The Days
The Days Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.3 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.6 |
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"Real-time dread inside a nuclear catastrophe"
A dramatization of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, following plant workers, engineers, and government officials scrambling to prevent full meltdown after a tsunami knocks out power. Told with a docudrama, procedural intensity, it recreates the chaos, fear, and impossible decisions of those first days almost in real time. The tone is somber and claustrophobic rather than action-packed, focused on human endurance under crushing pressure. It's less about spectacle and more about the grinding, sweaty tension of people trying to hold disaster back with insufficient tools and information.
the tense, procedural recreation of ordinary workers holding back a nuclear catastrophe.
you want fast-paced entertainment rather than slow, harrowing real-world crisis drama.
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All Seasons

| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant is Submerged | 7.5 | 373 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | No Need to Evacuate | 7.1 | 318 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Radioactive Emissions Will Be Minimal | 7.3 | 283 | 57 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | It Would Mean Turning Our Backs on Fukushima | 7.3 | 265 | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Our Company Has Lost Its Mind | 7.3 | 261 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | I Can No Longer Leave Here Alive | 7.3 | 252 | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Decide the Conditions for Evacuation | 7.4 | 245 | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | A Scenario of Japan's Collapse | 7.6 | 253 | 66 min |