In Apple TV+’s new espionage thriller, “Prime Target,” created by Steve Thompson, Cambridge University Ph.D. candidate Edward Brooks (Leo Woodall) is on the cusp of uncovering a new way to view prime numbers.

A formulaic eight-part thriller, Prime Target revolves around an outstanding but standoffish Cambridge postgrad mathematician called Edward, whose esoteric research into prime numbers sequences inadvertently gives him the tools to access any computer and control the entire digital world.

In Apple TV+'s Prime Target, a young student's research could revolutionize everything... if a host of mysterious forces stopped intervening. It's an exciting and mysterious series that occasionally stretches plausibility while still remaining engaging.

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Leo Woodall stars in a mystery series as a young Cambridge scholar whose theories about prime numbers lead him into a web of international intrigue.

Math plus computer hacking equals the dullest conspiracy-minded thriller in recent memory. Steve Thompson’s eight-part Apple TV+ series, premiering Jan. 22, is the dreariest sort of small-screen affair,