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NUMB3RS is an American television show that first aired January 23, 2005 on CBS. The story revolves around FBI special agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), who develops formulae to predict the actions of various criminals. Judd Hirsch plays the brothers' amiable father Alan. Peter MacNicol also stars as Charlie's fellow CalSci professor, Dr. Larry Fleinhardt. The show creators are Cheryl Heuton and Nick Falacci, and the letter E is replaced in the title by the number 3. This is also found in the Internet language known as Leetspeek. The show is a balance of the relationship between Don and Charlie and of the efforts they make to fight crime, normally in Los Angeles. On some fronts, it is similar in execution to CSI. Several mathematicians from Caltech work as consultants for each episode. Though the show does not actually present any mathematics, methods for solving similar types of problems actually exist, e.g. Bayesian search theory.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 External Sites

[edit] Cast

Actor	Character	Duration
Billed Cast
Rob Morrow	Special Agent Don Eppes	1	2	3	4	5
David Krumholtz	Dr. Charlie Eppes	1	2	3	4	5
Judd Hirsch	Alan Eppes	1	2	3	4	5
Alimi Ballard	Special Agent David Sinclair	1	2	3	4	5
Peter MacNicol	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt	1	2	3	4	5
Sabrina Lloyd	Special Agent Terry Lake	1
Navi Rawat	Dr. Amita Ramanujan	1	2	3	4	5
Diane Farr	Special Agent Megan Reeves		2	3	4
Dylan Bruno	Special Agent Colby Granger		2	3	4	5
Aya Sumika	Special Agent Liz Warner			3	4	5
Sophina Brown	Special Agent Nikki Betancourt					5
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Lou Diamond Phillips	Agent Ian Edgerton	1	2	3		5
Will Patton	Lt. Gary Walker		2	3	4
Kathy Najimy	Dr. Mildred French			3
Michelle Nolden	AUSA Robin Brooks				4	5
Season numbers in red indicate a recurring or guest role in that season.

[edit] Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
CBS
Season One	January 23, 2005	May 13, 2005	13
Season Two	September 23, 2005	May 19, 2006	24
Season Three	September 22, 2006	May 18, 2007	24
Season Four	September 28, 2007	May 16, 2008	18
Season Five	October 3, 2008	May 15, 2009	23
Season Six	September 25, 2009	—	—

[edit] In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

[edit] DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Season Sets
The Complete First Season	May 30, 2006	4	purchase
The Complete Second Season	October 10, 2006	4	purchase
The Third Season	September 25, 2007	4	purchase
The Fourth Season	September 30, 2008	5	purchase

[edit] External Sites

• Official CBS website for NUMB3RS
• Numbers Episodes, TV Listings, News, Photos and More at TVGuide.com
• NUMB3RS at the Internet Movie Database
• NUMB3RS Music Index at TuneFind.com

• NUMB3RS fan site