It's Not a Prime Number
From Stealth
00:09 - 02:11
2m 2s

The captain tells the squadron that he is expanding it to four members, which concerns all of the lieutenants. Lt. Purcell states that four is an unlucky number because it's not prime. He then defines a prime number.

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