Numb3rs (TV Series)

Dirty Bomb (2005)

Judd Hirsch: Alan Eppes

Quotes 

• [At the house, Charlie seems lost in thought, Larry watching him worriedly, when Alan walks into the room] 

  Alan Eppes : Well, we didn't do so bad today, did we?

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : No, today was good. But what about tomorrow?

  Alan Eppes : Yeah. Uh.

  [to Charlie] 

  Alan Eppes : You know, I think I understand why you like helping Don so much. It's not a bad feeling.

  [Alan and Larry exchange a look when he gets no response] 

  Alan Eppes : What's the matter, Charlie? You've got that look that you get when you can't stop worrying about something.

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : He's right. You seem a little perturbed.

  Alan Eppes : What, you're still not mad about my pulling that phone out your hand, are you?

  Charlie Eppes : I was gonna say Driscoll Plaza. Before you grabbed the phone out of my hand I was...

  [sighs] 

  Charlie Eppes : I was about to say Driscoll Plaza, and I would've been wrong.

  Alan Eppes : Oh. Well c'mon, Charlie, I was the one that didn't give you the right variables. You know, the heights of the buildings. Listen, if you've got one failing, it's only that you don't think like a criminal.

  [he blinks] 

  Alan Eppes : Course, what does that say about me?

  [Alan chuckles and exchanges another look with Larry, but it doesn't lift Charlie's mood] 

  Charlie Eppes : I would've been wrong.