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January 8 • 2009
Sonja Flemm ing /CBS 02008 CBS Broa dcast ing Inc. A ll R ig hts
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till boyish at 46, actor Rob
Morrow doesn't look all that
different from his 1990s
character of Dr. Joel Fleischman —
the adorably whiny (and lox deprived)
New Yorker stuck in the Alaskan sticks
on Northern Exposure.
Currently, in CBS's Numb3rs,
Morrow plays an even more unusual
Jewish fish-out-of-water: FBI agent
Don Eppes, who solves crimes along
with his math genius brother (David
Krumholtz) and retired father (Judd
Hirsch). All season long, Eppes has
been exploring Judaism in an attempt
to grapple with the moral dilemmas
raised by his job. He has argued with
his secular brother about his spiri-
tual journey; attended services and
lectures at L.A.'s Wilshire Boulevard
Temple (whose facade provides exte-
rior shots for the show); cited concepts
such as natach lath (focusing on
issues within one's control); and, in the
Jan. 9 episode, will face off with an old
nemesis inside his synagogue.
"I kind of forced the issue Morrow
said of his character's Judaism. The
actor said it had bothered him that in
much of the show's five seasons, the
Eppeses weren't clearly identified as
Jewish, given that all three lead actors
had previously portrayed iconic Jews
on screen. At a function attended by
"a number of CBS types," Morrow
made his point by playfully asking
how many present saw the characters
as Jewish.
"Everyone applauded:' he recalls
with a laugh. "But initially there was
a lot of ambivalence about express-
ing that side of the Eppeses, mostly
because these shows are built for the
largest possible audience. My bent was,
`Let's embrace it and use it to distin-
guish ourselves among all the other
procedural crime dramas on TV.'"
At the beginning of last season,
Morrow pitched the idea of Don Eppes
"going, quote,`Jewish," to help explore
the character's psyche. "Don had killed
someone in the line of duty; he's had
a moral crisis; he's yearning to find a
On Numb3rs, Don Eppes (Rob
Morrow) looks toward his newly
found religious beliefs to help him
contend with an escaped criminal
bent on revenge.
way to exist in this world that is ethi-
cally relevant," Morrow explained. "Of
course, I figured I'd be shot down!'
But to his surprise, executive pro-
ducer Ken Sanzel liked the idea. "I
thought it could be a story not so
much about a person finding Judaism
as about a person who feels lost trying
to find a new set of guidelines," said
Sanzel, who is Jewish, an ex-cop and
wrote and directed the Jan. 9 episode.
Morrow is successful at depicting
Eppes' journey, he added, "because
he doesn't try to overprotect the
character. He's willing to express Eppes
as flawed and not always likeable."
In his personal life, Morrow said,
he eventually found meaning with
pursuits such as Transcendental
Meditation, reading about Judaism
and by placing a mezuzah on the front
door of the L.A. home he shares with
his wife, Debbon Ayer, and their 6-
year-old daughter.
He's also been influenced by
progressive Jewish author Douglas
Rushkoff's Nothing Sacred: The Truth
About Judaism, which "discusses how
the modern Jew is someone who can
take from all traditions."
Numb3rs airs on CBS Fridays at
10 p.m.