r/televisionsuggestions • u/[deleted] • Mar 31 '26

SUGGESTING Please just go Watch Chernobyl

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u/lovemypennydog Mar 31 '26

So good!

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u/Slow-Ruin1845 Mar 31 '26

Watched it twice and both times I was just sitting there completely wrecked by the end. The way they built up to that final episode was incredible

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u/Ozdiva Mar 31 '26

As someone who remembers when it blew up, this was a fascinating examination of events leading up to, and after it.

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u/Unlucky_Research2824 Mar 31 '26

Bro you are late to party

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u/Fun_Mistake_4695 Mar 31 '26

The episode showing what was done to the pets had me in tears

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u/shrtnylove Mar 31 '26

I had to skip that part!

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u/Successful-South-598 Mar 31 '26

I watched the first episode and inside the factory they introduce so many chernobyl worker at once , do I need to remember them all or I just need to remember Dyatlov ?

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u/Rodneybasher Mar 31 '26

I watched the last episode first by mistake and it still worked, nevemind the names lol. It was actually kinda cool that way.

Its such good tele! Not an easy watch.

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u/blumieplume Mar 31 '26

Good show. I’ll rewatch it! It’s been a few years!

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u/blankdreamer Mar 31 '26

The whole Chernobyl incident is ghoulishly fascinating. I never tire of seeing how it played out. The mini series brings real emotion and gravitas to it as you see human drama and the suicidal courage of those trying to stop it and then clean it up. Horrifying and fascinating.

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u/FitSolution2882 Mar 31 '26

I will not be watching it again due to the trauma of the dog episode.

Nope, won't happen.

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u/sockrateezzz Mar 31 '26

Please read Midnight in Chernobyl

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u/sockrateezzz Mar 31 '26

I mean for one much more detailed and it is the primary source for the show. I read it after watching and it really filled in the details

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u/SemanticBobantic Mar 31 '26

It didn't quite live up to the lofty hype for me, but it was still a very good, well-done series!

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u/renoryan775 Mar 31 '26

I watched and enjoyed it but I don’t understand the hype. I felt a lot of the story kinda dragged on

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u/countingc Mar 31 '26

its my all time favorite show and I still haven't find a show that scratches the itch it left

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u/ghostedygrouch Mar 31 '26

I was 5 when it happened, living in the middle of Germany. I will never forget the man in the hazmat suit, walking around the playground at my kindergarten with a Geiger counter as 100 kids pressed their noses to the window panes, watching him. We weren't allowed to play outside or step on grass for months. My granny's flowers and vegetables grew comically large for years after the accident.

Even though the show is not 100% authentic, it will always have a special place in my heart.

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u/MatriX_12 Mar 31 '26

If you cried watching Chernobyl, try to watch Pandora (2016) a south Korean movie, same story as Chernobyl

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u/Aethernath Mar 31 '26

Extremely tough watch for my wife who grew up 50km away from the exclusion zone.

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u/NoraDeLuca Apr 02 '26

One of the great shows

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u/BrandoMonium-11 Apr 04 '26

This was amazing

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u/Ok_Fix1115 Apr 16 '26

I was looking for suggestions and yours came into my feed... I'll start watching today!!!

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u/CaptainLuckyee Apr 25 '26

I'll rate it 3.6 but you're not nerdy enough to understand

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u/LiterColaFarva Mar 31 '26

Dozens and dozens of similar posts out there already for years now...

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u/YouCantGiveBabyBooze Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Guys you should also try this current and underrated show called Breaking Bad.

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u/SlicedBread1226 Mar 31 '26

Ive tried like 3 times to watch it and never get past episode 2. Its kinda blahhhh for me.

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