"Numb3rs" Old Soldiers (2009)

Director:

Ken Sanzel

Writers:

Cheryl Heuton (creator) &
Nicolas Falacci (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Numb3rs" (2005)

Original Air Date:

4 December 2009 (Season 6, Episode 10)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

When the team foils a robbery of an armored car full of Federal Reserve money and recover bills that trace back to the infamous D.B...

Plot Keywords:

Mathematician | Science | Mathematics | FBI | Brother Brother Relationship

Cast

Rob Morrow	...	Don Eppes
David Krumholtz	...	Charlie Eppes
Judd Hirsch	...	Alan Eppes
Alimi Ballard	...	David Sinclair
Dylan Bruno	...	Colby Granger
Navi Rawat	...	Amita Ramanujan
Sophina Brown	...	Nikki Betancourt
Henry Winkler	...	Roger Bloom
Michael Hogan	...	Ray Till
Nicole Bilderback	...	Tina Tran
Rick Ravanello	...	Teddy Antell
Matthew Yang King	...	Matt Li
Judith Moreland	...	Fremont
Alec Mapa	...	Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mikal Kartvedt	...	Wesley Till
Chris Guzzi	...	Thug #3 (uncredited)

Directed by
Ken Sanzel

Writing credits
Cheryl Heuton		(creator) &
Nicolas Falacci		(creator)
Steve Cohen		(written by)

Produced by
Lewis Abel	....	executive producer
Michael Attanasio	....	producer
Sean Crouch	....	producer
Andrew Dettmann	....	executive producer
Nicolas Falacci	....	executive producer
Larry Goldstein	....	associate producer
Cheryl Heuton	....	executive producer
Julie Hébert	....	co-executive producer
Don McGill	....	executive producer
John Forrest Niss	....	producer
Robert David Port	....	co-executive producer (as Robert Port)
Ken Sanzel	....	executive producer
Ridley Scott	....	executive producer
Tony Scott	....	executive producer
David W. Zucker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Charlie Clouser

Cinematography by
Bing Sokolsky		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jan Northrop

Casting by
Mark Saks

Production Design by
Bill Eigenbrodt

Makeup Department
Rosanna Montes	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Michael Attanasio	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephen D'Amato Jr.	....	first assistant director
Lindsay Moorhead	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Chris Hansen	....	art coordinator
Chris Kubin	....	general foreman
Katherine LeBlond	....	assistant set decorator
David A. Weinman	....	construction coordinator
Jacob P. Rodriguez	....	labor foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Bradford Bell	....	sound recordist
Mark Cookson	....	sound effects editor
Lorita de la Cerna	....	adr mixer
Kimberly Ellen Lowe	....	dialogue editor (as Trillby Kim Lowe)
Kathryn Madsen	....	supervising sound editor
Stacey Michaels	....	foley mixer
Rocky Reilly	....	boom operator
Dana Olsefsky	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Thomas L. Bellissimo	....	special effects supervisor
James Ochoa	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Paul Andraos	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Mark Fletcher	....	screen graphics designer (uncredited)

Stunts
Matthew R. Anderson	....	stunts
Chris Guzzi	....	stunt performer
Mikal Kartvedt	....	stunt driver
Peewee Piemonte	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephan Dalyai	....	chief lighting technician
Michael K. Davis	....	lighting technician
Allen D. Easton	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Tommy 'Hooper' Flanagan	....	grip
Michael Francisco	....	dimmer board operator
Fausto Grajeda	....	lighting technician
Tim Hubbard	....	digital imaging technician
Steve Irwin	....	video playback supervisor
Tom Morash	....	lighting technician
Eugene Rivera	....	dolly grip
Ignacio Trujillo	....	lighting technician

Casting Department
Andrew Hadzopoulos	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Phyllis Gilliam	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Jeff Dickerson	....	post-production coordinator
Keith Shaw	....	final colorist
Park Wyatt	....	post-production assistant
Damon Silvester	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
James Bladon	....	music editor
Kasey Truman	....	music coordinator

Other crew
Brent Beath	....	on-set production assistant
John Brown	....	assistant location manager
Vinay Chand	....	production secretary
Gracie Greenbaum	....	production assistant
Kellie Infante	....	production assistant
Megan Kay Jordan	....	assistant production coordinator
Steve Karnes	....	weapons armorer
Shannon Kenny	....	script supervisor
Tom Moran	....	executive assistant: Mr. Scott
Winston Reuning	....	set production assistant
Gary Rieck	....	script coordinator
Steven Robbins	....	assistant: Mr. Scott
Patricia Warren	....	assistant to executive producer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nicolas Falacci		creator
Cheryl Heuton		creator

Cinematography by
Matthew Jensen

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yor-El Francis	....	trainee assistant director (pilot)
Kea Watson	....	dga trainee (2005)

Special Effects by
Anthony Simonaitis	....	pyrotechnician (multiple episodes)

Stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts (season 2)

Casting Department
Neal Naito	....	casting assistant

Other crew
Jim Vickers	....	fight choreographer

Production Companies

• Scott Free Productions
• Post 109
• CBS Television Studios

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2009) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Kabel 1 (2010) (Germany) (TV)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• TV2 (2010) (Hungary) (TV)

Special Effects

• Salt

Other Companies

• Sigloch Military / Tactical  military personnel

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG (LV)

Company:

Scott Free Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Amita holds up a bill of the D.B. Cooper currency to the others and flips it to show both faces, it's clear that it is fake in that it is printed like a coin where the top edge of the reverse is the bottom edge of the obverse.

Soundtrack:

Furr

Not of one the best episodes.

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

I am a huge fan of this show. I like that the producers and writers expect the audience to learn something and do not insult their intelligence. This is not just an intelligent show the stories are well written and the characters are very well defined and interesting.

No nobody is perfect and this episode proves that. The plot is silly to and ridiculous to say the least. An old currency note ties the squad back into the DB Cooper hijacking. It really stretches creditability that out of all those bills that they could find the proverbial needle in the haystack.

The sideline plot of the two agent is useless, distracts and really serves no propose.

Charlie attempting to analyze a parachute jump with his old war toys is really stupid, silly and lack any creditability. Maybe that is the problem with this episode is the Charlie is really a side character and not featured that much.

Then they try and paint Cooper as a hero and get into a long analysis of Vietnam. The analysis is way to trite and cliché and gets down right dull. The reasons they give for cooper actions are way out there and stretch the fabric of logic and reality almost to the ripping point.

Henry Winkler is a great actor. Here he is cast as a retired tough guy. In order, for a plot to work it requires the audience to suspend disbelief. Henry Winkler simply is not believable as a tough guy. There is a part of the show where is character Judd Hirsch have a debate about Cooper and the 60's. Judd Hirsch is great as the old protester, he does a great acting job. Winkler tries to carry the argument for the other side and just cannot do it. He just cannot carry off the old warrior role.

In summation great show terrible episode. The really season a re solid the later ones maybe not as much.