Episode 2, Chernobyl, "Please Remain Calm" GARANIN I must tell you-- this is why no one likes scientists. When we have a disease to cure, where are they? In a lab. Noses in their books. And so, grandma dies. But when there isn't a problem? They're everywhere. Spreading fear. KHOMYUK I know about Chernobyl. GARANIN Oh? KHOMYUK I know the core is either partially or completely exposed. GARANIN Whatever that means. KHOMYUK And I know that if you don't immediately issue iodine tablets and then evacuate this city, hundreds of thousands will get cancer, and god only knows how many will die. GARANIN Yes, very good, there has been an accident at Chernobyl, but I have been assured there is no problem. KHOMYUK I'm telling you there is. GARANIN I prefer my opinion to yours. KHOMYUK I'm a nuclear physicist. Before you were Deputy Secretary, you worked in a shoe factory. GARANIN Yes. I worked in a shoe factory. And now I'm in charge. Pripyat. 2024 I've now watched Chernobyl four times! That's the most viewings of a movie or TV show that I've ever done, and it still keeps getting better..