Don Eppes quotes from Numb3rs

Liz Warner

Okay, so you're thinking if Ferraro and Porter are trained to act in a certain way, we'll be able to predict what their next move will be?

Colby Granger

Yeah. Maybe Charlie will be able to slap it into one of those algorithmic, geo-profiling, hot-zone hot-pocket deals.

Don Eppes

Put it just like that when you ask him.

David Sinclair

"Was gonna wait for the fire department to get here, but uh Granger made me look bad by running in there."

Don Eppes

"Ah."

Colby Granger

"Right the reluctant hero, hey, at least you got to carry the girl."

Nikki Betancourt

The perp fled in a brown truck,... flower truck or bread truck.

Don Eppes

Stolen, right?

Nikki Betancourt

Unless we're looking at a gang of rough bakers.

Don Eppes

You're just not into BBall, huh?

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt

It brings out the worst in otherwise reasonable people.

Don Eppes

Is this going to get us anywhere, or are we just digressing?

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt

When do I ever digress?

Colby Granger

This er... dead Jack in the box, his name is Greg Berlin.

Don Eppes

That's our best lead. Let's get on it then?

Nikki Betancourt

We could, but I'm pretty sure it's a dead end.

David Sinclair

[about Nikki predicting where to find a body before] Here we go again, 'The Amazing Nikki'.

Don

Dang. Nice digs. (chuckling) Well, I don't understand. Dad said it was like a disaster, like my room when I was 15.

Charlie

He was right, by the way. Um, no, Amita came by today and did all this. It's nice of her.

Don

You've definitely arrived, kid.

Charlie

Yeah. I've arrived. Don't know how long I'm set to stay.

Don

What are you talking about? You've been working for this your whole life.

Charlie

Yeah. My destiny. What if my future has changed, you know? What if it's not being an academic?

Don

What, you mean the FBI stuff? You don't seem to have a problem doing both.

Charlie

It's become increasingly difficult for me to be here in this bubble lecturing about set theory, knowing that there are real lives at risk, that there are real lives being lost out there.

Don

You know, Charlie, I've seen a lot of good agents burn out. You know, guys that just don't want to go home because they're afraid they'll miss something. What is... ( shuts scanner off ) I don't know about the whole destiny thing. You've had it pounded into your head since you were a kid. Why don't you just... do what you want on any given day? Okay? Just live a little.

Charlie

I don't know.

Don

Yeah, well, I do.

Amita

Hey. Am I interrupting something?

Don

No, I was just, uh, heading out, actually.

Amita

Good. 'Cause I need Charlie.

Don

All right. Congratulations. Uh, this is nicer than my apartment. See you later.

Charlie Eppes

I began looking for answers in the desert. [picks up mini zen garden]

Don Eppes

That was on Larry's desk, right?

Charlie Eppes

He's got me babysitting it.

Amita Ramanujan

Tal Feigenbaum is easily as good a hacker as Augie.

Charlie Eppes

Yeah, he's probably trying to ... decode the backdoor, too.

Don Eppes

You know, what if he's not trying to hack Augie? I mean, what if he's trying to find him?

Amita Ramanujan

IRC. Internet Relay Chat. It's how hackers talk when they don't want to be overheard.

Charlie Eppes

It's a pretty primitive chat program.

Amita Ramanujan

Think of it like shipping channels in the ocean. You can't see them until a boat cuts through the water leaving a wake. If two boats meet in the middle of the ocean to swap a load of illegal drugs, you have to catch them in real time, otherwise there's no evidence of the meeting left behind.

Charlie Eppes

No names, no accounts, no records of exchange.

Don Eppes

Well, how do they see each other?

Amita Ramanujan

Online names.

Don Eppes

Okay, so what, we've got "the_fist", and, and ... what's Augie's?

Amita Ramanujan

[points at the website] "00zemeister". I'll set up an alarm to alert us if either name enters an IRC channel.

Don Eppes

Can we see what they're saying?

Amita Ramanujan

In leetspeak. Luckily, I speak leet.

Charlie Eppes

That's so hot!

Charlie Eppes

All right, Feigenbaum's online!

Nikki Betancourt

I'll get Don.

Charlie Eppes

What are they saying?

Amita Ramanujan

Okay. "I've got a surprise for you." "Funny, got one for you, too."

Don Eppes

You got a trace?

Charlie Eppes

Yeah, but they're probably bouncing around a hundred IPs. I mean, they'll be offline before we get a location.

Amita Ramanujan

"We should meet." "Ha ha. Touch my system and it will eat your young." Okay, that was Augie.

Don Eppes

Okay, so Feigenbaum wants to meet.

Charlie Eppes

Augie's rewriting his code.

Amita Ramanujan

Hey, you guys, wait. This is going to be over in a second.

Nikki Betancourt

Can we get a screenshot?

Amita Ramanujan

Got it!

[about their previous encounter] We had fun, didn't we? Oh, by the way, is that genius brother of yours still working with you?

Don Eppes

This three men, that hijacked that bus used your plan.

You don't think I'm in on this, do you? I'm doing seven to ten here. You think some crook is gonna take my share of 16 Mio. and put it in a cookie jar until I get out?

Amita Ramanujan

You know, I've been thinking about what Buckley said... about honeymooning in Costa Rica.

Charlie Eppes

Depending on the time of year, lots of rain.

Amita Ramanujan

We'll bring umbrellas.

Charlie Eppes

Scorpions! They got scorpions down there that sleep in peoples shoes.

Amita Ramanujan

So we'll wear sandals.

Charlie Eppes

Very long flight.

Amita Ramanujan

Not if we take separate planes. [Don enters]

Amita Ramanujan

What do you think about Costa Rica?

Don Eppes

Ahm, I don't know. I hear they've got a lot of scorpions.

[about Charlie] What are you gonna do about his bachelor party? The whole cliche Las Vegas stripper thing?

Don Eppes

No! I'm thinking like golf, cigars... maybe Laguna or Torrey Pines.

It's suppised to be his bachelor party, right? Not yours?

Don Eppes

Well, fine... we could take him to a Stephen Hawking seminar.

Don Eppes

Are you ready?

Alan Eppes

Are you kidding? Watching a son get married, I've been waiting for that a long time.