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"Everything is numbers," states Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) in the pilot of Numb3rs, a satisfying (and educational!) crime drama. Executive-produced by brothers/film directors Ridley Scott (Gladiator) and Tony Scott (Top Gun), it's like CSI with algorithms and probabilities instead of blood spatter and DNA swabs, which separates it from the slew of gruesome forensics-centered cop shows currently on the air. In this case, it's a brains-vs.-brawn matchup: a brilliant math professor (Krumholtz) consulting on crimes for an FBI agent (Rob Morrow) who happens to be his older brother. While Don, Morrow's character, busts the baddies with his team of agents, Charlie's scribbling formulas on chalkboards and statistically deducting a rapist's next target by comparing his pattern to a sprinkler system. (Yes, it sounds geekier than it is). As the show progresses, Charlie--not yet desensitised to people's fates relying on his findings--takes it harder and harder when his hypotheses don't always result in justice. It sounds very cerebral, but the cops and robbers concept plus brother-to-brother dynamics make it all go down easy. There's an unpretentious way the premise is executed, which ends up making math--get this--fun. --Ellen A. Kim
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Charlie Eppes, a brilliant mathematician is enlisted by his brother, Don, to join the ranks of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as a code-breaker. Now, the FBI has a new weapon in their war on crime, and even the most deceptive of criminals had better watch out.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Never play cards with Charlie Eppes. You will lose - not only at cards but at practically everything else, except perhaps golf. Numbers are his passion, he able to see permutations few others can, results startling and accurate.
FBI brother Don increasingly calls on his services, Charlie promptly to become immersed in equations and formulae to help steer LA cops onto the right track. Almost unerringly he pinpoints where the serial rapist lives and where he is next likely to strike, outwits computer hackers, anticipates the bank robbers' next port of call, traces the source of a killer flu virus, locates a railway saboteur - and much else besides.
Maths has been made interesting, which cannot often be said. The series owes more to cerebral activity than to action (although there is still quite a bit). The outcome may not appeal to those who prefer their cop shows jampacked with corrupt colleagues, mavericks, messy divorces, torrid romances, alcoholic excesses and other ploys to boost the ratings. Here the officers are competent, simply getting on with the job.
Strengths? An unusual premise (numbers the key to everything), a fine script, charismatic leads. Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz impress as Don and Charlie, their bond palpable and movingly depicted. Tactfully Don is coaxing Charlie out of an often reclusive existence. There, numbers have been his safety blanket when he is otherwise unable to cope - as throughout their mother's terminal illness. Family scenes with their dad (Judd Hirsch) generate a real warmth, they all in different ways getting on with life after their loss. For light relief Peter MacNicol stars as Charlie's former mentor, quirkily entertaining as he offers insight and occasionally urges caution to correct wobbles in the thought process.
Eleven episodes. Alas, no extras. Also alas, an over-abundance of music which often distracts - depriving the series of the five stars it would otherwise have received.
(Watch out for an in-joke. The film showing in one episode? "Sorry Wrong Number".)
FBI brother Don increasingly calls on his services, Charlie promptly to become immersed in equations and formulae to help steer LA cops onto the right track. Almost unerringly he pinpoints where the serial rapist lives and where he is next likely to strike, outwits computer hackers, anticipates the bank robbers' next port of call, traces the source of a killer flu virus, locates a railway saboteur - and much else besides.
Maths has been made interesting, which cannot often be said. The series owes more to cerebral activity than to action (although there is still quite a bit). The outcome may not appeal to those who prefer their cop shows jampacked with corrupt colleagues, mavericks, messy divorces, torrid romances, alcoholic excesses and other ploys to boost the ratings. Here the officers are competent, simply getting on with the job.
Strengths? An unusual premise (numbers the key to everything), a fine script, charismatic leads. Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz impress as Don and Charlie, their bond palpable and movingly depicted. Tactfully Don is coaxing Charlie out of an often reclusive existence. There, numbers have been his safety blanket when he is otherwise unable to cope - as throughout their mother's terminal illness. Family scenes with their dad (Judd Hirsch) generate a real warmth, they all in different ways getting on with life after their loss. For light relief Peter MacNicol stars as Charlie's former mentor, quirkily entertaining as he offers insight and occasionally urges caution to correct wobbles in the thought process.
Eleven episodes. Alas, no extras. Also alas, an over-abundance of music which often distracts - depriving the series of the five stars it would otherwise have received.
(Watch out for an in-joke. The film showing in one episode? "Sorry Wrong Number".)
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
On the face of it, a TV show about a guy that helps to solve crimes by using mathematics sounds a little bit far-fetched and boring. However, this is a show that will appeal to more than just mathematics geeks (me included). It brings together a number of interesting characters, very well portrayed by the various actors, and creates a believable and interesting story every week. The use of maths is a new twist on the standard crime TV show and adds a freshness and new feel to the program. David Krumholtz provides a believable and, perhaps more importantly, a likeable persona to the main man Charlie Eppes and after just one or two episodes you really begin to understand and sympathise with his character (if not the maths that he uses).
Numb3rs is a program that will have something for everybody, and now that it has dropped so low in price it is definitely worth a try.
Numb3rs is a program that will have something for everybody, and now that it has dropped so low in price it is definitely worth a try.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I hope the meaning of this saying is clear. Usaually I'm too lazy to write reviews, but when you get to see something that good, you kind of want to share the joy: buy it, watch it, enjoy it!
We do not have Numb3rs on TV here in Lithuania, I just happened to stumble on it by chance. As a "somebody who once tried, but failed to become a pro of applied maths" myself, I considered it as a great challenge to the authors: to create cases, that can be solved by mathematical methods. In fact in some cases the maths does seem overimposed a bit, but it never, never leaves you disappointed. The plots are really good, there's not even a moment, when you'd feel bored, you get some good characters, not only the two brothers Don (who is with FBI) and Charlie (a professor of applied maths), who use different ways to solve crimes. Plenty of close-ups to appreciate the actors' work, if you are up to it. And this little moment at the end of every episode, to create an incredibly warm atmosphere, like when Charlie pretends he got interested in golf, just to please his father.
Just a couple of minor nuisances. The discs are packed in quite a stupid way, one atop on another. And then it seems quite unfair to have only 12 episodes in season 1. So it's "only" 5 stars. If not for these flaws, it might be 6!
A cry for help for the end: what about season 2 for region 2??? And it's already 24 episodes, as far as I know.
We do not have Numb3rs on TV here in Lithuania, I just happened to stumble on it by chance. As a "somebody who once tried, but failed to become a pro of applied maths" myself, I considered it as a great challenge to the authors: to create cases, that can be solved by mathematical methods. In fact in some cases the maths does seem overimposed a bit, but it never, never leaves you disappointed. The plots are really good, there's not even a moment, when you'd feel bored, you get some good characters, not only the two brothers Don (who is with FBI) and Charlie (a professor of applied maths), who use different ways to solve crimes. Plenty of close-ups to appreciate the actors' work, if you are up to it. And this little moment at the end of every episode, to create an incredibly warm atmosphere, like when Charlie pretends he got interested in golf, just to please his father.
Just a couple of minor nuisances. The discs are packed in quite a stupid way, one atop on another. And then it seems quite unfair to have only 12 episodes in season 1. So it's "only" 5 stars. If not for these flaws, it might be 6!
A cry for help for the end: what about season 2 for region 2??? And it's already 24 episodes, as far as I know.
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Sub-titles are: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Norwegian and Swedish, and in English for the Hearing Impaired.
Published on 19 April 2010 by C. X. Linton-Willoughby
Solving crime with maths, Brilliant!!
Numb3rs offers an unusual way of solving crimes. The shows is about an FBI agent DOn who is catching bad guys with help from his younger brother Charlie. Read more
Published on 11 April 2010 by Arumantis
charlies got your number
as being a maths student and interested in operational research, it was nice seeing maths being used in any sort of situation, whilst being a drama type of program
Published on 3 Mar 2010 by James Clare
Numbers are everything
This is a series that is not just for the mathematically minded but for anyone who is open to new possibilities. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 2010 by Ms. S. E. Hennings
Maths dosen't mix but.....
this programme is great, plot and Acting pretty good but i like Charlie and Don's relationship as two brothers work with the FBI, Charlie is a maths genuis and Don is a hard... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 2009 by J. Davies
Almost very good, mostly okay.
This is one of those series from America which I tend to like. It's intelligent and full of twists. But unlike House (I loved all 4 seasons so far) it falls down in the depth of... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2009 by Francesca Cook
Maths Doesn't Seem As Boring Anymore
Numb3rs: Solving crimes through math equations.
Basic premise: a team of FBI agents, out of the Californian FBI office, solve various crimes with the aid of mathematics. Read more
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