Scorpion Spoilers: Katharine McPhee Sings on CBS Show for The First Time

Katharine McPhee stars on the new hit CBS show Scorpion, but the actress has yet to show off her musical gifts. A new clip from next week's episode changes all that, as McPhee sings on the series for the first time.

E! Online has posted an exclusive clip, which you can check out here. In the episode, entitled "Risky Business," Kid Cudi (real name Scott Mescudi) guest stars as a gifted musician and Cliff Smith, better known as Method Man, plays a high-powered music executive. The team needs Cudi's character's help to solve the murder of a music blogger, and the situation leads to Paige breaking out into a song. It's a surprise to her teammates, but not the viewers.

"I did not suggest this," McPhee says in the video. "Let's just be clear. Probably people think, 'Kat McPhee was on the phone with her agents going, "Katharine needs to sing on Scorpion."' That did not happen. I did not demand any singing on the show...It's really clever and sweet and non-cheesy the way they wrote it into the story."

In case you missed it, here's a portion of what we thought about the latest episode.

"Paige, for example, is the most relatable character on the show. She acts almost as a mouthpiece for the audience most of the time. These geniuses have their own language and their own behavioral patterns, and she's just a normal person dropped into the middle of their world. Honestly, I have no idea what Walter and the rest of the team are talking about half the time, and I don't even think that I need to know. They spout some jargon, hammer away at a keyboard and move onto the next plot point.

But Paige's relationship with her son and with the team provides an emotional entry point for the viewer. She's drowning in a sea of supreme intelligence, and it's easy to see how she could get overwhelmed. She obviously has a handle on how to raise Ralph because she's been doing it for years, but one could easily imagine how that task would get more difficult as her son ages."

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