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Are you ready to finally see all of the pieces come together and learn what's next for Ed Brooks? The season finale of the Apple TV+ thriller series Prime Target is coming to wrap up the ever winding equation and answer all of our questions. Although the series premiered after Severance season 2, it's ending a couple weeks before the Emmy-nominated hit its blockbuster new season.

The White Lotus alum Leo Woodall stars in Prime Target alongside Quintessa Swindell as a graduate math student whose research on prime numbers puts him at the center of a global conspiracy that dates back decades. Ed teams up with Nsa agent Taylah and week by week, they unravel the mystery that's full of unexpected plot twists and characters deaths. And it's about prime numbers!

For those who might be wondering when the season finale is coming up and how many episodes of Prime Target there are,...

The following contains spoilers for Prime Target Season 1, Episode 7, "Prime Finder," now streaming on Apple TV+.

If there is a moral message behind Prime Target, it would be that absolute power corrupts absolutely. After Season 1, Episode 6, “The Last Link,” Edward and Taylah are in the home stretch. With our heroes back on British soil and the power dynamics between Jane Torres and Andrew Carter shifting, audiences are inching closer to the prime finder — a theoretical set of coded equations that could unlock any digital location around the world. With everything to play for and our intrepid duo no longer talking, they must fend for themselves in the penultimate episode of Apple’s most underrated thriller.

Now more than ever, privacy is essential. Our information sits on servers around the world being collected, collated, and kept for a rainy day. Season 1, Episode 7, “Primer Finder,” explores the implications of being digitally compromised.

The following contains spoilers for Prime Target Season 1, Episode 7, "Prime Finder," now streaming on Apple TV+.

If there is a moral message behind Prime Target, it would be that absolute power corrupts absolutely. After Season 1, Episode 6, “The Last Link,” Edward and Taylah are in the home stretch. With our heroes back on British soil and the power dynamics between Jane Torres and Andrew Carter shifting, audiences are inching closer to the prime finder — a theoretical set of coded equations that could unlock any digital location around the world. With everything to play for and our intrepid duo no longer talking, they must fend for themselves in the penultimate episode of Apple’s most underrated thriller.

Now more than ever, privacy is essential. Our information sits on servers around the world being collected, collated, and kept for a rainy day. Season 1, Episode 7, “Primer Finder,” explores the implications of being digitally compromised.

The 6th episode of Prime Target saw Edward and Taylah reaching Orleans to get the 17th-century imprint of the missing piece of the Bayt al-Hikmah’s puzzle from the state university’s Mersenne Collection. But right when they were about to obtain it, Bogdan seemingly showed up out of nowhere and snatched all the ancient pages from the aforementioned collection and began making his way to England via the Channel Tunnel. Edward and Taylah conducted a heist to retrieve what they needed from Bogdan, and it was during this process that Edward learned that Taylah’s boss at the Nsa, Jane, was working with Axiorn and Kaplar to control the narrative regarding this whole conspiracy around prime numbers. This caused the two to have a bit of a falling-out, and they went their separate ways. Taylah was promptly cornered by one of Jane’s operatives and asked to come in...

The following contains spoilers for Prime Target Season 1, Episode 6, "The Last Link," now streaming on Apple TV+.

Up until now, Prime Target has kept it low-key, more concerned with ancient equations than action or adventure. With Season 1, Episode 6, “The Last Link,“ that is all about to change. Time is ticking, with every agency in hot pursuit as the intrepid duo tries to leave Paris. With an irate Nsa tracking their every move and allies thin on the ground, it is make-or-break time when it comes down to finding that final puzzle piece. Right now, Edward might be an important mathematical asset, but he is also a liability likely to land them both in hot water.

With the revelations from Season 1, Episode 5, still ringing in their ears, The Last Link morphs into a different show. Assassins in hot pursuit, clandestine cyber-crimes done on the fly, and home truths shared in times of crisis.

In the 5th episode of Prime Target, Edward and Taylah went all the way to Baghdad to meet Andrea, because they needed to understand the connection between Kaplar, Mallinder, the House of Wisdom, and the controversial research into prime numbers. Although Andrea refused to work with the youngsters after learning that Taylah was the Nsa agent who was keeping tabs on Mallinder, she changed her mind after Hassan informed her that the “gas explosion” that revealed the location of the Bayt al-Hikmah had been deliberately set off. Now, while Andrea stayed in Baghdad so as to not give Akram and Bogdan reason to suspect that something was afoot, she pointed Edward and Taylah in the direction of the University of Orleans since that’s where the missing piece of the puzzle around prime numbers was housed. Given how dangerous Edward’s research was, the Nsa’s Jane and Andrew tried to have him killed.

Apple TV+’s latest thriller miniseries, Prime Target, has captivated audiences with its intricate plot and compelling characters. The series follows Edward Brooks, a Cambridge mathematics postgraduate portrayed by Leo Woodall, who uncovers a prime number pattern that threatens global digital security. This discovery thrusts him into a high-stakes conspiracy, drawing attention from the Nsa and other mysterious organizations.

Release Schedule of Prime Target Episodes:

The first season comprises eight episodes. The series premiered on January 22, 2025, with a two-episode debut, and continues with weekly releases every Wednesday. Below is the complete release schedule:

Episode Number Title Release Date Episode 1 “A New Pattern” January 22, 2025 Episode 2 “Syracuse” January 22, 2025 Episode 3 “The Sequence” January 29, 2025 Episode 4 “Kaplar” February 5, 2025 Episode 5 “House of Wisdom” February 12, 2025 Episode 6 “The Last Link” February 19, 2025 Episode 7 “Prime Finder” February 26, 2025 Episode 8 “The Key” March 5, 2025

As of today, February 18, 2025, the first five episodes are available for streaming, with Episode 6 set to release tomorrow.

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This post contains spoilers from Prime Target episode 3 from this point forward.

When Prime Target premiered on Apple TV+ one week after Severance season 2, most of the reviews seemed to simmer around the same thought: It's a passable series with an interesting premise, but it's not the high-octane, edge-of-your-seat thriller we've become accustomed to. Variety referred to it as an "increasingly dull show." (Its proximity to Severance surely doesn't help.)

I never wanted to join the chorus of fans online, but the third episode confirmed the boring allegations. The momentum Prime Target has been operating at is its baseline. In spite of two shocking deaths in its first two episodes, we're not going to get crazy action or drama from this show.

In all honesty, I actually love the low key quality of Prime Target, and I especially love Leo Woodall in the leading role as Edward Brook. He's finally...

The following contains spoilers for Prime Target Season 1, Episode 3, which debuts Jan. 29, 2025 on Apple TV+.

After an impressive season premiere, Prime Target uses the next forty minutes to lay down further foundations. Using flashbacks to introduce the mystery mathematician Safiya Zamil, audiences get a better understanding of how these puzzle pieces fit together. In the present, Edward is being pestered by the Kaplar Institute, a privately funded research center intent on recruiting him. Back in Southern France, with her Nsa partner dead, Taylah is busy staying alive and finding the quickest way to get to Cambridge, England, without being detected by men with machine guns.

If those opening episodes introduced audiences to Edward Brooks, then what follows in "The Sequence" is an equal amount of time with Safiya Zamil. Much of what continues to make Prime Target such a pleasure comes down to the slick storytelling and that solid performance from Leo Woodall.

The first 2 episodes of Apple TV+’s Prime Target introduced us to a brilliant student at the University of Cambridge, Edward Brooks, who was obsessed with prime numbers. He was under the impression that he was simply working on an interesting thesis about the way the universe works and how it could be corroborated by the glyphs in the recently discovered House of Wisdom in Baghdad, but as soon as he shared his findings with Professor Mallinder, he began to realize that he had stepped into dangerous territory. Mallinder destroyed all of Edward’s documents and then seemingly killed himself. When Edward broke into Mallinder’s office to search for anything that was left of his articles, he was rusticated and then stalked by the head of the Kaplar Institute, Stephen Patrick Nield. On top of all that, it was revealed that Nsa agent Taylah Sanders and her team, who...

After its two episode debut, the new Apple TV+ thriller Prime Target is off to the races with a gripping mystery. This week, the eight-episode first season continues with the third episode, which like the shocking plot twists in the first two episodes, looks to completely change the game for Ed (Leo Woodall) as someone new comes into his life. Of course, we already knew who that person is...

The ending of episode 2 found Nsa agent Taylah (Quintessa Swindell) continuing to pursue the curious case of Professor Mallinder's death and the truth about Ed's research. Unfortunately, that ended in a death no one could have seen coming and Taylah's life in danger as a result. To evade the assassin, Taylah dives into the water and swims away. Will she survive?!

Well, it's not a spoiler to say that Taylah makes it out of that sticky situation alive. After all, Quintessa...

This post contains spoilers from Prime Target episode 2 from this point forward.

Following the shocking reveal of Professor Mallinder's death at the end of episode 1, Prime Target takes us to the seaside in France to catch up with the person on the other side of the hidden cameras and the computer screens: Nsa agent Taylah (Quintessa Swindell). It's the second point of view the show needed to let us in on, and doing so reveals a second layer of captivating mystery.

Elsewhere in the second episode of the new Apple TV+ thriller series, Ed and others are left reeling in the wake of Mallinder's death, with Professor Lavin no longer wanting to pursue the dig in Baghdad. Thankfully, she's one of the few people who still believes Ed and listens to his theories. But as Ed continues to push for his research, he uncovers more details that leave him looking over his shoulder.

Who knew that numbers like 11, 23 and 37 could be so alarming to the United States government?

Edward Brooks, the mathematics genius at the center of Apple TV+’s new thriller Prime Target, isn’t yet aware that his research on prime numbers will lead him down dangerous paths that eventually collide with the National Security Agency. But in the two episodes that premiered on Wednesday, he starts to get an idea of the surprising peril to which 29, 53, 71 and other innocent-looking numerals might lead him. Let’s recap what went down in the show’s debut:

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The Apple TV+ thriller Prime Target plunges viewers into a world that's equal parts academic and dramatic. Its protagonist is mathematics prodigy Edward Brooks, who finds himself thrust into the kind of global conspiracy that TV audiences love. But the antisocial Edward must rely on government agent Taylah Sanders to help him unravel said conspiracy and stay alive, as she has skills that he doesn't -- including knowing how to deal with the rest of the world.

It sounds like a series that could be very complicated, but stars Leo Woodall (who plays Edward) and Quintessa Swindell (who portrays Taylah) explain how much audiences actually need to know to watch Prime Target. They also talk about how much they knew about the story going into the filming experience. Plus, what would they consider the highlights of the show?

Cbr: Audiences know that Prime Target revolves around Edward's mathematical genius,...

With the success of Slow Horses and The Agency, we’ve seen a large influx of espionage shows coming to TV. Prime Target, from producer Ridley Scott and creator Steve Thompson, hopes to capture the same magic as each of those shows. With two young stars, Leo Woodall and Quintessa Swindell, the series could easily become another breakout hit for Apple TV+. Unfortunately, overuse of technical exposition and frustratingly detached characters turn Prime Target into a slog.

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Young mathematician Edward Brooks (Woodall) disconnects from the world to pursue a complex math thesis. His advisor, Professor Robert Mallinder (David Morrissey), tries to stop Edward’s research. After Mallinder steals Edward’s research, Nsa analyst Taylah Sanders (Quintessa Swindell) approaches Edward. The research Edward has been working on has drawn international eyes for its real-world applications in the security world.

Prime Target examines mathematical discovery and worldwide consequences through mathematician Edward Brooks’s work with prime number sequences – research that threatens current digital security systems.

The story connects Brooks to scientists like Oppenheimer, showing how groundbreaking research can lead to devastating outcomes. His mathematical work represents both pure theoretical exploration and a threat to global stability, reflecting contemporary fears about technological vulnerabilities.

The series combines abstract mathematical concepts with international chase sequences. The philosophical elements clash with action scenes, making the tone inconsistent. Though merging higher mathematics with dramatic action shows creative intent, common thriller elements take precedence over nuanced storytelling.

Unlikable Geniuses, Shifting Loyalties, and the Characters That Shape Prime Target

Prime Target shows Edward Brooks as another example of the “tortured genius” stock character in television – lacking the depth that would make him stand out. Ed, a skilled mathematician, works with prime numbers with religious-like focus, believing they...

There’s not much I remember about high-school calculus, more than two decades since my last class. But one thing I do recall being taught over and over was the importance of showing the math. How you built your case and demonstrated your logic was just as important, we were told, as whether you got to the right answer.

The new conspiracy thriller Prime Target gets to the right answer, I suppose, in that it looks expensive (there’s that Apple TV+ money), serves up basically competent if unmemorable action and raises worthwhile if not exactly novel debates. But it does not show the math, serving two-dimensional pawns instead of three-dimensional characters and lofty-sounding speeches instead of nuanced dialogue — and, as a result, fails to add up to much at all.

Its protagonist, Ed (Leo Woodall), is a Cambridge postgrad on the verge of creating a theorem to find prime numbers.

Rebel Wilson makes her directorial debut with “The Deb,” a riotous Australian musical that flips the classic coming-of-age story. Adapted from Hannah Reilly’s stage musical, the film features Wilson’s signature humorous approach while examining the tensions between metropolitan sophistication and country simplicity. This effervescent comedy-musical follows two cousins as they navigate the world of a small-town debutante ball, combining cutting social commentary and captivating musical numbers.

Set in the dusty Australian outback town of Dunburn, the film follows Maeve, a provocative city girl who enjoys performative activism, and her cousin Taylah, a small-town dreamer who is enamored with the local debutante ritual. When Maeve is exiled from her exclusive school due to a botched protest, she is thrown into rural life and rapidly becomes involved in the town’s 100th-anniversary debutante ball.

Wilson’s directorial debut promises a wild ride that’s equal parts social critique and musical celebration.

The Deb had the honor of being the closing film at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and Rebel Wilson's directorial debut left quite an impression. The Australian star, whose film is based on the stage play by Hannah Reilly, leans into her comic roots by bringing to the festival a cheeky, outrageous musical about two teens who come together to participate in a small town's annual debutante ball. The Deb's timing feels fortuitous; it feels like a natural companion to the Mean Girls musical released earlier this year.

The Deb

Director Rebel WilsonWriters Hannah Reilly, Meg Washington, Rebel WilsonCast Ben Turland, Susan Prior, Sheree da Costa, Ioane Saula, Naomi Sequeira, Steph Tisdell, Tara Morice, Shane Jacobson, Hal Cumpston, Rebel WilsonCharacter(s) Razzie, Dimity, Damo, Shell, Lucinda, Janette, Tish, Mitch, Rick, DancerRuntime 121 MinutesGenres Comedy, Musical The Rebel Wilson Musical Comedy Is Entertaining

The film follows queen bee Maeve (Charlotte MacInnes...

Pitch Perfect actress Rebel Wilson directed, produced and starred in The Deb, an Australian musical comedy that had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday night.

And Wilson, who was on hand for a post-screening Q&a at Roy Thomson Hall for TIFF’s closing night film, explained why her next directorial efforts will only be musicals. “When I was a teenager, it was a pretty dark time, and I got to see a musical at 14 years of age, because my dog auditioned for it,” she recalled.

The dog didn’t get the gig, but Wilson got hooked on musicals. “I saw these people dancing and singing on stage, they were so colorful and joyful, and that really helped me through my teenage years,” she added.

Wilson said she’s had two offers to direct musicals in the near future. “That’s why, if I’m directing more movies,...

Rebel Wilson is having a triumphant moment at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, and she’s celebrating with her daughter Royce!

On Saturday evening (September 14), the Pitch Perfect actress hit the red carpet outside Roy Thomson Hall for the premiere of her directorial debut The Deb in Toronto, Ontario.

She was joined at the event by her fiancee Ramona Agruma, her nearly two-year-old daughter and members of her cast, including the likes of Tara Morice, Costa D’Angelo, Alex Champion De Crespigny, Shane Jacobson, Stevie Jean, Sophea Pennington, Amanda Kour, Michaeljon Slinger and Natalie Abbott. We’ve got photos of all of them in the gallery.

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Here’s the movie’s official synopsis from the TIFF website: “Maeve (Charlotte MacInnes) is queen bee at her exclusive private school in the city. But when one of her misguided crusades provokes outrage, she gets not only disciplined...

When Maeve (Charlotte MacInnes) gets suspended from school after a political demonstration backfires, her mother (Susan Prior), who also happens to be the institution’s principal, sends the Sydney teenager to live with her cousin Taylah (Natalie Abbott) in the Australian outback.

Dunburn, the fictional locale in which Rebel Wilson’s uneven directorial debut The Deb is set, is a small town recovering from a years-long drought and dereliction of duty by national ministries. The local government desperately needs money to maintain their water supply and have resorted, in one of the film’s more humorous gags, to making a viral video to bring attention to their plight. Of course, none of these issues concern Maeve, who arrives in Dunburn already plotting her escape.

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, The Deb chronicles Maeve’s fish-out-of-water adventures in Dunburn. Upon arrival, the cosmopolitan teen loudly rejects the town’s regressive traditions.

Of all the projects Rebel Wilson could have taken on for her directorial debut, there’s much about “The Deb” that makes sense. Based on a largely well-received stage musical, it’s got a sturdy if straightforward premise about the fictional town of Dunburn, Australia with all the many distinct characters that call it home and the outsider protagonist who finds herself part of the community.

There is plenty of room for heartfelt charm, chaotic shenanigans and more biting observations about its culture clash to be explored, though rarely does “The Deb” capitalize on this. It’s a meandering experience defined by the broadest of narrative strokes, cardboard cutout characters and musical numbers that start fun before growing more oddly obligatory in nature.

With all that in mind, while “The Deb” is unlikely ever to be considered one of the great movie musicals, it still has a smattering of playful...

With the goal of making a big-screen Australian musical in the vein of movies like Muriel’s Wedding and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert that made such an impression on her growing up, Rebel Wilson has in many ways measured up to the delights that made those films modern classics in The Deb, which just had its world premiere at the closing night of the Toronto Film Festival.

Overshadowed in the past few weeks by a public dispute between Wilson and the film’s producers that nearly derailed this premiere, that kind of negative energy should not cloud what, for much of its two-hour running time, is a toe-tapping, dazzling, fun and young musical entertainment with an exceptional cast in the kind of showcase that makes future stars. Wilson knows exactly what kind of entertainment she wants to serve up here, and for at least the first half...

According to tradition, debutante balls are designed to introduce young ladies to polite society. But in Australian comedy star Rebel Wilson’s rowdy directorial debut, “The Deb,” there isn’t really anything that resembles “polite society.” Wilson’s characters run the gamut from uncouth to in-your-face offensive — none more than the tacky small-town beautician Wilson embodies in a brash, John Waters-esque musical satire, situated where overzealous progressive values meet old-school pageantry at its most patriarchal.

It’s unfortunate that the film’s Toronto Film Festival closing-night premiere is overshadowed by legal disputes between Wilson and three of her producers, since “The Deb” delivers where it counts. The project pokes fun at all parties while rewriting the codes of teenage romance for the 21st century. Right out of the gate, it’s “Hairspray” meets “High School Musical,” as the elaborately choreographed, radio-inappropriate opening number, “Fml,” sets the tone for all that follows.

Rebel Wilson took to social media on Wednesday, July 31 to express her distaste for the producers of her upcoming directorial debut, The Deb, following news of the lawsuit against her for defamation. Despite not formally responding through her lawyers, the actress fired back via an Instagram story.

Reported by Deadline, Wilson spoke directly to her film's billionaire investor Len Blavatnik to stop funding and protecting producers Amanda Ghost, Gregor Cameron and Vince Holden. She spoke about the lawsuit and retaliation by the producers in response to her accusations.

"Clearly these recent press articles and constant retaliations against me for speaking the truth on my small Australian movie are False... All I did was tell the truth about these absolute f***wits now they launch a bogus defamation suit and bogus articles to inflict further harm."

Also reported first by Deadline on July 18, following the defamation lawsuit announcement, Wilson hired Hollywood...