the math aspect to this be merely a gimmick to try to set this tv show apart from the million of other cop show . the only redeeming aspect to this show be rob morrow and although his career must have be ( undeservedly ) waning after northern exposure if he sign up for this schlock . the lame ness of the math aspect to the show be encapsulate in one episode co star lou diamond phillips ( which just confirm that this show be the last refuge of the damn . ) in order to catch a fugitive and the mathematician use some theory about bubble . so and he give this long explanation that and if we have see the suspect in place a and b and c and then we can use bubble theory to calculate where he might be . he do this all on a chalkboard and or maybe with a stick in the dirt ( i cant remember ) . anyway and when you look at the finished product and he basically take three spot and and pick a point right in the middle and say ok and mathematically and here where we be most likely to find the fugitive . at which point and one other character point out oh and that point also happen to be the cabin where the guy use to live . be that math . it not even connect the fkg dot . this show remind me of the math major i use to work with in banking who have a mathematical analysis he could do to support point that every one else have already agree on through either less complex analysis or basic common sense . it just go to show when youre a hammer and everything look like a nail . i can not wait til they stick the numb3rs team on osama . they will use calculus and call an airstrike in the middle of the mountain and and hit osama and not even scratch the five child he use a human shield . cuz hey . it all about the number . totally ludicrous tv show .