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`Numb3rs'
Adds Up

Rob Morrow plays Jewish FBI agent in new TV series.

CURT SCHLEIER

Special to the Jewish News

OSMO VanSka, conductor

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 26, 8 PM
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This is not the first time Morrow
has played Jewish on TV, but he's
not worried about typecasting.
"I seem to play all kinds of differ-
ent things, so [whether a character is
Jewish or not] doesn't really enter
into my decision," he said.

I is too late this year, actor Rob
Morrow was saying, but wait
until next, "when we get to one
of the shows around the Jewish holi-
days. I don't think they're thinking
Leading Up
that far in advance, but I'd love to
Certainly,
he is best known for his
see them do that somehow."
role as Dr. Joel Fleischman on the
The "them" is the creative team
long-running series Northern
behind the new CBS teledrama
Exposure — which earned him three
Numb3rs, and the "that" is acknowl-
Emmy and two Golden Globe nomi-
edging the Jewish heritage of its
nations — playing a doctor who, to
chief protagonist. The series pre-
pay back his medical school loans, is
mieres 10 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23,
assigned to work in the
before settling in at its regu-
small town of Cicely,
lar 10-11 p.m. Friday-night
Alaska.
timeslot. Morrow, 42, stars
Dr. Fleischman was a
as FBI Agent Don Eppes,
fish out of water, and he
whose family is always
wasn't happy about it. At
ready, eager and able to
first, he was obnoxious.
assist him.
"That was the conceit of
His widowed father, Alan
the show," Morrow said.
(Judd Hirsch), is a font of
"There was a lot of fric-
wisdom and sage advice.
tion initially, but he
Brother Charlie (David
learned to love and
Krumholtz) is a genius
Rob Morrow:
respect the local people.
mathematician at Cal Tech
"What's so cool
He has great empathy for
and uses numbers to help
about [the show] is them. He learns about the
big brother solve crimes.
that we're dealing
culture there and actually
(Coincidentally, on NBC's
with family issues, goes native at the end."
new series Committed, a
In 1994, Morrow land-
Jewish guy from a family of not just crime."
ed another great role,
Jewish geniuses also is sup-
playing Richard Goodwin,
posed to be a math genius.)
the prosecutor who uncovered the
Numb3rs, executive produced by
cheating in TV game shows in
Ridley and Tony Scott, is both dra-
Robert Redford's Quiz Show.
matically and visually exciting. "It's
Morrow's performance was a widely
got great potential and is certainly
praised critical success.
fun. But what's so cool about it is
But things turned a little sour
that we're dealing with family issues,
thereafter. He did a movie with
not just crime," Morrow said in a
Sharon Stone that tanked and then
telephone interview from the set in
pulled out of a troubled production
Los Angeles.
of The Island of Dr. Moreau. "I quit
The bad news is that Friday night
[when director Richard Stanley was
is the television equivalent of a
fired]. His replacement John
graveyard, and the survival of a
Frankenheimer asked me to stay, but
series that features great story lines
I didn't. I ran into John later, and he
and outstanding graphics is prob-
said it was the worst experience of
lematical. Even Morrow is a little
his life."
disappointed, although he prefers to
It wasn't a great experience for the
look at the bright side.
few people who went to see the
"I'm of two minds," he said. "It's
movie, either.
not a sexy slot, but there's not a lot
Morrow also was choosy, "probably
of competition."