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Prime Target

★ 6.3 14K votes 2025–2025 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Apple TV
Genius leadExceptional intellect as the protagonist's engine.This show: 9/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10EspionageSpies, intelligence agencies and double lives.This show: 7/10Fast-pacedRelentless forward momentum that rarely stops to idle.This show: 7/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Leo WoodallQuintessa SwindellSidse Babett KnudsenMartha PlimptonStephen ReaHarry Lloyd
Written by
Steve Thompson
Starring
Leo WoodallQuintessa SwindellSidse Babett KnudsenMartha PlimptonStephen ReaHarry Lloyd
Written by
Steve Thompson
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
02505007501k

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About

"Math as a weapon nobody saw coming"

A brilliant young mathematician stumbles onto a pattern hidden within prime numbers, one so powerful it could unravel modern encryption and the systems built on it. Suddenly he's being watched, chased, and courted by shadowy intelligence operatives who understand exactly what his discovery means. The show plays as a globe-trotting thriller wrapped around a nerdy academic premise, mixing paranoia, chase sequences, and cryptic math-world jargon. It moves briskly and leans on its central mismatched pairing for momentum, though the science stays mostly decorative rather than rigorous.

Watch it for

the fun premise of numbers theory turned into a life-or-death conspiracy thriller.

Maybe skip if

you want the mathematics to hold up under real scrutiny rather than serve as plot fuel.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2025
7.04K86h 20m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1A New Pattern7.1
83148 min
▶2Syracuse7.4
71245 min
▶3The Sequence7.1
58343 min
▶4Kaplar7.0
51943 min
▶5House of Wisdom6.8
49150 min
▶6The Last Link6.7
47843 min
▶7Prime Finder6.9
44457 min
▶8The Key6.7
43651 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Leo Woodall Edward Brooks
Quintessa Swindell Taylah Sanders
Sidse Babett Knudsen Professor Andrea Lavin
Martha Plimpton Jane Torres
Stephen Rea Professor James Alderman
Harry Lloyd Andrew Carter
Fra Fee Adam Mellor
Ali Suliman Dr. Akram Nizar
Sergej Onopko Bogdan Vlahovic
Jason Flemyng Stephen Patrick Nield

Crew

Steve Thompson

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