Numb3rs, Season One

Numb3rs is an American television show that follows FBI Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematical genius brother, Charlie Eppes, who develops formulae to predict the actions of various criminals. more »

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
I'm avoiding Laurel Wilson.

Amita Ramanujan:
The professor of philosophy of science?

Charlie Eppes:
She's the lady you go hiking with?

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
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.

Amita Ramanujan:
I'm taking it didn't go well.

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
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.

Amita Ramanujan:
So, because the sex was great, the odds are against it ever being great again.

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
The replication defies the laws of probability.

Amita Ramanujan:
[dryly] So, why try?

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
[missing the sarcasm] Yes, yes. That's why I'm here. I mean, it's the perfect refuge.

Charlie Eppes:
What do you mean, "the perfect refuge"?

Dr. Larry Fleinhardt:
Well, the math department must be the least libidinous place on campus.

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