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AIRED: 5/19/06

Don investigates the murders of two young women found in their cars outside their homes. Their deaths were made to look like drug overdoses, but Don realizes a serial killer is responsible. Meanwhile, Charlie is having bizarre dreams about his parents. In one dream, his deceased mother appears and tells him he has a question to ask her, but he can't imagine what it could be.moreless

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So much potential, too little time.

9.0

By judiously, Aug 18, 2009

I found the serial killer plot compelling and full of potential, considering the psychopathâ€™s relationship with his mother, his home movie studio in the guest house, and his method of using, abusing, killing, and posing his victims. But with few precious minutes available between the unrelated dream sequences, ultimately the crimes and the investigation felt rushed. Also, when Don was fighting the suspect alone and was injected with what was presumably the same lethal cocktail that was used on the female victims, he collapsed unconscious just after shooting the suspect. Thenâ€¦ nothing. There was no rescue, no sense of the gravity of Donâ€™s injury, and not even a reaction from his team when Don radioed â€œagent downâ€�, although in other episodes the team has show that they care deeply for each other. Instead the scene just faded into a distracting dream sequence between Charlie and his mom, and next we see Don sitting in the dining room filling out paperwork on the shooting. I really, really wanted to see more from this episode. It had so much more potential than what was aired and I found myself actually hoping it was a cliffhanger into Season 3 since I felt they left the various plots and dream sequences unresolved.moreless
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Below par episode.

7.0

By AvatarBlue, Sep 23, 2008

A convincing opening scene provides the hope for a sensational season climax. Unfortunately the only cliff hanger is provide by what should be a sub-plot cliffhanger at best - Charlie and Amita's on-off relationship.

And this is where the show imo goes off the rails and doesnt provide the bang it show have done. That is because there is a fair element of character development chronicling past events with Mrs. Eppes through a series of dreams had by Charlie and Alan. Now while Id ordinarily appauld the inclusion of these, they would have been better experienced throughout the season and not bundled into the same episode, especially not the finale. As it is, this event dumping takes alot away from what in any other episode would could have been a spectacular plot and storyline. Serial killers always provide a great action packed and dramatic show, but the crime, investigation and eventual resolution are never given the air time they should have. In actual fact the writers missed a trick by not overlapping the latter middle and final acts of the story onto the 1st episode of the next season.

To be honest I found the chopping and changing of plot threads confusing and lessened the tension of what was happening. It rose to such a level that I found myself trying to grasp if there was any connection between what was happening in the Eppes homelife and worklife. Perhaps Alan was going to become a target or someone he was dating, or the crime was somehow going to be linked to Mrs. Eppes. Sadly nothing like this materialised and I ended up feeling shortchanged. A decent episode, but I ponder what could have been.....moreless
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8.3

By cavanagh15, Mar 12, 2007

The big problem for me with this episode is that it didn't feel very "finale". It was just a standard episode of numbers and the "outside the case" scenes were worse then they usually are. I didnt like the dream scenes with Charlies mother, I didnt think they brought anything unique to the episode. It seemed like the writers needed a filler because they are unsure what to do with Amitas character, so they wrote in a part about Charlies mom so they could get to the end of the episode as quickly as possible which would give them enough time to decide what to do with Charlie and Amita. Because Numbers is simply a crime drama, I wasnt watching with the intensity I normally watch finales with. Average episode overall, hopefully the writing can get a little bit better next season.moreless
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This was an okay episode.

7.2

By wan_ching, Mar 08, 2007

Nothing really happen in this episode. Charlie and Alan was having weird dreams about his mother and wife, and it was solve when Charlie had to asked his mother one question. They also didn’t answer the question about Amita and Charlie.

The case that Don was working on nothing much happen till when Don get hurt at the very end of the show and at least it was a cliff-hanger. Don could at least wait for back up to come, but then I guess someone was endanger, so he had to go in.

Overall I think this season have good, because I like the relationship of the family, I thought they are very much closer then the first season.moreless
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They could have done more...

7.0

By baby_binh, Aug 24, 2006

From the beginning of the show, it showed a lot of promise to accomplish some real character development. But it did not. The storyline between Charlie and Amita (or love vs work) could have been fleshed out, especially if only Charlie asked for his mother's help. The story arc with the dad and mother did not go anywhere. It was a shame Don did not see his mother, even in dream form. Finally, the murder investigation was uninteresting. Ultimately, the season finale could have been more with no real character development and a bland crime-solving subplot.moreless
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Alimi Ballard	David Sinclair
David Krumholtz	Charlie Eppes
Diane Farr	Megan Reeves
Dylan Bruno	Colby Granger
Judd Hirsch	Alan Eppes
Navi Rawat	Amita Ramanujan

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JoBeth Williams	Margaret Eppes	Guest Star
Olympia Dukakis	Charlotte Yates	Guest Star
Kim Strauss	Chandler Yates	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (11)
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- The MATH in this episode included:
  
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  Parabolic Equations and Probability.
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- This episode features the Dyson Vacuum cleaner in a relatively subtle instance of product placement. The vacuum was used to introduce the mathematical methodology to discover a lead in the case.
  In the end credits, Dyson is billed "Sponsored in Part by."
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- The third dead girl's chest moves (breathing) as she sits in the car.
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- Opening Numbers:
  24 FRAMES PER SECOND
  50 MILLIGRAMS
  5 SLEEP CYCLES
  1 SYRINGE
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- Don's radio call sign number is 3695.
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- Larry's mother died two years ago.
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- Charlie doesn't like pancakes, but Don does.
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- In the ending scene with the family photograph, the photos of the different actors were taken from different parts of their careers (e.g, Charlie's was of David Krumholtz when he played on E.R., etc.).
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- In this episode, Larry mentions recurring dreams of his Aunt Louise eating his flesh. He had previously mentioned recurring dreams of her stealing his organs.
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- The theme song/credits do not appear in this episode.
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- Larry mentions that he doesn't dream but surely as someone as scientifically intelligent as Larry would know that everyone dreams; it's just that some recall their dreams more easily than others.
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- Charlie: (to Don) I don't even dream normal.
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- Margaret: I just want you all to be happy.
  Alan: Then you shouldn't have died.
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- Chandler: (On tape) Wanna see?
  Megan: What I want to see is you fry!
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- International Episode Titles:
  Czech Republic: Předávkování (Overdose)
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- International Airdates:
  Czech Republic: June 22, 2009 on TV Nova
  Slovakia: December 8, 2009 on JOJ
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- This episode is rated: TV14-SV.
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- "Everybody Wants To Rule The World" by Tears for Fears was being played during the opening scene.
  
  The song heard during the closing scene was "Shelter from the Storm" by Bob Dylan.
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- Part of the opening scene was filmed at McCowans, a locally owned market in San Pedro, California.
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