All's Fair (31 Mar. 2006)

After an Iraqi woman - in the US to film an interview on atrocities against women back home - is murdered, clues lead to an American military suspect and the team must determine their truth before another killing occurs.

Director:

Rob Morrow

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 (credit only)
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan
Diane Farr	...	Megan Reeves
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
Yasmine Delawari	...	Nasreen Kafaji
Assaf Cohen	...	Agent Kareem Allawi
Michael Muhney	...	Lt. Joseph Karnes
Scott MacDonald	...	Lt. Barry Burchfield
Sayed Badreya	...	Sayed Malik
Gabriel Cordell	...	Daniel Ratchet
Sonya Walger	...	Susan Berry

Storyline

After an Iraqi woman - in the US to film an interview on atrocities against women back home - is murdered, clues lead to an American military suspect and the team must determine their truth before another killing occurs.

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Plot Keywords:

shot to death | framed for murder | loss of friend | sudoku | babe scientist | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

31 March 2006 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

Army Lt. Barry Burchfield refers to the green camouflage uniform as "camies". US Army Soldiers use the term "BDUs" (Battle Dress Uniform), US Marines use the term "camies".

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Crazy Credits

[This appears on the beginning of the episode] 34,000 Insurgent Attacks 65,000 Iraqis in Calfornia 5 Calls to prayer 1 god

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Connections

References Rain Man (1988)

User Reviews

Culture clash

The killing of Saida Kafaji, an Iraqi woman, triggers an investigation by the FBI. There are a few theories about her assassination. Don Eppes and the team go into action to try to unravel the mystery behind the killing of the woman, who had come to America, supposedly to expose crimes that were committed in her native country. Of courses, our suspicions begin to form thinking about atrocities committed by US troops, but in reality, Saida has a deep secret to reveal.

Saida has been accompanied by a military escort, who disappears from everywhere and the army deems he is AWOL. Lt. Joseph Karnes, has gone underground because he is also hiding his true relationship to the dead woman. It is Nasreen Kafaji, a cousin of the slain Saida, that knows exactly what the mission was all about. The fact that there some criminals of their country are living in the United States. These bad guys are hiding behind the religious leaders, afraid that their sins would be known.

Rob Morrow, who plays Don Eppes, directed the episode. The screenplay was the work of Julie Hebert. While our attention is drawn to the mystery, a lot of time is employed examining the rekindling of a romance that happened a while back between Charlie Eppes and Susan Berry, who is in L.A. for the presentation of her new book. There are some moments, but this show does not have a lot of what makes "Numb3rs" such an interesting criminal drama.

On a sad note, we just read CBS is canning the series. It will certainly be missed.