"I may not know much about nuclear reactors, but I know a lot about concrete" - Chernobyl (2019)

Jump to 2:04 for the line!

Boris: "Ah, there you made a mistake. I may not know much about all this scientific stuff, but my bullshit detector is the finest in the Soviet Union"

Everybody gangster till Baron Harkonnen shows up in his helicopter.

'Then I'll do it myself' is a hell of a line

I couldn’t stop laughing when he asks his comrade “why did the deputy see graphite on the roof”. Literally embodies the whole disaster - individuals who did not want to take personal responsibilities, but rather blame it on others.

Dude deserves an award for making "I know a lot about concrete" sound like the most badass boast imaginable

I love how the first priority of the bureaucrat is to cover his own a** and provide a list of those that are ‘accountable’.

Pikalov did it both because he was a good leader, but also because he was watching the bureaucrats pass the buck and blame everyone else. They could dismiss some grunt or specialist who came back with the results. But they could not argue when he came back with them.

Pikalov demonstrates the honor of a true soldier. Even when surrounded by idiots he does what is needed.

“Please explain how an RBMK reactor explodes.” “Lies. That’s how an RBMK reactor explodes.” “Oh.”

Vladimir Pikalov. Survived Stalingrad, Kursk and the battle of Moscow, and this here hell. And died of old age at 78. If you need an example of luck and leadership, here is a good one.

Amongst all that went wrong, we should be grateful there were some who displayed remarkable courage. May they be remembered.

Ingenious scene, really shows off how subtle Boris' intelligence really is. Larasov had been pushing his buttons since he met him; BUT he had been honest and sincere with him every step of the way. Here these two clowns immediately tried to throw others under the bus, followed by attempting to belittle and discredit Larasov in full view of everyone (one of Boris' few personal pet peeves). And when Boris tested them with knowledge he gleaned from Larasov, they panicked and tried to bullshit him with an excuse covering a topic he could call them on. In less than two minutes Boris figured out both of these "experts" were just party shills not worth talking to and that Larasov was a legitamite asset. Brqvo.

“Then I’ll do it myself.” This shit was tough right there. Dude just told him with all the lead protection you got you it still might not work and then volunteered to do it. King shit

“I’ll do it myself.” One of the best depictions of leadership I have ever seen.

2:25 The moment, 3 competent people recognized each other and dismissed 2 clowns.

1:44 Legasov realizes Scherbina is not a totally inept bureaucrat.

i love how at 0:52 legasov is looking at the reactor fall out and is probably thinking, 'fuck, everyone here right now is slowly dying' he looks back again at 1:03 like its the only thing holding his attention

The Russian Government (Putin) didn’t like the series, saying it’s anti-Russian and Blabla, when in fact it showed how brave, intelligent and patriotic many Russians acted even in a corrupt and rotten system as it was.

Love Legasov’s look at 0:51. Really subtle acting. He sees they’re downwind from the reactor fallout and he knows that everyone there, including himself, is going to get incredibly sick and most likely die very early deaths.