CHARLIE HELPS DON BREAK A SECRET CODE FOUND AT A CRIME SCENE THAT COULD UNCOVER A PLAN FOR THE ASSASSINATION OF A COLUMBIAN EXILE, ON THE SECOND SEASON PREMIERE OF "NUMB3RS," FRIDAY, SEPT. 23 ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK

Diane Farr ("Rescue Me") and Dylan Bruno ("Saving Private Ryan") Join the Cast

Elizabeth Pe�a ("Suburban Madness") Guest Stars

"Assassin" -- Don and his team find a suspicious code during a raid which Charlie determines is part of a secret plan to assassinate a Columbian exile living in Los Angeles, on the second season premiere of NUMB3RS, Friday, Sept. 23 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Bobby Roth directed the episode from a script by Co-Creators and Executive Producers Cheryl Heuton and Nick Falacci.

Diane Farr stars as Special Agent Megan Reeves, who studied at the FBI Behavioral Science Unit at Quantico, and who has recently been assigned to the Los Angeles bureau to work alongside Don Eppes.

Dylan Bruno stars as Colby Granger, a new Los Angeles FBI agent whose tour of duty with the Army's Criminal Investigation division allowed him the chance to see the world beyond Boise, Idaho where he grew up.

Elizabeth Pe�a guest stars as Sonya Benavides, Minister Counselor from Colombia.

Along with David Sinclair and new FBI Agent Colby Granger, Don discovers a secret code during a raid and enlists Charlie's help to crack it. Using an elaborate game theory model called "hide and seek," Charlie discovers that it is a plan for the assassination of a Columbian exile living in Los Angeles. Charlie and Megan combine their expertise and work closely together to try to prevent the murder from taking place.

NUMB3RS is a drama about Don Eppes, an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother, Charlie, to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. As a seasoned investigator, Don deals in hard facts and evidence whereas Charlie, a math professor at a California university, functions in a world of mathematical probability and equations. Their father, Alan, is happy to see his sons working together even though he doesn't understand what Charlie does for a living. When Charlie has doubts about the collaboration, he turns to his physicist friend, Dr. Larry Fleinhardt, as he understands that math is the language of human nature and can be used to solve some of life's biggest mysteries. Inspired by actual cases, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions.

NUMB3RS is produced by Scott Free Productions, in association with Paramount Network Television. Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Barry Schindel, Nick Falacci, Cheryl Heuton and David W. Zucker serve as executive producers.

Don Eppes: Rob Morrow
Charlie Eppes: David Krumholtz
Alan Eppes: Judd Hirsch
David Sinclair: Alimi Ballard
Larry Fleinhardt: Peter MacNicol
Megan Reeves: Diane Farr
Amita Ramajuan: Navi Rawat
Colby Granger: Dylan Bruno
Gabriel Ruiz: Jordi Vilasuso
Henry Korfelt: Christian Clemenson
Elsie Korfelt: Carol Locatell
Sonya Benavides: Elizabeth Pe�a
US Marshall: Demetrius Grosse
Condor: Ray Proscia
Techie: Nick Roth
Warren Wells: Taso Papadakis
Agent #1: Aaron MacPherson
LAPD #1: Gary McDonald

RATING: To Be Announced