Numb3rs
When Worlds Collide
Friday 16 May 2008 on CBS

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.

According to a National Science Foundation press release dated April 16, 2007, Numb3rs, as well as Cheryl Heuton and Nick Falacci, received a National Science Board group Public Service Award for 2007 on May 14, 2007, at the State Department in Washington, D.C. (edit) Cheryl and Nick met in 1990 while rock climbing in Southern California's Topanga Canyon. They were married a year later and they moved to New York. (edit) The character of Charlie and Don's Aunt Irene, not seen in the episode "Assassin," was named after Cheryl Heuton's grandmother's sister's daughter.
(edit) Cheryl and Nick have pet snails in their backyard. (edit) Cheryl Heuton loves to cook. Some of her favorite things to prepare are Mexican dishes, and roasting chickens and turkeys. She loves complex dishes and she loves a simple roasted ear of corn.

She likes to marinate things and have Nick barbecue them. She also has a wide variety of pasta sauces.

She enjoys spending all day in the kitchen for holiday meals and she makes a mean butternut squash soup. (edit)

Cheryl Heuton: (discussing Numb3rs) The task each week is finding the balance between the math and the action. Then, because the lead guys are brothers, it pulls in the father. So we also have to find the balance between their home life and the work at both the college and the FBI. (edit) Cheryl Heuton: Nick and I felt that a mathematician could be an exciting TV character because many mathematicians are natural detectives and inventive problem-solvers. Because of their creativity and rigorous training in logic, they often have a unique way of looking at the world. CBS was quick to understand that the amazing things being done with math today could be the basis of a new kind of crime show. We designed it around a family to give it a strong emotional basis, and to show the audience the human side of both the mathematician and his FBI agent brother. The math gave people something new to think about, even though it's already a constant and vital part of their lives. We hope the show brings home that reality, and encourages more people to be excited about math and science. (edit) Cheryl Heuton: (on her husband and their successful partnership) We're a very balanced partnership in terms of ideas and who writes. He's better at production issues and I'm probably better at story planning and story analysis. (edit) The Family Friendly Programming Forum, an umbrella group encompassing many major advertisers, named Numb3rs the best drama series at the eighth annual awards ceremony. Cheryl Heuton said when she developed the series, she expected it would draw an adult audience as well as a cult following, but the chemistry between Rob Morrow and David Krumholtz wasn't not expected as well as the show clicking with school children. She was quoted as saying:

Cheryl Heuton: That's been really surprising to us. We didn't plan it that way, and we didn't expect it. We're really gratified. (edit) In a press release issued September 18, 2006, regarding the decision by TI and CBS to continue using the award-winning national math education program, "We All Use Math Every Day," for the third season of NUMB3RS:

Cheryl Heuton: It is rewarding to know that, alongside TI and NCTM, we are continuing to provide resources and tools to help educators inspire their students. (edit)

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Numb3rs Noisy Edge	Numb3rs Pilot
Numb3rs Uncertainty Principle	Numb3rs When Worlds Collide n/a
Numb3rs Velocity n/a	Numb3rs Graphic n/a

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Numb3rs Spree Creator	Numb3rs Two Daughters Creator
Numb3rs Money For Nothing Creator	Numb3rs When Worlds Collide n/a
Numb3rs Longshot Creator	Numb3rs Traffic Creator