The series follows Ye Wenjie, an astrophysicist who sees her father beaten to death during a struggle session in the Chinese Cultural Revolution, who is conscripted by the military.
The episode received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its "calm" nature and character development, although many expressed frustration with the season's pacing.
When Saul is released from the hospital, he accompanies Jin and Wade (Liam Cunningham) to Ground Control and see the launch of the Staircase Project from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Auggie (Eiza González) is seen living in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where she helps the locals with her nanofibers, and ignores Saul's phone calls.
And the one person who doesn't really have patience for their despondency is Da Shi, whose attitude is: We're at war, have your moment to grieve, but now it's time to get back to work.
"[5] Johnny Loftus of Decider wrote, "viewers anticipating the Episode 8 Season 1 finale could not possibly have expected creators David Benioff, D.B.
Weiss, and Alexander Woo to conclude a season this sprawling with a bow tied around the adventures of humanity against an omniscient alien aggressor.
"[6] Dan Selcke gave the episode an "A–" grade and wrote, "Despite a couple of touch-and-go moments in the middle, I ended up really enjoying 3 Body Problem.
I came around to the characters, I appreciated that it always had some new scientific idea for me to ponder, I liked the ambition and the sense of terrible awe before our alien overlords, and I might go so far as to say that it made me proud to be a human being.
"[9] Greg Wheeler of Review Geek gave the episode a 2.5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "I can't speak on behalf of how well the source material has been adapted but based on this as a stand-alone show, this has really been a disappointingly slow venture.