The WORST episodes of Numb3rs
Every episode of Numb3rs ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst 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 - Arrow of Time
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2009
Don turns to his newly found religious beliefs when he is forced to deal with an escaped criminal who is bent on seeking revenge.
#2 - Hot Shot
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/19/2006
Don investigates the murders of two young women found in their cars outside their homes. Their deaths were made to look like drug overdoses, but Don realizes a serial killer is responsible. Meanwhile, Charlie is having bizarre dreams about his parents. In one dream, his deceased mother appears and tells him he has a question to ask her, but he can't imagine what it could be.
#3 - Protest
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/3/2006
Don and his team investigate an anti-war bombing outside an Army recruiting center that resembles the work of a 1970s anti-war activist who disappeared 30 years earlier after being accused of planting a bomb that killed two people. Retired Agent Thomas Larson, who tried to solve the case 30 years ago, returns to help but questions Don's loyalty when it is revealed Alan knew the radical activist and participated in demonstrations with him, thus causing tension within the family.
#4 - Obsession
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2005
The FBI becomes involved in the stalking of a popular singer after she is threatened by an intruder in her house and reveals a series of threatening letters she's received through the mail. Charlie determines the letters are from two different people after analyzing the handwriting. When a photographer is found dead near the singer's house, Don believes the photographer was murdered and his death is somehow related to the stalking case.
#5 - The Mole
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2006
Don and the team attempt to figure out what happened when a Chinese interpreter turns up dead.
#6 - The Running Man
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/3/2006
When a DNA synthesizer with the capability of customizing diseases is stolen from the campus where Charlie teaches, Don fears the thieves may be terrorists out to start or advance a bio-warfare program and also believes the theft was an inside job.
#7 - All's Fair
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/31/2006
In an effort to find the murderer of an Iraqi woman who had been making a documentary that promoted the rights of Muslim women, Don enlists the help of the victim's cousin. Through her cousin, Don uncovers a connection to Saddam Hussein. Back at home, Charlie rekindles a romantic relationship with a former girlfriend when she visits him while on a book signing tour.
#8 - Undercurrents
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/12/2006
The FBI becomes involved when the bodies of young Asian girls are washed up on the beach. The situation becomes more critical when it is discovered one girl has avian flu. As the investigation continues, Don and his team discover a connection between the girls and the sex trade industry. Meanwhile, Amita considers a transfer to Harvard University, which causes Charlie to re-evaluate his feelings for her.
#9 - Contenders
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/2007
One of David's closest friends is called into question after a man dies while boxing with him. When it turns out this is not the first time such an event has happened, things look even worse. Charlie is busy practicing what little he knows about poker, so he can take Larry's spot in a tournament.
#10 - Harvest
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/27/2006
When an Asian teenager is found in the basement of an old downtown hotel where she was apparently being tortured, the investigation soon reveals the girl and three other missing women, are victims of a black market organ-harvesting scheme. Amita assists the FBI by communicating with the girl, who is from the same part of India where Amita's family once lived.
#11 - Scorched
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/2005
An arsonist sets a fire at a car dealership that kills a sales person. The name of an extremist environmental group is spray-painted on the scene, but the group denies involvement. It becomes Don's task to determine whether the group or someone else is responsible. Charlie is called in to help figure out if there is a pattern to the fires that would help provide a profile of the arsonist.
#12 - Toxin
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2005
After four people nearly die from poisoning, Don learns someone is tampering with nonprescription drugs. When the perpetrator publishes a manifesto in a local paper, Don is led to believe the person may be a former employee of the drug company that manufactured the drug.
#13 - The Art of Reckoning
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/2007
When a former mob hit man on death row suddenly has a change of heart and agrees to confess to his crimes, Don has an uneasy feeling about the whole affair.
#14 - Identity Crisis
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/1/2005
A man wanted for stock fraud is found garroted in his apartment, and the crime is eerily similar to a murder committed a year earlier, a case in which Don closed when an ex-con confessed. Now, Don must re-investigate the old case to determine if he put an innocent man in jail. He asks Charlie to go over the evidence to see if he missed anything the first time around.
#15 - Assassin
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2005
Don uncovers a secret code that begins the hunt for a skilled and trained assassin, and the efforts by the FBI to save the life of a Colombian exile living in Los Angeles.
#16 - Convergence
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/2005
When a father is killed in a home invasion, Don and his team investigate the connection between the murder and a rash of robberies in the upscale community.
#17 - Bones of Contention
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2005
When a researcher who specializes in Native American antiquities is killed at the museum where she works, the FBI is called in because the museum is on federal land.
#18 - Guns and Roses
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/21/2006
When an ATF agent is found dead under unusual circumstances, Don wants to take the case, which revolves around an elaborate bank robbery, after he learns the victim was his former girlfriend. He then becomes quite introspective as he realizes the impact his career has had on his personal life and decides to turn his attention toward a new woman.
#19 - Traffic
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2006
Don and the rest of the team investigate several attacks occurring on LA highways that may be connected.
#20 - Pandora's Box
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2007
When a jet crashes in the middle of a forest, Charlie suspects that there is more to the crash than what meets the eye.
#21 - Burn Rate
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/6/2007
When Don investigates a series of bombings, he calls in Charlie to help pinpoint the bomber. But the two disagree over who the culprit is. Is it a new terrorist, or an old enemy?
#22 - Trouble in Chinatown
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/2009
A feud between Chinese gangs leads to the kidnapping of an undercover agent and the reappearance of Samuel Kraft.
#23 - Scratch
Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/8/2010
Charlie meets his mathematical equivalent when LOTTERY AGENT JANE assists in the investigation into a complex scam that involves thefts of unsold lottery tickets.
#24 - Double Down
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/2006
A murder investigation at a Los Angeles card club leads the FBI to a complicated card-counting scheme involving college students.
#25 - Two Daughters (2)
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2006
David tries to get information from one of Crystal's old boyfriends, but he isn't helping. Things get personal for the team when Crystal kidnaps one of them.