Numb3rs

In the Los Angeles office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent Don Eppes and his team investigate critical and baffling crimes with a special edge. That advantage is Don's brother, Charles Eppes, a brilliant universalist mathematician who uses the science of mathematics with its complex equations to ferret out the most tricky criminals. With this team, the forces of evil learn their number is up.

Cast

• Rob Morrow
• David Krumholtz
• Judd Hirsch
• Alimi Ballard
• Dylan Bruno
• Navi Rawat
• Peter MacNicol
• Diane Farr
• Sophina Brown
• Sabrina Lloyd
• Aya Sumika
• Kathy Najimy

• Season 1
• Episode 1: Pilot
  A serial rapist who marked his victims by branding continued his escalating gravity by committing is...
• Episode 2: Uncertainty Principle
  The bank-robbers known as 'Charmers', who pulled off 16 robberies without any violence, even courteo...
• Episode 3: Vector
  'Rainn Wilson' (qv)'s character (Martin Grolsch) is named after one of the most popular Dutch beers:...
• Episode 4: Structural Corruption
  Finn Montgomery (21), an architecture student at Charlie's college's, is found under a bridge, appar...
• Episode 5: Prime Suspect
  Emily Burdick, the kid daughter of brilliant but eccentric mathematician Ethan Burdick, is kidnapped...
• Episode 6: Sabotage
  FBI agent Don Eppes asks his genius brother maths professor Charlie's help to catch a train saboteur...
• Episode 7: Counterfeit Reality
  When FBI agent Don Eppes finds several murders are linked to counterfeiting, his mathematically geni...
• Episode 8: Identity Crisis
  When Riley, who practiced an ingenious pyramid method of skinning numerous bank accounts for over ha...
• Episode 9: Sniper Zero
  Several people are killed in L.A. by a sniper. Don brings in specialist FBI Agent Edgerton from Quan...
• Episode 10: Dirty Bomb
  A truck with enough weapon-grade cesium for a 'dirty' nuclear bomb is stolen. Shortly after a huge r...
• Episode 11: Sacrifice
  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: The human spirit is immeasurable...
• Episode 12: Noisy Edge
  The US Air Force and air traffic control seek FBI help when a UFO flying over LA seems a possible te...
• Episode 13: Man Hunt
  When two prisoners escape from a crashed prison bus, one of the prisoners travels continuously throu...
• Episode : Unaired Pilot
  The only actors in both versions of the pilot were 'David Krumholtz (I)' (qv), 'Peter MacNicol' (qv)...
• Season 2
• Episode 1: Judgment Call
  USA...
• Episode 2: Bettor or Worse
  Charlie Eppes: Larry, man, I... I play this game a lot.::Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: Hey, I'm no stranger ...
• Episode 3: Obsession
  Singer Skyler Wyatt reports a knife-wielding intruder in her home. The break-in seems to be connecte...
• Episode 4: Calculated Risk
  Lucinda Shay is murdered in her home just before she would be crown witness in the trial against the...
• Episode 5: Assassin
  The raid on a small time forgers home reveals a secret code book. Don takes the code book to his bro...
• Episode 6: Soft Target
  When a death results from an anti-terrorism exercise Don and his team are called in, but they end up...
• Episode 7: Convergence
  Charlie Eppes: Marshall, do whatever you like. Just you remember Amita's a sharp mathematician, so n...
• Episode 8: In Plain Sight
  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: This degree of traumatic experience would disturb even the most stable of Homo...
• Episode 9: Toxin
  Colby Granger: Colonel in Special Ops said he was the bastard son of Clint Eastwood and Yoda....
• Episode 10: Bones of Contention
  USA...
• Episode 11: Scorched
  USA...
• Episode 12: The OG
  Alan Eppes: Hey listen, I want to ask you guy something. Um, it's her birthday coming up and I want ...
• Episode 13: Double Down
  USA...
• Episode 14: Harvest
  USA...
• Episode 15: The Running Man
  In the final scene, it is really 'Rob Morrow (I)' (qv) playing the piano....
• Episode 16: Protest
  The book "Essays on Revolution" on the episode was shown at the end of the episode and the cover say...
• Episode 17: Mind Games
  Charlie Eppes: What kind of crazy Kool-Aid do they make you drink when you join the Physics Departme...
• Episode 18: All's Fair
  USA...
• Episode 19: Dark Matter
  USA...
• Episode 20: Guns and Roses
  An ATF agent is found in her home, an apparent victim of suicide. Don, having been involved with her...
• Episode 21: Rampage
  USA...
• Episode 22: Backscatter
  USA...
• Episode 23: Undercurrents
  David Sinclair: [about criminals] Why do they always run?::Colby Granger: 'Cause we wear suits, man....
• Episode 24: Hot Shot
  USA...
• Season 3
• Episode 1: Spree
  Megan Reeves: Well, I didn't run away from home at 16, but I didn't walk either. And unlike Crystal,...
• Episode 2: Two Daughters
  Colby Granger: [about Charlie's math] Just nod your head and wait for the punch line....
• Episode 3: Provenance
  Erika Hellman: Family is our anchor to life. Without it, we are adrift....
• Episode 4: The Mole
  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: [about Charlie] To graduate Princeton at 16, I mean I thought I was good, but ...
• Episode 5: Traffic
  Charlie Eppes: Lady luck, chance, randomness... Human beings, truly, have a hard time understanding ...
• Episode 6: Longshot
  [Larry is tapping on a drum, as Charlie barges into his office]::Charlie Eppes: Why are you doing th...
• Episode 7: Blackout
  Charlie Eppes: She dumped you?::Don Eppes: Shutup!...
• Episode 8: Hardball
  Megan Reeves: Twenty minutes ago I was on the couch, watching "Blazing Saddles" in my pajamas. This ...
• Episode 9: Waste Not
  Megan Reeves: Hi handsome!::Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: Hey, what are you doing here? Oh I'm sorry, is it ...
• Episode 10: Brutus
  Colby Granger: a=b=c=d. It's like one of Charlies's equations. [pause] Can't believe I just said tha...
• Episode 11: Killer Chat
  Larry's cell phone ringtone is the "communicator" sound-effect from _"Star Trek" (1966)_ (qv)....
• Episode 12: Nine Wives
  Alan Eppes: We?::Charlie Eppes: Amita and I. We're driving down together.::Alan Eppes: Oh. A romanti...
• Episode 13: Finders Keepers
  Charlie Eppes: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?::Colby Granger: Uhhh... no....
• Episode 14: Take Out
  Pi is referenced at least twice, which has the approximate value of 3.14, the number of the episode ...
• Episode 15: End of Watch
  The discovery of a presumed dead police officer's badge brings the LAPD and Don's team together to s...
• Episode 16: Contenders
  USA...
• Episode 17: One Hour
  The plot and structure of this episode came about when the the showrunners needed to account for two...
• Episode 18: Democracy
  The character Jason Brasher, played by 'Scott Waara (I)' (qv), is a Supervisor in Los Angeles County...
• Episode 19: Pandora's Box
  This is the first episode since the character "Agent Megan Reeves"s introduction that actress Diane ...
• Episode 20: Burn Rate
  USA...
• Episode 21: The Art of Reckoning
  Dr. Larry Flienhart literally returns to Earth after four months on the International Space Station,...
• Episode 22: Under Pressure
  The use of stadium flip-cards as an analogy for a terrorist cell also refers to something now known ...
• Episode 23: Money for Nothing
  Charlie Eppes: I'm not as helpless as people think I am....
• Episode 24: The Janus List
  Don Eppes: [Don walks into the coffeeroom while Charlie is drinking a pink liquid] Hey, what yah got...
• Season 4
• Episode 1: Trust Metric
  Peter MacNicol returns as a regular cast member. Colby is being interrogated by a man named Agent Ki...
• Episode 2: Hollywood Homicide
  USA...
• Episode 3: Velocity
  USA...
• Episode 4: Thirteen
  USA...
• Episode 5: Robin Hood
  Det. Gary Walker: [Don and Walker are driving down an alley after a suspect] Hey Eppes, you ever pla...
• Episode 6: In Security
  The Wexfords' front door is briefly visible at the start of the episode, and a Mezuzah is clearly vi...
• Episode 7: Primacy
  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt: You could move in with me but I don't live anywhere....
• Episode 8: Tabu
  The plot of this episode closely resembles the true events of 'Patricia Hearst' (qv), a socialite an...
• Episode 9: Graphic
  Don Eppes: [Ross is drawing Charlie and Don in a back-to-back action-hero pose] You think someone ac...
• Episode 10: Chinese Box
  'Enrico Colantoni' (qv), who plays the hostage taker in this episode, began playing the regular role...
• Episode 11: Breaking Point
  USA...
• Episode 12: Power
  USA...
• Episode 13: Black Swan
  Colby Granger: [David asks Colby to climb up the trellis] Yeah. Colby, go down the elevator shaft. C...
• Episode 14: Checkmate
  Driving Instructor: Okay, here's the scenario. You just witnessed an armed robbery, multiple shots f...
• Episode 15: End Game
  USA...
• Episode 16: Atomic No. 33
  USA...
• Episode 17: Pay to Play
  USA...
• Episode 18: When Worlds Collide
  USA...
• Season 5
• Episode 1: High Exposure
  Skeet (Theresa) mentions that a new climbing route "might even be as hard as a 5.14"; later, Pete sa...
• Episode 2: The Decoy Effect
  Alan Eppes: Listen, Charlie, when you're dealing with the Government... it doesn't hurt to have more...
• Episode 3: Blowback
  SPOILER: Many elements of this episode's plot are taken from the movie _L.A. Confidential (1997)_ (q...
• Episode 4: Jack of All Trades
  This is the first episode to guest star 'Henry Winkler' (qv). Don's first line in the episode starts...
• Episode 5: Scan Man
  The death of an agent kicks everyone into high gear, but that slows down when their prime suspect tu...
• Episode 6: Magic Show
  USA...
• Episode 7: Charlie Don't Surf
  USA...
• Episode 8: Thirty-Six Hours
  Tim Hamer: [Frantically trying to summon help as the cargo train he and Cutty are driving is about t...
• Episode 9: Conspiracy Theory
  Roy McGill: All I'm saying is take the points. Hit the over....
• Episode 10: Frienemies
  Colby Granger: [Colby and David walk into a neighborhood being run by a criminal and everyone prompt...
• Episode 11: Arrow of Time
  This episode is a follow up to the Season Three premiere....
• Episode 12: Jacked
  Series regular Rob Morrow and guest star Fisher Stevens have been close friends since they were teen...
• Episode 13: Trouble in Chinatown
  The abduction of an undercover agent brings ex-CIA psychic Simon Kraft back into the Eppes' lives, a...
• Episode 14: Sneakerhead
  'Emilio Estevez' (qv) directed this episode, reuniting him with 'David Krumholtz (I)' (qv) after Kru...
• Episode 15: Guilt Trip
  Colby Granger: I seem like a roast beef kind of guy to you?::David Sinclair: I won't discuss another...
• Episode 16: Cover Me
  USA...
• Episode 17: First Law
  The episode title and other elements of the story are both based on the robot stories of the late 'I...
• Episode 18: 12:01 AM
  USA...
• Episode 19: Animal Rites
  USA...
• Episode 20: The Fifth Man
  The book Alan Epps has fallen asleep reading while sitting in the hospital room appears to be a fake...
• Episode 21: Disturbed
  Charlie Eppes: Some people drink, some gamble - I analyze data....
• Episode 22: Greatest Hits
  USA...
• Episode 23: Angels and Devils
  Larry remarks at one point that he's always believed himself to be "more a Mycroft than a Dr. Watson...
• Season 6
• Episode 1: Hangman
  USA...
• Episode 2: Friendly Fire
  USA...
• Episode 3: 7 Men Out
  USA...
• Episode 4: Where Credit's Due
  USA...
• Episode 5: Hydra
  Russell Lazlo: [about the cake problem] What's the matter with you mathematicians? Cake is never a p...
• Episode 6: Dreamland
  Charlie Eppes: Looks like diagnostic equpiment. Serious computing power.::Colby Granger: So what do ...
• Episode 7: Shadow Markets
  USA...
• Episode 8: Ultimatum
  While tracking down a felon running a heroin ring inside a prison, Agent Ian Edgerton becomes a murd...
• Episode 9: Con Job
  USA...
• Episode 10: Old Soldiers
  When the team foils a robbery of an armored car full of Federal Reserve money and recover bills that...
• Episode 11: Scratch
  Alan Eppes: I hear Robin's back in town.::Don Eppes: Yeah, I'm really happy she's back.::Alan Eppes:...
• Episode 12: Arm in Arms
  The team searches for a lost shipment of high-caliber firearms when one of the weapons is responsibl...
• Episode 13: Devil Girl
  USA...
• Episode 14: And the Winner Is...
  Although the episode seems to promise a reunion of 'Taxi' stars Judd Hirsch and Marilu Henner, they ...
• Episode 15: Growin' Up
  The team investigates the deaths of two men who were part of a group of friends that had been sexual...
• Episode 16: Cause and Effect
  Last show of the series....