Album Description
FBI Special Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) recruits his mathematical genius brother Charlie (David Krumholtz) to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Dr. Larry Fleinhardt (Peter MacNicol) is Charlie’s friend and colleague who urges Charlie to focus more on his university studies than on FBI business. Don and Charlie’s father, Alan Eppes (Judd Hirsch), is pleased to see his two sons working together, but fears their competitive nature will lead to trouble.Amazon.com
“Everything is numbers,” states Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz) in the pilot of Numb3rs, a satisfying (and edu… More >>
Numb3rs – The Complete First Season
The concept for this show is really outdated, based essentially on various ideas popularized in the 19th century. I did not find the 2 main characters to be beleivable, or likable. For me, this show is unwatchable. Rating: 1 / 5
I really wanted to like NUMB3RS. Unfortunately, it’s nothing more than filler on Friday night on a network that never takes risks. Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this DVD on the recommendation of the positive reviews which it gets here. Expecting some clever math and a good plot line, I was very disappointed. I give it one star because, to be fair, it certainly does have some clever math concepts. Sadly, the script writers focus all their attention on the math at the expense of the characters. Basically the story is about ‘cop guy’ and his supposedly nerdy brother ‘math guy’. Together they solve crimes with the occassional help of ‘male African American cop sidekick’, ‘female blonde cop sidekick’, a ‘physics guy’ and an occasional ‘female math sidekick’. These characters get to say things like: “I’m on it!” and “Are you all right?” Even the sub-plot is about the boys’ relationship with their father (the mother is dead). There is no strength given anywhere to any of the female or ethnic minority characters. No wonder the great Sabrina Lloyd left after the first season. Please sirs, if it wouldn’t be too much trouble, I would like to politely suggest that people who are not white men can a) occasionally offer an original idea and b)not be constantly worried that their colleagues are eating and sleeping enough. Unless you are a real math buff, select a different DVD. Rating: 1 / 5
Entertaining, and far above the usual brain-dead pap that clogs the airwaves. Nitpicks:
* Number of times the math rises above high-school level: 0
* Number of times suspects are told of their Miranda rights: 0
* Number of times a suspect says “I want a lawyer:” 1
* Number of times a lawyer is present during questioning: 1
* Number of times someone says “We should get a search warrant:” 1
* Number of search warrants actually obtained: 0
* Number of times Iraq war opponents are incorrectly characterized as mentally ill: 1
* Number of times math is incorrectly characterized as NOT being “sex by another name:” 1 Rating: 4 / 5
THIS IS ONE HELL OF A SHOW!!!!!HOPE CBS WANTS TO KEEP IT AROUND! WITHOUT CSI IN FRONT OF IT! THIS ISN’T A CSI PUT DOWN. CSI IS ONE OF MY FAVS. BUT WE NEED NEW STUFF IN YOUR POOR LIVES..LOL Rating: 5 / 5