
PRIME TARGET: SEASON ONE
Starring: Leo Woodall, Quintessa Swindell, Stephen Rea, David Morrissey, Martha Plimpton, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Flemyng, Harry Lloyd, Ali Suliman, Fra Fee, and Joseph Mydell
Creator: Steve Thompson

QUENTIN

While I’m sure there is an audience for Prime Target, I ain’t it. It’s not that it’s even a bad show, necessarily; it’s just such a nothing burger. The action sequences don’t really get the blood pumping, the conspiracy isn’t all that mysterious or engaging, and the performances are blandly vanilla with very little in the way of charisma or screen presence coming from most of the cast. Maybe that’s all due to its inherent British-ness (full disclosure: I don’t care for Slow Horses either), or maybe it’s because it’s a “thriller” about math…either way, I struggled to stay awake for this show.