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Numb3rs Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2008 - 2009
Episode 1
High Exposure
Fri, Oct 3, 200855 mins
Charlie's loss of clearance may endanger Don's life when he and Ian Edgerton begin tracking suspects in the murders of two rock climbers.
Episode 2
The Decoy Effect
Fri, Oct 10, 200860 mins
The team races to find a group of kidnappers who have their victims drain their bank accounts using ATMs, and Charlie's attempt to reinstate his clearance is slowed by an agent with an agenda that may include Don.
Episode 3
Blowback
Fri, Oct 17, 200850 mins
Agent McGowan makes his move against Don, and Colby gets a little too involved with one of the suspects in a cop killing.
Episode 4
Jack of All Trades
Fri, Oct 24, 200850 mins
Charlie and Don's fates hang in the balance as the team tracks a white-collar criminal through Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Alan finds out that one of his old planning projects may disappear with a new development by the city.
Episode 5
Scan Man
Fri, Oct 31, 200850 mins
The death of an agent kicks everyone into high gear, but that slows down when their prime suspect turns out to have Autism Spectrum Disorder, Charlie steps on toes re-establishing himself as the resident expert, and Don looks for deeper meaning.
Episode 6
Magic Show
Fri, Nov 7, 200855 mins
David's date at a magic show goes badly when one of the magicians disappears during the trick: which is not supposed to happen. However, thanks to Charlie's skepticism they quickly learn they the female magicians have a history of being con artists, using the disappearance to amp up their rep. However, there may actually be something wrong, when David learns his date was an angler for the trick, and has also gone missing.
Episode 7
Charlie Don't Surf
Fri, Nov 14, 200850 mins
The father of a childhood friend of Don and Charlie asks for Don's help when his son, a former pro surfer, is found dead.
Episode 8
Thirty-Six Hours
Fri, Nov 21, 200860 mins
Just off a long stakeout, Don's weary team puts in another sleepless day-and-a-half when they become part of a rescue/investigation after a freight train transporting toxic chemicals crashes into a passenger train, obliterating the black boxes. As Charlie's bots map the site, Amita tries to determine the collision's cause, Nikki sees only one possible scenario, and David chomps at the bit as more victims are jeopardized.
Episode 9
Conspiracy Theory
Fri, Dec 5, 200841 mins
The team descends into a bit of madness as working with a conspiracy theorist to solve bombing case exposes each of their own peculiar beliefs. Meanwhile, a mysterious stranger saves an agent's life.
Episode 10
Frienemies
Fri, Dec 19, 200843 mins
Charlie and Marshall Penfield work on their collaboration issues when Charlie must consult with him on a case involving robbery, murder and revenge.
Episode 11
Arrow of Time
Fri, Jan 9, 200943 mins
Buck Winters, who murdered and stole with his older lover in the season three premiere, escapes from prison and comes after Don. Don uses his newfound faith to guide him through.
Episode 12
Jacked
Fri, Jan 16, 200960 mins
Charlie's hacking skills are put to the test when the team tries to rescue hostages on a bus. Meanwhile, Alan chafes at his first experience with the think tank model.
Episode 13
Trouble in Chinatown
Fri, Jan 23, 200960 mins
The abduction of an undercover agent brings ex-CIA psychic Simon Kraft back into the Eppes' lives, and while Charlie pursues a scientific solution and Don a procedural one, Kraft's visions lead them toward an ancient ceremony and the loss of another life.
Episode 14
Sneakerhead
Fri, Feb 6, 200943 mins
Limited edition sneakers are stolen from a foreign ambassador.
Episode 15
Guilt Trip
Fri, Feb 13, 200944 mins
When Robin Brooks loses a case involving the murder of an informant, the team takes it very personally. Launching an investigation to get around double jeopardy, and bring justice down on an international arms dealer.
Episode 16
Cover Me
Fri, Feb 27, 200960 mins
An old friend who's a DEA agent agrees to assist Liz in an undercover operation when Charlie uses math to affect the city's drug traffic, but a miscalculation and an addiction endangers both her life and the operation.
Episode 17
First Law
Fri, Mar 6, 200960 mins
When an AI kills the scientist who created her it opens a career door for Charlie, but first he and Amita must determine what happened, putting Amita's life in jeopardy.
Episode 18
12:01 AM
Fri, Mar 13, 200960 mins
Charlie is distracted from applying math to his first basketball-coaching job when a doctor claims to have evidence that clears a death-row inmate, leaving him and the team very little time to be sure real justice occurs.
Episode 19
Animal Rites
Fri, Apr 10, 200960 mins
The team thinks animal rights activists may have been involved in the death of a professor.
Episode 20
The Fifth Man
Fri, Apr 24, 200955 mins
Charlie once again questions his involvement with the FBI when a miscalculation leaves Don in the hospital and his team searching for the reason behind atypical home invasion robberies.
Episode 21
Disturbed
Fri, May 1, 200944 mins
Charlie, still feeling guilty about Don's injury, focuses on finding a frighteningly intelligent serial killer who is meticulous about eliminating all witnesses to his crimes.
Episode 22
Greatest Hits
Fri, May 8, 200955 mins
Disgraced agent Roger Bloom appears to be involved in a string of bank robberies, Charlie resists becoming part of his new office's legacy, and an abduction will forever change the Eppes's lives.
Episode 23
Angels and Devils
Fri, May 15, 200944 mins
Wracked by fear and self-doubt after Amita's abduction, Charlie must somehow focus when she reaches out to him in order to save her before it's too late.
