Numb3rs (TV Series)

Mind Games (2006)

Judd Hirsch: Alan Eppes

Quotes 

• [after the case wraps up, Don and Charlie arrive home, still arguing about the merits of the psychic's powers, and Alan comes down the stairs] 

  Alan Eppes : What, you guys, are you still at it? Look, it's obvious you're not gonna agree on this...

  [They continue arguing, Charlie suggesting maybe the man's work with the CIA gave him insight into the drug trade...] 

  Don Eppes : Charlie, that is so thin.

  Charlie Eppes : I don't think it's...

  Alan Eppes : I agree with Don, it's pretty thin.

  Charlie Eppes : Oh, and attributing superhuman powers to a psychic, yeah that's 'thick'.

  Don Eppes : No, listen, I'm not saying everything he did was real, but you can't rule out...

  [There's a crash, startling all three of them, and they all turn to look where something has fallen off the wall] 

  Alan Eppes : What's that?

  Don Eppes : ...That's Mom's picture.

  Charlie Eppes : [scoffs]  Oh, don't start to say that that meant something, okay?

  Don Eppes : [giving Charlie a look]  C'mon... that's spooky.

  Alan Eppes : [picking up the picture]  You know, your mother never liked it when you guys argued.

  Charlie Eppes : Oh, there's many reasons that that just fell-Look, it's fallen before. You were supposed to put an earthquake anchor on that wall, Dad.

  [Alan rehangs the picture on the wall] 

  Don Eppes : So, what that, that's a coincidence?

  Charlie Eppes : Coincidence and nothing more.

  Don Eppes : [still skeptical]  Yeah... I dunno... That's weird.

  [Don and Alan exchange a look, then look back at Charlie, who's looking at his mother's picture and seeming less certain now...] 

  Charlie Eppes : ...Coincidence.