Orb: On the Movements of the Earth - Season 1 Episode 17

Season 1 Episode 17

I Could Make a Lot of Money with This Book… Maybe

25m ·★ 8.0 ·Japan · JA· NHK G

A young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.

NEXTEp 18: To Liberate Information›

Episodes

S01E015 Oct 2425m

Heliocentrism. How About That?

A gifted young student plans to study theology at university, but his true passion is astronomy. One day, he meets a mysterious scholar named Hubert.

S01E025 Oct 2425m

And Now... I'm Going to Move the Earth

Rafał is intrigued by Hubert’s heliocentric theory. Later, Hubert is arrested by an inquisitor but he gives Rafał a pendant before being whisked away.

S01E0312 Oct 2425m

I... Believe in Heliocentrism

Nowak convinces Potocki to admit to Rafał's heresy. Once arrested, Rafał is given a choice: recant his belief in heliocentrism or submit to torture.

S01E0419 Oct 2425m

The Fact That This World Is Far More Beautiful Than Heaven

The duelist Oczy wishes for death so he can escape his hopeless world and go to heaven. His colleague finds meaning in life by observing the stars.

S01E0526 Oct 2425m

Even If I Die... This World Will Continue

Gras aborts the mission, placing himself and Oczy in mortal danger from Nowak. They both flee for the mountains, where they find a stone chest.

S01E062 Nov 2425m

Move... The World

Oczy seeks the help of Badeni, the demoted monk who incurred the Church's wrath by turning his curiosity to the riddles of the sky.

S01E079 Nov 2425m

Matters of the Truth

Gifted scholar Jolenta suffers discrimination as the only girl at an astronomy institute. Badeni seeks resources to prove the heliocentric theory.

S01E0816 Nov 2425m

We Must Become Icarus

Badeni offers Jolenta a chance to pursue the truth of the skies, but she is overcome with fear. Afterward, she overhears bold words from Count Piast.

S01E0923 Nov 2425m

This Is What It Means... To Learn Something, I Think

A middle-aged Piast vows to prove his professor's geocentric model. In the present, he agrees to let Badeni use his records — on one condition.

S01E1030 Nov 2425m

Truth

Oczy tells Badeni that he is learning to read and write. Later, Badeni's claim that knowledge should be held by a select few bothers a fellow monk.

S01E117 Dec 2425m

Terror

Nowak gives two rookie inquisitors a terrifying first taste of their new roles. Badeni meets with Jolenta and tells her he has completed his theory.

S01E1214 Dec 2425m

Heliocentrism Is My Faith

Nowak asks Badeni to show him his research. He inspects Badeni's premises but doesn't find anything incriminating — until he spots a certain item.

S01E1321 Dec 2425m

Freedom

In a medical area within the inquisition chamber, a wounded Oczy awakes to see Nowak, who has kept him alive in hopes of extracting information.

S01E1428 Dec 2425m

Tonight's Sky...

Badeni must choose between revealing the location of the heretical documents on heliocentric theory or prolonging Oczy's torture at Nowak's hands.

S01E154 Jan 2525m

Is It... My Turn?

Nowak believes his beloved daughter has been executed as a heretic. Father Grabowski comes across a letter from Badeni containing an unusual request.

S01E1611 Jan 2525m

It's Time to Begin the Operation

Twenty-five years later, Captain Schmidt of the extremist Heretic Liberation Front infiltrates a church and steals an important item.

S01E1718 Jan 2525m

I Could Make a Lot of Money with This Book… Maybe

A young nomad woman haunted by poverty devotes her life to obtaining wealth. One night, she discovers the book that Frei hid in the abandoned village.