It was Gouda. Super bleak. Not the feel good show of the year. Looks like it’s gonna be a brutally gory time and full of frustrating characters trying to deny how dire the situation is. Jared Harris is always good
Episode 2 was really incredible! I am enjoying it a lot.
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The two scenes that really stuck out to me were the excavation scene, i liked having the original russian going through it. Made it very eerie. And then holy smokes that ending. I am quite naive to what actually took place in Chernobyl so I had just assumed that this plan was going to work. The flashlights going dark was intense.
It also makes a huge difference knowing these are real people and not fictional characters. A character makes a heroic decision to sacrifice themselves for everyone. That is so noble, good for them. But when you actually think about it in a real life scenario like this... and then IT FAILS. Its pretty unsettling.
"So, uh, what are we saying here? If we save LA from a nuclear bomb, then you and I can get together for dinner and a movie?"
What a great show. Pretty overwhelmingly horrific in its own way by the end. FUCK Russia!
The end was so impactful. First with his voice over speech, then the ending text saying what happened with everyone/everything. Each new slide was somehow more brutal than the last. The part about how thousands of thousands of people died but Russia reported it was just 31. Jesus
