The essential episodes of Three-Body
Watch these 15 in order and you've got Three-Body — each pick states its reason.
- 01
Many scientists across the world have committed suicide. Wang Miao, who was an applied physicist, was asked to do an undercover job in an organization called The Frontier of Science.
- 02
Sha presented the theory that the flicker could be fake. Wang and Shi looked through Ye's files and acknowledged her tragic past.
- 03
Shi suggested that the cause of Yang's death took place in the last three days of her life. Wang went to Ye in order to know more about her history.
- 04
Ye was accused for reading forbidden book and writing a letter that delivered anti-revolutionary ideas. She was given a way out, but with one condition, which was to accuse her father as anti-revolutionary even after his death.
- 05
Wang went into the game again and witnessed a model which showed a possible structure of the universe. The civilization this time was destroyed with the sun approaching fast.
- 06
Wang went to Ye to learn more about Red Coast. Ye told him about her experience of being selected as a member of the base.
- 07
Yang tried his best to keep Ye away from the core of Red Coast. Lei engaged Ye personally for unknown reasons.
- 08
Wang Miao re-enters the game with his daughter's inspiration and Ye Wen Jie's interpretation. Shi Qiang and Xu Bing Bing become more suspicious of Ye Wen Jie because of her financial aid to her niece, Chen Xue.
- 09
A Tri-Solar Syzygy (a straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system) ends Civilization No.184. Wang Miao is invited to a players' meet-up by the system administrator of the game.
- 10
Shi Qiang and Wang Miao embark on a mission to find Shen Yu Fei and Ye Wen Jie. The Earth Three-body Organization is divided, hindering communication with the "Lord." Ye Wen Jie establishes the Third Red Coast Base but receives no messages.
- 11
Ye Wen Jie was moved by Lei Zhi Cheng's respect and trust. With Yang Wei Ning's help, she discovered that Red Coast was searching for aliens.
- 12
Wang Miao and Shi Qiang share their information, but Shi Qiang doubts it's all a coincidence. Ye Wen Jie waits for ETO leader Evans at the Red Coast Base.
- 13
Wei Cheng's addiction to Three-Body computing led him to marry Shen Yu Fei. Wang Miao enters the game and realizes the problem's unsolvability, causing Shen Yu Fei's despair.
- 14
At an offline party for the Three-Body game, Pan Han reveals the reality of the Three-Body world. Wang Miao supports Pan Han and informs Shi Qiang about the event, exposing the Three-Body organization ETO.
- 15
Nanomaterials expert sees a mysterious countdown superimposed and finds himself under military investigation. He enters the VR game developed by a secret organization and discovers the truth behind the deaths of dozens of scientists.
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