by Lime Blue Cube

Created on: August 08, 2008   Last Updated: August 09, 2008

Launched in January of 2005, Numb3rs is not your ordinary CSI or Law and Order style crime show. At first glance, thats what it might seem like, but when it actually comes to the crime being solved, it is not just a bunch of FBI agents who come busting through the doors (although there is plenty of that it you like it). The show features Charlie Eppes (played by David Krumholtz), a mathematician whose older brother is an FBI special Agent. Many of the crimes tackled by Don Eppes (the older brother, played by Don Morrow), are only solved because of the mathematical genius of his younger brother.

What makes this show so appealing is the methodology used in solving the crime. Trust me, shows that are 1900 percent forensics have been both done to death, and spun off millions of times. Law and Order, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, Law and Order, Criminal Intent, CSI, CSI: Miami, and the list goes on... and on. This series appeals more to viewers such as myself, because I find math fascinating, and I (along with Charlie Eppes) am of the firm belief that it is quite useful. This show really makes me appreciate the math that I know and it seems less like something you would bury your head in a book of, and more like a weapon you can use against your enemies.

Other Characters on the show include David Sinclair, Terry Lake, Larry Fleinhardt, Alan Eppes and Amita Ramanujan.

Sinclair and Lake are both FBI agents, respectively played by Alimi Ballard and Sabrina Lloyd.

Professor Fleinhardt is cast by Peter MacNicol, and is Charlies mentor, as well as a brilliant, but sometimes out-of-touch at the California Institute of Science.

Alan Eppes, former Los Angeles city planner is father to both Charlie and Don. He is played by Judd Hirsch. His wife died a few years before the show began, which was the reason for Don to come back to LA.

Amita's thesis advisor is the one and only Charlie Eppes. She too is a brilliant mathematical mind and often will come to the aid of Charlie or Don in their cases. A romantic interest develops between her and Charlie in the later episodes.

Numb3rs is currently going into its 5th season, starting in September of 2008. We all hope that this wonderful program will continue on for many years, and that its innovative crime-solving techniques will not be lost in the annals of television history.

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