Numb3rs (TV Series)

Counterfeit Reality (2005)

Rob Morrow: Don Eppes

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• [At the end of the episode, we find Don watching a movie and drinking a beer in his apartment, alone in the dark. There's a knock at his door] 

  Charlie Eppes : Don?

  Don Eppes : Charlie? You all right?

  [Don goes to open the door, concerned, to find his brother holding a cardboard box - apparently the same one Don was looking for earlier containing things from Don's time in Albuquerque - nervously] 

  Charlie Eppes : Hey. I uh, found this box. I thought I'd...

  [He walks in] 

  Don Eppes : What, bring it over at two in the morning? What did you do? You opened it?

  [He takes the box from Charlie and goes back to his chair] 

  Don Eppes : What is with you man? Even when we were kids, you were always going through my stuff.

  Charlie Eppes : You always had cool stuff.

  [Charlie stays back, watching his brother as he pulls an envelope from the box addressed to Don at his L.A. address] 

  Charlie Eppes : Seems like you left a lot of good friends back there, huh?

  Don Eppes : Yeah, well.

  [He takes a shaky breath] 

  Don Eppes : Family first, right?

  Charlie Eppes : [softly]  Right.

  [Don takes a diamond engagement ring from the envelope, turns it in the light, then glances back at Charlie, who looks at the floor. He sighs] 

  Don Eppes : Look. I was gonna tell you, I just... I don't know. I mean, we were in two different worlds. You know how it is. And mom got sick, and I don't know.

  [He looks at a snapshot of himself and Kim looking happy and in love] 

  Charlie Eppes : I understand.

  Don Eppes : Yeah?

  [They exchange a look] 

  Charlie Eppes : Yeah. I agree. We're from... uh, from two different worlds.

  [He looks at the floor again] 

  Don Eppes : Well, not so much lately.

  [He laughs] 

  Don Eppes : See me all the time now.

  Charlie Eppes : Yeah.

  [He looks up and nods, smiling] 

  Charlie Eppes : I've learned a lot from you, actually.

  Don Eppes : Thanks.

  [Don grins and Charlie shifts nervously, still unsure, so Don shifts gears] 

  Don Eppes : You want to watch the rest of the movie?

  Charlie Eppes : Okay. Sure.

  [He finally comes into the living room and sits down] 

  Don Eppes : It's a great flick. It's about baseball.

  Charlie Eppes : The most statistically-driven sport in the world.

  [Don offers him a beer, then chips, and Charlie just smiles and declines, and the two watch the movie in companionable silence]