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  • CBS
  • 2005
  • CBS
  • 2005

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 different perspective. Numb3rs stars David Krumholtz...

Created By: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton

  • CBS
  • 2005
  • CBS
  • 2005
Numb3rs
Season 1
6 Seasons
Season Premiere: 2005
Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.4
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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 different perspective. Numb3rs stars David Krumholtz...

Created By: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton

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Season Episodes

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Episode 0 • 2005
Unaired Pilot
Episode 1 • Jan 23, 2005 • 44 m
Pilot
When a rapist proves a little too difficult to find for the FBI, Agent Eppes and Agent Lake utilize Agent Eppes' genius mathematician brother, Charlie, to discover the rapist's point of origin.
Episode 2 • Jan 28, 2005 • 43 m
Uncertainty Principle
A pair of bank robbers are quietly taking LA by storm but Charlie delivers an equation that may predict their next location. But these bank robbers aren't as respectful as the bank videos reveal.
Episode 3 • Feb 4, 2005 • 43 m
Vector
A deadly virus is spreading through LA and only Charlie's equations can determine how far and where the disease is spreading.
Episode 4 • Feb 11, 2005 • 1 h
Structural Corruption
The mysterious suicide of a brilliant but unfocused CalSci engineering major leads Eppes and Charlie to the site of an iconic building.
Episode 5 • Feb 18, 2005 • 42 m
Prime Suspect
A genius' (Harris) daughter is captured by two men looking to use his possible solution to a 150 year old math equation for heists.
Episode 6 • Feb 25, 2005 • 40 m
Sabotage
An unknown terrorist is mimicking horrible train accidents and leaving a number code at the scene.
Episode 7 • Mar 11, 2005 • 42 m
Counterfeit Reality
Episode 8 • Apr 1, 2005 • 1 h
Identity Crisis
Episode 9 • Apr 15, 2005 • 1 h
Sniper Zero
Sniper attacks are occurring across LA but are all the attacks the result of one inexperienced marksmen or is a fad of sniper killings infecting LA?
Episode 10 • Apr 22, 2005 • 1 h
Dirty Bomb
A truck of nuclear materials is stolen by terrorists who intend to use the materials to make a bomb which would then be used on the city of LA. Only Charlie and Charlie's father Alan can save the city from a small nuclear blast.
Episode 11 • Apr 29, 2005 • 1 h
Sacrifice
Episode 12 • May 6, 2005 • 1 h
Noisy Edge
A UFO is briefly seen flying through Los Angeles with no clear indication on what it is, but Agent Eppes discovers it was heading for the Staples Center and starts an investigation into the possibility of mass terrorism.
Episode 13 • May 13, 2005 • 1 h
Man Hunt
6 Seasons

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Rob Morrow

Don Eppes

David Krumholtz

Charlie Eppes, Charlie Emrick

Judd Hirsch

Alan Eppes

Alimi Ballard

David Sinclair

Navi Rawat

Amita Ramanujan

Peter MacNicol

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt

Dylan Bruno

Colby Granger

Diane Farr

Megan Reeves

Aya Sumika

Liz Warner

Sophina Brown

Nikki Betancourt, Bianca Styles

Michelle Nolden

AUSA Robin Brooks, Robin Brooks

Matthew Yang King

Matt Li, Tech, Technician, Crime Scene Tech, FBI Computer Tech #1, FBI Tech Agent, FBI Tech Agent #2

Sabrina Lloyd

Terry Lake

Lou Diamond Phillips

Agent Ian Edgerton

Leslie Silva

M.E. Ridenhour

Susan Beaubian

Stendhauser, Agent Stendhauser, FBI Computer Tech, FBI Computer Tech #2, FBI Computer Tech Stendhauser, FBI Tech Agent #1

Kathy Najimy

Dr. Mildred Finch

Will Patton

Det. Gary Walker, Lt. Gary Walker

Wendell Pierce

William Bradford

Gibby Brand

Medical Examiner, Dr. Michael Sabello, Dr. Michael Sabello - Coroner

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Critic Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
25% Positive
6 Reviews
67% Mixed
16 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 24 Critic Reviews
53
25% Positive
6 Reviews
67% Mixed
16 Reviews
8% Negative
2 Reviews

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75
Jul 8, 2013
Yes, in essence, Numb3rs is just CSI with mathematics standing in for forensics. But that cleverly used math twist, combined with an excellent cast and a very un-CSI interest in the characters' family dynamics, provides enough separation to make Numb3rs worth watching on its own.
By Robert Bianco FULL REVIEW
63
Jul 8, 2013
"Numb3rs" isn't awful, but it's also not as smart, inventive or layered as its characters need to be and often seem. [21 Jan 2005]
By Phil Rosenthal FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
12 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
6% Negative
1 Rating

User Reviews

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
7.4
75% Positive
12 Ratings
19% Mixed
3 Ratings
6% Negative
1 Rating

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58
Jun 18, 2013
In trying to service all the characters, the drama is not as compelling as it should be. [2 Jan 2005]
By Mike McDaniel FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 8, 2013
Why is Charlie here? He doesn’t get involved in the action, only generates equations that are truly unexciting.
By Michael Abernethy FULL REVIEW
50
Jul 8, 2013
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]
By Mike Duffy FULL REVIEW
40
Jul 8, 2013
Despite a way-above-average cast, the new CBS drama series "Numb3rs"... doesn't quite add up. [20 Jan 2005]
By David Bianculli FULL REVIEW
30
Jul 8, 2013
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.
By Robert Lloyd FULL REVIEW
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