I saw the preview for this show while watching and episode of Game of Thrones and it was making me sick with dread so I told my husband that I wouldn't watch it. Then had a friend tell me that it's a great show and told HER that I wouldn't watch it...then I heard about the great reviews and decided to give it a try.

Well I had to stop a few times in the first few episodes because of the sick feeling of dread I got from watching, but it really is a great show. Sure, the science and history isn't 100% correct and they're not speaking Russian/Ukrainian/native dialects, but it doesn't matter. It's not a documentary. The point of this show is to drag the viewer into the exact feelings of dread and confusion and fear and disgust that the real people affected by this event had felt. It exposes the politics/lies that put citizens in danger and the cost of all the lives of the people who helped contain the disaster.

In bringing the viewer right into those feelings, this show is completely successful in it's aim. Just look at all the reviews from the people who lived through it. This show gives the viewer an understanding of how this disaster affected everyday people and acts as a warning about the people in charge trying to cover up real danger for the sake of money and their image instead of actually caring about the people they make decisions for.