‘Prime Target’ Creator Steve Thompson On Drama’s Future & Critics Who Doubted Premise: “A Mathematician Can Change The System”

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SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the finale of Prime Target on Apple. Apple’s Prime Target — a twisty thriller about a brilliant math post-graduate student who’s close to making a huge discovery that takes him deep into a government conspiracy — wrapped its run March 5 with a bloody good payoff for Leo Woodall‘s Edward Brooks.

But what happens to him now? Will Martha Plimpton‘s Jane Torres get punished for her dastardly deeds? And did Edward’s decision to release the code wreak havoc on the world?

Here, creator Steve Thompson (Sherlock, Dr. Who) explains how he first came up with the idea for Prime Target, along with why it took a bunch of eggheads to make Edward look like a genius over eight episodes, whether we can expect a second season, and why viewers shouldn’t overlook those unique pins on this lapels. DEADLINE Before we get into the finale, how long had you been sitting on this idea? STEVE THOMPSON I’d been sitting on it a very, very long time.

I mean, in terms of just fermenting it in my mind … 30 years. I know that sounds extraordinary, but I’ve only been a writer for about 20 years.