea of flying over was rediculous. I had to stop watching at around the 30min mark. American's probably know the "Least" about Radiation except from US TV Shows and Movies is basically the only place they hear about it. Think about the 50s-60s we thought getting under school desks/etc would survive a Nuclear Explosion? Which is similar to the reason people are taught to stand in door ways during a Earthquake, which is where the Bodies of total colapsed buildings are found.

YES this show is focused on "Comedy" more than "Genius actual Knowledge" but just adding Knowledge that screams that they all should have died (How close they were, and Steam Clouds, etc) not sure why most audience did not see the Irony of they should have been dead; but get home w/o anything about them even ending up in Hospitals and being radiation medicated, of Potassium Iodine, Prussian Blue, DTPA, etc. Sorry, after a while could NOT see the Humor only the Dangers and death. Add even if they would have survived, they would need to redo their "IQ" tests due to Sylvester, Happy, and Walters scores would have dropped.