Numb3rs Season 3 | |||
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Country of origin | United States | ||
No. of episodes | 24 | ||
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Original channel | CBS | ||
Original run | September 22, 2006 | – May 18, 2007||
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DVD release date | September 25, 2007 | ||
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Season three of Numb3rs, an American television series, premiered on September 22, 2006 with the episode "Spree" and had its season finale "The Janus List" on May 18, 2007. Charlie and Amita intensify their relationship, as do Larry and Megan. Amita has troubles adjusting in her new role as a CalSci professor, and Larry announces his leave of absence—he will be on the space station for six months, which greatly distresses Charlie. Dr. Mildred Finch, the newly-appointed Chair of the CalSci Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy Division, initially troubles Charlie and his colleagues, as Alan dates her. Don dates Agent Liz Warner, questions his ethics and self-worth, and receives counseling. Charlie sees Don's therapist and the two understand one another more. Alan engages in some FBI consulting with his knowledge of engineering, and Larry returns from the space station, although disillusioned. The finale wraps up with a revelation that shakes the whole team.
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38 | 1 | "Spree (Part 1)" | John Behring | Ken Sanzel | 11.35[1] | September 22, 2006 | 301 |
Don is on the trail of a criminal couple consisting of a 30 year old teacher and a 17 year student who are committing crimes across the country. Charlie and Amita's relationship changes and Alan decides to move out. The episode ends in a cliffhanger with Crystal Hoyle, the 30-year-old teacher, taking Megan hostage. Mathematics used: Pursuit curves and geodesic sphere |
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39 | 2 | "Two Daughters (Part 2)" | Alex Zakrzewski | Ken Sanzel | 10.69[2] | September 29, 2006 | 302 |
A continuation of "Spree" Mathematics used: Polar spirals and parametric equations |
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40 | 3 | "Provenance" | David Von Ancken | Don McGill | 11.07[3] | October 6, 2006 | 303 |
A famous Nazi-looted painting is stolen from a museum and a related murder surfaces. Mathematics used: Linear diophantine equations, curvelet analysis, Craquelure and discriminant analysis |
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41 | 4 | "The Mole" | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Robert Port | 10.89[4] | October 13, 2006 | 304 |
The death of a Chinese interpreter leads Don and his team to investigate a possible mole from within the Department of Justice. Colby covers up information on Don's case for a friend (Shawn Hatosy). Charlie is upset when Larry publishes a paper without his help. Mathematics used: Steady Motion Algorithm, Curtate cycloid, symmetry and combinatorics |
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42 | 5 | "Traffic" | J. Miller Tobin | Nicolas Falacci & Cheryl Heuton | 11.95[5] | October 20, 2006 | 305 |
A series of violent highway attacks which appear to be random puzzles Don and his team. Mathematics used: Randomness, partial differential equations and traffic flow |
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43 | 6 | "Longshot" | John Behring | J. David Harden | 11.09[6] | October 27, 2006 | 306 |
The team investigates the death of a man armed with a sophisticated statistical analysis that can identify the winning horse at a race track. Mathematics used: Probability, arbitrage betting and data mining |
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44 | 7 | "Blackout" | Scott Lautanen | Andrew Dettman | 11.08[7] | November 3, 2006 | 307 |
After an attack on a power station which left parts of Los Angeles in the dark, the team must find the assailant's real target. Mathematics used: Set Theory, Center of mass, harmonic series, directed graph, Load flow analysis and Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition |
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45 | 8 | "Hardball" | Fred Keller | Nicolas Falacci & Cheryl Heuton | 11.76[8] | November 10, 2006 | 308 |
A minor league baseball player is found dead of steroid abuse, leading the investigators to an unusual chain of suspects. Mathematics used: Sabermetrics and Shiryaev-Roberts change-point analysis |
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46 | 9 | "Waste Not" | J. Miller Tobin | Julie Hébert | 10.73[9] | November 17, 2006 | 309 |
Mysterious cancer clusters are found around a number of elementary schools whose playgrounds were all paved by the same company. A new CalSci administrator annoys Charlie and his colleagues, while Alan dates her. Mathematics used: Groundwater flow equation, cancer clusters, seismic tomography and Kac–Moody algebra |
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47 | 10 | "Brutus" | Oz Scott | Ken Sanzel | 11.73[10] | November 24, 2006 | 310 |
A California State Senator and a psychiatrist—neither have much in common with the other except for one thing...they both turn up dead on Don's watch. While the circumstances of their deaths are different, Don thinks the two murders are related, and tries to prove his hunch right. What he finds may bring to light a deep secret the government has been hiding for years. Mathematics used: Network flow, network theory, Euclid's Orchard and target selection theory |
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48 | 11 | "Killer Chat" | Chris Hartwill | Don McGill | 11.23[11] | December 15, 2006 | 311 |
Don and Charlie track a killer who has murdered several sex predators. The predators took advantage of teenage girls they met in chat rooms. Meanwhile, Larry is ready to begin an adventure with NASA. Mathematics used: Statistical Textual Analysis and principal components analysis |
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49 | 12 | "Nine Wives" | Julie Hébert | Julie Hébert | 12.35[12] | January 5, 2007 | 312 |
Don, Charlie, and the team search for a polygamist who is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for rape and murder. Mathematics used: Lévy flights, Inbreeding coefficients and kinship chains |
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50 | 13 | "Finders Keepers" | Colin Bucksey | Andrew Dettman | 11.58[13] | January 12, 2007 | 313 |
After an extremely expensive yacht sinks in the middle of a race, Charlie is put between a rock and a hard place when Don and the NSA need his help on the case. Mathematics used: Fluid dynamics, constraint and optimization |
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51 | 14 | "Take Out" | Leslie Libman | Sean Crouch | 10.91[14] | February 2, 2007 | 314 |
When two police officers are killed while eating dinner out, Charlie tries to figure out where the killers will strike next. Don's superiors make him see the department shrink. Mathematics used: Outliers and data mining |
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52 | 15 | "End of Watch" | Michael Watkins | Robert Port & Mark Llewellyn | 11.23[15] | February 9, 2007 | 315 |
Don and the team reopen a cold case when an LAPD badge turns up at a construction site. When Charlie joins the investigation, they attempt to track down the owner of the badge, an officer who has been missing 17 years. Meanwhile, Alan is informed that he's being sued. Mathematics used: Laser Swath Mapping and quantum mechanics |
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53 | 16 | "Contenders" | Alex Zakrzewski | J. David Harden | 10.69[16] | February 16, 2007 | 316 |
One of David's closest friends is called into question after a man dies during an Mixed martial arts sparring match. 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. Mathematics used: Kruskal's algorithm and Flow network |
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54 | 17 | "One Hour" | J. Miller Tobin | Ken Sanzel | 11.02[17] | February 23, 2007 | 317 |
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. Mathematics used: 'Cake-cutting' algorithm, logic maze and state diagram |
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55 | 18 | "Democracy" | Steve Boyum | Nicolas Falacci & Cheryl Heuton | 10.29[18] | March 9, 2007 | 318 |
Several area murders seem to be tied to voter fraud. Don, Charlie, and the team must find the killers before they strike again. Mathematics used: Statistics, probability theory, metadata and organizational theory |
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56 | 19 | "Pandora's Box" | Dennis Smith | Andrew Black | 10.74[19] | March 30, 2007 | 319 |
When a jet crashes in the middle of a forest, Charlie suspects that there is more to the crash than meets the eye. Mathematics used: Ito-Stratonovich drift integrals and wavelet deconvolution |
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57 | 20 | "Burn Rate" | Frederick K. Keller | Don McGill | 10.93[20] | April 6, 2007 | 320 |
Don and Charlie hunt for a serial letter bomber and disagree over whether a key suspect, a physics professor working as a consultant on explosives for the Department of Defense who eluded conviction once before, is responsible for the latest murder. Mathematics used: Explosions, paradigm shift, coherence and outliers |
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58 | 21 | "The Art of Reckoning" | John Behring | Juile Hébert | 10.15[21] | April 27, 2007 | 321 |
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. Larry returns from his NASA mission. Mathematics used: Probability theory and tit for tat |
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59 | 22 | "Under Pressure" | J. Miller Tobin | Andrew Dettman | 9.51[22] | May 4, 2007 | 322 |
Don, Charlie and the team take on unknown terrorists who may be using nerve gas to undermine the city's water supply. Mathematics used: Social network analysis |
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60 | 23 | "Money For Nothing" | Stephen Gyllenhaal | Nicolas Falacci & Cheryl Heuton | 10.03[23] | May 11, 2007 | 323 |
$50 million dollars in medical relief is stolen. Someone other than the FBI wants to recover the shipment. Don and the team find themselves pitted against blackmarketeers in a race for the supplies. Mathematics used: Greedy algorithm and Dijkstra's algorithm |
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61 | 24 | "The Janus List" | John Behring | Robert Port & Ken Sanzel | 10.18[24] | May 18, 2007 | 324 |
In the wake of a deadly standoff with a mysterious, yet brilliant bomber, Don and Charlie discover that he was poisoned to keep him from exposing a secret. Mathematics used: Merkle-Hellman, Wheat and Chessboard Problem, straddling checkerboard, substitution cipher, Bacon's cipher, knapsack problem and Lorentz force |
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