Numbers (TV series)

Numbers (stylized as NUMB3RS) is an American crime drama television series that was broadcast on CBS from January 23, 2005, to March 12, 2010, for six seasons and 118 episodes. The series was created by Nicolas Falacci and Cheryl Heuton, and follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) and his brother Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), a college mathematics professor and prodigy, who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI. Brothers Ridley and Tony Scott produced Numbers; its production companies are the Scott brothers' Scott Free Productions and CBS Television Studios (originally Paramount Network Television, and later CBS Paramount Network Television).

For the South Korean television series, see Numbers (South Korean TV series).

Numbers

Charlie Clouser

United States

English

6

118 (list of episodes)

Nicolas Falacci
Cheryl Heuton
Ridley Scott
Tony Scott
David W. Zucker
Andrew Dettmann
Don McGill
Lewis Abel
Ken Sanzel
Barry Schindel
Brooke Kennedy

John Forrest Niss
Michael Attanasio
Christine Larson-Nitzsche

Los Angeles, Pasadena

43 minutes

The Barry Schindel Company (seasons 2–3)
Post 109 Productions (season 6)
Scott Free Productions
Paramount Network Television (seasons 1–2)
CBS Paramount Network Television (seasons 3–5)
CBS Television Studios (season 6)

CBS

January 23, 2005 (2005-01-23) –
March 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)

The show focuses equally on the relationships among Don Eppes, his brother Charlie Eppes, and their father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), and on the brothers' efforts to fight crime, usually in Los Angeles. A typical episode begins with a crime, which is subsequently investigated by a team of FBI agents led by Don and mathematically modeled by Charlie, with the help of Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol) and Amita Ramanujan (Navi Rawat). The insights provided by Charlie's mathematics were always in some way crucial to solving the crime.

On May 18, 2010, CBS canceled the series after six seasons.^[1]

(Rob Morrow), Charlie's older brother, is the lead FBI agent at the Los Angeles Violent Crimes Squad.

Don Eppes

Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) is a mathematical genius, who in addition to teaching at CalSci, consults for the FBI and NSA.

Professor

(Judd Hirsch) is a former L.A. city planner, a widower, and the father of both Charlie and Don Eppes. Alan lives in a historic two-story California bungalow furnished with period Arts and Crafts furniture.

Alan Eppes

(Alimi Ballard) is an FBI field agent and was later made Don's second-in-command and promoted to supervisor.

David Sinclair

Terry Lake () is a forensic psychologist and FBI agent. (season 1)

Sabrina Lloyd

Prof. (Peter MacNicol) is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist at CalSci. Charlie's former mentor and now best friend, he also frequently consults for the FBI.

Larry Fleinhardt

Prof. (Navi Rawat) is a mathematician at CalSci and an FBI consultant. In season two, she begins dating Charlie, to whom she is later engaged to and marries in season six. Charlie was her thesis advisor. Her name is a reference to influential autodidactic Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. (seasons 2–6, main; 1, recurring)

Amita Ramanujan

(Diane Farr) is an FBI behavioral specialist. She was involved romantically with Larry Fleinhardt and left the FBI to counsel troubled young women. (seasons 2–4)

Megan Reeves

(Dylan Bruno) is an FBI field agent. Once thought to have betrayed his colleagues, he is now back in their good graces and confidence. (seasons 3–6, main; 2, recurring)

Colby Granger

(Aya Sumika) is an FBI agent, formerly involved with Agent Eppes. (seasons 5–6, main; 3–4, recurring)

Liz Warner

Nikki Betancourt () is an FBI agent with four years' experience in the LAPD and a law degree. (seasons 5–6)

Sophina Brown

The show revolved around three intersecting groups of characters: the FBI, scientists at the fictitious California Institute of Science (CalSci), and the Eppes family.