Numb3rs (TV Series)
Mind Games (2006)
David Krumholtz: Charlie Eppes
Quotes
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Charlie Eppes : What kind of crazy Kool-Aid do they make you drink when you join the Physics Department?
[Asked when Larry defends research into Simon Kraft's psychic abilities]
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[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.