Episode
Chernobyl: Open Wide, O Earth
Overview
Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident, ignores warning about her firefighter husband's contamination. Valery Legasov lays out a decontamination plan, complete with human risks.
Details
- Series
- Chernobyl
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 2019-05-20
- Runtime
- 64 min
Episode context
Open Wide, O Earth is Episode 3 in Miniseries of Chernobyl. It aired on 2019-05-20. The runtime is 64 min.
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Episode 2: Please Remain Calm
With untold millions at risk after the Chernobyl explosion, nuclear physicist Ulana Khomyuk makes a desperate attempt to reach Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist, and warn him about the threat of second explosion that could devastate the continent.
Episode 4: The Happiness of All Mankind
Valery Legasov and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina consider using lunar rovers to remove radioactive debris, while Ulana Khomyuk faces government hurdles in determining the truth about the cause of the explosion.
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Episode 5: Vichnaya Pamyat
Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina and Ulana Khomyuk risk their lives and reputations to expose the truth about Chernobyl.