The essential episodes of Numb3rs
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Numb3rs — each pick states its reason.
- 01
While chasing a serial rapist, FBI Agent Don Eppes gets help from his brother Charlie, who is applied mathematics professor at California Institute of Science. Using his mathematical genius, Charlie attempting to calculate the "hot zone", an area, where the suspect is most likely to live.
- 02
Murder of a young student at a card club leads the FBI to uncover a deadly card counting scheme.
- 03
While Don and his team are faced with trying to capture a 30-year-old teacher and her 17-year-old boyfriend/student who are on a violent cross-country crime spree, one of their own gets caught in the crossfire.
- 04
Agent Colby Granger lands in prison after the discovery that he was a mole within the FBI, but he escapes, and it's up to Don and his team to track him down and uncover the truth.
- 05
Typical morning at a coffee shop turns into a nightmare when a car collides into it, leaving one person dead and many injured. But what appears to be a car's accidental loss of control is soon exposed to be more.
- 06
Bank for the rich and powerful is robbed but the stolen contents of the safety deposit boxes are being liquidated and donated to charities, and it's up to Don and Charlie to uncover the true motivation behind the humanitarian thief.
- 07
Don and the team investigate the secret world of alternate-reality games after a man plunges to his death while participating in one such game. Amita's life is in danger when her hidden gaming ability becomes the key to tracking down the killer.
- 08
Charlie works to find an extremely rare comic that was stolen during a deadly robbery at a comic book convention.
- 09
Charlie becomes the target of physical intimidation aimed at disrupting his work on the case of a missing investigative journalist.
- 10
Don and the team take down an inner-city meth lab, but it is Don's FBI instinct that leads to the arrest of a bystander who is discovered to have a greater scheme in the works.
- 11
When a passenger train collides with a freight train carrying toxic chemicals, Don, Charlie and the team begin to investigate if foul play was involved.
- 12
When a super computer is the prime suspect in the death of cutting-edge scientist, the team must use new means to crack the case. Meanwhile, Charlie weighs a compelling job offer.
- 13
When the FBI is called in to investigate a series of home invasions, the team uses Charlie and his math skills to help profile the suspects, but when his calculations go awry during a raid, Don suffers a life-threatening injury.
- 14
When two FBI agents, part of a unit headed by Don's former mentor, are killed during a shootout with bank robbers, the team must investigate what exactly happened. Also, Charlie and Amita worry when Larry opts not to attend a conference in Geneva.
- 15
After Charlie and Amita get married and begin preparations for their London adventure, they put a slight hold on their wedded bliss when they assist the team in helping Don track down the whereabouts of his gun after it goes missing.
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