Episode
Numb3rs: Double Down
Overview
A murder investigation at a Los Angeles card club leads the FBI to a complicated card-counting scheme involving college students.
Details
- Series
- Numb3rs
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 2006-01-13
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Double Down is Episode 13 in Season 2 of Numb3rs. It aired on 2006-01-13. The runtime is 44 min.
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Episode 12: The O.G.
When Don and his team are called to the scene of the murder of a Los Angeles gang member, they learn they are investigating the murder of another agent who had been working undercover.
Episode 14: Harvest
When an Asian teenager is found in the basement of an old downtown hotel where she was apparently being tortured, the investigation soon reveals the girl and three other missing women, are victims of a black market organ-harvesting scheme. Amita assists the FBI by communicating with the girl, who is from the same part of India where Amita's family once lived.
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