Numb3rs

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Season 1
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  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 23, 2005
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  • Summary: We all use math every day...

    Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime. An FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very    We all use math every day...

    Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime. An FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspective.

    Numb3rs stars David Krumholtz as Charlie Eppes, Rob Morrow as Don Eppes, Judd Hirsch as Alan Eppes, Alimi Ballard as David Sinclair, Navi Rawat as Amita Ramajuan, Peter MacNicol as Larry Fleinhardt, Dylan Bruno as Colby Granger, Aya Sumika as Liz Warner, and Sophina Brown as Nikki Betancourt.

    Created by Cheryl Heuton and Nicolas Falacci, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David W. Zucker, Cheryl Heuton, Nicolas Falacci, Andrew Dettmann, Don McGill, Ken Sanzel, and Lewis Abel are executive producers. Numb3rs is produced for CBS by Scott Free Productions in association with CBS Television Studios and Post 109.    … Expand
  • Genre(s): Drama, Action & Adventure

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Jul 8, 2013
    75
    It's actually more interesting than you might have thought. [21 Jan 2005]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gillian Flynn
    Jun 18, 2013
    67
    Math might not seem the sexiest way to enliven a story. But that's the sneaky smarts of this show, executive-produced by film directors Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and Tony Scott (Man on Fire), who know how to dust off old genres.
  3. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Noel Holston
    Jul 8, 2013
    60
    Watching Charlie stare into space and compute somehow isn't as persuasive as watching Gil Grissom or one of his "CSI" cohorts peer into a microscope. [23 Jan 2005]
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  4. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Chuck Barney
    Jul 8, 2013
    50
    This is by no means a lousy show. The performances are solid and the brothers-working-together dynamic is intriguing. But the pilot lacked dramatic oomph, and it did a poor job of actually taking viewers inside the math and explaining how it works. Consequently, "Numb3rs" just doesn't add up. [22 Jan 2005]
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  5. Detroit Free Press
    Reviewed by: Mike Duffy
    Jul 8, 2013
    50
    A sometimes clever twist on the overly familiar crime drama format ... is ultimately bogged down in the same old gory homicidal cliches and whodunit solutions. [23 Jan 2005]
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  6. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Michael Abernethy
    Jul 8, 2013
    50
    Why is Charlie here? He doesn’t get involved in the action, only generates equations that are truly unexciting.
  7. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Jul 8, 2013
    30
    It is astonishing to me that a television show that stars Rob Morrow, Sabrina Lloyd, David Krumholtz and Judd Hirsch, four of the most interesting and attractive and amusing actors television has ever beamed into a living room, would turn out to be a show that -- on the basis of its pilot, at least -- I would not ever care to watch again.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. BigShotJosh
    May 15, 2012
    7
    The acting seems alittle off a first but youl get used to it. Some eposides have action and some don't. Over-all its worth watching if youThe acting seems alittle off a first but youl get used to it. Some eposides have action and some don't. Over-all its worth watching if you have nothing better to do.… Expand
  2. Seriosity
    Mar 20, 2013
    3
    Another crime drama, but this one has a gimmick. Its relationship with and use of mathematics is merely superficial jargon. Meh. Don't watchAnother crime drama, but this one has a gimmick. Its relationship with and use of mathematics is merely superficial jargon. Meh. Don't watch this, there must be something better for you to do.… Expand

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