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How much do you remember about prime numbers from math class?
That theyre only divisible by one and themselves?
Every other number can be broken down into them?
They follow a pattern that mathematicians still dont know how to predict?
Theyre … crucial to cybersecurity?
Shes so mad and shes wearing so many power scarves.
The twists and turns ofPrime Targetdefy explanation yet are delightful to unspool.
I recommend watching a few episodes and then trying to explain the plot to your friend and/or editor.
Despite the risk, he still wants to research those damn prime numbers!
Briefly, everyone ends up in Baghdad for an expensive, convoluted, and dramatically unnecessary chase scene.
Again, congrats to whomever convinced Apple to pay for that.
Its the statistically that takes the cake.
Everyone is obsessed with those dang prime numbers.
So basically youve been spying on us.
(Yes, Plimptons purposefully American pronunciation of Orleans rivals Knudsens reverential treatment of Baghdad.)
(Could be a funny bit?)
I could not wait for them to open it!
I needed to know about those primes!
