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3 Body Problem

2024 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 7.5 · 74% critics

MysteryDramaScience FictionThriller

Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends chase earth-shattering scientific discoveries as familiar laws of science begin to unravel. As an unsettling existential threat comes into focus, their personal and professional lives collide with a mystery that grows bigger over time.

Based on Remembrance of Earth's Past

Also known as The Three-Body Problem · The Three Body Problem · Three Body Problem

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Streaming on Netflix.

7 hours to watch · 8 episodes.

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Details
Years
2024
Release date
2024-03-21
Network
Netflix
Language
English
Rated
TV-MA
Max quality
UHD
Critic score
74/100
TMDB rating
7.5/10 (1,517 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an ambitious sci-fi mystery with deep ideas and a tense, world-spanning feel like Three-Body or Dark Matter; Not for you if you dislike slow pacing or want a book-perfect adaptation.

Pros: big sci-fi ideas; engaging mystery; impressive visuals | Cons: pacing drags late; character depth varies; changes disappoint book fans

Themes

  • china
  • based on novel or book
  • scientist
  • alien invasion
  • alien contact
  • signal
  • 1960s
  • thoughtful
  • alien civilization
  • imaginative
  • anxious
  • inspirational
  • +3 more

Cast & crew

Episodes1 season · 8 episodes

Season 18 episodes
  • S1E1Countdown61m
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  • S1E2Red Coast64m
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  • S1E3Destroyer of Worlds54m
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  • S1E4Our Lord45m
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  • S1E5Judgment Day58m
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  • S1E6The Stars Our Destination49m
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  • S1E7Only Advance59m
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  • S1E8Wallfacer57m
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