The BEST episodes of Numb3rs
Every episode of Numb3rs ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Numb3rs!
We all use math every day... Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime. 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.
#1 - When Worlds Collide
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/16/2008
In the season finale, Don and Charlie work together on a case that ends up with them going head to head about their personal beliefs, and one team member will walk away forever.
#2 - Primacy
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2007
When a man is found dead, the team enters the world of alternate reality gaming. However, their investigation leads to a danger for a loved one.
#3 - Ultimatum
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2009
While tracking down a felon running a heroin ring inside a prison, Agent Ian Edgerton becomes a murder suspect when the informant he meets with ends up dead, sending a desperate Edgerton over the edge when he takes a member of Don's team hostage.
#4 - Hydra
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2009
The team attempts to find the daughter of a geneticist who they suspect was kidnapped by the unstable mother. However, they become concerned about the case when they find evidence that suggests the young girl was a clone. Meanwhile, Charlie and Amita discuss having kids and Liz reveals a dark secret.
#5 - The Janus List
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2007
In the midst of investigating a serious bomb threat, Don and Charlie uncover a secret that could change their lives and the lives of the team forever.
#6 - Jack of All Trades
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2008
Don's team helps Agent Bloom, a veteran with the FBI, track down a con man who has eluded Bloom for years. Meanwhile, the final decision on Charlie's clearance is handed down, and it doesn't just affect Charlie. Don's job is on the line as well.
#7 - Tabu
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2007
When a wealthy heiress is kidnapped, Don and the team race against the clock in hopes to find her. However, the motivations behind her disappearance aren't what they seem.
#8 - Prime Suspect
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2005
When a five-year-old girl is kidnapped from her birthday party, Don and Terry lead the investigation, but must rely on Charlie's help because the girl's father, Ethan, is also a mathematician. Charlie realizes the kidnapper's motive when Ethan reveals he is close to solving Riemann's Hypothesis, a difficult math problem. If solved, the solution could not only earn him $1 million, but could break the code for internet security and unlock the world's biggest financial secret.
#9 - Shadow Markets
Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2009
A shrewd computer hacker cuts the ground from up under an undercover sting operation to bag a cyber crime lord. His actions trigger a turf war putting his life in peril.
#10 - Atomic No. 33
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/2/2008
Don and the team must investigate a religious cult after scores of followers are poisoned.
#11 - First Law
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/2009
The team's number one suspect in the death of a scientist is a super computer.
#12 - One Hour
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2007
Don talks to his therapist again, and while he's gone, the team races to find an eleven year-old boy being held on a $3 million ransom, and time is running out...
#13 - Checkmate
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/11/2008
Don runs into Robin Brooks during an investigation concerning informants and a chess master.
#14 - Con Job
Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2009
Charlie and Don reluctantly enlist the help of imprisoned con man John Buckley to help them catch a crook who's using Buckley's M.O. to rob the Diamond Exchange..
#15 - Jacked
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2009
Don and his team must race to save the hostages being held on a hijacked bus.
#16 - Old Soldiers
Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2009
When the team foils a robbery of an armored car full of Federal Reserve money and recover bills that trace back to the infamous D.B. Cooper heist, they call on Agent Roger Bloom, who worked on the Cooper case, for help with the investigation. Henry Winkler returns as former FBI Agent Roger Bloom, and Michael Hogan, the uncle of the slain armored car driver and a key player in the investigation.
#17 - Pilot
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/23/2005
To help capture a serial rapist-turned-killer, FBI Special Agent Don Eppes recruits his genius brother Charlie, who uses a mathematical equation to identify the killer's point of origin by working back from the crime scene locations.
#18 - Blackout
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/2006
Blackouts leave Los Angeles in the dark. Don must work with his entire team to figure out if the power outages are a catastrophic accident or the sinister plot of terrorists.
#19 - Power
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2008
A bad case becomes worse when Don and the team must pursue a police officer believed to have committed unspeakable crimes.
#20 - Trust Metric
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2007
After the events of "The Janus List," Colby escapes from custody. Don and the team go after him, but everything may not be as it seems.
#21 - Pay to Play
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 5/9/2008
When a musician is murdered, Don and his team must race to find the culprits. They need Charlie's help, but he is busy with Amita's parents coming for a visit.
#22 - Graphic
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2007
The team investigates the theft of a graphic comic book.
#23 - Charlie Don't Surf
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2008
One of Don and Charlie's friends dies in what is deemed an accident. Not convinced, the brothers investigate further and uncover something shocking.
#24 - Dirty Bomb
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/22/2005
A truck carrying radioactive material is stolen, and the thieves threaten to set off a dirty bomb in L.A. in 12 hours if they aren't paid $20 million. While Don attempts to track down the truck, Charlie tries to come up with the most likely location where the bomb may be detonated to inflict the most damage to the population.
#25 - Money for Nothing
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/2007
$50 million dollars in medical relief is up for grabs after the shipment is stolen. But there's a catch--someone other than the FBI wants to recover the shipment. Don and the team find themselves pitted against blackmarketeers in a deadly race for the supplies.