Numb3rs

2005

Seasons & Episodes

  • 6
  • 5
  • 4
  • 3
  • 2
  • 1
  • 0

6.9| 0h30m| TV-14| en
Synopsis

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.

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Scott Free Productions

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Reviews

Nonureva Really Surprised!
Beanbioca As Good As It Gets
Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
Derrick Gibbons An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
jleedw-119-199344 This show was great until they brought on Diane Farr. I have a hard time watching with her stiff acting and nasally,whiny voice. Arggh...torture! Just have to get through 60 episodes! I skim them waiting to get to the ones without her! The premise is great! Great chemistry amongst the rest of the cast. It is great to see Judd Hirshand Rob Morrow again! The character of "Charlie" is portrayed in a unique way. He has the social awkwardness of most geniuses but also the insecure little brother. Judd Hirsh's character does a great job showing the caring dad trying to keep his two very different sons close and appreciative of the other's differences. Well done!
sdlitvin I wanted very much to love this show. I'm mathematically inclined, and I was glad to see a show that tried to show young viewers how math could solve so many real-world problems.Unfortunately, my enjoyment of the show was spoiled by several of its elements: The "background" music is too persistent and way too loud, often drowning out the dialogue.Diane Farr mumbles and slurs her lines, to the point that some of her lines are just incomprehensible. Combined with the overly loud music drowning out all the dialogue, this is a show I must watch with closed-captioning, so I can read what she's supposed to be saying.The character relationships are just not interesting enough. How many times can we watch Charlie Eppes kvetching about his dad or arguing with his dad. Don Eppes, the FBI agent, is a more interesting character, suggesting that the writers have a better idea how to portray an FBI agent as a dimensional character than they do a mathematician.And worst of all, some (but by no means all) of the "math breakthroughs" that Charlie Eppes is supposed to be making, are just exercises in logic that any good sleuth familiar with modern computer graphics and map displays could invent.
jason voorhees I read up a little about some of the real life mathematicians who contribute to the writing of the show and this part doesn't surprise me. The basic science always sounds realistic and accurate in its own right even to a dummy such as myself. The problem lies in the other 40 mins or so where this mountain of algorithms, probabilities, demographics, and astro-physics are all supposed to out work the entire FBI agency in a few hours and locate a single criminal because a guy had some little mathmatical epiphany. I mean come on man, im already trying to suspend my disbelief with the less than par acting and the painfully average police cop show story lines. Basically the only thing that seems to have kept this show alive is the science aspect, but it just comes off as more science fiction than science in its implementation. Im sorry, it just fails every time i watch it and my stomach turns a little to believe that people tune in for this week in and week out for 6 years. " Oh, you guys have a killer have a you cant catch? I have this cool algorithm i can plug into my butt and abracadabra he is at this place at this time." Except, no, not really, you're full of crap.
mjarvis0 The strange thing for me is that I purchased the series one boxset because the write up interested me and the price was excellent. Then I watched Numb3rs and I have been hooked ever since. Most of us know the story one brother is an FBI agent and the other is a mathematician and the mathematician helps his brother solve crimes by the application of equations to every life situations. Sounds simple but the characters and the story lines and the real maths that is applied make this for me an excellent show and I put my money where my mouth is. I have purchased every Numb3rs box set and I am eagerly waiting for series 5 to be released on DVD. So if you want to see a show with intelligence interesting story lines engaging characters get the numb3rs box sets before CBS realise they have selling them too cheaply.