Writers DB Weiss and David Benioff turn their attention to physics - and aliens - in their first series since Game of Thrones
trilogy – is nothing like. For starters, it’s set in a world recognisable as our own and is firmly based in the real theories of physics . There are no swords, dragons, or warring houses, just a group of physicists trying to better understand our universe. Until the aliens come.
The story starts with the gory discovery of a body – a scientist who has brutally killed himself after scrawling numbers across his wall in blood. He’s not the first to be found in such confounding circumstances; all over the world physicists have been dying by suicide and it’s up to grumpy but likeable detective Da Shi , whose life is interrupted when she begins to see a countdown burnt onto her retinas.
Early in the eight-episode series, it’s hard to believe that all the threads – one of which throws us back into 70s revolutionary China – will eventually weave together. When they do, however, and the true arc of the story is revealed,takes on a whole new urgency. It’s fast-paced, zooming through storylines and ideas at breakneck speed. Thankfully, the whole season is available to binge – I don’t think I could’ve stood to wait a week for each chapter.
has ever had. So far, it’s $200m well spent and another series is already in development – let’s just hope Weiss and Benioff can stick the landing this time.
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