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Steins;Gate

TV·2011–2015·1 season, 24 episodes·SUN-TV·Drama, Anime, Fantasy·25m·8.3

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The microwave is a time machine. Okarin proved it. The self-anointed mad scientist nuked bananas into some gelatinous version of the future. Or maybe it was the past. Doesn't matter. No one thought he could do it, but he did it anyway. He sent text messages through time to people he knew. To his friends. Some of them female. Pretty. He should have been more careful. He should have stopped. Tampering with the time-space continuum attracts unwelcome attention. Clandestine organizations of nefarious origins take notice. SERN. Always watching. Okarin knows; he can feel their eyes. That s why he started the top secret Future Gadget Lab. To stop them. You should join. We get to wear lab coats, and it's dangerous. Danger is exciting because it's deadly. The microwave is a time machine. Steins;Gate is a surreal viewing experience that s an absolute must watch for all fans of sci-fi.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Steins;Gate S01E22Being MeltdownS01E22 · 9.4Kurisu persuades Okabe to let her die and Mayuri live. As Okabe destroys the phone microwave, he gets a critical message from Suzuha.
  2. 02Steins;Gate S01E24Achievement PointS01E24 · 9.3Okabe undergoes a personal sacrifice in an attempt to bring the world lines back into order and save the lives of his partners.
  3. 03Steins;Gate S01E20Finalize ApoptosisS01E20 · 9.2Okabe locates the missing IBN 5100 and uncovers the identity of the mysterious "FB" but realizes that getting the computer back means losing Kurisu.

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Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode24Episodes2011Aired 8.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Steins;Gate S01E01Turning PointApril 6, 2011 7.7At a time travel conference, scientist Rintarō Okabe encounters a mysterious woman who claims they met 15 minutes before and is then brutall
  2. S01E02Steins;Gate S01E02Time Travel ParanoiaApril 13, 2011 7.7Okabe is visited by a self-proclaimed time traveler and conducts the first successful test of his microwave-based time machine -- using a ba
  3. S01E03Steins;Gate S01E03Parallel World ParanoiaApril 20, 2011 7.9Okabe learns that his microwave will send messages to the past, and discovers a shocking secret when he hacks into the SERN network.
  4. S01E04Steins;Gate S01E04Interpreter RendezvousApril 27, 2011 7.6John Titor tells Okabe that he can't fully decode the SERN files without an IBN 5100 computer, a rare model that he finds difficult to track
  5. S01E05Steins;Gate S01E05Starmine RendezvousMay 4, 2011 8.5Okabe uncovers the gruesome details of SERN's time travel experiments and gets a warning from Suzuha about Kurisu.
  6. S01E06Steins;Gate S01E06Butterfly Effect's DivergenceMay 11, 2011 7.9Okabe experiments with sending texts, now called "D-Mails," into the past and unsuccessfully prevents Moeka from learning the true nature of
  7. S01E07Steins;Gate S01E07Divergence SingularityMay 18, 2011 8.3When Okabe successfully alters time with a D-Mail, the effects lead Titor to believe that Okabe may save the world from its dystopian future
  8. S01E08Steins;Gate S01E08Chaos Theory Homeostasis IMay 25, 2011 8.3Okabe continues to experiment with D-Mail, resulting in world shifts that only he can remember -- and an attempt to have Ruka reborn as a fe
  9. S01E09Steins;Gate S01E09Chaos Theory Homeostasis IIJune 1, 2011 8.3One of the world shifts result in the disappearance of the critical IBN 5100 computer, while another changes the physical properties of the
  10. S01E10Steins;Gate S01E10Chaos Theory Homeostasis IIIJune 8, 2011 7.9Okabe receives a threatening text message, and Suzuha, unable to find her father, returns home without saying good-bye.
  11. S01E11Steins;Gate S01E11Dogma in Event HorizonJune 15, 2011 8.7When Okabe learns that a TV in the repair shop is linked to the ability to send D-Mail, Kurisu believes it can be used to send emotions thro
  12. S01E12Steins;Gate S01E12Dogma in ErgosphereJune 22, 2011 9.1Kurisu completes her new time machine, which can transmit emotions back in time, and Suzuha fears that she's fated to become a spy for SERN.
  13. S01E13Steins;Gate S01E13Metaphysics NecrosisJune 29, 2011 9.0Okabe uses the time leap machine to attempt to prevent Mayuri from being killed, but he quickly learns that the mission isn't as simple as h
  14. S01E14Steins;Gate S01E14Physically NecrosisJuly 6, 2011 9.0While Okabe is devastated by his failure to save Mayuri, Kurisu explains it may not be possible, and Suzuha makes a startling revelation.
  15. S01E15Steins;Gate S01E15Missing Link NecrosisJuly 13, 2011 8.1Suzuha reveals how SERN's plan will lead to a totalitarian government by 2036; Okabe and the rest of the team set out to find Suzuha's fathe
  16. S01E16Steins;Gate S01E16Sacrificial NecrosisJuly 20, 2011 8.9Okabe finds Suzuha's father, but his attempt to reunite them results in tragedy that he sets out to correct with the time leap machine.
  17. S01E17Steins;Gate S01E17Made in ComplexJuly 27, 2011 8.4When he discovers that Mayuri is still fated to die, Okabe works with Kurisu to reverse the effects of D-Mails that have irreversibly change
  18. S01E18Steins;Gate S01E18Fractal AndrogynousAugust 3, 2011 7.6Okabe tries to convince Ruka that she was originally a male and that only by undoing the D-Mails that made the switch can they save Mayuri's
  19. S01E19Steins;Gate S01E19Endless ApoptosisAugust 10, 2011 8.7When Okabe discovers that Moeka has committed suicide, he attempts to undo the act through D-Mails, leaving Moeka feeling betrayed.
  20. S01E20Steins;Gate S01E20Finalize ApoptosisAugust 17, 2011 9.2Okabe locates the missing IBN 5100 and uncovers the identity of the mysterious "FB" but realizes that getting the computer back means losing
  21. S01E21Steins;Gate S01E21Paradox MeltdownAugust 24, 2011 8.8Okabu hopes to keep Kurisu alive by not hacking with the IBN 5100, but he soon realizes that either she or Mayuri must die in the beta world
  22. S01E22Steins;Gate S01E22Season's bestBeing MeltdownAugust 31, 2011 9.4Kurisu persuades Okabe to let her die and Mayuri live. As Okabe destroys the phone microwave, he gets a critical message from Suzuha.
  23. S01E23Steins;Gate S01E23Open the Steins GateSeptember 7, 2011 9.2Okabe travels back in time with Suzuha to just before Kurisu's death to witness the dawn of the time machine arms race and the spark of Worl
  24. S01E24Steins;Gate S01E24Achievement PointSeptember 14, 2011 9.3Okabe undergoes a personal sacrifice in an attempt to bring the world lines back into order and save the lives of his partners.

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