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''Numb3rs'' (also capitalized as '''''NUMB3RS''''' and pronounced as '''''Numbers''''') is an American Television Show produced by brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott . It follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes ( Rob Morrow ) and his Mathematical Genius brother, Charlie Eppes ( David Krumholtz ), who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. It was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton , produced by CBS Paramount Network Television , and airs on the CBS network in the U.S. The show focuses equally on the relationships between Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes and their father, Alan Eppes ( Judd Hirsch ), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, normally in Los Angeles . A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and mathematically described by Charlie, with the help of Larry Fleinhardt ( Peter MacNicol ) and/or Amita Ramanujan ( Navi Rawat ). The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics are always in some way crucial to solving the crime. CAST AND CHARACTERS See Also: List of Numb3rs characters The show revolves around three groups of characters: the FBI , mathematicians at CalSci and the Eppes family.
EPISODES Season 1 See Also: List of Numb3rs episodes#Season 1: 2005 The first season of the show aired between January 23 , 2005 and May 13 2005 at 10pm on Fridays. It sees the start of the working relationship between Los Angeles' FBI department and Charlie Eppes. The main FBI agents are Charlie's brother, Don Eppes, and Terry Lake , as well as David Sinclair . Don and Charlie's father, Alan Eppes, provides emotional support for the pair, while Professor Larry Fleinhardt and doctoral student Amita Ramanujan provide mathematical support and insights to Charlie. Season 2 See Also: List of Numb3rs episodes#Season 2: 2005-2006 The second season ran between and Colby Granger . Charlie is challenged on one of his long-standing pieces of mathematical work and also starts work on a new theory, Cognitive Emergence Theory. Larry sells his home and lives a nomadic lifestyle, while he becomes romantically involved with Megan. Amita receives an offer for an assistant professor position at Harvard University , but is plagued by doubt as her relationship with Charlie is challenged and her career is in upheaval. Alan begins work and dating again, though he struggles with the loss of his wife, and both he and Charlie have a dream of her. Season 3 See Also: List of Numb3rs episodes#Season 3: 2006-2007 Noticeable changes from previous seasons include the removal of the opening credit sequence (credits are now done during the first segment of the show), the absence of Peter MacNicol's character for much of the season, and the absence of Diane Farr's character for a few episodes. Peter MacNicol appeared in the first eleven episodes before leaving for the television show '' 24 '', but returned to ''Numb3rs'' for the 21st episode of season 3. His absence was explained as being a payload specialist on the International Space Station . Diane Farr, pregnant for most of the season, left the show for maternity leave in episode 18, her absence explained as a special assignment to the Department Of Justice . Season 4 CBS has confirmed that Season 4 of ''Numb3rs'' will begin showing on September 28 2007 in the same Friday night time slot as in previous seasons, 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. AWARDS REPRESENTATION OF MATHEMATICS To assist the FBI in the show, Professor Charlie Eppes has invoked the following mathematical disciplines (among others): Cryptanalysis , Probability Theory , Game Theory , Partial Differential Equation s, Decision Theory , Graph Theory , Data Mining and Astrophysics . Famous scientists and mathematicians mentioned in the series include Archimedes , Francis Bacon , Albert Einstein , Paul Erdős , Michael Faraday , Richard Feynman , Werner Heisenberg , Pierre-Simon Laplace , John Von Neumann , Isaac Newton , Alfréd Rényi , Bernhard Riemann , Edward Witten and Stephen Wolfram (season 2, episode 3). PRODUCTION US television ratings Seasonal rankings (based on average total viewers per episode) of ''Numb3rs'' on CBS. ''Note: Each U.S. network television season starts in late September and ends in late May, which coincides with the completion of May Sweeps .'' EXTERNAL REFERENCES REFERENCES |
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