A truck carrying radioactive material is stolen, and the thieves threaten to set off a dirty bomb in L.A. in 12 hours if they aren't paid $20 million. While Don attempts to track down the truck, Charlie tries to come up with the most likely location where the bomb may be detonated to inflict the most damage to the population. I thought the highlight of the episode was the part of Charlies Risk Assestment math equations. Watching Charlie be able to use math to break suspects we were unwilling to talk was great. I thought that the infiltration at the end of the episode was great too.
There remains to be no more personal involvement in the series, which remains to be the only downfall of the series. Good episodemoreless
A truck carrying radioactive material is stolen, and the thieves threaten to set off a dirty bomb in L.A. in 12 hours if they aren't paid $20 million. While Don attempts to track down the truck, Charlie tries to come up with the most likely location where the bomb may be detonated to inflict the most damage to the population.moreless
 Judd Hirsch |
Alan Eppes |
 David Krumholtz |
Charlie Eppes |
 Peter MacNicol |
Dr. Larry Fleinhardt |
 Alimi Ballard |
David Sinclair |
 Rob Morrow |
Don Eppes |
 Sabrina Lloyd |
Terry Lake |
 David Marshall Grant |
Brent Hauser |
Guest Star |
Jack Howard |
Mark Watson |
Guest Star |
 Ron Dean |
Peter Watson |
Guest Star |
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TRIVIA (9)
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The opening figures refer to "500g of Nuclear Material." These are the wrong units to determine the hazard level in a radiological sample. The "Curie content" describes, roughly, how much radiation will be given off, and is not tied directly to the sample's mass. 500g of Cesium-137 (the isotope being discussed in the episode) could well be less radioactive than 1g of a different isotope.
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Charlie: It's game theory.
Game Theory is a topic taught in mathematics classes such as applied combinatorics, and in economics classes such as industrial organization. It involves searching for the best strategy contingent upon what another player will or will not do. -
Alan: You talk like a meteor is about to hit the earth!
We hear Larry talk about near-Earth asterioids. In general, these are asteroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and may, therefore, pose a collision danger as well as being most easily accessible for spacecraft from Earth. In fact, some near-Earth asteroids can be reached with much less delta-v than it takes to reach the Moon. The most famous near-Earth asteroid was 433 Eros that was visited by NASA's Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous probe. -
The MATH:
Game Theory - A mathematical method of decision-making in which a competitive situation is analyzed to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.
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Opening numbers:
500 g NUCLEAR MATERIAL
20 kg EXPLOSIVE
400 THREATS
1 DIRTY BOMB -
The electronic code to get into the vault is 5-4-8-9-6.
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When the trashcan bomb first goes off, we see a firefighter engulfed in the flames. But when it goes to the wider shot to catch the fireball, there's no one there.
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If the backup car has two people with two radios, why don't we hear feedback between the two or at least hear the sound of one man's voice on the other?
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At the way end, when they are about to storm the warehouse where the truck is being kept, the camera pans out to show the whole team running to line up next to the wall along the entrance. If you look closely, you can see Agent Terry Lake is wearing high heels. Who wears high heels on a field mission like that? If you're in the FBI, knowing you have to be ready to leave and dive right in at any moment, would you wear heels?
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QUOTES (11)
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Don: What, you didn't think I'd have a back-up plan?
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Charlie: In the first place, uh, we-we're not even sure that there, that there is a bomb, so....
Alan: Bomb?
Charlie: Well, we don't know where it's gonna go off.
Alan: Well maybe not, but I would suggest that people quickly taking a ride out of town in an easterly direction might be of help right now.
Larry: Well, possibly not with these current wind conditions. -
Don: Look, what you hear stays in this room.
Larry: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Don: A truck carrying three casks of this stuff was hijacked this morning.
Larry: Oh, that's not optimal. -
Houser: We're fairly confident that hasn't happened yet.
Don: You're fairly confident? -
Alan: Listen, Charlie, if you've got one failing it's only that you don't think like a criminal... 'Course what does that say about me?
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Alan: I think I understand why you like helping Don so much. It's not a bad feeling.
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Charlie: This is truth. The math proves it.
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Larry: Perhaps it would be best to inform your father of the impending Armageddon.
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Charlie: So for instance... umm. Say two people were to commit a crime. Now, if neither of them talk, they each get a year. If one of them talks, he gets no time at all... and the other gets five years. If both of them talk, they each get two years. So you see, unless they can trust each other not to say anything, talking is the best strategy.
Don: Yeah, but I already told you, they're not talking.
Charlie: Well, maybe that's because none of them realize how much the others have to lose. -
Charlie: Look, and evacuation without information will lead to mass public panic!
Alan: Well, speaking for the huddled masses, I'd rather not have some government official making that decision for me right now, thank you very much. -
Charlie: Crazy equations? No, I did a risk assessment analysis based on a model used to determine a bank's exposure to mutual credit obligations. That's what I did.
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NOTES (3)
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International Episode Titles:
Czech Republic: Špinavá bomba (Dirty Bomb) -
International Airdates:
Czech Republic: July 28, 2008 on TV Nova
Slovakia: October 19, 2009 on JOJ -
This episode is rated TVPG-V.
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ALLUSIONS (1)
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When Larry mentions the impending Armegeddon, and Alan questions him about meteors, it is a possible reference to the 1998 movie Armegeddon about an near collision with an asteroid.
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