8.4/10423 votesLoading...#1 - The Janus List
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2007
In the midst of investigating a serious bomb threat, Don and Charlie uncover a secret that could change their lives and the lives of the team forever.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Ken Sanzel, Robert Port
8.3/10287 votesLoading...#2 - Con Job
Season 6 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2009
Charlie and Don reluctantly enlist the help of imprisoned con man John Buckley to help them catch a crook who's using Buckley's M.O. to rob the Diamond Exchange..
Director: Ralph Hemecker
Writer: Don McGill
8.2/10363 votesLoading...#3 - Trust Metric
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2007
After the events of "The Janus List," Colby escapes from custody. Don and the team go after him, but everything may not be as it seems.
Director: Tony Scott
Writer: Ken Sanzel
8.1/10338 votesLoading...#4 - One Hour
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/2007
Don talks to his therapist again, and while he's gone, the team races to find an eleven year-old boy being held on a $3 million ransom, and time is running out...
Director: J. Miller Tobin
Writer: Ken Sanzel
8.1/10268 votesLoading...#5 - When World's Collide
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 5/16/2008
In the season finale, Don and Charlie work together on a case that ends up with them going head to head about their personal beliefs, and one team member will walk away forever.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
8.1/10282 votesLoading...#6 - Angels and Devils
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/2009
When Amita is abducted, Don and the team’s frantic search for her leads them to the delusional head of a cult, but it is up to a distraught Charlie to discover what the suspect’s bizarre plans for her are.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Ken Sanzel
8.0/10277 votesLoading...#7 - Jacked
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/2009
Don and his team must race to save the hostages being held on a hijacked bus.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer: Don McGill
8.0/10284 votesLoading...#8 - Disturbed
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/2009
Feeling guilty over the stabbing, Charlie puts his attention on finding a serial killer using math theories to help the team solve the case before another life is taken.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
8.0/10275 votesLoading...#9 - Ultimatum
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2009
While tracking down a felon running a heroin ring inside a prison, Agent Ian Edgerton becomes a murder suspect when the informant he meets with ends up dead, sending a desperate Edgerton over the edge when he takes a member of Don's team hostage.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Robert Port
8.0/10297 votesLoading...#10 - Cause and Effect
Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 3/12/2010
After Charlie and Amita get married and begin preparations for their London adventure, they put a slight hold on their wedded bliss when they assist the team in helping Don track down the whereabouts of his gun after it goes missing.
Director: Nicolas Falacci
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
7.9/10278 votesLoading...#11 - Power
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/18/2008
A bad case becomes worse when Don and the team must pursue a police officer believed to have committed unspeakable crimes.
Director: Julie Hébert
Writer: Julie Hébert
7.9/10277 votesLoading...#12 - Scan Man
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2008
The team investigates a crew stealing high-end goods from a shipping service; Don questions his faith in the FBI when one of his men is killed on duty.
Director: Craig Ross Jr.
Writer: Don McGill
7.8/10277 votesLoading...#13 - Chinese Box
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/14/2007
Don and the team are left with little recourse when a former FBI subcontractor takes a team member hostage.
Director: Dennis Smith
Writer: Ken Sanzel
7.8/10252 votesLoading...#14 - The Fifth Man
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/24/2009
Don's life hangs in the balance after he is injured during a raid while investigating a series of home invasions.
Director: Ken Sanzel
Writer: Don McGill
7.8/10260 votesLoading...#15 - Greatest Hits
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/8/2009
Don and the team are sent to look into a series of bank robberies and soon name former FBI Agent Roger Bloom as their lead suspect.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer: Andrew Dettmann
7.8/10266 votesLoading...#16 - Old Soldiers
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 12/4/2009
When the team foils a robbery of an armored car full of Federal Reserve money and recover bills that trace back to the infamous D.B. Cooper heist, they call on Agent Roger Bloom, who worked on the Cooper case, for help with the investigation. Henry Winkler returns as former FBI Agent Roger Bloom, and Michael Hogan, the uncle of the slain armored car driver and a key player in the investigation.
Director: Ken Sanzel
Writer: Steve Cohen
7.7/10482 votesLoading...#17 - Uncertainty Principle
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2005
Charlie accurately predicts where a band of bank robbers will strike next. But when Don and his team confront them, a massive shoot-out occurs leaving four people, including an officer, dead. The outcome disturbs Charlie and he retreats into the family garage to work out an unsolvable math problem that he also plunged into after his mother became ill a year earlier. But Don needs his brother's help and tries to get Charlie to return to the case.
Director: David Von Ancken
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
7.7/10389 votesLoading...#18 - Counterfeit Reality
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/11/2005
Don learns that counterfeiters are at work producing small-denomination bills, and that they have taken an artist hostage to draw the images for the fake money. If the missing woman isn't located soon, Don fears that she will be killed when her work is finished on the phony cash. The counterfeiters have already murdered at least five people, two of whom stole money from them. The case is made more difficult for Don when his former lover, now a Secret Service agent, is assigned to it.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Andrew Dettmann
7.7/10289 votesLoading...#19 - Backscatter
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/5/2006
An FBI investigation into a computer hacking scam that taps into a bank's system to gain access to the identities and financial assets of its customers becomes personal for Don and the Eppes family.
Director: Bill Eagles
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
7.7/10315 votesLoading...#20 - Two Daughters (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2006
David tries to get information from one of Crystal's old boyfriends, but he isn't helping. Things get personal for the team when Crystal kidnaps one of them.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski
Writer: Ken Sanzel
7.7/10275 votesLoading...#21 - Primacy
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/2007
When a man is found dead, the team enters the world of alternate reality gaming. However, their investigation leads to a danger for a loved one.
Director: Chris Hartwill
Writer: Julie Hébert
7.7/10309 votesLoading...#22 - Graphic
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/2007
The team investigates the theft of a graphic comic book.
Director: John Behring
Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton
7.7/10258 votesLoading...#23 - Breaking Point
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 1/11/2008
Charlie's life is put in danger when Don brings him in on the case of a missing reporter.
Director: Craig Ross Jr.
Writer: Andrew Dettmann
7.7/10259 votesLoading...#24 - Jack of All Trades
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2008
Don's team helps Agent Bloom, a veteran with the FBI, track down a con man who has eluded Bloom for years. Meanwhile, the final decision on Charlie's clearance is handed down, and it doesn't just affect Charlie. Don's job is on the line as well.
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Writer: Andrew Dettmann
7.7/10278 votesLoading...#25 - Thirty Six Hours
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2008
When a passenger train collides with a freight train David (Alimi Ballard), Don, and Colby are called in to help rescue survivors and to investigate the cause of the crash
Director: Rod Holcomb
Writer: Julie Hébert
The Best Episodes of Numb3rs
Every episode of Numb3rs ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Numb3rs!
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"The Janus List" is the best rated episode of "Numb3rs". It scored 8.4/10 based on 423 votes. Directed by John Behring and written by Ken Sanzel, Robert Port, it aired on 5/18/2007. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Con Job".