In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Arriving with none of the fanfare of some other 2019 HBO TV shows, miniseries Chernobyl turned into a television event almost overnight. And it did so not on the strength of a celebrity cast, high-profile showrunners or oversized set pieces, but because here we might, quite simply, have the greatest TV drama of this decade.
Chronicling the real-life events of the fateful Chernobyl disaster in April 1986, the unfolding of this terrible tragedy is told in five tightly knit, deliberately paced and flawlessly executed chapters.
Of course, while the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl is a matter of historical record, it should go without saying that this review will contain spoilers regarding the show’s plot, and the level of its adherence and deviation from true events.
Opening in direct and deliberate contravention to most programmes that chronicle a dramatic spectacle, Chernobyl starts with a sickly Jared Harris speaking into a tape recorder before hanging himself. Yeah, it’s that sort of show.
Even the disaster itself, when first witnessed, is only seen through a distant room window, and the room’s occupant doesn’t even notice it. We are then thrown in media res inside the control room of Reactor 4, the one that has just exploded, but even there, the gravity of the situation doesn’t seem apparent. We see men in denial about the terror they have unleashed, the tragedy that is unfolding. When faced with the reality of it, the people in charge either don’t register it, or simply decide to lie.
Chernobyl is not an indictment of Communism, nor is it a campaign against nuclear power. Instead, it focuses on the common human trait of lying, and how much it costs, not only on the big scale of geopolitics, but even more so on a personal level. And by focusing on the commonly human instead of getting bogged down in politics or tempted by the lure of a central set-piece spectacle, is where Chernobyl stands out. It tells us something, not only about Chernobyl, and it does so in spades, but about us. It may sound pretentious, but this show is anything but.
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