Prime Target (2025)

TV ShowThriller1 season, 8 episodes
Prime Target posterReview score: 66%

Plot

Prime Target features a brilliant young math postgraduate, Edward Brooks, on the verge of a major breakthrough. If he succeeds in finding a pattern in prime numbers, he will hold the key to every computer in the world. Soon he begins to realize an unseen enemy is trying to destroy his idea before it's even born, which throws him into the orbit of Taylah Sanders, a female NSA agent who's been tasked with watching and reporting on the mathematician's behavior. Together they start to unravel the troubling conspiracy Edward is at the heart of.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Prime Target S01E02SyracuseS01E02 · 6.0Ed's work catches the attention of NSA operative Taylah Sanders and a mysterious institute.
  2. 02Prime Target S01E03The SequenceS01E03 · 6.0While retracing Safiya's steps, Ed uncovers chilling pleas from the past. Taylah tries to earn Ed's trust.
  3. 03Prime Target S01E07Prime FinderS01E07 · 5.9Ed is coerced into completing his work. Taylah considers an ultimatum. An ally gets trapped in the middle of the mayhem.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode8Episodes2025Aired 5.6Season avg
  1. S01E01Prime Target S01E01A New PatternJanuary 22, 2025 5.7Cambridge student Edward Brooks starts working on a secret research project that triggers unthinkable chaos.
  2. S01E02Prime Target S01E02Season's bestSyracuseJanuary 22, 2025 6.0Ed's work catches the attention of NSA operative Taylah Sanders and a mysterious institute.
  3. S01E03Prime Target S01E03The SequenceJanuary 29, 2025 6.0While retracing Safiya's steps, Ed uncovers chilling pleas from the past. Taylah tries to earn Ed's trust.
  4. S01E04Prime Target S01E04KaplarFebruary 5, 2025 5.4Ed digs deeper for clues at the institute. Andrea navigates devastating news in Baghdad. Taylah reconnects with leadership.
  5. S01E05Prime Target S01E05House of WisdomFebruary 12, 2025 5.4Ed and Taylah join Andrea in Baghdad, where they unearth ancient, buried answers—and get caught in the crosshairs of an unknown enemy.
  6. S01E06Prime Target S01E06The Last LinkFebruary 19, 2025 5.6As the NSA trails their every move, Taylah and Ed race to track down the final piece of the puzzle.
  7. S01E07Prime Target S01E07Prime FinderFebruary 26, 2025 5.9Ed is coerced into completing his work. Taylah considers an ultimatum. An ally gets trapped in the middle of the mayhem.
  8. S01E08Prime Target S01E08The KeyMarch 5, 2025 5.0As Ed and Taylah try to expose the truth, a deadly threat is discovered to be closer than they could have imagined.

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Cast

Leo WoodallLeo WoodallEdward BrooksQuintessa SwindellQuintessa SwindellTaylah SandersSidse Babett KnudsenSidse Babett KnudsenProfessor Andrea LavinStephen ReaStephen ReaProfessor James AldermanFra FeeFra FeeAdam MellorMartha PlimptonMartha PlimptonJane TorresHarry LloydHarry LloydAndrew CarterAli SulimanAli SulimanDr. Akram Nizar

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