Numb3rs

Obsession

Season 2, Episode 4, Aired 10/7/05

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The FBI becomes involved in the stalking of a popular singer after she is threatened by an intruder in her house and reveals a series of threatening letters she's received through the mail. Charlie determines the letters are from two different people after analyzing the handwriting. When a photographer is found dead near the singer's house, Don believes the photographer was murdered and his death is somehow related to the stalking case. ''moreless

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Rob Morrow

Don Eppes
Peter MacNicol

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Navi Rawat

Amita Ramanujan

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By gopink, Jun 23, 2011 Report Abuse

Larry brought new car, but it is very old car! Honestly, I don't like old cars. I love future cars anyway. Anyway, Charlie tried to get clear picture of stalker in Sklyar's home. This episode is kind okay. But it started to get boring of this episode. I want exciting, shocking episode. This episode is normal. Sklyar had affair with someone, because her husband is alway at work, filming in Europe. So she want to get more love. She is idiot, if she don't like her husband, why not she divorce or ? Anway, this episode is okay, bit boring, and very little exciting to watch.moreless

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By cavanagh15, Feb 13, 2007 Report Abuse

I thought this was one of the better numbers episodes to date and mainly thats because I thought the case stood miles above some of the other ones that they have done. The math used in this case isnt something that any of us could really relate too, the gymnastics pun was just an elemnetary example of what Charlie was trying to do. I thought the case in general and who was behind the murder was a shock and I thought the ending to this particular show was great. I liked some of the personal conversations in this episode to. Between the mystery note and the new car. I only hope that numbers doesnt just lose the mystery note entirely, thought thats what they tend to do (lose random sub stories)moreless

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An impressive episode about the harsh life of a star.

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By sky_vista, Feb 11, 2006 Report Abuse

True, that is what most shows have an episode of, however this episode puts in an even darker light then most do. At first, it looked like an usual episode about how stars are not very glamourous due to the fact that they get stalked, however it goes even deeper. The murder of a photographer changes the episode. The photographer was going to take pictures of a famous rapper and the star so she takes action and... kills him. The fact is that that could happen to a star, they could be pressured so much that they feel that murder is a possiblity. The subplot of Charlie's secret admirer is also impressive. It just kind of blended into the main plot and it kept you wondering just as much. I must say that the math was interesting. So I give it with all honesty, a 10/10 due to all the impressive factors.moreless

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Better than the first 2 episodes...

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By thern84, Nov 11, 2005 Report Abuse

Finally numb3rs is back. It's educational, refreshing, and interesting. It allows the viewers to learn the math behind many common things that we take advantage of from day to day. It provides the right amount of educational information and most of all, illustrates it in such a way for audiences to grasp them easily.

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It is hard to feel sorry for the rich and famous. They seem to have it all. However, this show highlights that many of them can't find happiness in the spotlight.moreless

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By danasdude, Oct 24, 2005 Report Abuse

Paparazzi is a term that has slowly seeped into American culture. There is big bucks in celebrity stalking. There is even bigger bucks in catching celebrity scandels. The female victim here is a famous singer married to a MIA actor.
The coolest part of the show involves Larry's purchase of an antique vehicle. His love for the car as a thing of beauty parallels the singer's story.
Oh, and Charlie has a secred admirer who is not his would be girlfriend. They did not reveal who it was, and they may never. This may be like the DA in the season premiere who seems to have disappeared. Apparently fame is fleeting.moreless

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Trivia
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- Larry's new car is actually owned by Peter MacNicol who lent it to the show. Edit
- The MATH used in this episode was: Trigonometry and the art gallery problem. Edit
- Larry's new car in this episode is a 1931 Ford Model A. Edit
Notes
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Posedlost (Obsession) Edit
- International Airdates: Czech Republic: May 20, 2009 on TV Nova Slovakia: October 29, 2009 on JOJ Edit
- Music: "In The Waiting Line" by Zero 7. Edit
Quotes
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- Larry: '31 actually. Dawn of an amazing decade. FDR, Jesse Owens, Dirac's prediction of anti-particles. Yeah, our souls were rekindled. Charlie: I can't help but see it as seventy year old technology. Larry: You're just jealous because you can't drive a stick shift. Charlie: Hey, you can't beat automatic transmission with cruise control. Edit
- Don: Fame for privacy? Are you kidding? Not me, no thank you. Edit
- Alan: Since when does a college professor receive anonymous fan letters? Charlie: Are you kidding? Richard Fineman was a stud, he got marriage proposals by the dozen. Einstein was a true sex symbol. Edit
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- Larry: They say that Alfred Nobel's mistress had an affair with a very famous mathematician. So, naturally, Nobel wouldn't want to share his prize with his rival. Larry mentions the alleged rivalry between Alfred Nobel, whose will instituted the Nobel Prizes, and Gösta Mittag-Leffler, the mathematician who would have had a relationship with Nobel's wife. This legend is discredited though, for the two of them couldn't have had enough contact in their lifetimes, there is no historical evidence, and Nobel never got married after all. More likely, the thought of creating a Math Prize never occurred to Nobel, for he was only concerned about practical sciences. Edit
- Megan: ... will experience some form of stalking in their lifetime. It starts with flower ... and then letters ... and then dead bunnies. This is a reference to the movie Fatal Attraction. At one point in the movie, a pet bunny is killed. Edit
- Larry: '31 actually. Dawn of an amazing decade. FDR, Jesse Owens, Dirac's prediction of anti-particles. In 1928 the physicist Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac found a relativistic quantum-mechanical equation of motion for electrons, the so-called Dirac-Equation. This equation also contains solutions for a particle with the opposite electrical charge of an electron. After some confusion about the meaning of these extra solutions, in 1931, Dirac interpreted them as the not-yet found anti-particle to the electron, the positron. It was first observed in an experiment in 1932, which proved Dirac's interpretation right. Edit