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Numb3rs

Velocity

Season 4, Episode 3, Aired 10/12/07

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When a car crashes into a busy coffee shop, the team discovers the fatal act might not have been an accident.

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Dylan Bruno

Colby Granger
Judd Hirsch

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Rob Morrow

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What appears to be a street racing accident gets complicated when the driver, or who they assume is the driver, winds up with secondary injuries apart from the crash.

9.5

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By animalgrace, Nov 06, 2010 Report Abuse

Great episode. I watched it twice. *Spoilers*
I thought it was a bit of a stretch that there "happen" to be a former streetracer at the coffee shop. However, since they clarified that the races were purposly racing in front of the former racer, then it cleared it up. Kind of... What I did not like was the fact that I saw the kid crawl out of the trunk. So I was left nearly the entire episode thinking that I had misunderstood what I saw. They were calling him the driver, so I must have been mistaken. He didn't really crawl out of the trunk. But yes, he did. I was too preoccupied with that to enjoy the mystery of it. Perhaps if they had not shown the audience that the kid was in the trunk to begin with, it would have been a better mystery. At least for me.

A new character is introduced. Ray Galuski is a mechanical engineer. He is played by Chris Bauer, I personally loved his work on 3rd Watch, and was glad to see him. His character is very likeable and I am hoping to see more of him. Plus, he was totally crushing on Megan, dude!

There are some great character development scenes. A scene with Alan and Amita, and Larry is there to - at least in body, where she had left her pda in the hallway and he was returning it. She was very embarassed, I am assuming because it was proof that she had spent the night with Charlie. Alan says something like "We are all adults", and continues awkwardly that when he was her age he was already married, and "had a kid". I don't know if he was trying to make her feel more comfortable or hinting that he would like some grand children.... we'll have to wait and see about that one.

David is still moody with Colby. Get over it already. What are you? 12? But he did make an attempt, he found Colby's special fishing lure and left it for him to find, without trying to hide the fact that it was him that found it for him. Awwww..... there's hope yet for that young couple!moreless

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Don't drag race!

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By MickFeedOnMe, Jan 01, 2008 Report Abuse

Surprise, people go dragging racing and someone dies! I thought about turning my dvr off at this point since the desert of the strike is about to hit with no new first run shows but I was already hooked into the show and powerless to turn it off! Larry better be paying attention as the new mechanical engineer was like drooling for his girl. I was a bit confused here and there for some things weren't making sense but over all the whole show was back down to business which makes me one happy viewer. I am glad the real killer was identified. Keep these rocking shows rolling!moreless

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Just couldn't get into it.

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By KarenChupp, Oct 23, 2007 Report Abuse

This is probably my least favorite episode so far this season - a big disappointment, since it comes from the creators and usually I like their stuff. I can barely remember the details now, and usually I DVR so I can watch them over and over. I don't think I was tempted to go back to this one at all. There was a crash. There were a lot of computer graphics. I guess Millie is out and other engineer guy is in. Blah blah blah. Big blur. Seems to me that Numb3rs has lost its soul - starting to look like any other action show, not smart like it used to be. Man, I hope this season gets better.moreless

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Street racing gone wrong.

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By crash_into_u, Oct 15, 2007 Report Abuse

In this episode it looks like a simple case of street racing gone wrong. But when Don and his team start to take a look at the case they realize the driver wasn't the driver the car is a mesh of stolen parts and that the killer may be another street racer.

The actual killer was a street racer who killed a couple 3 years ago and changed his ways. But his friend wasn't so smart. We met a Engineer who helped Charlie make a mock up of the accident and who's car knowledge lead the team to the real killer.

We also saw Charlie's dad start his new college life.moreless

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Trivia
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- The opening statistics state "7 victims," but when David talks to Don about the crash, he claims that there are "one dead and eight injured." Edit
- When watching the video of the accident, Don points with his right arm at the screen first, with his left in the back shot and then again with his right in the front shot. Edit
- Math used in this episode:
  Angular Momentum
  Centripetal Force
  Conservation Laws
  Newton's Laws of Motion
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- Music featured in this episode was "Life Changes" by Rose Smith.
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- International Airdates: The Netherlands: March 24, 2008 on Veronica Germany: April 13, 2008 on SAT 1 Czech Republic: July 30, 2009 on TV Nova Finland: January 28, 2011 on Sub Slovakia: February 16, 2011 on JOJ Edit
- This episode was rated TV-PG (LV) in its first network broadcast.
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- Colby: If I wanted to be a spy, I would have applied somewhere else! Edit
- Charlie: (About Ray Ray) He's helping me with the accident analysis. Ray Ray: I just make it look cool on a computer. Edit
- Charlie: (About his new book) I could reach a lot of people who would never be caught dead reading a math book! Edit
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