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  1. pre-spoilers
    What’s Next for 3 Body Problem?Liu Cixin’s book trilogy and season one’s hints comprise a map of where a potential second season may be headed.
    By Zing Tsjeng
  2. vulture lists
    11 Books That Scratch the 3 Body ItchAfter watching Netflix’s adaptation, check out some more hard sci-fi and Chinese speculative fiction.
    By Neil McRobert
  3. overnights
    3 Body Problem Season-Finale Recap: Know Your EnemyWell, at least humanity has 400 years to figure out the next move.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  4. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Never Play With GodWill’s story line actually pays off?
    By Ben Rosenstock
  5. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Forge the New WorldHow do you solve a problem like the San-Ti?
    By Ben Rosenstock
  6. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Higher DimensionsWe now understand what Mike Evans, Ye Wenjie, and the San-Ti are up to, and all it took was some mass murder.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  7. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Keep PlayingWe finally reach the final level of the VR game.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  8. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: A Lie About a LiarA timeline of Ye Wenjie and Mike Evans’s partnership provides a lot of answers.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  9. overnights
    3 Body Problem Recap: Science Over MysticismThe VR game scenes might not make much sense, but the puzzling imagery creates a fun vibe.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  10. overnights
    3 Body Problem Series-Premiere Recap: Nothing Exists AloneNetflix recruits TV veterans to adapt what is considered an unadaptable sci-fi novel. The results are promising.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  11. overnights
    Constellation Recap: The Cabins in the WoodsThere is a lot of universe-hopping going on here.
    By Erin Qualey
  12. overnights
    Constellation Recap: The OthersMaybe Paul will have better luck finding out what the hell is going on.
    By Erin Qualey
  13. overnights
    Constellation Recap: Lost in Liminal SpaceJo is slowly finding out what’s going on, but she’s getting more lost by the revelation.
    By Erin Qualey
  14. overnights
    Constellation Recap: The ChangelingIt’s clear that there are two Jos, and our Jo landed in the timeline where she was kind of a shit to her family.
    By Erin Qualey
  15. overnights
    Constellation Recap: The Woman Who Fell to EarthIt’s always thrilling to watch somebody escape the treachery of space.
    By Erin Qualey
  16. overnights
    Constellation Series-Premiere Recap: The Little Rocket GirlAfter a strange incident in space, astronaut Jo Ericsson (Noomi Rapace) begins to sense that something has gone awry in her reality.
    By Erin Qualey
  17. sci-fi herstory
    Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Is About Hot Girls With Big WeaponsGender equality starts with knife-wielding.
    By Bella Arnold
  18. overnights
    Foundation Season-Finale Recap: The Foundation Strikes BackIt was Seldon’s plan all along.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  19. overnights
    Foundation Recap: Robot and EmpireWho knew the fate of humanity is better off in the hands of a murder robot.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  20. overnights
    Foundation Recap: I, DemerzelIt’s Demerzel’s time to shine.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  21. overnights
    Foundation Recap: Forget It, Jake, It’s TrantorFoundation’s endless empire of clones makes for a Succession-type family drama.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  22. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: The Gorn UltimatumIt’s unnerving to see Captain Pike not know what to do as Strange New Worlds leaves us with a good, old-fashioned cliffhanger.
    By Keith Phipps
  23. overnights
    Foundation Recap: To Boldly Go Where No One Has Gone BeforeAmong the big, galaxy-changing events, Foundation has enough time to do a little Star Trek episode.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  24. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Stardust MelodyThe musical episode is a delightful triumph that balances Strange New World’s various character arcs with earworm-y songs.
    By Sophie Brookover
  25. overnights
    Foundation Recap: The Grifter and the GeneralFoundation ushers in new characters who bring a new perspective to the series, but are these individuals great enough to change the future?
    By Rafael Motamayor
  26. vulture lists
    10 Books to Read If You Enjoy Generation-Spanning Sci-Fi Epics Like FoundationSci-fi stories that don’t span centuries are so basic.
    By Vanessa Armstrong
  27. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Life During WartimeWhat happens here will undoubtedly haunt future episodes.
    By Keith Phipps
  28. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Strange Visitors From Another DimensionOr Boimler and Mariner’s Excellent Adventure.
    By Keith Phipps
  29. overnights
    Foundation Recap: A Tale of Two FoundationsWe finally get a proper explanation of the two Foundations and an introduction to what seems to be the ultimate villain of Foundation.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  30. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Unknown CallerUhura is at the center of an episode with multiple historic Star Trek meetings.
    By Keith Phipps
  31. overnights
    Foundation Season-Premiere Recap: The Emperor Has No ClothesFoundation is going for big, fun absurdity in the season premiere … with a naked Lee Pace fighting off assassins.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  32. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Meet the (Disapproving Vulcan) ParentsSpock is at risk of becoming fully human forever, a truly horrible fate.
    By Keith Phipps
  33. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Recap: Don’t You Forget About MeThe crew finds itself in one mess after another.
    By Keith Phipps
  34. the view from outside
    Let’s Get to the Bottom of That Silo FinaleThis goes all the way to the top!
    By Maggie Fremont
  35. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: Shoot for the MoonThe series’ first attempt at the supernatural comes with the season’s biggest twist.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  36. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: Rocket MenAaron Paul and Josh Hartnett star in a simple but smart, high-concept premise that overstays its welcome.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  37. overnights
    Black Mirror Recap: FarmicideBlack Mirror indulges in the Netflix practice of making a true-crime docuseries with surprisingly favorable results.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  38. overnights
    Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season-Premiere Recap: Grand-Theft EnterpriseStrange New Worlds hasn’t lost a beat on what made it successful in its first season.
    By Keith Phipps
  39. overnights
    Black Mirror Season-Premiere Recap: Main-Character SyndromeBlack Mirror’s take on AI screenwriting, privacy breaches, and Hollywood sexism gets bogged down by self-referential celebrity casting.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  40. brace for landing
    Wait, What Happened in the Manifest Series Finale?Happy Death Date to all who celebrate.
    By Maggie Fremont
  41. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Season-Finale Recap: Logging OffWe need more TV shows willing to say algorithms are just super-dumb computer programs.
    By Sean T. Collins
  42. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: In the Belly of the BeastSimone takes a major leap of faith.
    By Sean T. Collins
  43. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: Mommie DearestMrs. Davis takes a (slight) pause from the zaniness to examine all of Simone’s relationships in the best episode yet.
    By Sean T. Collins
  44. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: Story TimeDon’t try to suss out Mrs. Davis’s ridiculous twists and turns, just let them wash over you.
    By Sean T. Collins
  45. double trouble
    Which Mantle Twin Did What in Dead RingersLet’s break down each episode from the perspective of both Rachel Weiszes to see if we can get to the bottom of what they’re up to.
    By Katie Rife
  46. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Recap: The Body of Christ, AmenEven in a show as studiously zany as Mrs. Davis, I didn’t expect this.
    By Sean T. Collins
  47. overnights
    Mrs. Davis Series-Premiere Recap: Master of NunBetty Gilpin stars as Sister Simone, a roguish nun recruited to shut down the A.I. algorithm that has conquered humanity. You know, the usual!
    By Sean T. Collins
  48. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Series-Finale Recap: Captain’s Log, Final EntryStar Trek is a science-fiction franchise where sometimes love saves the day — it makes for a fitting farewell to Picard.
    By Keith Phipps
  49. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: The Needs of the ManyNo one really wants to think this much about Jean-Luc’s sperm, yet here we are.
    By Swapna Krishna
  50. overnights
    Star Trek: Picard Recap: Utter DisasterThis was a really bad plan.
    By Swapna Krishna
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