r/ChernobylTV • u/[deleted] • May 06 '19

Chernobyl - Episode 1 '1:23:45' - Discussion Thread

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u/BusDriverer 3.6 Roentgen May 07 '19

Just one thing: did Legasov's cat manage to survive? You may laugh, but a part of my brain is really worried about the cat...

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u/TheButcherOfLuverne May 07 '19

He left him a few plates with food so I want to believe he made it until someone found Legasov's body.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

Legasov was married and had kids, so I would guess the cat was ok when his family got home.

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u/kodaiko_650 May 09 '19 edited May 09 '19

One of the interesting tidbits from the podcast was that the show’s Russian cultural advisor had to point out that there was no such thing as cat food in Russia at that time - cats just got table scraps. So they had to shoot the scene with Legasav leaving multiple bowls of human food for the cat

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u/DlLDO_Baggins May 08 '19

Smart move hanging himself. Now the cat won’t be able to eat his face later.

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u/jub77 May 08 '19

You'd be surprised what a starving cat will do. Besides, cats climb trees all the time. The problem will be the cat coming back down after he has finished devouring Legasov's face. :-D (Call the firefighters!)

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u/Sp00kyScarySkeleton May 09 '19

one of our cats sniffs my girlfriend's face when she's sleeping. I tell her he's checking to see if she's free game.

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u/buldozr May 12 '19

Well, he'd have most of Legasov as, ahem, a lower hanging fruit before he has to get to the face.

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Okay, okay, I'll see myself out.

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u/HasaDiga_Eebowai May 14 '19

Thanks Dewey

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u/NotEmmaStone May 15 '19

Cats ate her face!

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u/bloodflart May 29 '19

how long does it take for your body degrade and head fall off

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u/DlLDO_Baggins May 29 '19

I feel if the government was watching him, they’d investigate after he hadn’t come out for a while.

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u/columbus8myhw May 09 '19

He had a family and kids, they probably fed the cat after