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1. Pilot

While chasing a serial rapist, FBI Agent Don Eppes gets help from his brother Charlie, who is applied mathematics professor at California Institute of Science . Using his mathematical genius, Charlie attempting to calculate the "hot zone", an area, where the suspect is most likely to live.

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Charlie assists Don on a serial rapist case by calculating a "hot zone", an area where the rapist is most likely to live. Don is removed from the case after Charlie's formula fails to turn up any leads but later a comment from their father then leads Charlie to change the equation to calculate two points of origin, instead of one, leading to a new suspect. Anthony Heald guest stars. Mathematics used: Geographic profiling, probability theory, 11-dimensional supergravity theory and projectile motion

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