Numb3rs

Ragone · 01-23-2005, 09:23 PM

2+2=4.. the butler did it

Desnudo · 01-23-2005, 09:27 PM

That's the most eagerly anticipated show of the season! Another hit for CBS.

Joe · 01-23-2005, 09:32 PM

seems like a more boring version of CSI. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Neuqua · 01-23-2005, 09:42 PM

Yeah but whats the name of Charlie's chick friend. Yummy.

Noop · 01-23-2005, 09:43 PM

07-24-33-35-41-48

If you win the lotto I want 200k.

BigJohn&TheLions · 01-23-2005, 10:13 PM

About half way through I did a quick equation that showed the odds of catching the bad guy in the first episode was 100%

RPI-Fan · 01-23-2005, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by BigJohn&TheLions

About half way through I did a quick equation that showed the odds of catching the bad guy in the first episode was 100%

Haha... I don't really see how many different stories than can do with this thing.

TazFTW · 01-23-2005, 10:24 PM

Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how they can stretch this for a season.

Nice to see Natalie from Sports Night.

Joe · 01-23-2005, 10:26 PM

someone should calculate the odds that this show is cancelled before april

Ragone · 01-23-2005, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George W Bush

someone should calculate the odds that this show is cancelled before april

I got this

100%

Joe · 01-23-2005, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

I got this

100%

good work, way to think it though

Ragone · 01-23-2005, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George W Bush

good work, way to think it though

Well, i had to account for some variables.. like other sucky programming.. eventual time slot.. bad executives.. bad writing

in the end.. it was still too much for the show to overcome

Flasch186 · 01-23-2005, 11:01 PM

however the Scott's behinf it is in its favor and the filming and editing of it was outstanding. Also many many good actors in it.

Eaglesfan27 · 01-23-2005, 11:03 PM

I watched 5 minutes before realizing that it wasn't going to hold my attention at all. Then, I started playing Mercenaries.

Cap Ologist · 01-24-2005, 12:01 AM

They should have called CSI: Numb3rs.

Passacaglia · 01-24-2005, 01:45 PM

As a math guy, I thought this show could be really awesome or really crappy. I didn't watch it, but it looks like it's the latter. Either way, I'll probably watch it next time it comes on, to enjoy or to mock.

rkmsuf · 01-24-2005, 01:46 PM

I would have been cooler if the master math guy was like Rain Man or something.

Radii · 01-24-2005, 02:27 PM

I thought it wasn't terrible but wasn't great either, but that's not unusual for a new series w/ all the new character intros and such. I'll definitely watch again though I expect it will become the same story every week very quickly.

mgadfly · 01-24-2005, 02:30 PM

I thought it was okay. I'll be back for another episode, maybe, but it didn't hook me.

KevinNU7 · 01-24-2005, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Passacaglia

As a math guy, I thought this show could be really awesome or really crappy. I didn't watch it, but it looks like it's the latter. Either way, I'll probably watch it next time it comes on, to enjoy or to mock.

As a math guy it was fun to mock

Raiders Army · 01-24-2005, 05:39 PM

Actually, I learned something new the other day. If you come up with a wrong calculation and the difference between what you had and what you should have had is divisible by 9, that means that somewhere two or more numbers were transposed.

Something I didn't know. This even works with decimals and numbers transposed before and after the decimal. Weird.

Easy Mac · 01-24-2005, 05:45 PM

I didn't think it was any worse than Cold Case, the CSI spinoffs, Hawaii, Medical Investigations or whatever other "crime-scenish" shows are on. The fact that they were planning on throwing to Friday means they never expected it to do anything anyway.

I did enjoy that it had the Assistant principal from Boston Public, and the Sliders girl, and Ryan's pregnant ex-girlfriend from the OC.

gstelmack · 02-26-2005, 08:49 PM

My wife and I are really enjoying this show. A reasonable job of applying math (sure, the details are off, but you can't explain higher mathematics in a 1-hour show), a cute chick with a gun, a smoking hot chick, did I mention the big guns?, and a high geek factor. I can't believe this group is so negative on this show.

Celeval · 02-26-2005, 09:33 PM

I've been watching regularly and enjoying it as well. My wife watches whenever she's awake enough to, and usually asks me what it's about if she's not. Considering Friday night is a television night for us anyway (Joan of Arcadia, and she likes JAG), Numb3rs is easily an every-weeker.

Joe · 02-26-2005, 09:34 PM

I might have given it another shot if it wasn't on opposite Monk.

FrogMan · 02-26-2005, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gstelmack

My wife and I are really enjoying this show. A reasonable job of applying math (sure, the details are off, but you can't explain higher mathematics in a 1-hour show), a cute chick with a gun, a smoking hot chick, did I mention the big guns?, and a high geek factor. I can't believe this group is so negative on this show.

We watched the first two episodes and then ran into a slew of events that caused us to simply tape the following and not watch them, not yet. We like what we saw in the first two and will definitely watch the other epîsodes when we find a moment...

FM

Easy Mac · 02-26-2005, 10:01 PM

My girl and I enjoy this show. Its not great, but its a nice hour.

I think the show got caught up in the "House" syndrome. A show is overly hyped during the lead-up to a sporting event (House during the baseball playoffs, this during football), and people make fun of it based off some stupid commercials... then it turns out the show is pretty decent (House is probably my 2nd favorite show to Lost)... I think it really comes from that horrible show about the DA's daughter and the Porn moguls son show from like 2 baseball seasons ago. Fox promoted that to death, and it was horrible... then they try again with House, but this one actually is a quality show (not the best acting, but it works well). CBS saw this and promoted the hell out of it (not the best acting as well, but it keeps you interested)... Plus the math girl is hot.

QuikSand · 02-27-2005, 05:54 AM

I have recorded this show, and have watched it as something of a "filler" when I'm just moping around with time to kill. It isn't awful, though I do admittedly cringe at the opening credits sequence (A quick TiVo advance solves that, at least).

The story about the skyscraper, interestingly, was largely derived from an actual story -- with the CitiCorp building in the 1970s. (Slight differences, but shoddy workmanship made the building unsafe... in real life the building already had a massive top counterweight as described on the show, but the flaws were in fact pointed out by a college student)

In any event... I guess I'm stil watching, though without much real enthusiasm.

Solecismic · 02-27-2005, 01:00 PM

We've been watching it. Not too bad, except for the concept that the FBI never used math to solve anything until this guy's brother came along. And the old stereotype that all math geeks have to be idiots with women. And Judd Hirsch with what looks to be a giant chaw of tobaccer in every scene he's in - he's worse than Dustin Hoffman.

wade moore · 11-08-2006, 08:43 PM

Just curious as to whether anyone else is still watching this..

It has become a bit of a staple in our house... one of those shows that I look forward to, but I'm not desperate to watch... SO I'd just call it solidly in the "good" category - nothing more, nothing less.

Joe · 11-08-2006, 08:51 PM

given the shitty nature of Law & Order, it has been considered

stevew · 11-08-2006, 09:01 PM

I thought this guy got cancelled a long time ago. Who woulda thunk it.

Sublime 2 · 11-08-2006, 09:04 PM

I watch the episodes on the CBS On Demand....prob. not something I'd plan around though...in fact i know i wouldn't.

Jonathan Ezarik · 11-08-2006, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ragone

I got this

100%

If you would have shown your work, I could have given you partial credit. As it stands, I'm going to have to fail you.

wade moore · 11-08-2006, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stevew

I thought this guy got cancelled a long time ago. Who woulda thunk it.

fwiw, it was #33 last week, a spot above it's competitor at the same slot - Law and Order.

I think that's pretty decent for ratings on a Friday night show, but I don't know ratigns all that well.

RPI-Fan · 11-08-2006, 09:58 PM

I like this show Ok, but prefer Criminal Minds greatly.

Groundhog · 11-08-2006, 10:59 PM

I've seen an episode or two of this. I can't stand the lead guy and thought it was a dumb show, but maybe I just happened to catch a bad episode/s.

wade moore · 11-09-2006, 05:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Groundhog

I've seen an episode or two of this. I can't stand the lead guy and thought it was a dumb show, but maybe I just happened to catch a bad episode/s.

I definitely think it's not for some people... By the lead guy - do you mean the lead FBI guy or the Professor?

Desnudo · 11-09-2006, 05:50 AM

I found the math guy annoying

FrogMan · 11-09-2006, 07:00 AM

we watched every week in the first half season, when Sabrina Lloyd was in there but have kind of drifted away at the start of last season, when they replaced her with the other extremely annoying lady and that other FBI guy who seems dumb as a brick. Sad that two supporting cast member can kill my interest like that.

FM

gstelmack · 11-09-2006, 10:51 AM

We DVR it and watch when we get a chance. Really enjoy the show.

Easy Mac · 02-23-2007, 10:15 PM

They are really poor at hiding the annoying woman's pregnancy.

Mustang · 08-08-2007, 11:20 PM

A discussion of this show seemed oddly fitting this week for some reason...

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01-23-2005, 10:13 PM	#6
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01-23-2005, 11:01 PM	#13
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01-23-2005, 09:27 PM	#2
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	That's the most eagerly anticipated show of the season! Another hit for CBS.

01-23-2005, 09:32 PM	#3
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	seems like a more boring version of CSI. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

01-23-2005, 10:24 PM	#8
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how they can stretch this for a season. Nice to see Natalie from Sports Night.

01-23-2005, 10:26 PM	#9
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	someone should calculate the odds that this show is cancelled before april

01-24-2005, 12:01 AM	#15
Cap Ologist College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Flower Mound, TX	They should have called CSI: Numb3rs.

01-24-2005, 01:45 PM	#16
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	As a math guy, I thought this show could be really awesome or really crappy. I didn't watch it, but it looks like it's the latter. Either way, I'll probably watch it next time it comes on, to enjoy or to mock. __________________ Pride and Prejudice -- an FOF9 Lions dynasty, starting 1966

01-24-2005, 01:46 PM	#17
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01-24-2005, 02:27 PM	#18
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	I thought it wasn't terrible but wasn't great either, but that's not unusual for a new series w/ all the new character intros and such. I'll definitely watch again though I expect it will become the same story every week very quickly.

01-24-2005, 02:30 PM	#19
mgadfly High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2003	I thought it was okay. I'll be back for another episode, maybe, but it didn't hook me.

01-24-2005, 05:39 PM	#21
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Actually, I learned something new the other day. If you come up with a wrong calculation and the difference between what you had and what you should have had is divisible by 9, that means that somewhere two or more numbers were transposed. Something I didn't know. This even works with decimals and numbers transposed before and after the decimal. Weird.

01-24-2005, 05:45 PM	#22
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	I didn't think it was any worse than Cold Case, the CSI spinoffs, Hawaii, Medical Investigations or whatever other "crime-scenish" shows are on. The fact that they were planning on throwing to Friday means they never expected it to do anything anyway. I did enjoy that it had the Assistant principal from Boston Public, and the Sliders girl, and Ryan's pregnant ex-girlfriend from the OC.

02-26-2005, 08:49 PM	#23
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	My wife and I are really enjoying this show. A reasonable job of applying math (sure, the details are off, but you can't explain higher mathematics in a 1-hour show), a cute chick with a gun, a smoking hot chick, did I mention the big guns?, and a high geek factor. I can't believe this group is so negative on this show. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

02-26-2005, 09:33 PM	#24
Celeval Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cary, NC, USA	I've been watching regularly and enjoying it as well. My wife watches whenever she's awake enough to, and usually asks me what it's about if she's not. Considering Friday night is a television night for us anyway (Joan of Arcadia, and she likes JAG), Numb3rs is easily an every-weeker.

02-26-2005, 09:34 PM	#25
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	I might have given it another shot if it wasn't on opposite Monk.

02-26-2005, 10:01 PM	#27
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	My girl and I enjoy this show. Its not great, but its a nice hour. I think the show got caught up in the "House" syndrome. A show is overly hyped during the lead-up to a sporting event (House during the baseball playoffs, this during football), and people make fun of it based off some stupid commercials... then it turns out the show is pretty decent (House is probably my 2nd favorite show to Lost)... I think it really comes from that horrible show about the DA's daughter and the Porn moguls son show from like 2 baseball seasons ago. Fox promoted that to death, and it was horrible... then they try again with House, but this one actually is a quality show (not the best acting, but it works well). CBS saw this and promoted the hell out of it (not the best acting as well, but it keeps you interested)... Plus the math girl is hot.

02-27-2005, 05:54 AM	#28
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	I have recorded this show, and have watched it as something of a "filler" when I'm just moping around with time to kill. It isn't awful, though I do admittedly cringe at the opening credits sequence (A quick TiVo advance solves that, at least). The story about the skyscraper, interestingly, was largely derived from an actual story -- with the CitiCorp building in the 1970s. (Slight differences, but shoddy workmanship made the building unsafe... in real life the building already had a massive top counterweight as described on the show, but the flaws were in fact pointed out by a college student) In any event... I guess I'm stil watching, though without much real enthusiasm.

02-27-2005, 01:00 PM	#29
Solecismic Solecismic Software Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Canton, OH	We've been watching it. Not too bad, except for the concept that the FBI never used math to solve anything until this guy's brother came along. And the old stereotype that all math geeks have to be idiots with women. And Judd Hirsch with what looks to be a giant chaw of tobaccer in every scene he's in - he's worse than Dustin Hoffman.

11-08-2006, 08:51 PM	#31
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	given the shitty nature of Law & Order, it has been considered

11-08-2006, 09:01 PM	#32
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I thought this guy got cancelled a long time ago. Who woulda thunk it.

11-08-2006, 09:04 PM	#33
Sublime 2 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New Hampshire	I watch the episodes on the CBS On Demand....prob. not something I'd plan around though...in fact i know i wouldn't.

11-08-2006, 09:58 PM	#36
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11-08-2006, 10:59 PM	#37
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11-09-2006, 05:50 AM	#39
Desnudo Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Here and There	I found the math guy annoying

11-09-2006, 07:00 AM	#40
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	we watched every week in the first half season, when Sabrina Lloyd was in there but have kind of drifted away at the start of last season, when they replaced her with the other extremely annoying lady and that other FBI guy who seems dumb as a brick. Sad that two supporting cast member can kill my interest like that. FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

11-09-2006, 10:51 AM	#41
gstelmack Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cary, NC	We DVR it and watch when we get a chance. Really enjoy the show. __________________ -- Greg -- Author of various FOF utilities

02-23-2007, 10:15 PM	#42
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	They are really poor at hiding the annoying woman's pregnancy.

08-08-2007, 11:20 PM	#43
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