Scripted series · CCTV-8
Three-Body
For most, life unfolds entirely by chance.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Zhang Luyi
Wang Miao
30 eps
Yu Hewei
Shi Qiang
30 eps
Chen Jin
Older Ye Wenjie
30 eps
Wang Ziwen
Young Ye Wenjie
30 eps
Lin Yongjian
Chang Weisi
30 eps
Li Xiaoran
Shen Yufei
30 eps
He Dujuan
Yang Dong
30 eps
Wang Chuanjun
Ding Yi
30 eps
Zhao Jian
Wei Cheng
30 eps
Johnny Zhang
Pan Han
30 eps
Kou Zhenhai
Ye Zhetai
30 eps
White-K
Bai Mulin
30 eps
Kong Lianshun
Sha Ruishan
30 eps
Guo Jingyu
King Zhou of Shang
30 eps
Warwick Gilles
斯坦顿
11 eps
Michael Koltes
麦克
11 eps
Liu Min
Li Yao
9 eps
Cai Ying Ying
Dou Dou
10 eps
Zhengrong Chi
周楠
1 eps
Yang Rong
Mu Xing
10 eps
Zhang Gong
Professor Han
5 eps
Li Zehui
Xu Bing Bing
17 eps
Han Qing
King Zhou Wen
2 eps
Li Mingming
Hong An Xiao Zhang
3 eps
Jiang Nan
Fu Xi
1 eps
蔡佳
妲己
2 eps
Xie Bo
胡晓希
2 eps
Qu Shaoshi
张主任
1 eps
欧喜民
连长
1 eps
Zheng Long
指导员
1 eps
Kong Lin
Cheng Li Hua
1 eps
Yu Yang
Mozi
1 eps
Hou Hongliang
Kong Zi
1 eps
Tu Songyan
Yang Wei Ning
8 eps
Liu Weiting
常伟思助手
8 eps
Zhang Fan
Lei Zhi Cheng
8 eps
Pan Xiaoli
Shao Lin
3 eps
Ji Chen
Qin Shu Huang
2 eps
Tang Jia San Shao
Qin historian
1 eps
Ma Dong
Qin messenger
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Three-Body actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Three-Body reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Nanotechnology researcher Wang Miao is taken to the Joint Operations Center by police officer Shi Qiang, who's investigating the mysterious suicide wave among scientists worldwide. He is recruited to sneak into an organization called the Frontiers of Science to help the investigation. When Wang Miao is contacted by the leader of the organization, Shen Yufei, she introduces him to a sophisticated VR video game called Three-Body, but soon he discovers that it's more than just a game.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E11
Episode 11
Ye was accused of reading a forbidden book and writing a letter that conveyed anti-revolutionary ideas. She was given a way out, but with one condition: to accuse her father as anti-revolutionary even after his death.
S01E16
Episode 16
Shi and Xu uncover Shen's husband's secretive calculations. In the Three-Body game, triple suns cause chaos, leading to civilization's destruction. Mu learns truths from Pan and decides whom to trust.
S01E15
Episode 15
Wang gains insight from gaming with Dou. As "Copernicus," he presents a radical theory, facing danger but advancing understanding.
S01E12
Episode 12
Wang enters the game again and witnesses a model showing a possible structure of the universe. The civilization this time is destroyed with the sun approaching rapidly.
S01E03
Episode 3
Wang finds a countdown in the middle of his sight. He goes to Shen for answers.
S01E17
Episode 17
Shi and Wang encounter a murder investigation on their train journey to Hailar, realizing Shen is targeted by another formidable force. Ye advises Shen's safety while sharing her past with Wang.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Sun ZhonghuaiExecutive Producer
- Bai YicongExecutive Producer
- Li EryunExecutive Producer
- Zhao JilongExecutive Producer
- Lin QiExecutive Producer
- Dong JiaqiProducer
Writing
- Tian LiangliangWriter
Direction
- Yang LeiDirector
Music
- Chen XueranOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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