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Numb3rs Season 5 Episode 16

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AIRED: 2/27/09

Charlie puts together a plan to stop a dangerous drug from hitting the streets of L.A., but his plan endangers the life of one of Don's agents.

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A classic Numb3rs episode

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By lolajohnston, Jan 17, 2011

The thing I like most about Numb3rs is that it never gets boring and there are rarely two simillar episodes. Which by all means is already great. The show is in its 5th season and the ratings are still high. I just don't understand why it doesn' get as much media attention as some of the others crime shows..

So, about this episode-it had almost everything that a great numb3rs episode must have-interesting plot line, brotherly moments, humour, action, adventure.. Of course as many of the others Numb3rs fans I kinda miss Larry! When are we going to see him again? But Amita is back, so that's great.

As much as I like Liz and her storyline, I'm more of a Colby Granger fan and I'd really love to see some Colby-centered episodes. I hope I'll have them soon =)

So, this was a great episode, I'm giving it 9,5 coz I really miss Larry..moreless
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Cool, just when i thought i couldnt love Rob Morrow any more he goes and directs this episode!!!!!!!!

8.0

By DeodatusGirl, Mar 02, 2009

I loved the 'use' of alan hanging out with Robin and amita meddling in his boy's lives!!! the ending was the sweetest sequence they've had in ages. the story line was interesting if a bit odd however i think David did very well dealing with Liz, and therefore his promotion!

this episode left a few unanswered questions too, will Alan hint at charlie? will Don take that long weekend, but ultimately we trust this show not to wow the audience with too many things to handle at once this is why we love it on the other hand though SOMETHING has to happen sometime the answers to those questions give us an idea for the future.

Bottom line we needed the character Dev. BTW Where has Larry gone?moreless
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Not my favorite.

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By saleblanc, Mar 01, 2009

I liked the idea concept for this episode and thank's to a certain reality show, I knew about Hawaiian Ice so it made it a little bit more believable. I think Charlie had the right idea, a kinda of drug forecasting. Liz going undercover with David as her handler was an interesting twist but I thought it was carried off pretty well. I liked the added dimension of Liz and a former love interest who now works for the DEA getting her on the inside. The comic relief of the episode was Alan's competetiveness is seeing CALTech's basketball team win a game was perfect knowing his character. But what made it even better was the bonding time between Alan and Amita.moreless
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Solid show

9.5

By jared85, Mar 01, 2009

What can I say about Numb3rs? Five years and still making interesting stories. I like how they've been using Liz recently but I don't get why some of the stars have been away in some many episodes. I'm not sure but since Megan left, I feel the show lost some of its feminine "touch".

Don't get me wrong, I like Liz but Megan had more backstory laid out to us and way more charisma.

The Nikki Betancourt character was a fine add to the cast but can't really compare her to Megan, can we?

Well, overall, its going fine but I'd really like to see more math going on, especially involving all the "brain trust".. Amita, Charlie and Larry.. the latter being missing for several episodes so far..moreless
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Aya Sumika	Special Agent Liz Warner
Alimi Ballard	David Sinclair
David Krumholtz	Charlie Eppes
Dylan Bruno	Colby Granger
Navi Rawat	Amita Ramanujan
Rob Morrow	Don Eppes

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Eion Bailey	Cam	Guest Star
Lorraine Toussaint	Agent Terri Green	Guest Star
Don Harvey	Pritchard	Guest Star

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- David has been promoted to Relief Supervisor, meaning that if Don is not present, David is in charge of the team.
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- Both Amita and Charlie were valedictorians in high school.
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- As of this episode, the basketball team at CalSci has had 283 consecutive losses; they have not won a game since 1986.
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- Opening Numbers:
  119 SCHEDULE I DRUGS
  1.8 MILLION DRUG ARRESTS
  4 DEALERS
  1 MATHEMATICIAN
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QUOTES (9)
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- Don: Look, anytime you have an idea like this, my door's wide open.
  Charlie: Technically you don't have a door, you have a cubicle.
  (Don throws a pillow at him.)
  Charlie: I have a door.
  (The brothers start a pillow fight).
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- Charlie: Whatever happened to the 'it's not whether you win or lose' stuff you preached to me when I was a kid?
  Alan: Charlie, you were a kid. And no offense, but I knew we weren't looking at the possibility of an athletic scholarship.
  Charlie: Gee, thanks.
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- Colby: (watching Liz get out of the car) Yeah, Don made the right choice. No way I could have pulled off that outfit.
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- (David and Liz are arguing about whether she took the right action or not)
  Don: Ok, stop, all of you! In here, now!
  Colby: What did I do?
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- David: Don't even think about it... (Liz gets into a car, as she was instructed not to do) Liz, that is not part of the plan.
  Colby: That's the thing about plans, man. They're great right until up until the minute you put'em into action.
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- Colby: And why would a DEA agent risk his cover to help out the FBI?
  Liz: Well, he wouldn't do it for the FBI. But he would do it for me.
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- David: You still think this is a bad idea?
  Colby: I never said it was a bad idea.
  David: You never said it was a good one, though.
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- (Alan walks in)
  Charlie: Oh hey. How was the game?
  Alan: How was the game? I have probably not been to a worse basketball game my entire life. Cal Sci got crushed.
  Amita: An interesting fact about the Cal Sci team is that there are actually more high school valevictorians on the squad then guys who played high school basketball.
  Alan: Well tonight they played like a bunch of valevictorians.
  Amita: Hey!
  Charlie: Watch it now.
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- Don: Y'know, we just got to fight the little battles.
  Charlie: Even if there's no shot at winning the war.
  Don: Things are better today then they were yesterday, right?
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NOTES (3)
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- International Air Dates:
  
  The Netherlands: May 17, 2009 on Veronica
  
  Norway: July 30, 2009 on TV2
  
  Czech Republic: June 15, 2010 on TV Nova
  
  Finland: June 5, 2012 on Sub
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- Music used in this episode was "This Is the End" by She Wants Revenge (opening scenes) and "Get Caught" by Jon McKiel (closing scenes).
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- This episode was rated TV-PG (DLV) in its first network broadcast.
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