Dirty Bomb (22 Apr. 2005)

A truck of nuclear materials is stolen by terrorists who intend to use the materials to make a bomb which would then be used on the city of LA. Only Charlie and Charlie's father Alan can save the city from a small nuclear blast.

Director:

Paris Barclay

Writers:

Cheryl Heuton (creator), Nicolas Falacci (creator),

Stars:

Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Rob Morrow	...	Don Eppes
David Krumholtz	...	Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch	...	Alan Eppes
Alimi Ballard	...	David Sinclair
Sabrina Lloyd	...	Terry Lake
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
David Marshall Grant	...	Brent Hauser
Reynaldo Rosales	...	Darryl Gerth
Ron Dean	...	Peter Watson
Carrie Preston	...	Vicky Sites
Roxanne Hart	...	Cris Carlyle
Michael Shamus Wiles	...	Carl Baker
Susan Merson	...	Brenda Aronson
Victor Rivers	...	Raymond Sites
Jack Howard	...	Mark Watson

Storyline

A truck with enough weapon-grade cesium for a 'dirty' nuclear bomb is stolen. Shortly after a huge ransom is demanded. Charlie accepts his college physics professor friend Dr. Larry Fleinhardt's help and after the beans were accidentally spilled planologist dad Epp's. The fiends however detonate a regular bomb early, as turns out as a distraction to rob the leading art restoration firm's vault. After police work leads to the rogue truck driver and his accomplices, Charlie uses to probability calculus to induce collaboration so the cesium, which is leaking fast, can be recuperated.

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Plot Keywords:

bomb | leakage | map | blackmail | teasing | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 April 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Network Television, Barry Schindel Company, The, Scott Free Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

[This appears on the beginning of the episode] 500g Nuclear Material 20 kg Explosive 400 threats 1 Dirty Bomb

User Reviews

Big conversion mistake

As watching this episode on the french channel M6, in french version, I've found a really big mistake in it.

As Numb3rs is a math base series it's very incredible that they don't know how to convert m² in km².

When calculating the surface of the possible irradiated area, the scientist said that the dirty bomb will affect 26,000 m² ( in the french version), and his brother conclude that the bomb will affect 25 and 30 km².

Or with a very little math knowledge, we know that 26,000 m² is equal to 0.026 km² and not 26 km².

Forntunately it's only a series.