To help capture a serial rapist-turned-hugger, FBI Special Agent Don Eppes recruits his genius brother Charlie, who uses a mathematical equation to identify the hugger's point of origin by working back from the crime scene locations.
Season 1 Episode 1 of Numb3rs resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
FBI agent Don Eppes recruits his mathematical-genius brother, Charlie to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual cases, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions.
A dedicated FBI agent, Don couldn't be more different from his younger brother, Charlie, a brilliant mathematician who, since he was little, has yearned to impress his big brother. As a seasoned investigator, Don deals in hard facts and evidence, whereas Charlie, a math professor at a California university, functions in a world of mathematical probability and equations.
Now, despite their disparate approaches to life, Don and Charlie are able to combine their areas of expertise and solve some hugger cases.