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They hadn't been greenlit for a second season yet when they shot it, so they could only tease the character. And that's it for The Three-Body Problem, a milestone for being the first major Chinese Science Fiction television series that's a serious prestigious drama It's notable for being the most faithful adaptation of a book anywhere[...]

In Part 1 of our The Three-Body Problem finale review, aliens are coming, things are much bleaker than expected & the Earth is screwed. Fun!

The 29th episode of The Three-Body Problem finally shows the book's big setpiece, and it's as spectacular and horrific as fans hoped.

The Three-Body Problem E28 (second half) is about people trying to figure out how to kill a ship full of bad guys as the cop steals the show.

There's much to talk about in The Three-Body Problem E28, we split our review into two, first with revelations about the alien invasion cult.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 27 delves into the story of Mike Evans, the series' Evil White Guy & an interesting commentary on story villains.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 26 concludes Science Grandma's time in the Cultural Revolution but shows the lingering trauma in her life.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 25 goes truly insane as mayhem erupts into a shoot-out & then a stand-off involving a homemade nuclear bomb.

Episode 24 of The Three-Body Problem goes back in time to chart Science Grandma's road to hearing that first alien transmission from space.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 23 sees Science Grandma go full Bond villain & things get real in the worst political party meeting of all time.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 22: a nostalgic video game shutdown, another murder & the saddest cup of coffee in the history of television.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 21 starts to move things along with scenes that add new layers & emotions not in the original Liu Cixin novel.

Episode 20 of The Three-Body Problem brings the story's VR game to a close, and a murder that changes everything. Everything is tragedy.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 19 continues its slow pace so that viewers fully understand what's going on when all hell breaks loose.

The Wandering Earth 2 is a prequel that improves on the first movie, is epic in scale with hard science fiction but flawed by melodrama and still derivative of Hollywood blockbusters.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 18 is about SETI & Science Grandma's part in it, revealing Chen Jin's performance as the soul of the series.

In episode 17 of The Three-Body Problem, Science Grandma turns out to be more than she seemed. She might be "Bond Villain" levels of epic!

The 16th episode of The Three-Body Problem speeds the plot up again to set things up for what's coming in the remainder of the series.

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 14 delves into Cold War science, politics, paranoia & dead birds falling from the sky in Science Grandma's past.

It's an adaptation of one of the most ambitious Science Fiction books of the century, it put Chinese Science Fiction on the map, and it shows that major culture isn't just created by Hollywood or Netflix. Episode thirteen of The Three-Body Problem is unlocked for free streaming, so time to recap and review Yes, the[...]

The Three-Body Problem is getting a second season in China, adapting Liu Cixin's The Dark Forest & a miniseries featuring cop hero Shi Qiang.

Tencent's The Three-Body Problem Episode 11 is brutal and intense but still heavily censored in its depiction of the Cultural Revolution.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 10 starts to delve into the parallel mysteries of Ye Wenjie's past and the death of her daughter Yang Dong.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 9 reveals more details and character information while somehow still finding a way to have very little happen.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 8 adds new bits and a new character to Liu Cixin's original book to have the plot suddenly explode.

The Three-Body Problem Episode 7 finally brings in the actual Three-Body Problem & a VR video game that's a clue to the show's big mystery.

The reason is The Three-Body Problem is a milestone in several ways: Liu Cixin's book is the most significant Science Fiction novel since Frank Herbert's Dune that, put Chinese Science Fiction on the world map, and the TV series is the first major Science Fiction television series to come from China That makes it worth[...]

The Three-Body Problem Ep. 5 is now free to stream on YouTube, with new episodes free on the same day they premiere on Chinese television.

The sixth episode of The Three-Body Problem slows down to spend most of it recapping what happened before, then censors a major story point.

The fourth episode of The Three-Body Problem finally gives us Ye Wenjie, a major character also known to us as "Science Grandma."