Episode
Numb3rs: Bones of Contention
Overview
When a researcher who specializes in Native American antiquities is killed at the museum where she works, the FBI is called in because the museum is on federal land.
Details
- Series
- Numb3rs
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 10
- Air date
- 2005-12-09
- Runtime
- 41 min
Episode context
Bones of Contention is Episode 10 in Season 2 of Numb3rs. It aired on 2005-12-09. The runtime is 41 min.
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Episode 9: Toxin
After four people nearly die from poisoning, Don learns someone is tampering with nonprescription drugs. When the perpetrator publishes a manifesto in a local paper, Don is led to believe the person may be a former employee of the drug company that manufactured the drug.
Episode 11: Scorched
An arsonist sets a fire at a car dealership that kills a sales person. The name of an extremist environmental group is spray-painted on the scene, but the group denies involvement. It becomes Don's task to determine whether the group or someone else is responsible. Charlie is called in to help figure out if there is a pattern to the fires that would help provide a profile of the arsonist.
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Episode 7: Convergence
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Episode 13: Double Down
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Episode 14: Harvest
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