Season 1
Number of Episodes: 8
Length of Episode: 45-60 minutes each
IMBd: 7.7/10
RT Critic's Consensus: 78%
RT Audience Score: 80%
cag: 6
Premiered: 3/21/24 on Netflix
Characters: Five scientist/physicist friends, all brilliant, all very close. The Chinese/English cop/bodyguard, The original Chinese young adult from the 60's Cultural revolution is followed from young girls and the beginning of all the trauma throughout the entire series.
My comments: Absolutely awesome SciFi. Top notch entertainment. Comes from a book of the same name, written by a Chinese writer, set in China. This television version switched the contemporary scenes to London, but kept a diverse set of characters and the 1960s parts still set in China. Incredible cast, the relationships between the five main characters (spoiler: only three are left "alive" at the end of season 1) seem real. LOTS of characters, great sets, super well done.
Storyline from IMBd: Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
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