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Numb3rs Season 3 Episode 3

Provenance

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AIRED: 10/6/06

Don and the rest of the team find themselves in the midst of a confusing case. The investigation into a missing painting turns grim as a murder plot surfaces. Add Nazis to the mix, and things take an even more interesting turn!

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Don and his team are on the trail of a valuable painting stolen from an art museum. Don soon learns the painting is at the center of a lawsuit by a family who claimed it was stolen from them by the Nazis during World War II. More surprises follow.moreless

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By meathead704, Oct 06, 2011

This episode in my opinion is the best episode of Numb3rs to date. While there have been many good episodes of this show none has held my interest and is so well written as this one. Just when you thought you had it all figured out a turn that you didn't see coming (and is very plausible) comes to light. The backstory of Charlie's quarrels with his father actually added to the enjoyment of the episode. It worked on every level and didn't get in the way of the main story. A great episode for sure.moreless
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Charlie learns the hard way

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By OnePerCentClub, Mar 23, 2009

I enjoyed this episode. First of all, the case was very good. All of Charlie's theories were interesting and convincing, it made the whole thing easy to follow. I felt bad for the poor old lady. Having no one trust you because of your age and your memory loss must be terrible. It was good that she got the painting back and that it gave Don an idea to do something for a member of his family.

Charlie. He was a little rude to his father. He owns the house and he expects his father to do things for him, things he's supposed to take care of? Alan was so right. He works and it's great, but there will be one day that he will have to make a decision between his job and his family. It's obvious that Alan wants the best for his sons. And I liked that Charlie listened to him and took over. It only tells me the great job Alan did raising his sons.moreless
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great Great GReat GREat GREAt GREAT

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By ferriswheel01, Feb 11, 2008

I just watched this episode on ITV3 in england and it was brand new so I am still way behind in the newest episodes that have aired which is dissapointing cos I love Numb3rs. This episode was amazing. As I watched it I loved to notice that the plot line wouldn't be the same in another programme. The most intriguing part of this episode was to watch Charlie feel the pressures of adulthood from his dad. Charlie is 5 years younger than Don but they graduated together so he probably gets the same treatment and lectures about adulthood and parenthood as Don does but he probably can't take it. It is always nice to see the brothers struggling with their inner being. It makes the show more human and it gives the characters another side to them that doesn't revolve around work.moreless
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By cavanagh15, Sep 29, 2007

This season is having a little trouble getting that final little jmpstart to episodes that I would raise to a 9.0 or higher. I feel this episode was the worst of the young season and I think that none of the episodes in this seaosn have been all that amazing. The ending wasn't all tat surprising - numb3rs tends to like to use the background character a little too much to explain the mystery.

Non-case storylines have long since been the problem of the show as well. The writers nevr seem to be able to consistantly keep up with all of the outside storylines. Instead of focusing on Charlie/Amita and Larry/Megan they focused all of the story on Charlie and the argument with his father.I found the storyline pretty boring and I think by not staying as consistant with those outside storylines you dont give them much merit and quality to the show. Season 3 is simply average so far for me.moreless
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Nazis, art, ninjas, high-tech theft ... oh my

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By longshot_xfc, Feb 14, 2007

In Provenance we see the usual Numb3rs that we love and trust, the opening seen was great, there was quite a bit of action, non-lethal force and some high-tech art theft.

We also get to learn a little more about Don, apparently he at one time had a French girlfriend, and something else interesting to learn is that he speaks some French.

I like the plot of this episode, mainly because it doesn’t let us forget the injustices against the Jewish people and truly to all of us, whether us or someone we know was part of that period of history we were all hurt by it. May it never be forgotten.

The final twist of the episode was great and leaves you feeling good, the foresight of the original owner of the painting drives him to make a forgery of it before the Nazis come to steal it, and finally after years of gathering dust it is finally found on an old police vault; the painting returns to its original owners with a sense of closure that is well deserved.

Memorable quote “I renounce to all worldly cares for the more sublime pursuits” … Larry.moreless
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Alimi Ballard	David Sinclair
David Krumholtz	Charlie Eppes
Diane Farr	Megan Reeves
Judd Hirsch	Alan Eppes
Navi Rawat	Amita Ramanujan
Peter MacNicol	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt

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Garret Dillahunt	Jack Tollner	Guest Star
Benito Martinez	Arthur Ruiz	Guest Star
Gena Rowlands	Erika Hellman	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (5)
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- Music featured in this episode was "Hallelujah" by k.d. lang (painting revelation and family barbecue scenes).
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- Larry's father was a painter.
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- The title, Provenance, means "place of origin." In the world of art and antiquities, provenance means evidence of a particular work or piece's authenticity, assorted documentation and other means of proving that it is what it is claimed to be, where it came from, who has owned it since, how it comes to be where it is now, etc..
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- Math used in this episode:
  Linear Diophantine Equations
  Quadratic Discriminant Analysis
  A Diffusion Map
  Curvelet Analysis
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- Opening Numb3rs:
  1 FATHERLAND
  1000 YEARS
  800,000 WORKS OF ART
  6 MILLION
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QUOTES (3)
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- David: You speak French?
  Don: There was a girl, once upon a time.
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- Erika Hellman: Family is our anchor to Earth. We lose it, we are adrift.
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- Alan: You can add but you can't hide.
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- International Air Dates:
  The Netherlands: March 28, 2007 on Veronica
  Czech Republic: June 25, 2009 on TV Nova
  Finland: December 18, 2009 on Sub
  Slovakia: January 12, 2011 on JOJ
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- This episode was rated TV-PG (V) in its first network broadcast.
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- Gena Rowlands was credited as Special Guest Star for this episode.
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- Benito Martinez is a cast member of the The Shield. He is the third person from the cast of the popular FX show to make a guest appearance on Numb3rs. The first two were CCH Pounder ("Vector") and Jay Karnes ("Bettor or Worse").
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- This episode was originally slated to play as the fourth episode of the season, but got moved up to air before Traffic.
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