I Am Scorpion!
Episode Title: "Vanished"
TEASER
INT. SCORPION HQ – NIGHT
Walter O'Brien stands in front of a digital board, the word "VANISHED" in bold letters above a black-and-white photo of Stephen Greer, prominent Washington attorney and presidential confidant. The team—Paige, Happy, Toby, Sylvester, and Ralph—gathers around as news clippings and CIA documents flash onscreen.
PAIGE (reading):
Stephen Greer, close friend to President Roudebush, vanished from the Burning Tree golf course. His clubs were found at the fourth hole. No trace of him since.
WALTER:
He was last seen with Miguel Loomis, a young physicist, and a White House press secretary. The only clue? A cryptic message to his wife, delivered by an unknown man.
TOBY:
The CIA's FOIA files say this isn't just a missing person. Greer was a legal insider—he knew about covert funding of physicists, secret foundations, and Agency infiltration.
SYLVESTER:
The "Spruance Foundation" was a CIA front. They paid young scientists to spy on international colleagues. Greer was investigating, and now he's gone.
HAPPY:
If the Agency's involved, there's more at stake than one man's life.
WALTER:
We're not just looking for Greer. We're unravelling a conspiracy that reaches the White House.
ACT 1: THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS
INT. BURNING TREE COUNTRY CLUB – EVENING
Paige and Toby interview club staff and retrace Greer's last steps. Happy scans the grounds for overlooked evidence.
TOBY:
He changed clothes, but left his shoes. Clubs abandoned at the fourth hole. No sign of struggle.
PAIGE:
He was seen with Maury Rimmel, a lobbyist linked to the Spruance Foundation. Rimmel claims Greer left alone, but his story doesn't add up.
HAPPY (finding a torn scorecard):
This has numbers and initials—coded? Or a meeting schedule?
ACT 2: THE POLITICAL STORM
INT. WHITE HOUSE – PRESS OFFICE – DAY
The disappearance makes national headlines. The President's campaign is days away. Jill Nichols, the press secretary, fields frantic calls.
JILL (to reporters):
The White House is cooperating fully with the investigation. Mr. Greer is a valued friend to the President.
INT. FBI – BAU CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY (CRIMINAL MINDS CROSSOVER)
Emily Prentiss and Tara Lewis review the case. Penelope Garcia coordinates with Sylvester.
GARCIA (video call):
We're running behavioral analysis on Greer's associates. Rimmel's financials are dirty—he's moved money through multiple shell foundations.
SYLVESTER:
I'll cross-reference with CIA grant records. If Greer found a paper trail, it could be motive for a cover-up.
ACT 3: AID FROM SVU AND CHICAGO PD
INT. NYPD – SVU SQUAD ROOM – DAY
Olivia Benson and Amanda Rollins receive a request from Scorpion for help tracking Greer's last phone calls.
BENSON:
We'll subpoena the phone company. If Greer reached out for help, we'll find out who answered.
ROLLINS:
And we'll check missing persons for any similar cases—other insiders who "vanished" after crossing the Agency.
INT. CHICAGO PD – INTELLIGENCE UNIT – DAY
Voight and Upton dig into the Spruance Foundation's Chicago connections.
UPTON:
They laundered money through a dummy office here. If Greer was onto them, maybe someone in Chicago knows where he went.
VOIGHT:
Let's shake the tree. Someone's bound to talk.
ACT 4: THE SECRET FILE
INT. SCORPION HQ – TECH BAY – NIGHT
Sylvester and Garcia decrypt the coded scorecard. It's a list of dates, locations, and initials—meetings with physicists, lobbyists, and Agency operatives.
GARCIA:
Greer was documenting everything. If we find the people on this list, we find out what he knew.
SYLVESTER:
One of the initials matches Miguel Loomis. He's in hiding.
WALTER:
Let's bring him in. He may be the next target.
ACT 5: THE WITNESS
INT. SAFEHOUSE – NIGHT
Paige and Toby meet Miguel Loomis, who reveals Greer's suspicions about the Spruance Foundation and CIA infiltration of scientific research.
MIGUEL:
Greer told me to trust no one. He said the Agency was using scientists to spy, and if I ever disappeared, it wouldn't be an accident.
PAIGE:
Did he mention anyone else in danger?
MIGUEL:
He kept a backup file. If you find it, you'll know why he vanished.
ACT 6: THE TRUTH EMERGES
INT. SCORPION HQ – NIGHT
The team locates Greer's hidden file: a detailed account of CIA funding, covert surveillance, and names of compromised scientists. They share the evidence with SVU, Criminal Minds, and Chicago PD.
WALTER:
This isn't just about Greer. It's about protecting the scientific community from being weaponized by intelligence agencies.
PAIGE:
And it's about making sure no one else vanishes for telling the truth.
ACT 7: THE AFTERMATH
INT. TV STUDIO – NIGHT
A news anchor reports on the case:
ANCHOR (TV):
Tonight, the Scorpion team, working with NYPD SVU, the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, and Chicago PD, has uncovered a web of CIA front organizations funding covert surveillance of American scientists. The fate of Stephen Greer remains unknown, but the investigation has triggered a federal inquiry and calls for new oversight of intelligence agencies.
ACT 8: SYLVESTER & PENELOPE – A QUIET MOMENT
INT. SCORPION HQ – TECH BAY – LATE NIGHT
Sylvester and Penelope Garcia sit together, reviewing the last of Greer's files. A photo of them together sits on the desk.
GARCIA:
We can't save everyone, but I'm glad we're in this together.
SYLVESTER:
Me too. Maybe next time, we'll find them before they vanish.
They share a hopeful smile.
END OF EPISODE