Numb3rs - The Complete Second
Season starring Rob Morrow, David
Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi
Ballard, Navi Rawat
Numb3rs- The Complete First Season
Numb3rs intriguing and entertaining mix of prime-time crime action and
mathematics gets its sophomore showcase in this impressive six-disc
boxed set, which brings together the entire second season with a fun and
informative array of extr as. Season Two brings about a slight changing of
the guard in the shows cast: Gone is Sabrina Lloyd as Agent Terry Lake,
and in her place are Diane Farr (Rescue Me) as Agent Megan Reeves and
Dylan Bruno as Agent Colby Granger, both of whom assimilate quite
smoothly into Numb3rs blend of detective work and academics. Otherwise
its business as usual with the Eppes boys, with big brother Don (Rob
Morrow) leading his team against all manner of nefarious types, and
genius younger sibling Charlie (David Krumholtz) finding answers in the
web of mathematical equations he stores in his head. Highlights for the
season include Alls Fair, which offers both the murder of a documentarian
investigating Muslim womens rights and a rekindled love affair for Charlie;
Mind Games, which pits Charlie against a psychic (John Glover) who
tracks down three missing women; and Toxin, which features a return
guest appearance by Lou Diamond Phillips as Special Agent Ian Edgerton.
Extras include commentary on seven episodes by members of the cast
and crew, including co-creator Nicolas Falacci; also interesting is
Crunching Numb3rs: Season Two, which offers a half-hour look behind the
scenes at the making of the episode Rampage, and David Krumholtzs
video diary, for which the actor brings the audience along for a day on the
set. A blooper reel and gallery of stills shot by Falacci round out the
supplemental features. -- Paul Gaita
Personal Review: Numb3rs - The Complete Second Season
starring Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi
Ballard, Navi Rawat
Television has had a love affair with cop and detective shows for decades,
from Dragnet through Hill Street Blues to CSI - Large-Metropolitin-City-of-
your-Choice.
The best ones endure in memory and frankly make compelling viewing.
Not meaning to cast stones, but the mediocre ones are the television
equivalent of cotton candy. There are a few (The Mentalist) that almost,
but don't QUITE reach the highest heights.
Right now there are two "cop shows" that started with a unique angle, then
added great casts and writing. In my mind "NUMB3RS" joins "Dexter" at
the top of the current police heap.
Both have writing - dialogue and storylines - that easily match up with the
best cop movies. (Why couldn't someone have provided a better vehicle
for Pacino and De Niro than "Righteous Kill", which looks like a high-school
production compared to Dexter and Numbers?) But I digress.
NUMB3RS is the "genius" drama. (The Big Band Theory is the genius
comedy, and it really IS comic genius.) Rob Morrow, from another of our
favorite shows, Northern Exposure, shows impressive range. On NE his
Dr. Fleischman was a slight of stature New York Doctor transplanted to
Alaska. In NUMB3RS he plays Don Eppes, a tough dedicated-to-his-
career FBI professional with commanding stature. Almost every episode
features Don and a team of FBI professionals storming a room with
weapons brandished. On "Exposure" he played the intellectual. Although
Eppes is not dumb - he's an observant professional - Don is easily the
least intelligent of the leading characters. Don's math genius brother is
Charles, played by David Krumholtz. Five years younger than Don,
Charles has become an internationally renowned mathematician. The
sibling rivalry angle provides many plot points, and we see goes back to
the time that Charles graduated in the same high school class as Don -
only at age thirteen.
Charles, now 30-ish, still lives at home with their father, played brilliantly
with heart and intelligence by Judd Hirsch.
Don was building his federal law enforcement career away from home until
their now deceased mother became sick. The series begins apparently
soon after their mother's death, leaving a house with two men, frequently
visited by still-single brother Don.
Alimi Ballard is solid as a fellow FBI man, and Navi Rawat looks like a
young Catherine Zeta-Jones as a graduate student who studies under
Charlie. Peter MacNicol gets another hit TV show (after Ally McBeal and
24) as a physicist colleague of Charlie.
The show is equal parts brains and heart - contemplation and action.
Almost every episode has me at the edge of my seat, and while the scripts
sometimes require at least a momentary suspension of disbe lief, they are
smart and not insulting.
As cop shows go - right now NUMB3RS is good enough to spend my time.
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