Numb3rs: Uncertainty Principle (Episode 102)
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Grid time! 16: Banks robbed. 2: Suspects. $2700: Average take. 0 = Weapons used. $2700? That's it? Dude, the thugs in my neighborhood get more than that from holding up the 7-11 down the street. I know y'all want to visit me now. Don't be scared: my car has only been broken into twice, which is like a safety record around here.

A bank robbery is in progress as Charlie feeds the koi fish in his backyard and tells Larry about the equation he came up with to help the FBI catch the robbers. He's looking awfully smug about it, so I'm going to take a wild guess and say something will go wrong with his equation. I am either a psychic genius or I've seen this episode already. In any case, while Larry is cautioning Charlie to not equate "the ability to predict with the ability to control" and Charlie's arrogance is growing by the millisecond, Don, Terry and David spot the robbers heading into the bank Charlie predicted would be hit next. They move in and soon discover that Charlie's math fu is not all-seeing, as the previously weapons-less robbers pull out guns and start firing into the crowd. The FBI and the innocent bystanders collectively crap themselves.

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