The Best Episodes of Numb3rs

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don and his team must race to save the hostages being held on a hijacked bus.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writer: Don McGill

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

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

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

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

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

The team investigates the theft of a graphic comic book.

Director: John Behring

Writer: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Don runs into Robin Brooks during an investigation concerning informants and a chess master.

Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal

Writer: Robert Port

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