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Uncertainty Principle

  • Episode aired Apr 14, 2006
  • TV-14
  • 43m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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David Krumholtz in Numb3rs (2005)
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Don recruits Charlie to figure out where bank robbers will strike next.Don recruits Charlie to figure out where bank robbers will strike next.Don recruits Charlie to figure out where bank robbers will strike next.

  • Director
    • Davis Guggenheim
  • Writers
    • Nicolas Falacci
    • Cheryl Heuton
  • Stars
    • Rob Morrow
    • David Krumholtz
    • Judd Hirsch
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    7.7/10
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    • Director
      • Davis Guggenheim
    • Writers
      • Nicolas Falacci
      • Cheryl Heuton
    • Stars
      • Rob Morrow
      • David Krumholtz
      • Judd Hirsch
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Rob Morrow
    Rob Morrow
    • Don Eppes
    David Krumholtz
    David Krumholtz
    • Charlie Eppes
    Judd Hirsch
    Judd Hirsch
    • Alan Eppes
    Alimi Ballard
    Alimi Ballard
    • David Sinclair
    Sabrina Lloyd
    Sabrina Lloyd
    • Terry Lake
    Peter MacNicol
    Peter MacNicol
    • Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
    Alan Davidson
    • Robert Skidmore
    David Carrera
    David Carrera
    • Adler
    Robinne Lee
    Robinne Lee
    • Agent Larkin
    Andrew Caple-Shaw
    Andrew Caple-Shaw
    • Agent McKnight
    Sam Wellington
    • Bank Manager
    Kenneth Meseroll
    Kenneth Meseroll
    • Captain Joe MacNevish
    • (as Ken Meseroll)
    Susan Beaubian
    Susan Beaubian
    • FBI Tech Agent #1
    Matthew Yang King
    Matthew Yang King
    • FBI Tech Agent #2
    Ajay Mehta
    Ajay Mehta
    • 'Y' DS Manager
    Catherine O'Connor
    Catherine O'Connor
    • Woman
    J. Paul Boehmer
    J. Paul Boehmer
    • FBI Agent Team Leader
    Gibby Brand
    Gibby Brand
    • Medical Examiner
    • Director
      • Davis Guggenheim
    • Writers
      • Nicolas Falacci
      • Cheryl Heuton
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    8Hitchcoc

    Some Science/Lots of Action

    When some gentlemen bank robbers are confronted, all hell breaks loose and there is death. Charlie is devastated. We find out that he is pretty autistic and driven by formulas in his head. But soon it seems that federal crimes are in the offing. Lots of heavy police action/lots of shooting.

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    • Trivia
      The explanation of the uncertainty principle in this episode has been confused with the so-called observer effect. Both are aspects of quantum mechanics, but the uncertainty principle states the impossibility to measure the value of some pairs of variables (so-called conjugate quantities) like location and speed of a particle at the same time with absolute certainty, while the observer effect states that observing an object always has an effect on the object.
    • Goofs
      Charlie talks about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, from which the episode title is derived, but confuses it with the Observer Effect, which the episode really is about and should have been titled after. The uncertainty principle deals with measurement, and not observation.
    • Quotes

      [Don is trying to talk to a distracted Charlie about the case in the back garden]

      Don Eppes: We think they have specialized military training and now they have struck again and killed another innocent person, Charlie.

      [Charlie continues poking around the garden, looking for who-knows-what]

      Don Eppes: Charlie, please don't do this. Do you understand the stakes we're dealing with here? More bloodshed, people's lives. I mean, if I have to do this on my own it's going to put me and all of my people at greater risk, is that what you want?

      Charlie Eppes: Their old pattern's gone, I told you...

      [Don grabs Charlie by the front of his shirt and swings him around, shaking him in frustration]

      Don Eppes: Well then there's gotta be a new pattern! Doesn't there? Isn't that the way it works? You incorporate whatever's going on?

      Charlie Eppes: Ow.

      Don Eppes: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I need your help, do you understand?

      Charlie Eppes: I don't think I can, that I can...

      Don Eppes: Charlie, I know it's hard for you, I understand that, but it's hard for everybody.

      [Charlie goes back to poking around the garden]

      Don Eppes: You know, I don't know how I got in a situation where I need your help to do my job, but I sure as hell have.

      [Don storms back towards the house, then turns back around]

      Don Eppes: And I wish you would just snap out of your precious bubble, for once!

      [Charlie stays in the garden, looking dejected]

    • Crazy credits
      [This appears on the beginning of the episode] 16 Banks Robbed 2 Suspects $2700 Average Take 0 Weapons Used
    • Soundtracks
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      Performed by John Cate

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 2006 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Scott Free Productions
      • The Barry Schindel Company
      • Paramount Network Television
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    • Runtime
      43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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