It's not a code. It's a story told in numbers.
“Sabotage” · Season 1, Episode 6
In this episode: Charlie Eppes (6), Don Eppes (4), Alan Eppes (2), Amita Ramanujan (2), Larry Fleinhardt (1)
I'm sorry, but does that ever work? Just coming out and being so ... obvious?
Well, if it's the right guy, sure.
Is that Amita sitting in the car out front?
Yeah. We just stopped by for a minute, so I can check this text on encryption and codebreaking.
And you left Amita waiting in the car? No ... no. This is not the way we treat people, Charlie. You bring her inside, you at least offer her something to drink. You know, like an adult.
We just stopped by for a second.
You came in 15 minutes ago, Charlie.
I'm avoiding Laurel Wilson.
The professor of philosophy of science?
She's the lady you go hiking with?
For years we've enjoyed this ... I don't know ... delightful wilderness-based friendship, entirely platonic. But last night, she and I just veered ... we veered off into the carnal.
I'm taking it didn't go well.
Actually, it was incredible. It was primal. I mean, in the animal, not the numerical, sense. But what I'm saying, this was a perfect event, and, as such, untwinnable.
So, because the sex was great, the odds are against it ever being great again.
The replication defies the laws of probability.
[dryly] So, why try?
[missing the sarcasm] Yes, yes. That's why I'm here. I mean, it's the perfect refuge.
What do you mean, "the perfect refuge"?
Well, the math department must be the least libidinous place on campus.
TLTerry Lake
He's showing us what he's capable of.
Well, now it's our turn.
[Terry and David refused to leave Don and the guy with the bomb]
Guys, for following orders, not your best moment, but thank you.
I want you to know I don't take for granted what you do.
I never thought you did.
Well, it seems like your new math consultant is working out nicely.
I gotta tell you, dad, I can't think of anyone who could have helped us the way Charlie did in this investigation.
You just remember how Charlie is. Can't seem to quit a problem. He's still working on the same one he's had since grade school.
And what's that?
Trying to impress his big brother.
Math is nature's language: its method of communicating directly with us. Everything is numbers.
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