"Chernobyl" Review

 

by Robert Zenoni

I’m a little late to the party but… FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC! FANTASTIC! Like all tragedy, disaster, destruction and death, we as humans don’t read into more than what we feel comfortable doing, especially when we were not born at the time it happened. So all my life I was like, “Wow, Chernobyl that’s terrible…. anyways...” But now I do have an interest in this subject matter because it’s just so important to remember history. 

Chernobyl is a great series that tells its audience what the social, economic, political and literal fallout was when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant reactor core number four exploded and is known as the worst nuclear disaster in history. This shows tells you how the Soviet Union tried to cover up the disaster and how nuclear physicist Valery Legasov was boots on the ground and helped save millions of lives. Along with telling you about all that, it shows you what happened to the men who were at the reactor; first with all the radiation they absorbed along with all the people of Pripiyat, the city closest to the power plant. 

I know this is more of a praising session than a review but it's a fantastic and brutal series. So prepare yourself if you haven’t seen it but it truly is fantastic. Jared Harris and Stellan Skarsgård are great and the shows poses the question, "What is the cost of lies?" In this instance, anywhere from 4,000-93,000. That is the cost of lies. Enjoy the show!