Numb3rs

S01E04: Structural Corruption

After an engineering student at CalSci is found dead from an apparent suicide, Charlie convinces Don to launch an investigation after he reads the student's thesis that asserted that the architecturally magnificent Cole Center in Los Angeles is structurally unstable. Although reluctant at first, Don and his FBI agents discover that the student's findings were correct and uncover a dangerous and surprising conspiracy. Meanwhile, Alan prepares for a first date and convinces Don and Terry to join them, hoping they might rekindle their old romance.

Overview

Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as 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.

Episodes

Pilot

S01E01 Pilot

January 23, 2005 7.3 43 min
To help capture a serial rapist-turned-killer, FBI Special Agent Don Eppes recruits his genius brother Charlie, who uses a mathematical equation to identify the killer's point of origin by working back from the crime scene...
Uncertainty Principle

S01E02 Uncertainty Principle

January 28, 2005 7.8 43 min
Charlie accurately predicts where a band of bank robbers will strike next. But when Don and his team confront them, a massive shoot-out occurs leaving four people, including an officer, dead. The outcome disturbs Charlie...
Vector

S01E03 Vector

February 4, 2005 7.7 42 min
Various people in the L.A. area with seemingly nothing in common start to become extremely sick and die on the same day. Don fears bioterrorists may have released a deadly virus into the environment. While...
Structural Corruption

S01E04 Structural Corruption

February 11, 2005 7.8 44 min
After an engineering student at CalSci is found dead from an apparent suicide, Charlie convinces Don to launch an investigation after he reads the student's thesis that asserted that the architecturally magnificent Cole Center in...
Prime Suspect

S01E05 Prime Suspect

February 18, 2005 7.3 41 min
When a five-year-old girl is kidnapped from her birthday party, Don and Terry lead the investigation, but must rely on Charlie's help because the girl's father, Ethan, is also a mathematician. Charlie realizes the kidnapper's...
Sabotage

S01E06 Sabotage

February 25, 2005 8.2 40 min
While consulting with the NTSB 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...
Counterfeit Reality

S01E07 Counterfeit Reality

March 11, 2005 8.2 41 min
Don learns that counterfeiters are at work producing small-denomination bills, and that they have taken an artist hostage to draw the images for the fake money. If the missing woman isn't located soon, Don fears...
Identity Crisis

S01E08 Identity Crisis

April 1, 2005 7.5 42 min
A man wanted for stock fraud is found garroted in his apartment, and the crime is eerily similar to a murder committed a year earlier, a case in which Don closed when an ex-con confessed....
Sniper Zero

S01E09 Sniper Zero

April 15, 2005 8.0 41 min
The city is in a panic as a sniper goes on a shooting spree and randomly kills several people, including a postal worker. The investigation reveals that more than one shooter is at work. As...
Dirty Bomb

S01E10 Dirty Bomb

April 22, 2005 8.0 42 min
A truck carrying radioactive material is stolen, and the thieves threaten to set off a dirty bomb in L.A. in 12 hours if they aren't paid $20 million. While Don attempts to track down the...
Sacrifice

S01E11 Sacrifice

April 29, 2005 7.7 40 min
A senior computer-science researcher working on a classified government project is found murdered in his Hollywood Hills home and data has been stolen from his computer. The investigation reveals the victim was going through a...
Noisy Edge

S01E12 Noisy Edge

May 6, 2005 7.3 41 min
Don and Agent Weston of the NTSB investigate eyewitness accounts of a mysterious unidentified object flying dangerously close to downtown Los Angeles that has raised concern of a terrorist attack. After Charlie is recruited to...
Man Hunt

S01E13 Man Hunt

May 13, 2005 7.5 42 min
A dangerous felon escapes when a prison bus crashes and the FBI has reason to fear he's intent on revenge against the witness whose testimony put him in jail. However, finding the elusive killer proves...

Cast

Rob Morrow
Rob Morrow
Don Eppes
David Krumholtz
David Krumholtz
Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch
Alan Eppes
Alimi Ballard
Alimi Ballard
David Sinclair
Peter MacNicol
Peter MacNicol
Larry Fleinhardt
Navi Rawat
Navi Rawat
Amita Ramanujan
Aya Sumika
Aya Sumika
Liz Warner
Sophina Brown
Sophina Brown
Nikki Betancourt
Dylan Bruno
Dylan Bruno
Colby Granger

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