"Don't worry, it gets worse": The series

17:20 People forget that Legasov had a wife and daughter, so he had plenty to fear for if he crossed the State.

You can also see the real footage of the liquidators shoveling graphite off the roof the accuracy is astounding

The reason they had to show (and insist on) the animal control guys is to show that the Chernobyl disaster destroyed lives in more ways than just radiation damages, via the evolution of Pavel's character.

If they didn't kill the animals, then those animals would've spread the radiation to any other non contaminated animals or people they come across. It had to be done.

The three roofs were code named after one of the technician's three nieces. You can assume the most radioactive roof was a... problematic child.

"How do I know it exploded?" ...omg you guys had the same reaction as my mom and i when watching it. I thought my mom was going to throw something at the tv!

The one part with animals they left out is that some would have started looking like the guys in hospital, killing them would have been a mercy.

Comrade soldier is not just done. Comrade soldier is well done comrade soldier is done for.

Another fun titbit: its not proven but there are widespread reports of otherwise logical and rational people behaving illogically when in extremely radioactive environments. Like he workers looking over the rails when they were explicitly told not to. There are reports of workers feeling dissociated or in a bit of a trance. Now this can be adrenaline, but there have been many speculations if maybe high doses of radiation are capable of directly influencing the brain.

Damn Abi remembered the line from the first episode about Dyatlov’s jail sentence... considering all the series they react to that’s impressive recollection... Great series great reactions, if this show doesn’t sweep at the Emmy’s that would be...... madness

In a video that was put out by Ukranian TV that was on YT about reactions to the "Chernobyl" mini-series by people who were actually involved 33 years ago, they had an interview with a real-life animal liquidator from that time. He told a story of how, while he and his comrades were tracking down animals, they saw this strange small four-legged slimy creature walking around. For a moment, they thought it was an alien of some kind.... ...until it meowed at them.

4:32 They said in the podcast: This one guy, in his memoirs and interviews, explained the idea of the egg basket, and literally insisted to future historians that they put it in their books and journals. So here it is. ^_^ One hero of Chernobyl's petty wish honored.

Totally spoiled Downfall for my friend - told him Hitler died in the end. He had no idea.

I dont think you guys are disrespectful to anyone, I mean sure you guys laugh at some points, but I understand that this series is not easy to watch and that’s your way to enlighten the mood and I totally appreciate it. You guys are lot better than some know-it-all people here who outright called Lyudmila “stupid”. THAT is disrespectful. Love your reaction :)

"It is not such a shame to be ignorant as it is to be unwilling to learn." -Benjamin Franklin

This is one of the best and most important shows ive seen period unbelievably well made from the cinematography to the performances and the direction it beautifully honors those who truly expierenced the event the final episode especially the ending brought a tear to my eye

Alas, not enough nudity or "thirst" moments in this episode to make up for the pet scenes 😢

Dyatlov: NO U

Don't apologize, you're doing fine... i loved your reaction videos to this series

This miniseries, still is a emotionally "Tour de Force" for everybody. This is the 10th time I watch these scenes. Still hit me down.

When an rock is a better villain than the Night King

the official HBO podcast was good and Midnight in Chernobyl is a good book if you want to research after like I surely did.

I know the shooting of the animals was hard. Painful in the extreme to know and watch. Others have correctly stated in the comments that radiation would spread with the animals. But at the same time with how infected they were. The longer the stayed in the area the worse it would get. Getting shot would be a mercy to save them from a drawn out painful death due to radiation poisoning.

I love that you love Mindhunter too! It's the best show on Netflix imo.

The German robot got fried by radiation because the Soviets refused to tell the West German government exactly how much radiation there was on the roof. Turned out it was 600 to 700 times more than the electronics of the robot could handle.

I've really enjoyed your reactions to this amazing mini-series. I think you'll find the next episode really interesting.

Imon Abby stop apologizing for your reaction that's what we came to see if other people complaining them f*** them.

Just one episode left girls, you're doing fine, I'm proud of you:)

Next and final episode, you will learn the TWO ways a RBMK reactor can explode. Stick around for the post credits as well during the last episode.

Abi is a fan of The Witch? Damn girl, impressive :)

As I watch these reactions, this comes to mind: “The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are. With anyone over fifty you can be fairly confident what's been taught and what's been left out. But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into depths of confusion you didn't know existed." - Evelyn Waugh (Brideshead Revisited)

*"Don't let them suffer."* After watching this episode, I was grateful that my pets are healthy and alive. To this modern day, all the streets dogs that live near Chernobyl, can't be touched, nor petted or play with, to avoid any form of radioactivity.

Good on ya, remembering Dyatlov's name from the opening narration in the first episode! Good ear!

Don't worry about the laughing just be you & the show will give you all the research you need.

Love your reactions, guys! Go on!

As to why they had to show it instead of hinting at it? Exactly BECAUSE its horrifying. And you dont feel that if you just hear about it. This show does a wonderful job of turning something most people (in europe at least) already knew about into something were we actually feel the tragedy behind it. Just hearing about what happened in a disaster rarely truly brings out the feeling of "alright this isnt just a story, this ACTUALLY happened to ACTUAL people"...

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

Damn, wish you guys reacted to Mindhunter. Fincher’s my favourite director.

I would like to fill you in but i find it great to see raw reations. I think its great that you are getting into it after. As a person who lives in a post soviet country Please dont get triggered! 😁 Its a show. My country(Estonia) liquidators are called Samurais. So it is different to watch this. My mom was a teenager. She had a hard time watching the trailer. I just like they gathered all kinds of people in the crew who grew up in the post Soviet states.

The roof scene was a bit exaggerated to convey a message. A hole in your shoe wasn't an automatic "you're done, comrade" that's symbolic for all the people who risked/lost their lives in the clean-up operations (kinda like the lady scientist is a representation of all the scientists that came to help). Don't get me wrong, what they've shown is exactly how they removed the debris and 90 seconds was exactly how much time they had (if you notice the sequence lasts exactly 90 seconds) but you wouldn't die for a hole in your shoe like that, if you washed your foot immediately after you'd be fine. Many of the liquidator are actually still alive today If anyone's interested in the actual risks of radiation and radioactive dust I suggest checking out a bunch of Thunderf00t's videos on the subject.

Love the video Imon Nation and Abby Nation stay motivated dream big

I am told once again they had to tone down reality. In reality the soldiers killing the Animals ran out of Ammunition constantly and had to kill the Animals with clubs and other stuff.

I can't watch any of the scenes with the animals since those sorts of images hurt & haunt me forever after...but can't skip this episode since it contains many other important story elements. Love the brief cathartic (emotionally unguarded/transparent) moment where Boris has a totally legit fit about the misleading number the Germans were provided (setting the robot up for failure from the outset) & beats the stuffing out of that poor telephone. This was a fascinating, disturbing, and compelling series-it was so well done that it made me go watch "The Last of Us" bc Craig Mazin was behind that series as well.

"Give this woman a megaphone" :D I died :D

I'm amazed Boris got away with that outbreak. I guess the KGB and such understood hes under a bit of "stress."

more radiant every time 😍 not to be confused with radioactive 😅 yes, Mindhunter is dope 🤘

Wanna know sumthin scary, when that little camera got within range of the Elephants Foot....it MELTED, the whole damn thing because of the high radiation. The only way they were able to capture a picture was by taking a photo down the hall with a mirror at the corner so they could see

Our goal is “The Happiness of all Mankind.”

2:29 - Satan: (Makes a note) "'No... children...' got it. ... Puppies it is then!" Abi: "Wait! Fuck, go back!" 10:09 - It says "Dies ist eine Warnung! Entladen Sie alle Ihre Waffen!" and then Shudder from Einhander starts playing.

There is a documentary from 2015 called Babushkas it's on Amazon Prime and is about old women who went home to live and die in the exclusion zone and have been there in some cases for 20 or so years living off their land in the only homes they ever knew.

Fun fact Chernobyl is kind of one of the largest nature reserves now in Europe it has animals that used to be widespread throughout Europe but now only found in small pockets for example the wild European horse.

I was looking forward to seeing your reactions to this episode and you ladies did not disappoint. By the end you both looked completely poleaxed. Everyone has the same look the first time they see this.😏

Have you guys watched Broadchurch (with David Tennant)? Your description of the shows you like suggests you would love Broadchurch. Three seasons. All good. Amazing cast. Interestingly, the origin of the word "robot" comes from a Slavic word that meant "conscript labor." That kind of makes sense in the context of this episode.

the witch was phenomenal

Damn I know this is a show, but Chernobyl does a great job of showing the brutality of the incident. And even though I never witnessed this, I send my sympathies and prayers to those who witnessed or went through this.

"I have this feeling that something bad is going to happen." Did you not notice that the entire episode is made of scenes where bad things are happening?

There is a scene that was cut from the series but did actually happen, where the soldiers saw that a dog was still alive in the pit as it was being filled with concrete. Nobody had any bullets left and they had to watch as the dog was buried alive! Although true it was decided that it was too upsetting for the final cut. Animals i.e. Bears, Wolves and Birds are now returning to the area in the less radioactive fields and forests. There is a book written by a Pulitzer Prize winning author titled 'Voices of Chernobyl' which are a series of interviews with various survivors including the fireman's wife and the Liquidators. From excerpts I have read it is a true horror story!! Take heart, the final episode is maddening but manageable.

You guys ever seen the Unabomber mini series ? And I feel ya I laugh when I see depressing stuff or avoid it all together lol but it’s interesting to see history like this it’s just so crazy

What? You should react to Mindhunter. Or at least make a review video, it may attract some more public to the series and prevent it from being canceled - Netflix loves to cancel everything, y'know). Loved the reaction, keep up the good work. :)

0:37 No need to apologize for that. I mean you're not wrong, Mrs Ignatenko's decisions were stupid and irresponsible but we also have to recognize that she most likely wasn't thinking logically due to grief and shock at the events unfolding around her.

I am always suprised how little most people know about that accident o0 Didn't already everyone heard about the liquidators and how they suffered?

Not just The Witch , he's also in Game Of Thrones. He was pivotal to Theon Greyjoy's development. I fact lot of the actor in this series played secondary characters in Game Of thrones too (Jeor Mormont e.g).

The pets got it easier than the people. Quick and clean. If it were me, I'd want to go that way.

10:38 You know you're screwed when even German technology didn't work. Greetings from Germany. ;-)

in the scene where they shot the cow. this did happen on multiple occasions. as well as people being shot for refusing to evacuate. the soldiers were ordered to evacuate all the people. if the people refused to leave git rid of them. all animals on farms were to be killed during the liquidation. as well as pets. nobody was allowed to stay. many people were unwilling to leave becuase they didnt know what it was they were fleeing from and they were told to leave during ww2 during the german invasion and many stayed, many believed they had already endured far worse than whatever it was they were being told to run from now. many of the elderly outright refused to leave. those who did leave told the evacuation was temporary. many people believed it was temporary. nobody knew how bad the situation really was. the people were told nothing. they were told over loud speakers they would have soldiers collect them. they were to be evacuated by bus. they were only allowed to take what they could carry on their backs. no pets were allowed. they were given 5 min from the time the soldiers arrived. all who refused to leave were killed.

22:26 Humans were literally dying horrible deaths. I don't think letting dogs die of cancer is better than dying a quick death. No pill is not going to save them and also they were starting to eat each other because there wasn't enough food.

Why do people act like "oh thank god it was just the cow that died not the woman" a life is a life

Chernobyl played an under appreciated role in the fall of the Soviet Union

5:45 I wish you guys would've reacted to it but i understand not wanting to react to literally every show you want to watch.

most of the pets were adopted and the troops looked after them till they all died

From an interview with the creator and writer of Chernobyl, the miners that were brought in to dig a hole so they can bring in a cooler to prevent fire from melting the floor and spreading the radiation into the water 💧....all of that was just in case it would happen, not that it would. They had a 50/50 chance of that happening so they had to act fast. In the end however, it was unnecessary as the fire and heat never got hot enough to require the coolers to be brought in. So the miners gave up their lives for nothing.

It's not just about the dogs spreading radiation. It's the fact that they don't have anyone to care for them and they'll likely die painful deaths. It's more convenient for the state to just put them down than devote precious money and resources to care for them during their shortened lifespans.

lol i didn't know what a policerobot was or looked like neither

The guy who shot the cow was Pyp from GoT.

thanks for putting yourselves through this! I know how exhausting it is, but hard to give it up!

reason the robots failed was that it was on the same level as of a radiation geiger counter

The saddest thing is: it really happened. The women, Ludmila, wrote a book later. This show is based on that book and on the tapes Legasov made at the beginning of the first episode.

I’m enjoying your reactions. This episode was extremely hard to watch (we have rescue doggies in our home so major animal lovers), I think it was good to show the horrible job from a very young man’s perspective who has obviously never shot a gun and loves animals. Watching his shock and horror during the day was enlightening because it shows that the Chernobyl clean up harmed thousands of people both physically and emotionally. He’s drinking vodka liberally at the end and smoking. Probably anything he could do to dull his senses. Next episode is fascinating and I think you’ll enjoy it. It isn’t so emotionally wrenching and it ties back in to the first episode l. Plus the end has real life images of the people involved and what happened to them.

the current stuff going on in Russia is with regards to a nuclear powered missile (powered, not a nuclear bomb) going wrong, not a nuclear power plant, thankfully. At least that's what we know from official channels.

in reality touching someone who has been exposed to radiation isn't harmful, unless they are still wearing the clothes that they were wearing at the time.

Now you see why everyone warned you about this episode. It was a rough one. That ending still gets to me.

Isnt he also Theon Greyjoys right hand Man, the ironborn when they took Winterfell.

You girls are awesom. Apply to the BBC for you own show. The Brits will love you. Marry me girls? although I am fat, ugly and bold and boring. LOL, Love from the UK xxx

The next episode does a pretty good job at explaining what actually happened to cause the explosion, but if you want a deeper (but still understandable) explanation of how it works (and failed), check out Scott Manley's YT video on it, he does a good job of explaining it thoroughly without requiring a background in nuclear physics.

If you're not checking out the podcast (during car trips or while cleaning or whatever) for these episodes, you really should. It's available everywhere. Spotify, HBO, any podcast app. You learn so much. The context is great. But you also find out what they toned down. I'm glad I didn't get to see that firefighter's bones pull out of his arm when they lifted it or not having enough ammo for a surviving pet but wanting to avoid having it suffocate in the concrete... That shit just...nahhhhh

I recommend the podcast with the creator of the show on HBO's KZfaq channel.

10:17 German loves you too!

If you really want to be disturbed, look for eyewittnesses from the hunting. One of them told that they found an animal that was mostly slime, they didn´t know what it was till it meowd Edit: I hope you´ll put the whole endcredits in the next reaction or maybe make an own only for those?

You ladies need to read Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. An excellent read that goes beyond just Chernobyl and into the history and effects of radiation before and after Chernobyl.

It was nice to see your reaction again, and finaly some reactors (no pun intended) who doesn't cry and scream when animals die. You have become my favorite reactors. PS: You are both so cute and smart, makes it even more enjoyable to watch.

Yes. You have to do one more reaction. But it's only one more. It's rough but it's good. ;)

ITT: sheltered individuals reacting to some of the truths of this world.

When u react to episode 5 please make a video just for the epilogue

Shooting the animals was bad but think if they were left alone. The pain and suffering they would go through like the guys in the hospital. Rotting and melting with no medical help . Best to shoot them. "Don't let them suffer." It was mercy.

For the dog comments at the end, like episode 3, they turned down the intensity. Many of the animals had similar symptoms to the people. To your other point, the USSR considers pets to be unimportant next to the threat of contamination. They made the choice that was best for the state as they saw from their view what they thought the best choice was. Not enough people in power stepped up because that wasn't the culture. There are people alive today that did this because they had to. It's nuts.

Another beautiful and compassionate reaction. 😍 I felt bad for the animals, but accepted it straight away, so it didn't weird me out too much (the puppies got me though). All those pets suddenly forced to live on their own, trying to find food will have to move around and explore the nature. They carry radiation due to the fact they rummage around on the ground and through plants that is covered in radioactive dust in the fur, and eventhough it might be low radiation, it accumulates and it could be they over time develop damaged DNA which will then be felt in the years to come. The cow, well, it needs to much grass that it has to come from somewhere, and everything is covered in radioactive dust carried away by the wind, and the radioactivity will undoubtedly be absorbed through the food it eats, and the milk and meat will be contaminated. So the old woman would likely get more and more radiation poisoned if she kept using or selling the milk or used/sold the meat sometime down the line when the cow dies due to the rather immence amount of grass and water it needs. Simple circle of life, at some point it all ends up in humans. Tough call, but if we understand the possible reasoning behind it, it is easier to cope with. The dosimeter (static sounds) is used so brilliantly throughout the series, and set off a defence mechanism in me as well, as we know the fast clicking is bad. That and the somber music really enhanced it .. out of scale for me. If I was watching it with someone, I might be reacting it like you.. laughing it off every now and then. 😍 Thank you for that honest reaction, no need to explain or apologize for it. ⚘⚘ You two deserve a big hug after putting yourself through these episodes 🤗

Song/canción Black raven/cuervo negro 13:19

Yeah.. I need sleep. I thought your opening monologue was about Breaking Bad 😅 I completely forgot I was watching a separate show

Episode 5 soon? you need to watch the trail.