{"id":48176,"date":"2024-03-21T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2010811"},"modified":"2024-03-21T13:53:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T12:53:43","slug":"3-body-problem-ending-explained-what-are-the-wallfacers","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/3-body-problem-ending-explained-what-are-the-wallfacers\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Body Problem ending explained: What are the Wallfacers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s what those final scenes mean for the future. <\/p>

By Louise Griffin\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 21 March 2024 at 12:00 PM<\/p>

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Warning: Full spoilers ahead for 3 Body Problem episode 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n

From a mind-bending game to an actual alien invasion looming, and starring an epic cast<\/a>, 3 Body Problem<\/a> has it all.<\/p>\n

The series, brought to life by Game of Thrones writers<\/a> David Benioff and DB Weiss along with Alexander Woo, and adapted from the novel by Cixin Liu<\/a>, crash-landed its way onto Netflix<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While it received mixed reviews<\/a>, that ending is sure to leave fans clamouring for more.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything you need to know about that action-packed ending to Netflix\u2019s 3 Body Problem \u2013 and how it deviates from the books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

3 Body Problem ending explained: What are the Wallfacers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Named after the ancient Buddhist name for meditators, the Wallfacers are an intelligence group, brought together to defend humanity from the Santi invasion<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Crucially, the trio must concoct a plan only in their minds and refrain from telling anyone else their plans due to the Santi\u2019s constant surveillance of humanity.<\/p>\n

The moment they utter their plans to anyone else, they\u2019re no longer safe, as the Santi know humanity\u2019s every move \u2013 but they cannot read human minds.<\/p>\n

The Wallfacers are also given top-level authority and security clearance, with it being declared that they never need to explain their actions or commands and they must be equipped with anything they need without question.<\/p>\n

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Jovan Adepo as Saul Durand, Eiza Gonz\u00e1lez as Auggie Salazar in 3 Body Problem.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ed Miller\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

The final episode of 3 Body Problem follows Saul Durand\u2019s (Jovan Adepo) journey to being named a Wallfacer.<\/p>\n

It begins as news of the incoming alien invasion spreads across the world\u2019s media. Sure, the invasion is 400 years away, but many are of the opinion that humanity has a responsibility to prepare future generations for what\u2019s to come.<\/p>\n

Saul has gone all nihilistic about it, and appears to have stopped caring, having a one-night stand that ends tragically. Escorting his date (whose name he can\u2019t actually remember) to her Uber, he says his family line will end with him \u2013 so why should he care about the invasion?<\/p>\n

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3 Body Problem.<\/span><\/figcaption> Ed Miller\/Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Just then, a series of connected and very important events happens \u2013 Saul takes a step in the wrong direction, meaning a guy on a scooter knocks him over, out of the way of an oncoming car, which runs over and immediately kills his date, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.<\/p>\n

Saul finally meets Clarence (Benedict Wong) and informs him that the cars involved in the crash were under autonomous control \u2013 meaning someone was targeting Saul and that the only reason he\u2019s alive was that he was pushed aside at the last second.<\/p>\n

The pair travel together to the United Nations headquarters in New York. He\u2019s soon told that there will be a \u201cceremony\u201d at the meeting for the Planetary Defence Council, but is otherwise left in the dark about what\u2019s to come \u2013 the Wallfacer Project.<\/p>\n

Who are the Wallfacers?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Wallfacers announced in the series are:<\/p>\n