Dark Matter (7 Apr. 2006)

Charlie helps the team solve how many shooters there were in a school massacre.

Director:

Peter Ellis

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 (credit only)
Alimi Ballard	...	David Sinclair
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan
Diane Farr	...	Megan Reeves
Peter MacNicol	...	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
Leighton Meester	...	Karen Camden
Jesse Head	...	Gregory Dietrich
Christine Estabrook	...	Laura Price
Rob Moran	...	Jon Northrup
Marin Mazzie	...	Joan Camden
Mary Gordon Murray	...	Marlene Stallworth
Daniel Booko	...	Jake Porter

Storyline

Charlie helps the team solve how many shooters there were in a school massacre.

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Plot Keywords:

ski mask | school principal | pda | first date | school shooting | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

(at around 28 mins) As David and Colby are staking out the house and the teenager comes out and walks to his car the trunk is clearly open, yet a few seconds later when he reaches it we see it is closed tight.

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Crazy Credits

[This appears on the beginning of the episode] 4 years 1.8 million hazings 192 rounds 6 minutes

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Connections

References Asteroids (1979)

User Reviews

Another Columbine?

A High School is shaken when two masked men enter the building and begin firing upon the defenseless student body. Is this another instance of revenge, or do these automatic weapons wielders have a hidden agenda? The FBI team that arrives after the shootings are puzzled as to why the carnage. One of the attackers is killed by one of his companions. One of the surviving students, Karen Camden, probably knew more about the assault by what appears to be nerdy students.

Among the killed students are three emblematic figures in the school sports program. This fact gives the agents a theory that in addition to the two trigger happy shooters, there was a third man that is not accounted for. Charlie, working on his algorithms toys with the idea that the third man's path was not a random act, but this person had a thing about the three prominent figures that were slain. In fact, everything seems to point to Karen Camden knowing more than what she tells the G-Men.

This episode parallel other school killings one has seen in the news. More and more young people that feel slighted by their peers will go to impossible lengths to take care of those tormentors that have made their lives impossible. When incidents such as this happen, in most cases, a situation arise that can be traced to an injustice the perpetrator suffered at the hands of the ones that were cruel to them.

This installment was directed by Peter Ellis and based on the script written by Don McGill. Larry has a crush on Megan Reeves. He succeeds in asking her to dinner, not before agonizing about what type of restaurant he will take her. Peter MacNicol and Diane Farr have some good moments. Laura Estabrook has a small role.