Charles Eppes
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| Charles Eppes | |
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| First appearance | Pilot (Aired; 23 January 2005) |
| Portrayed by | David Krumholtz |
| Episode count | 103 episodes (As of; 15 May 2009) |
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| Profession | Professor of Applied Mathematics FBI Mathematical Consultant NSA Mathematical Consultant |
| Affiliation | CalSci FBI NSA |
| Gender | Male |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Family | Margaret Eppes (mother, deceased) Alan Eppes (father) Don Eppes (brother) |
Charles Edward Eppes, known simply as Charlie, was a member of the Eppes family, a professor at CalSci and an math consultant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was the son of Alan Eppes and passed Margaret Eppes and brother to Special Agent Don Eppes.
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[edit] History
[edit] Past
Discovered to have mathematical abilities at age 3, his parents put his education first, ahead of almost everything else. Giving him private tutors and helping him advance rapidly through school. He graduated High school on the same day as his older brother Don, much to his older brothers resentment. Through out high school, not much is known about what happened between the brothers, except that they did fight over Val Eng, who was Charlie's lab partner and first crush, unbeknown to his brother who took her to prom. He went to Princeton at the age of 13 with his mother who felt he was to young to travel so far on his own. After graduating from Princeton he went to Europe to study abroad on his own to further his career. While there he meet Susan Berry which who he lived with for about 2 years. After receiving his degrees, he returned to Los Angeles where he became a professor at CalSci. He teamed up with long time mentor and friend Larry Fleinhart who Charlie first met at Princeton. About a year prior to the start of the show Margret Eppes, charlie's mother succumbed to cancer, kind unknown, and charlie was unable to handle her diagnosis and ultimately her death. 3 months prior to her death he locked himself in the garage to work on a world famous unsolvable math problem called P vs NP. It is believed that he set out to work on it with the belief that if he could solve it he could cure his mother's cancer. His actions during his mother's illness Put a strain on his relationship with his brother that would take years to rebuild. Although not yet being 30 he was already a tenured professor at CalSci.
[edit] Season One
Charlie began to help his brother in various cases, to the dazzle of Don and his team. With the help of Larry Fleinhardt and a young woman named Amita Ramanujan, Charlie would solve crimes using his math skills. He became a common sight around the FBI office. During the LA Sniper Zero Case he became a deadly sniper's target, though he came out unscathed.
[edit] Season Two
The following year Charlie continued to aid the Bureau, much to the amazement of new members, such as Megan Reeves and Colby Granger. On one particular case, memories of his mother were brought out.
[edit] Home
Charlie had been living with his father for most of his time in LA; however, his father had decided to sell the Eppes home. Charlie, unable to convince his dad otherwise, bought the house, not wanting to let go of the home.
[edit] Relationship with Amita
As a romantic relationship between Charlie and Amita began to flower, they found that they had trouble communicating outside of work.
The heart rose when Amita was offered a job at Harvard.
[edit] Proposal
On the seson 5 finaly Charlie proposed to Amita, Her answer has yet to be known until next seson, seson 6 primering 9/26/09
[edit] Season Three
Charlie remained with the FBI, and was relieved to know that Amita had declined the offer to go to Harvard, though he felt it to also to be a great weight.
Another hurdle came his way when his father decided to move, though he eventually changed his mind.
[edit] Personality
Charlie is a very caring and tender-hearted person, who often struggled with not letting the victims he studied become too overwhelming. A very smart person, but not proud or high handed.
