"Chernobyl" portrays the greatest catastrophe ever witnessed by human eyes on our planet.

As a result of a test, a reactor at Chernobyl's nuclear power plant explodes.

This catastrophic story is portrayed really exceptionally well in this series.

Actually everything is correct here.

The setting is incredibly well portrayed, the actors do a really good job of conveying the helplessness and desperation, and the make-up team did a frighteningly good job here too.

All of this contributes to the fact that the atmosphere of that time is conveyed really well.

But the series should by no means be seen as a kind of "documentary", but you have to be aware that due to the dramaturgy, some characters and storylines were created or arranged.

And that's my only criticism of the series, because somehow it doesn't become very clear here.

It would have only taken a disclaimer before each episode to make this clear, like "This series is based on real results, but these have been optimized in favor of the dramaturgy".

I recommend everyone before the series, or if you don't know what exactly happened and don't want to spoil yourself, to find out what changed the series in contrast to the real catastrophe after the series at the latest.