Numb3rs (TV Series)

All's Fair (2006)

Peter MacNicol: Dr. Larry Fleinhardt

Quotes 

• [Larry is sitting in a small pool on campus, thinking. He floats his empty water bottle on the surface, then looks over at the shoe imprint casts he has with him for some reason. He grabs them and also sets both on the surface of the water, tilting them, and his eyes light up] 

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : Eureka. Oh, my word, eureka! Archimedes!

  [He scrambles out of the pool, grabs his robe, and sprints across campus] 

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : It's Archimedes all over again! Archimedes!

  [He's tying the robe as he bustles into his classroom, where he finds Colby, who finishes a phone call as Larry babbles on] 

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : Gold is denser than silver, and thusly Archimedes proved the crown was a fake in the bathtub. But don't be fooled... because this fraud has nothing to do with the Principle of Buoyancy or the Law of Levers.

  [He starts scribbling on the chalkboard] 

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : No, it's simply a poetic leap, a moment of insight.

  Colby Granger : 'Eureka.'

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : Precisely. You know, since water is so conducive to thinking, it's a wonder we don't have classes in swimming pools.

  [Larry puts on the suspect's boots and steps into a sandbox to explain to Colby how the shoe prints could not have been made by their prime suspect] 

  Colby Granger : He's being framed. Good job, doc.

  Dr. Larry Fleinhardt : [smiling, but wrapping his robe a little tighter around himself]  I'm actually feeling a little chilly... Now where have I left my clothing?