Chernobyl
Chernobyl Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.8 |
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About
"Bureaucratic denial turned into pure existential horror"
A dramatization of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, following the scientists, firefighters, and Soviet officials who responded as the true scale of the catastrophe emerged and was suppressed. It moves with grim, procedural precision, building dread not through jump scares but through radiation counters, bureaucratic denial, and ordinary people walking into invisible danger. The tone is somber and unflinching, closer to a horror film than a history lesson, carried by meticulous production design and performances that convey terror through restraint rather than melodrama. It is heavy, absorbing television that treats catastrophe as both human tragedy and political indictment.
the almost unbearable tension built from real events, told with documentary-level precision and no easy comfort.
you find sustained bleakness and slow-burn dread hard to sit through for entertainment.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | 1:23:45 | 9.4 | 65K | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Please Remain Calm | 9.6 | 60K | 65 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Open Wide, O Earth | 9.5 | 56K | 65 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | The Happiness of All Mankind | 9.3 | 53K | 67 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Vichnaya Pamyat | 9.8 | 73K | 72 min |