r/ChernobylTV • u/Puggs • Feb 10 '22

favorite episode

which episode have you watched the most?

404 votes, Feb 13 '22
116 ep.1
57 ep.2
41 ep.3
27 ep.4
141 ep.5
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u/generalmaks Anatoly Dyatlov Feb 11 '22

The first episode is fantastic. The way it starts at the end with Legasov's suicide, followed by the explosion that everyone knows about, so no point putting it off until the last episode. The building of tension and dread as every decision made to cool, contain, and control the reactor go wrong. The shot of the burning reactor core and the two workers who immediately know they're dead. And the final shot of the bird falling from the sky as kids run to class; you know it's only going to get worse.

That's how the show sunk it's teeth into me and took me for a ride. I knew this would be one of my favorite shows from the very beginning.

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u/WombatHat42 Apr 28 '22

Ep1 was like a horror/thrill movie. Felt completely different than the rest which is why it’s my fave.

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u/letthepiefall Jan 11 '24

Just watched the series. Episode 1 left me feeling so unsettled I was nervous the whole day after to watch the rest. I felt I needed to give my brain a rest from the terror but found after that in a lot of ways the first was the hardest to watch

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u/WombatHat42 Jan 11 '24

I had the same feeling watching it but opposite reaction. It made me binge it all over night. I literally couldn’t stop watching it and forewent sleep despite having had to go to work the next day lol The dog episode was hardest for me to watch.