JC
Jin Cheng
A theoretical physicist and member of the Oxford Five who receives an impossibly advanced game headset.
ClearStory · NETFLIX · SEASON 1 · EPISODE 4
3 BODY PROBLEM
Our Lord
The setup
Jack’s murder confirms that the threat has human agents. Jin accepts an invitation to a gathering of believers, while Shi and Wade prepare to discover who leads them and what they know.
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9 peopleThe only names you need
DS
Clarence ‘Da’ Shi
An observant investigator examining scientist deaths and unexplained technology.
TW
Thomas Wade
The intelligence chief overseeing Shi’s investigation.
YW
Ye Wenjie
An astrophysicist whose experiences during China’s Cultural Revolution shape decisions affecting the whole planet.
TH
Tatiana Haas
A mysterious woman who approaches the scientists.
ME
Mike Evans
An environmentalist whose path crosses Ye’s.
AS
Auggie Salazar
A nanotechnology pioneer and one of the Oxford Five, frightened by a countdown only she can see.
SD
Saul Durand
A gifted but unmotivated physics researcher and member of the Oxford Five; close to Auggie and Will.
WD
Will Downing
A physics teacher and friend of the Oxford group.
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Content note: Violence, strong language, death, suicide themes and distress, mass shooting and graphic injuries.
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