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Numb3rs :: Chinese Box (04x10)

Episode Information

Title:

Chinese Box

Episode #:

04x10

Production Number:

410

Original Airdate:

Friday December 14th, 2007

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NL (Veronica)	Oct 28, 2009

Episode Crew
Director:	Dennis Smith (1)
Writer:	Ken Sanzel

Episode Summary

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A former FBI subcontractor guns down an agent inside the agency's headquarters and takes a member of Don's team hostage. Charlie and Alan, who are visiting the FBI office, assist in resolving the situation. Megan and Liz take to the field to learn more about the hostage taker.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Aya Sumika	played	Special Agent Liz Warner	Recurring (13th appearance)
•Chris Bruno	played	Tim King	Recurring (first appearance)
•Tymberlee Chanel	played	FBI Tech	Recurring (second appearance)
•Alexander Wells	played	Guard
•Breon Gorman	played	Older Woman
•Clifton Powell	played	Max Devane
•Enrico Colantoni	played	Ben Blakely
•Joseph Lyle Taylor	played	Jonas Grover
•Megan Gallagher (1)	played	Sarah Blakely

Main Cast

•Rob Morrow	played	Don Eppes
•David Krumholtz	played	Charlie Eppes
•Judd Hirsch	played	Alan Eppes
•Alimi Ballard	played	David Sinclair
•Navi Rawat	played	Amita Ramanujan
•Dylan Bruno	played	Colby Granger
•Peter MacNicol (1)	played	Dr. Larry Fleinhardt
•Diane Farr	played	Megan Reeves

Episode Notes

Series regulars Navi Rawat (Amita) and Peter MacNichol (Dr. Larry Fleinhardt) did not appear in this episode.

This episode appears to be a "budget mender." There is no location shooting, big effects, or protracted gun battles. There are very few exterior shots. About half of the episode takes place in an elevator where David is being held hostage. Most of the remainder takes place on existing sets (the building lobby and the bullpen.) The CalSci and Eppes' family home sets are not used at all. Two of the series regulars don't appear at all (Amita & Dr. Fleinhardt.)

Many times, a lower budget episode such as this will be produced to correct for overruns on previous episodes or to bank some money for an episode the producers know is going to be more expensive to produce than the typical episode.

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