I was reluctant to watch Chernobyl at first because of my expectations that it would be a sad, dull, dreary movie about an incident in a foreign country. After the first episode I was entrenched in the science and the societal disarray of the USSR's practices, which -because of the directors decision to make the character dialects English- was more conducive to an American viewpoint. Gripping, thrilling, daunting, and beautifully portrayed.