Please Remain Calm (Chernobyl)

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"Please Remain Calm"
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Valery Legasov and Boris Shcherbina observe a military squad of three helicopters carrying tons of sand and boron, flying close to the reactor to put out the fire, moments before one of them crashes.
Episode no.Episode 2
Directed by Johan Renck
Written by Craig Mazin
Cinematography byJakob Ihre
Editing byJinx Godfrey
Original air dates
  • May 13, 2019 (2019-05-13) (United States)
  • May 14, 2019 (2019-05-14) (United Kingdom)
Running time65 minutes
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"Please Remain Calm" is the second episode of the historical drama television miniseries Chernobyl, which details the nuclear disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986, and the consequences that everyone involved faced. The episode was directed by Johan Renck and written by the series creator Craig Mazin, and aired on HBO in the United States on May 13, 2019 and on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom and Ireland on May 14, 2019.

Contents

The episode takes place seven hours after the explosion detailing the consequences of the explosion of the reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Inorganic chemist Valery Legasov and a Council of Ministers' deputy chairman Boris Shcherbina are sent to Chernobyl to investigate the incident where they discover that the situation is way worse what they expected, risking the live of millions including the citizens. Meanwhile, Ulana Khomyuk finds out about the incident and realizes that unless actions are taken, a second explosion could happen due to the contact between hot nuclear material and pooling water in the basement of the nuclear plant.

Mazin started to research for the project in 2014, reading several books and government reports that detail the events that happened during the explosion and its aftermath. He also interviewed nuclear scientists and former Soviet citizens to understand how a nuclear reactor works and get a better idea of the culture in 1986. A companion podcast for the miniseries for each episode was released alongside the release of each episode, with the second one being with "Please Remain Calm" being released on May 13, 2019.

The episode received critical acclaim with praise towards the performances of Harris and Skarsgård, script, cinematography, direction, atmosphere, musical score, and the portrayal of the aftermath of the explosion. The initial broadcast of the episode through HBO drew over 1 million viewers viewers in the United States, while in the United Kingdom though Sky UK it managed to attract over 891,000 viewers. The episode won three Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Skarsgård's performance.

Plot

Seven hours after the incident, Ulana Khomyuk and her associate discover a spike in the radiation levels in Minsk, Byelorussia, after a radiation detector detects high levels of iodine-131. This implicates Uranium 235 (a rare isotope used almost exclusively as reactor fuel) as its source with near-certainty. After running some tests, the two quickly deduce that the most likely site where an incident could have happened would be the Ignalina Nuclear Plant. The next-nearest plant, Chernobyl, was initially ruled out due to it being much further away (over 400 km); Khomyuk casually remarks "[the Chernobyl plant] would have to be split open", which implies that news of such a grave disaster should have arrived before the radiation itself reached Minsk, and with widespread urgency.

After getting confirmation that nothing happened in the Ignalia nuclear plant, she fails to reach Chernobyl's staff leading her to realize that the source is coming from there. She meets the Minsk executive committee to get more information about the incident but the former tells nothing but that the incident is being handled. Realizing that her concerns are being ignored, she heads out to Chernobyl on her own, giving the committee's receptionist a bottle of pills to counteract the iodine-131 and warning her to go as far away from the city as possible. In Chernobyl, the hospital has become overloaded with many citizens who are now suffering from acute radiation syndrome (ARS), including Vasily Ignatenko, Aleksandr Akimov, and Leonid Toptunov. A distressed Lyudmilla Ignatenko manages to bypass the security of the hospital but finds out that her husband was taken to another hospital in Moscow alongside other ARS patients.

In Moscow, Valery Legasov becomes concerned about the incident after reading a report that details all of the events that have occurred after the explosion. During the committee meeting, the members initially dismiss the severity of the explosion, believing that they are only dealing with a minor incident and considering that the radiation level is not dangerous at 3.6 roentgen. Before the committee is dismissed, Legasov points out several mistakes in the report and suggests that the levels of radiation could be higher than expected if the core is exposed. Convinced of Legasov's expertise, Mikhail Gorbachev sends him to Chernobyl alongside a skeptical Boris Shcherbina to investigate. While traveling in the helicopter, a horrified Legasov realizes that the core is exposed and convinces Shcherbina of the danger. Arriving at a military plant, Legasov and Shcherbina confront Viktor Bryukhanov and Nikolai Fomin about the incident, who accuse the former of misinformation. General Vladimir Pikalov volunteers to go to the plant and use a high-range dosimeter to test the actual radiation levels. After returning to the camp, Pikalov informs that the radiation level is not 3.6 roentgen, but 15,000. Finally realizing that the core is exposed and that Legasov was correct, Shcherbina has Bryukhanov and Fomin arrested. Legasov suggests the possibility of putting out the fire with sand and boron. The next day, a squadron of helicopters flies to the reactor building in an attempt to drop 5,000 tons of sand and boron to put out the fire. However, one of the helicopters flies above the core and crashes, forcing Shcherbina to abort the mission.

Dissatisfied that the city hasn't been evacuated yet, Legasov tells Shcherbina that despite their distance from the core, they are still absorbing radiation (though in their cases the symptoms will take longer to appear) and that they will likely be dead in five years. After Shcherbina is informed that the radiation has been detected as far away as Sweden, the city of Pripyat is finally evacuated. Upon arrival at Chernobyl, Khomyuk meets Legasov and Shcherbina and tells them about the risk of a bigger steam explosion from contact between hot nuclear material and pooling water in the basement underneath the reactor, after Akimov and Toptunov manually opened the water valves. [a] If the explosion were to occur, the blast would also destroy the three remaining reactors at Chernobyl, decimate the entire surrounding area, and spread high levels of radiation across all of Eastern Europe. Legasov and Shcherbina return to Moscow with Khomyuk, where they inform Gorbachev about their plan to send three plant workers with knowledge of the plumbing systems into the basement of the plant to close the valves and drain the water. However, as the basement is highly contaminated, it would be a suicide mission. Gorbachev grants Legasov permission to go ahead with the plan. At the Chernobyl plant, Legasov and Shcherbina meet several plant workers who initially refuse to volunteer even with the compensation of a large bonuses of rubles. However, when Shcherbina tells of the consequences if it's not done, Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bezpalov, and Boris Baranov volunteer. The three are sent to the basement where their flashlights start to fail, leaving the three men in the darkness.

Production

Development

When Craig Mazin expressed interest on creating a show based on the Chernobyl disaster, he wanted to portray it as accurately as possible, leading him to read books and interview nuclear scientists. [1] While researching for the show he stated: "Well, at the heart of this story is a question about what happens when we disconnect from the truth. And the Soviet system was essentially an enormous monument to the useful lie. They made lying an art: They lied to each other, they lied to the people above them, they lied to the people below them, and they did it out of a sense of survival. Ultimately, it just became expected, and the truth was debased. When it did kind of peek its head out, it was attacked. So I thought the worst possible thing I could do in telling a story like that would be to contribute to that problem by over-fictionalizing, over-dramatizing." [2] The show entered development in 2017, when HBO and Sky UK ordered the production of the series with Johan Renck set to direct the five episodes of the show. [3] [4]

Despite the show portraying the events mostly accurately, some artistic licences were taken for dramatic purposes. In the episode, a helicopter crashes while attempting to throw sand on the exposed reactor. While the crash indeed happened, it was two weeks after the explosion. Mazin stated: "I wanted people to know that this was one of the hazards that these pilots were dealing with — an open reactor. Radiation was flying over it." [5] The scene of the crash was not originally in the episode, as it was added during the post-production of the series. Lead actor Jared Harris said, "It's something that's not there, but you both need to be doing it in synchronicity, so you have to be doing it at the same time, looking at the same thing, and you have to understand what's happening." [6]

Casting

Emily Watson was confirmed to have joined the series as Ulana Khomyuk, along with Stellan Skarsgård. This would make the second collaboration of the actors after working together in the 1996 film Breaking the Waves . [7] Skarsgard expresses: "Nobody would see it as a privilege to spend five months in a dilapidated nuclear plant, unless it was to play in a script like this by Craig Mazin, work with a director like Johan Renck, collaborate with a producer like Jane Featherstone, jam with an actor like Jared Harris and finally be at the feet of Emily Watson whom I have been missing for some 20 years." [8] Unlike other characters of the series who existed in the real-life, Watson character is a fictional character created for the television series. This was with the intention of honoring all the scientists that aided Legasov during the investigation. Mazin stated: "One area where the Soviets were actually more progressive than we were was in the area of science and medicine. The Soviet Union had quite a large percentage of female doctors." [9]

Filming

Principal photography began in April 2018 in Lithuania, whose architecture still resembled that of the Soviet Union. [10] In order to portray the city of Pripyat for the series, filming took place at the residential district of Fabijoniškės in the city of Vilnius. [11] Several scenes of the meeting of the council were filmed at the former Government Guest House in Vilnius, which also kept its Soviet architecture. [12] Scenes set at the hotel were also filmed at the Government Guest House, while the interior was filmed at the Cultural and Sports Centre of the Lithuanian Ministry. [13]

Title meaning

The episode's title refers to the famous phrase "please remain calm", which is used in cases of emergency to keep people calm. This phrase, however, was not used until the evacuation of Pripyat concluded, through the loudspeakers on the military vehicles. It is still unclear if the broadcast said "please remain calm" or "please keep calm". [14]

Reception

Ratings

"Please Remain Calm" was first broadcast in the United States through HBO on May 13, 2019, where it was seen by 1,004 million viewers and received a 0.32 rating in the 18-49 demographics; [15] this was a 32% increase from the previous episode, which was watched by 0,756 viewers with a 0.19 in the 18-49 demographics. [16] It was followed by its airing in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland through Sky Atlantic on May 14, 2019, where it obtained a total of 891,000 viewers. [17]

Critical response

"Please Remain Calm" received acclaim from critics. Lorraine Ali from the Los Angeles Times lauded Jared Harris's performance commenting that "Harris is hands down the most deserving of an award for his performance in Chernobyl. The miniseries was a dramatic success of nuclear proportions, a grim story turned into a must-watch historical drama by a team of folks at the top of their game." [18] Euan Ferguson from The Guardian lauded the show for Harris's performance and its atmosphere, saying "[t]his enthralling, quietly spectacular, meticulously researched five-part series landed a mite irritatingly on Sky Atlantic, which many people don't have. But I would still urge you – leapfrog your qualms, and invest at least in a Now TV stick, which will let you get it (and Game of Thrones)." [19] Pat Stacey from Irish Independent rated the show with 5 stars and stated "Writer Craig Mazin, best known before now for writing the comedy The Hangover and its sequels, and director Johan Renck have crafted an unflinching, devastatingly powerful drama with the tautness of a thriller and the chilling veracity of a documentary." [20]

Charles Mudede from The Stranger praised the show for its historical accuracy. "It is likely that the future will see that Chernobyl left a much deeper and longer impression on culture than Bill Nye's burning of the iconic schoolroom earth. In fact, it is not hard to believe at this point that the total cultural impact of Chernobyl will be associated with that made in the Cold War era (when the world continuously faced nuclear holocaust) by the three-hour 1983 television film The Day After ." [21] Alison de Souza from The Straits Times praised the episode for accurately recreating all the events that happened during the catastrophe, giving it 4 stars of 5. "The gripping five-part miniseries, Chernobyl manages to viscerally recreate it - the horror, heroism and sheer folly of it all." [22] Ben Travers from IndieWire praised the performances of Harris and Skarsgård by rating it with a grade of A− and stated "Chernobyl won't be for everyone. With constant, low-simmering intensity and an all-too-visible air of death, the vivid recreation of an unimaginable disaster can be uncomfortable to say the least. But Mazin and Renck do an impressive job of inviting the audience into a story filled with so many horrors. Each nauseating moment, be it a shot of decaying human flesh or a decision made for the wrong reasons, has a purpose — and pays back the viewer for their investment. Chernobyl is a stunning dramatization, and one worth admiring on many levels." [23]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryNomineeResultRef.
2020 Costume Designers Guild Awards Excellence in Period Television Odile Dicks-Mireaux (for "Please Remain Calm")Nominated [24]
Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Stellan Skarsgård (for "Please Remain Calm")Nominated [25]
[26]
Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Jakob Ihre (for "Please Remain Calm")Won
Outstanding Period Costumes Odile Dicks-Mireaux, Holly McLean, Daiva Petrulyte, Anna Munro and Sylvie Org (for "Please Remain Calm")Nominated
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Hildur Guðnadóttir (for "Please Remain Calm")Won
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Simon Smith (for "Please Remain Calm")Won

Notes

  1. ↑ As depicted in the previous episode, "1:23:45".

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