Chernobyl

I'll be curious to see if this episode keeps the high rating or if it takes a hit from the animal scenes.

Those poor bastards that got stuck doing the roof work. F that shit.

The historial data for the ruble shows it was 0.7585 on the 1/186 and 0.6700 on the 1/1/87.

So 800 roubles was around $536-606. That's offical figures, it would have cost you way more rubles to buy $600 on the black market. But dollars are used everywhere where the currency is problematic and has black markets. You would have been able to get them easily enough and almost certianly be able to buy items with them. Nobody wants 6k rubles for an inported TV they want hard currency.

I knew you got some radiation from smoking but..


Twice the amount from staying on the IIS for 6months.

Pretty rough episode. I understand why they are out there shooting the dogs but it doesn't make it easy watching it. That 90 second single shot on the roof was award level stuff, no dialogue just the geiger counter. I had wondered how the firefighter's wife was able to survive, baby absorbing the radiation makes sense.

This is the best show on TV right now, it's a shame it's only 5 episodes.

I hate to spoil the final episode but....

Also we saw the cats but never any being shot. Director is a cat person for sure.

Theydef gave too much screentime to the animal slaughter scenes. Could of been much less heavy handed and could of got the same result in the viewer.

Vandyn said:

This is the best show on TV right now, it's a shame it's only 5 episodes.

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4. HBO already cancelled it.

Actual cleanup photo, streaks at the bottom was radiation affecting the film.

Maybe it was explained and I missed it but why exactly is it important to remove the graphite from the wall?

nisser said:

Maybe it was explained and I missed it but why exactly is it important to remove the graphite from the wall?

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Graphite was used as a neutron moderator for the RBMK reactor. When the core exploded all of the graphite was from inside the core and contained a crazy amount of radiation. You could not build a dome over the reactor while the graphite rock was still emitting radiation on the rooftops.

I'm sure it was considered but I wonder why they didn't use some tower cranes with long booms to drag a plow or scoop across the roof. They had cranes on site during the cleanup and they used them for the sarcophagus. Even if it wouldn't be perfect I think they still could have cleared off the bigger pieces instead of leaving them as tripping hazards.

They didnt really cancel this did they?

The wiki now says it's only 4 episodes?

... nah, brother. How/why would they cancel the last episode of a miniseries when the preview was already shown?