Numb3rs: Season 3

2006 · 24 episodes · ★ 7.9

What Season 3 of Numb3rs

Charlie and Amita intensify their relationship, as do Larry and Megan, especially after Megan's kidnapping. Amita has trouble adjusting to her new role as a CalSci professor, and Larry announces his leave of absence; he will be on the International Space Station for six months, which greatly distresses Charlie.

24episodes

Sep 22, 2006premiered

May 18, 2007latest episode

17.2 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Spree (1)
Sep 22, 2006 · 43 min
Don has a problem. Crystal Hoyle and her boyfriend Buck are going on a robbery and killing spree. Their terror is spread over seven states, and Charlie is called in to help. However, problems between Alan and Charlie may hinder Charlie's concentration.
Directing: John Behring · Writing: Ken Sanzel · Starring: Peter MacNicol, David Gallagher, Kim Dickens, Lou Diamond Phillips
3x02 Two Daughters (2)
Sep 29, 2006 · 44 min
David tries to get information from one of Crystal's old boyfriends, but he isn't helping. Things get personal for the team when Crystal kidnaps one of them.
Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski · Written by: Ken Sanzel · Starring: Peter MacNicol, David Gallagher, Kim Dickens, Mark Rosenthal
3x03 Provenance
Oct 6, 2006 · 43 min
Don and the rest of the team find themselves in the midst of a confusing case. The investigation into a missing painting turns grim as a murder plot surfaces. Add Nazis to the mix, and things take an even more interesting turn!
Directing: David Von Ancken, Dennis Smith · Writing: Don McGill · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Benito Martinez, Gena Rowlands, Armin Shimerman
3x04 The Mole
Oct 13, 2006 · 44 min
Don and the team attempt to figure out what happened when a Chinese interpreter turns up dead.
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal · Written by: Robert Port · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Shawn Hatosy, Scott Menville, Michelle Lee
3x05 Traffic
Oct 20, 2006 · 42 min
Don and the rest of the team investigate several attacks occurring on LA highways that may be connected.
Directing: J. Miller Tobin · Writing: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Rachel York, Zach Mills, Darian Weiss
3x06 Longshot
Oct 27, 2006 · 43 min
Don and the team investigate a suspicious death at a horse track. When Charlie starts looking into the crime, he uncovers something that will send the investigation into an entirely different direction.
Directing: John Behring · Writing: J. David Harden · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Aya Sumika, Philip Casnoff, Cleo King
3x07 Blackout
Nov 3, 2006 · 42 min
Blackouts leave Los Angeles in the dark. Don must work with his entire team to figure out if the power outages are a catastrophic accident or the sinister plot of terrorists.
Directing: Scott Lautanen · Writing: Andrew Dettmann · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Aya Sumika, Amy Sloan, John Bobek
3x08 Hardball
Nov 10, 2006 · 44 min
The case of a dead minor league baseball player leaves Don and the team with more questions than answers. When Charlie discovers that someone has come up with a statistical analysis that can identify which of the players are on steriods, the case gets more leads...and a suspect.
Directed by: Frederick King Keller · Written by: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Jay Baruchel, Luna Lauren Vélez, Barry Shabaka Henley
3x09 Waste Not
Nov 17, 2006 · 44 min
The problem of the disposal of toxic waste becomes real to Don, Charlie and the team when several children are injured after a sinkhole collapses underneath a school playground. Charlie attempts to help with the case, but faces opposition from his new boss.
Directed by: J. Miller Tobin · Written by: Julie Hébert · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Gabriel Olds, Deirdre Lovejoy, Bob Gunton
3x10 Brutus
Nov 24, 2006 · 44 min
A California State Senator and a psychiatrist--neither have much in common with the other except for one thing...they both turn up dead on Don's watch. While the circumstances of their deaths are different, Don thinks the two murders are related, and tries to prove his hunch right. What he finds may bring to light a deep secret the government has been hiding for years.
Directing: Oz Scott · Writing: Ken Sanzel · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Matt Keeslar, Tom Everett, Tom Amandes
3x11 Killer Chat
Dec 15, 2006 · 44 min
Don and Charlie track a killer who has murdered several sex predators. The predators took advantage of teenage girls they met in chat rooms. Meanwhile, Larry is ready to begin an adventure with NASA.
Directed by: Chris Hartwill · Written by: Don McGill · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Buzz Aldrin, Robin Weigert, George Newbern
3x12 Nine Wives
Jan 5, 2007 · 43 min
Don, Charlie, and the team search for a polygamist who is on the run. The man is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for rape and murder.
Directed by: Julie Hébert · Written by: Julie Hébert · Starring: W. Earl Brown, Alexandra Krosney, John Patrick Amedori, Kathy Najimy
3x13 Finders Keepers
Jan 12, 2007 · 42 min
After an extremely expensive yacht sinks in the middle of a race, Charlie is put between a rock and a hard place when Don and the NSA need his help on the case.
Directed by: Colin Bucksey · Written by: Andrew Dettmann · Starring: Aya Sumika, Anthony Ruivivar, David Clennon, Jason Beghe
3x14 Take Out
Feb 2, 2007 · 44 min
When two police officers are killed while eating dinner out, Charlie tries to figure out where the killers will strike next. Don's superiors make him see the department shrink.
Directing: Leslie Libman · Writing: Sean Crouch · Starring: Emiliano Torres, Kathy Najimy, Wendell Pierce, José Zúñiga
3x15 End of Watch
Feb 9, 2007 · 44 min
Don and the team reopen a cold case when a LAPD badge turns up at a construction site. When Charlie joins the investigation, they attempt to track down the owner of the badge, an officer who has been missing 17 years. Meanwhile, Alan is informed that he's being sued.
Directed by: Michael W. Watkins · Written by: Robert Port · Starring: Aya Sumika, Will Patton, Josh Clark, Kathy Najimy
3x16 Contenders
Feb 16, 2007 · 43 min
One of David's closest friends is called into question after a man dies while boxing with him. When it turns out this is not the first time such an event has happened, things look even worse. Charlie is busy practicing what little he knows about poker, so he can take Larry's spot in a tournament.
Directed by: Alex Zakrzewski · Written by: J. David Harden · Starring: Luna Lauren Vélez, Philip Moon, Daniel Covell, A.J. Benza
3x17 One Hour
Feb 23, 2007 · 43 min
Don talks to his therapist again, and while he's gone, the team races to find an eleven year-old boy being held on a $3 million ransom, and time is running out...
Directed by: J. Miller Tobin · Written by: Ken Sanzel · Starring: Aya Sumika, Vincent Laresca, Michael DeLorenzo, Susan Krebs
3x18 Democracy
Mar 9, 2007 · 42 min
Several area murders seem to be tied to voter fraud. Don, Charlie, and the team must find the killers before they strike again.
Directed by: Steve Boyum · Written by: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton · Starring: Jay Baruchel, Alexander Chaplin, William Sadler, Kelli O'Hara
3x19 Pandora's Box
Mar 30, 2007 · 41 min
When a jet crashes in the middle of a forest, Charlie suspects that there is more to the crash than what meets the eye.
Directed by: Dennis Smith · Written by: Andrew Black · Starring: Tom Pelphrey, Geoff Pierson, Kathy Najimy, D.W. Moffett
3x20 Burn Rate
Apr 6, 2007 · 42 min
When Don investigates a series of bombings, he calls in Charlie to help pinpoint the bomber. But the two disagree over who the culprit is. Is it a new terrorist, or an old enemy?
Directed by: Frederick King Keller · Written by: Don McGill · Starring: Aya Sumika, Gene Gabriel, Lisa Vidal, Kyle Howard
3x21 The Art of Reckoning
Apr 27, 2007 · 44 min
When a former mob hit man on death row suddenly has a change of heart and agrees to confess to his crimes, Don has an uneasy feeling about the whole affair.
Directing: John Behring · Writing: Julie Hébert · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Wood Harris, Rhyon Nicole Brown, Preston Bailey
3x22 Under Pressure
May 4, 2007 · 40 min
Don, Charlie, and the team take on unknown terrorists who may be using nerve gas to undermine Los Angeles' water supply.
Directing: J. Miller Tobin · Writing: Andrew Dettmann · Starring: Aya Sumika, James McDaniel, James DuMont, Preston Bailey
3x23 Money for Nothing
May 11, 2007 · 42 min
$50 million dollars in medical relief is up for grabs after the shipment is stolen. But there's a catch--someone other than the FBI wants to recover the shipment. Don and the team find themselves pitted against blackmarketeers in a deadly race for the supplies.
Directed by: Stephen Gyllenhaal · Written by: Nicolas Falacci, Cheryl Heuton · Starring: Peter MacNicol, Aya Sumika, Charles Borland, LisaGay Hamilton
3x24 The Janus List Season Finale
May 18, 2007 · 42 min
In the midst of investigating a serious bomb threat, Don and Charlie uncover a secret that could change their lives and the lives of the team forever.
Directed by: John Behring · Written by: Ken Sanzel, Robert Port · Starring: Gene Gabriel, Catherine Dent, Shawn Hatosy, James Frain