The much-anticipated new sci-fi mystery series from the Game of Thrones creators follows mankind’s first contact with extraterrestrial intelligence, connecting the 1960s Chinese Cultural Revolution with the deaths of present day scientists. Adapted from the Hugo-award winning book trilogy from Cixin Liu by David Benioff, D.B. Weiss and Alexander Woo, the casting includes GOT alums John Bradley and Liam Cunningham along with Rosalind Chao, Benedict Wong, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Jovan Adepo, Saamer Usmani, and Jonathan Pryce. Eight episodes stream today. From the Boston Globe‘s Matthew Gilbert: “It’s a detective story, it’s a mystery box, it’s a grand visual spectacle, it’s a friendship drama, and, most of all, it’s an imagination-prodding piece of sci-fi.” (Read the full review)