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(More customer reviews)I haven't kept a close eye on "Numb3rs" thanks to its dead end 10 pm Friday night airing, but when I had tuned in (primarily via On Demand), I rarely was ever disappointed. I will submit that the mathematics used in this sixth season wasn't the greatest and in fact during one episode, 'And the Winner Is', didn't make a whole lot of sense in that the theory was sound but how they came about it and in turn found the culprits was on the iffy side. But, I've always felt that while indeed the show's gimmick was using mathematics to solve crimes it is the characters and their arcs that make it worthwhile viewing. In the sixth season I could immediately tell that even the writers had an inkling this would be the final season as they began tying up the characters' stories and by the series finale, as a casual fan, I was mostly satisfied. Yes, it is a very low key ending to the show as even the plot was in line with most of the stories that have come before but I wouldn't want it any other way. They could have had some big shootout or major explosion that would've altered or even killed a main character but far too many shows (see: "CSI: Miami") do that and it just comes off as melodramatic and rarely works. Plus, with only a few exceptions, isn't really "Numb3rs" style.
As for this DVD, I can see how the features have devolved from the first couple of seasons (5-6 episode commentaries, a few featurettes) to the latter releases where, in the case of The Fifth Season, having only a featurette and no commentaries at all. In this one, we do get commentaries on 3 episodes ('Con Job' - actor Rob Morrow, director Ralph Hemecker and executive Don McGill; `Old Soldiers' with director Ken Sanzel, actor Alimi Ballard and guest star Henry Winkler; and `Cause and Effect' with creators/writers Cheryl Heuton, Nicolas Falacci (who also directed) and actor David Krumholtz) but unfortunately they couldn't get the entire cast together for the finale, though I am glad it did get one (unlike "Scrubs").
The set also has a decent featurette entitled "Coming Full Circle: Numb3rs The Final Season" (25:42) in which the first half chronicles Falacci's directorial debut on the series finale before going into the cast and crew talking about this being the end of the road (it also includes emotional on-set final statements by the cast). There are also two more featurettes ("The Women of Numb3rs" (11:04) and Pixel Perfect: The Digital Cinematography of Numb3rs (15:10)) and each are pretty good, though "Coming Full Circle" is the one to see. There is also a photo gallery with pics taken of the cast and crew taken over the years.
The video and audio quality are both on par with previous seasons including a bombastic audio during the opening and transition scenes.
Anyway, fans of the show should of course pick this up and I think for casual fans like myself, it's still worth it as I feel this is one of the better shows that was on TV and it's nice to have it sitting on your shelf, plus it helps the show has plenty of repeat value.
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Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 08/10/2010Run time: 678 minutes
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