

Shows Like Scorpion
Eccentric genius Walter O’Brien and his team of brilliant misfits comprise the last line of defense against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland Security’s new think tank, O’Brien’s “Scorpion” team includes Toby Curtis, an expert behaviorist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru.
Ranked by shared creators, cast, themes, genre, and network — not just generic recommendations.

Reacher
Same creator Nick Santora; action-crime with a hyper-capable lone genius solving threats with wit and muscle.

Breakout Kings
Nick Santora co-created; unconventional specialist team assembled by feds to solve problems outside normal channels.

Chuck
Nerd genius accidentally becomes national-security asset; same blend of tech smarts, action, and ensemble chemistry.

The Pretender
Genius prodigy with extraordinary cognitive abilities uses skills to help people; strong genius-outsider identity overlap.

Person of Interest
Genius builds AI system to prevent crimes; national-security scope, hacker themes, misfit operative team.

Numb3rs
Math genius helps FBI solve cases; procedural structure with brilliant-outsider consultant is Scorpion's closest broadcast sibling.

Limitless
CBS procedural about a genius consultant working with the FBI; same network, same era, near-identical premise arc.

Leverage
Specialist misfit team (hacker, grifter, thief, muscle) each with a defined genius role tackling injustice—direct structural peer.

Bloody Monday
Teen hacker genius fights bioterrorism to save his country; hacker + national-security threat mirrors Scorpion's core premise.

Burn Notice
Ex-spy uses hyper-competent skill set with a quirky team to solve high-stakes problems; same clever-team procedural energy.

Perception
Eccentric genius neuroscience professor consults for the FBI; genius-with-social-difficulties helping national authorities.

FUBAR
Nick Santora created; action-comedy with operatives whose personal dynamics complicate high-stakes missions.

MacGyver
Resourceful genius solves dangerous situations with improvised ingenuity; proto-Scorpion in spirit and problem-solving aesthetic.

MacGyver
Modern reboot of genius operative using tech/science to complete missions for a secret government org; Scorpion-era CBS stable-mate.

The A-Team
Specialist team with distinct skills executes clever plans under pressure; same found-family-of-misfits-saves-the-day DNA.

Most Dangerous Game
Nick Santora created; thriller with a desperate protagonist using intelligence and survival instincts against powerful adversaries.

Hardcastle and McCormick
Unconventional duo works outside normal law enforcement with street smarts and clever schemes; similar odd-couple procedural tone.

Transporter: The Series
Hyper-competent specialist operates in a dangerous world using skill and intellect; similar action-procedural cadence.

The Persuaders!
Two clever, talented men use their unique abilities to tackle crime; witty ensemble action-adventure with a light tone.

Scarecrow and Mrs. King
Civilian with unexpected aptitude joins a spy operative; outsider-with-hidden-talent helping national security is thematically cousin.
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