I have read quite a few book about Chernobyl. From 1991 edition of The Truth About Chernobyl by Grigori Medvedev, 2018 Chernobyl & Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe by Serhii Plokhii, Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham, Voices of Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexevich to amazing Chernobyl: Manual for Survival by Kate Brown. Two of those where used for sure by screen-writer of HBO miniseries during his work on this title. My main conclusion is - life is far more interesting and complicated than fiction. I am not sure why Craig Maizn changed few important facts as first thing, Russians knew about design flaws of RMBK, and they have admitted to this in Vienna conference! There is recording where Legasov is asked by western journalist about flaws in design and answers that this type of reactor is should not be chosen for Chernobyl NPP as it's not safe! Of course he downplayed construction flaws and emphasized errors of the operators, but he didn't lie. They have lied about it, to public inside the Soviet Union - completely opposite as in series! They have chose this type of reactor as it was cheaper to build but they where not fools and lots of figures at Kurchatov knew about various flaws of design, it was game of politics, power and corporate culture (yes corporate culture as soviets where not real communists they where owners of Soviet Union, acting like huge flawed corporation with huge corrupted clerical apparatus. With hundreds of officials, apparatchiks fighting for power and influence and money). Why have they built nuclear power stations Ignalina, Smolensk, Obninsk and the Chernobyl NPP at Ukraine in the first place? Because they where selling gas, oil and high class coal to the western Europe and other countries but still needed power for internal market! HBO Chernobyl starts as good thriller but with every part it looses grip on story and thrills goes in wrong direction to flawed weak finale - naive and simplified so it hurts every thinking person who knows anything about those events! And what is worse they could stic to the facts and still have amazing movie! Why do oversimplify? Maybe its move for US internal market? Where customer is used to simple stories like Russians are to lies of their governments up to this date. But I have to admit that production design, department responsible for stage design costumes and props has done amazing job! Everything looks like it should look! I was born in 1981 in Poland, and I remember bits of this reality they where ecactly like presented in Chernobyl. Those buildings, cars, children school uniforms even shoe bags. Interiors, way they are dressed or even their haircuts! And for this kind of movie it is very important! In Poland we had softer version of regime but still reality looked prerry similar (as in almost every comunist country). I must admit that I am amazed by this, chapeu bas! Good work gus! So, 10 stars for production design, 10 for music, five for screenplay gives us 8,3 score overall. Next time please try harder when it comes to storyline do not simplyfy - real events where realy amazing amd in series you have enough tine to execute the story.