This is not the best TV show ever created, so dont waste your time wondering if it is. Instead, spend your time watching this jaw-dropping show and remembering that its based on a true story, that something so harrowing and horrendous actually occured, not long ago, on this green earth.

The show is beautiful within its horror, the pacing, immaculate. Although the first episode will no doubt leave you wondering if your watching the same show thats being rated at 9.7, by the end of episode 2, you will realise why some have overrated it so highly within the excitement.

One flaw that the show produces is the character invention of Ulana Khomyuk (played by Emily Watson) which lets the show down. With a show based on a true story, this character was not needed, not even in 2019 when women are being forced upon shows and movies for the sake of not causing outcry by modern people who are insecure.

Other than that, this show is amazing and very much worthy of its praise...just not 9.7 worthy.