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NUMB3RS on CBS

2005, TV Show

Seasons:

1
- Man Hunt (Original Airdate May 13, 2005)
- Noisy Edge (Original Airdate May 6, 2005)
- Sacrifice (Original Airdate Apr 29, 2005)
- Dirty Bomb (Original Airdate Apr 22, 2005)
- Sniper Zero (Original Airdate Apr 15, 2005)
- Identity Crisis (Original Airdate Apr 1, 2005)
- Counterfeit Reality (Original Airdate Mar 11, 2005)
- Sabotage (Original Airdate Feb 25, 2005)
- Prime Suspect (Original Airdate Feb 18, 2005)
- Structural Corruption (Original Airdate Feb 11, 2005)
- Vector (Original Airdate Feb 4, 2005)
- Uncertainty Principle (Original Airdate Jan 28, 2005)
- Pilot Episode (Original Airdate Jan 23, 2005)
2
- Hot Shot (Original Airdate May 19, 2006)
- Undercurrents (Original Airdate May 12, 2006)
- Backscatter (Original Airdate May 5, 2006)
- Rampage (Original Airdate Apr 28, 2006)
- Guns and Roses (Original Airdate Apr 21, 2006)
- Dark Matter (Original Airdate Apr 7, 2006)
- All's Fair (Original Airdate Mar 31, 2006)
- Mind Games (Original Airdate Mar 10, 2006)
- Protest (Original Airdate Mar 3, 2006)
- The Running Man (Original Airdate Feb 3, 2006)
- Harvest (Original Airdate Jan 27, 2006)
- Double Down (Original Airdate Jan 13, 2006)
- The O.G. (Original Airdate Jan 6, 2006)
- Scorched (Original Airdate Dec 16, 2005)
- Bones of Contention (Original Airdate Dec 9, 2005)
- Toxin (Original Airdate Nov 25, 2005)
- In Plain Sight (Original Airdate Nov 18, 2005)
- Convergence (Original Airdate Nov 11, 2005)
- Soft Target (Original Airdate Nov 4, 2005)
- Assassin (Original Airdate Oct 21, 2005)
- Calculated Risk (Original Airdate Oct 14, 2005)
- Obsession (Original Airdate Oct 7, 2005)
- Bettor or Worse (Original Airdate Sep 30, 2005)
- Judgment Call (Original Airdate Sep 23, 2005)
3
- The Janus List (Original Airdate May 18, 2007)
- Money for Nothing (Original Airdate May 11, 2007)
- Under Pressure (Original Airdate May 4, 2007)
- The Art of Reckoning (Original Airdate Apr 27, 2007)
- Burn Rate (Original Airdate Apr 6, 2007)
- Pandora's Box (Original Airdate Mar 30, 2007)
- Democracy (Original Airdate Mar 9, 2007)
- One Hour (Original Airdate Feb 23, 2007)
- Contenders (Original Airdate Feb 16, 2007)
- End of Watch (Original Airdate Feb 9, 2007)
- Take Out (Original Airdate Feb 2, 2007)
- Finders Keepers (Original Airdate Jan 12, 2007)
- Nine Wives (Original Airdate Jan 5, 2007)
- Killer Chat (Original Airdate Dec 15, 2006)
- Brutus (Original Airdate Nov 24, 2006)
- Waste Not (Original Airdate Nov 17, 2006)
- Hardball (Original Airdate Nov 10, 2006)
- Blackout (Original Airdate Nov 3, 2006)
- Longshot (Original Airdate Oct 27, 2006)
- Traffic (Original Airdate Oct 20, 2006)
- The Mole (Original Airdate Oct 13, 2006)
- Provenance (Original Airdate Oct 6, 2006)
- Two Daughters (Original Airdate Sep 29, 2006)
- Spree (Original Airdate Sep 22, 2006)
4
- When Worlds Collide (Original Airdate May 16, 2008)
- Pay to Play (Original Airdate May 9, 2008)
- Atomic No. 33 (Original Airdate May 2, 2008)
- End Game (Original Airdate Apr 25, 2008)
- Checkmate (Original Airdate Apr 11, 2008)
- Black Swan (Original Airdate Apr 4, 2008)
- Power (Original Airdate Jan 18, 2008)
- Breaking Point (Original Airdate Jan 11, 2008)
- Chinese Box (Original Airdate Dec 14, 2007)
- Graphic (Original Airdate Nov 23, 2007)
- Tabu (Original Airdate Nov 16, 2007)
- Primacy (Original Airdate Nov 9, 2007)
- In Security (Original Airdate Nov 2, 2007)
- Robin Hood (Original Airdate Oct 26, 2007)
- Thirteen (Original Airdate Oct 19, 2007)
- Velocity (Original Airdate Oct 12, 2007)
- Hollywood Homicide (Original Airdate Oct 5, 2007)
- Trust Metric (Original Airdate Sep 28, 2007)
5
- Angels and Devils (Original Airdate May 15, 2009)
- Greatest Hits (Original Airdate May 8, 2009)
- Disturbed (Original Airdate May 1, 2009)
- The Fifth Man (Original Airdate Apr 24, 2009)
- Animal Rites (Original Airdate Apr 10, 2009)
- 12:01 AM (Original Airdate Mar 13, 2009)
- First Law (Original Airdate Mar 6, 2009)
- Cover Me (Original Airdate Feb 27, 2009)
- Guilt Trip (Original Airdate Feb 13, 2009)
- Sneakerhead (Original Airdate Feb 6, 2009)
- Trouble in Chinatown (Original Airdate Jan 23, 2009)
- Jacked (Original Airdate Jan 16, 2009)
- Arrow of Time (Original Airdate Jan 9, 2009)
- Frienemies (Original Airdate Dec 19, 2008)
- Conspiracy Theory (Original Airdate Dec 5, 2008)
- Thirty-six Hours (Original Airdate Nov 21, 2008)
- Charlie Don't Surf (Original Airdate Nov 14, 2008)
- Magic Show (Original Airdate Nov 7, 2008)
- Scan Man (Original Airdate Oct 31, 2008)
- Jack of All Trades (Original Airdate Oct 24, 2008)
- Blowback (Original Airdate Oct 17, 2008)
- The Decoy Effect (Original Airdate Oct 10, 2008)
- High Exposure (Original Airdate Oct 3, 2008)
6
- Scratch (Original Airdate Jan 8, 2010)
- Old Soldiers (Original Airdate Dec 4, 2009)
- Con Job (Original Airdate Nov 20, 2009)
- Ultimatum (Original Airdate Nov 13, 2009)
- Shadow Markets (Original Airdate Nov 6, 2009)
- Dreamland (Original Airdate Oct 30, 2009)
- Hydra (Original Airdate Oct 23, 2009)
- Where Credit's Due (Original Airdate Oct 16, 2009)
- 7 Men Out (Original Airdate Oct 9, 2009)
- Friendly Fire (Original Airdate Oct 2, 2009)
- Hangman (Original Airdate Sep 25, 2009)

NUMB3RS Episode: "Chinese Box"

Season 4, Episode 10

Episode Synopsis: A former FBI subcontractor guns down an agent inside the agency's headquarters and takes a member of Don's team hostage. Original Air Date: Dec 14, 2007

"Chinese Box"

Dec 18, 2007 07:05 PM ET
by Todd mason

The last new episode scheduled for 2007 reminded me of a couple of early 1970s films the brilliant The Conversation and the more obscure and not as good if still interesting Report to the Commissioner which was based on a novelas well as seeming to mark the end of Aya Sumikas role on the series though we can hope otherwiseIt begins with a fairly unexceptional mornings business at the FBI offices as Agents Reeves Diane Farr and Sinclair Alimi Ballard prepare to go pick up a suspect less routinely Liz Warner Sumika informs her boss and ex Don Eppes Rob Morrow that shes taking the opportunity to be temporarily reassigned to another unit in the Los Angeles office Eppes is surprised and conflicted but has little time to deal with that since in the lobby of the FBI building a man has charged in brandishing a gun and shooting an agent before charging into an elevator and taking a civilian hostage Sinclair exchanges himself for the hostage over Reevess ob read more

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Premiered: January 23, 2005, on CBS

Rating: TV-14

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Premise: An FBI special agent in Los Angeles teams with his mathematical genius brother to solve crimes. Don, a veteran investigator, relies on hard facts and evidence to catch crooks, while his younger brother Charlie, a brilliant university professor, analyzes mathematical equations and statistics to provide case clues. Sibling film directors Ridley and Tony Scott serve as executive producers.

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