The worst episodes of Numb3rs
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
Don and his team investigate a school shooting only to be surprised with one of the suspects.
- 02
Stolen pair of "kicks" leads the team into the world of sneaker collecting after a foreign Ambassador finds his prized pair missing.
- 03
After a series of bank robberies, Don recruits Charlie to help chart the next robbery location, only to overlook the thieves' true motive.
- 04
Don relies on Charlie's mathematical insight to help stop a virus that has been killing innocent people in Los Angeles.
- 05
Charlie convinces Don to investigate a student's suicide in order to make sure that it was not murder.
- 06
Don needs Charlie's help to find out why the daughter of a mathematician is kidnapped.
- 07
While consulting with the National Transportation Safety Board at the scene of the wreck, Don learns that this tragedy is one of a series of recreated accidents involving railroad negligence. As is the pattern with the previous train wrecks, an undecipherable numerical code is left at the site, which Don recruits Charlie to solve. By breaking the code, Charlie is able to establish that this accident was a recreation of a deadly wreck that left only one survivor several years ago. Don's investigation leads him and his team to a dangerous standoff with their suspect, who has surprising ties to the railway system.
- 08
After two teens are found murdered, the investigation leads Don and his team to uncover a dangerous counterfeit money ring.
- 09
When new information on an old case comes to light, Don thinks he may have sent the wrong person to jail.
- 10
Don and his team must stop a sniper who goes on a killing spree in Los Angeles.
- 11
Don and his team are called when it is discovered that a truck driver and his big rig carrying radioactive material have been hijacked and are now missing. They are pressed for time to find the truck when the hijackers threaten to detonate a dirty bomb in an undisclosed location in Los Angeles if they don't receive $20 million in 12 hours.
- 12
After an independent computer researcher with a contract with the Defense Department is found murdered, Don and his team are called in to find out who is responsible. After Don recruits Charlie to decode the murder victim's cryptic computer data, Charlie uncovers he was working on a secret and potentially damaging project, forcing Charlie to question the impact of his own life's work.
- 13
Don uses Charlie and Megan's expertise when the FBI is called to the scene of a federal judge's wife's murder.
- 14
Don and his team must find who is responsible for kidnapping the family of a jewelry store owner before they are killed.
- 15
The team has only hours to investigate a last minute tip that could exonerate a dangerous mob boss on the eve of his execution. Meanwhile Charlie's attempt to help the CalSci basketball team break their incredible losing streak leads to some interesting outside help .
- 16
Still feeling responsible for Don's near-fatal stabbing, Charlie puts his focus into tracking down an unnoticed serial killer, with the agents revisiting math theories from when Charlie first started working with the team to help solve the case.
- 17
When a UFO is spotted dangerously close to Los Angeles, Don recruits Charlie to help locate the mysterious aircraft's point of origin and is surprised when it turns into a murder investigation.
- 18
As Don investigates the prison bus crash, Charlie uses of probability analysis to conclude that the bus crash was not an accident, but part of a conspiracy to free a dangerous killer. Now, Don and Charlie must discover the killer's lethal agenda and stop him before he is able to carry it out.
- 19
Don takes a deeper look at his life after he investigates the circumstances surrounding an ex-girlfriend's death.
- 20
When a competitive mixed-martial arts fighter dies suspiciously in the ring while training for a championship match, the victim's sparring partner, who also happens to be friends with David, becomes the prime suspect.
- 21
The death of a family friend, who's a former pro-surfer, is ruled an accident. The team investigates, uncovering a startling connection to another crime.
- 22
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.
- 23
After recognizing numerological patterns in the Bible verses that the killer leaves behind, Don and his team are able to track the killer's movements but are one step behind when a gripping twist brings the chase to an end.
- 24
When a mega-heiress is abducted by an extremist group looking to punish her industrialist father, Don and the team rush to find her captors, but their attempt to save her takes a startling turn when they uncover the group's true motivation.
- 25
Don and the team come under pressure when a former FBI subcontractor shoots an agent inside the FBI headquarters and takes one of their own as a hostage, leaving them with a severely restricted plan of action.
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