Has anyone seen the shows "Medium" and "Numbers"?

I got a huge "I am so not working on lesson plans" brainlock this weekend and watched those shows and actually kind of liked them. I never thought I would buy Dr. Fleichmann as a FBI guy, but I kinda do.

I wonder about the math in Numbers, though. I take it on faith, cause, so not mathy, but I found myself wondering what would all the math-oriented B'tas think? Is this all accurate, or TV bullshit?

omg I hate working on my resume. am I seriously supposed to remember quantifiable improvements that were part of a job 5 years ago?!

I need to note that just about anybody looks high energy next to Jesse

Bet I don't.

Raises hand.

Languidly, and really not very high.

Bet I don't.

Well, the only time I met you was right after you finished your all-day krav testing. I can't take an ita bounciness baseline off that.

Jesse's fairly unflappable though. Okay, that time I ran up to her unannonced on the street in Manhattan? She flapped a little. But that's just because I'd broken just about every covenant of proper behavior in NYC.

ita, it varies depending on house style. Usually immediately after the TOC.

I think they have a math consultant on hand for Numb3rs, Erin. There are some things I don't buy, but they're mostly innate mastery of computer programs that work in a domain other than math of physics. I don't know from higher math anyway.

Having watched all 4 eps, I agree with DX and disagree with Beverly -- the body language in #2 was part of the episode itself, and not indicative of consistent hugely awkward socialisation on the geek's part.

am I seriously supposed to remember quantifiable improvements that were part of a job 5 years ago?!

No, you lie.

She flapped a little.

And by this I mean she raised one eyebrow.

Usually immediately after the TOC.

Ta! I might just get this finished after all.

I admit, I do startle. In a big boom-and-cursing way. But it's very erratic -- it tends to not be a reflex of the spine, but a process in the brain. If a stranger pops up out of nowhere without presenting a physical threat, my heart rate is untouched, and there's a good chance I'll not even notice. If it's someone in context, also good. But if people are crossing their appropriately designated lines, I'm wont to flap.

I wonder about the math in Numbers, though. I take it on faith, cause, so not mathy, but I found myself wondering what would all the math-oriented B'tas think? Is this all accurate, or TV bullshit?

Somewhere I saw a claim that the formulas were real. I had to laugh at the pendulum experiment in the last ep, though. That so would not work. I suspect there is a combination of actual math/science and lots of hand-waving.

I'm watching NumbThreeRs and liking it, Erin. But I am not sufficiently mathy to critique. Or rather, I'm lazy. I could look at the equations, but I keep thinking, isn't this why I have Buffistas? To look at tv equations for me, so I can be righteously indignant without actually having to check?

But until someone tells me they're heinous tv numbers, I'm liking it. I meant to watch Medium, too, but I never did.