Gary Cole, an actor I've always enjoyed watching, becomes an active force when a former protester and progressive thinker, with lots of baggage, comes to speak. It turns out that he lost his son as a result of a protest, years previously. I'm not sure of the most salient point here. The guy's celebrity gets him hated by those who oppose his agenda or think him a sellout for no longer being the guy he was. Oh, and Charlie is all giddy.
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The mystery shooter
jotix1004 May 2010
Warning: Spoilers
As the episode starts, Charlie Eppes is seen composing an essay in which he pays tribute to four brilliant minds that preceded him in his present job. Charlie, is aware of the other people's contribution in the art of combining mathematical probabilities to actual circumstances.
The scene changes as we are taken to McArthur Park, in downtown Los Angeles, where a political rally by a controversial man, Benjamin Polk, will take place later on in the day. Because of the nature of the event, the FBI sends several agents to check the scene for possible problems. Nothing prepares them for the sniping fire that someone in a nearby place is aiming at them. Charlie figures out the technical aspects using his formulas, but the mystery eludes him and the rest of the team.
Benjamin Polk is reluctant to discuss the nature of his speech later on. He admits in having a lot people that would like to see him dead. The hard work of the agents seems to be going nowhere because they cannot catch the trigger man that will undoubtedly be present when Polk take to the stage and begin his diatribe.
David Sinclair and Colby Granger, are lucky in their investigation. They are instrumental in breaking the case. The man behind the shooting is found and he reveals his reasoning for trying to get rid of Benjamin Polk, something that comes unexpectedly.
The episode was written and directed by Ken Sanzel, a man that is a member of the "Numb3rs" production team. This chapter, like most of the cases the program presents, is complicated, but Mr. Sanzel gets excellent work from the regulars and from the guest stars, David Call and Gary Cole, both giving inspired performances. David Krumholtz, who plays Charlie Eppes, has some good moments.
The scene changes as we are taken to McArthur Park, in downtown Los Angeles, where a political rally by a controversial man, Benjamin Polk, will take place later on in the day. Because of the nature of the event, the FBI sends several agents to check the scene for possible problems. Nothing prepares them for the sniping fire that someone in a nearby place is aiming at them. Charlie figures out the technical aspects using his formulas, but the mystery eludes him and the rest of the team.
Benjamin Polk is reluctant to discuss the nature of his speech later on. He admits in having a lot people that would like to see him dead. The hard work of the agents seems to be going nowhere because they cannot catch the trigger man that will undoubtedly be present when Polk take to the stage and begin his diatribe.
David Sinclair and Colby Granger, are lucky in their investigation. They are instrumental in breaking the case. The man behind the shooting is found and he reveals his reasoning for trying to get rid of Benjamin Polk, something that comes unexpectedly.
The episode was written and directed by Ken Sanzel, a man that is a member of the "Numb3rs" production team. This chapter, like most of the cases the program presents, is complicated, but Mr. Sanzel gets excellent work from the regulars and from the guest stars, David Call and Gary Cole, both giving inspired performances. David Krumholtz, who plays Charlie Eppes, has some good moments.
Quote by Charlie
thecohen516 July 2014
"Hightower, Knox, Newberry, Beiderman. Each of their signatures is a self- swallowing set, a name that shorthand's a body of thought, a life's work. The question isn't who you are. The question is: who did I turn out to be? Who am I to you? Are faded chalk marks and scratches on the floor the only evidence that I was here, or did some scribbled note, some fragment of a proof invert your perception of the world
Even confirm it, cementing what you knew in your heart to be true, with the balance of left column to right? What footprints have I left behind? Do they endure, or have the ocean of discovery wash them away already? How many lives have I touched?
Have I touched yours?"
Have I touched yours?"
- Charles Eppes
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