[An old woman milking a cow refuses to evacuate from a village near Chernobyl] Old Woman: You know how old I am? Soldier: I don't know. Old. Old Woman: I'm 82. I've lived here my whole life. Right here, that house, this place. What do I care about ‘safe’? Soldier: I have a job. Don't cause trouble.…
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Legasov: [showing pictures of the damaged reactor] The atom is a humbling thing. General Nikolai Tarakanov: It's not humbling, it's humiliating. Why is the core still exposed to the air? Why have we not already covered it up? Legasov: We want to, but we can't get close enough. The debris on the roof…
— Craig Mazin, Valery Legasov, Jared Harris, Open Wide, O Earth
Legasov: Are you all right? Khomyuk: They didn't hurt me. They let a pregnant woman in with—oh, it doesn't matter. They were stupid. I was stupid. Dyatlov don't talk to me. Akimov, yes, Toptunov, yes, but... Valery, Akimov... his face was gone. Legasov: You want to stop? Khomyuk: Is that a choice I…
— Craig Mazin, Valery Legasov, Jared Harris, Open Wide, O Earth
[After a meeting with the Central Committee, Legasov confronts KGB official Aleksandr Charkov about Khomyuk's arrest] Legasov: She was arrested by the KGB. You are the first deputy chairman of the KGB. Aleksandr Charkov: [amused] I am. That's why I don't have to bother with arresting people anymore.…
— Craig Mazin, Valery Legasov, Jared Harris, Open Wide, O Earth
[May 3, 1986: A Party official and two soldiers arrive at a coal mine in Tula, Russian SFSR] Mikhail Shchadov: Who's in charge here? Andrei Glukhov: I'm the crew chief. Shchadov: I am Shchadov, minister of coal industries. Glukhov: We know who you are. Shchadov: How many men do you have? Glukhov: On…
— Craig Mazin, Andrei Glukhov, Alex Ferns, Open Wide, O Earth
[The Kremlin, Moscow: Legasov and Ulana Khomyuk explain the consequences of a nuclear meltdown with full water tanks] Ulana Khomyuk: When the lava enters these tanks, it will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7,000 cubic meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion. Gorbache…
— Craig Mazin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Sam Troughton, Please Remain Calm
[Legasov and Shcherbina faces incredulous workers as they ask for volunteers in a suicidal mission to open the sluice gate valve] You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people ap…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[Polissya hotel, Pripyat: Helicopters dropping sand and boron to extinguish the fire in the Chernobyl plant] Shcherbina: It's been smooth. Twenty drops. [notices Legasov's expression] What? Legasov: There are fifty thousand people in this city. Shcherbina: Professor Ilyin, who's also on the commissi…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[Inside a military jeep, as Fomin and Bryukhanov prepare to meet Shcherbina...] Fomin: It's overkill. Pikalov's showing off to make us look bad. Bryukhanov: It doesn't matter how it looks. Shcherbina is a pure bureaucrat, as stupid as he is pigheaded. We'll tell him the truth in the simplest terms p…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[Colonel General Pikalov returns from the testing to give his report] Pikalov: It's not three roentgen. It's 15,000. Bryukhanov: Comrade Shcherbina— Shcherbina: [Turns to Legasov] What does that number mean? Legasov: It means the core is open. It means the fire we're watching with our own eyes is gi…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[As Valery Legasov and Boris Shcherbina make their way to Chernobyl in a helicopter...] Boris Shcherbina: How does a nuclear reactor work? Valery Legasov: What? Shcherbina: It's a simple question. Legasov: It's hardly a simple answer. Shcherbina: Of course, you presume I'm too stupid to understand.…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[Legasov and Shcherbina's helicopter approaches the Chernobyl plant] Legasov: [Sees the reactor, horrified] What have they done? Shcherbina: Can you see inside? Legasov: I don't have to. Look. That's graphite on the roof. The whole building's been blown open. The core's exposed! Shcherbina: I can't…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[The Kremlin, Moscow: Valery Legasov enters the room with General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and Deputy Chairman Boris Shcherbina] Mikhail Gorbachev: Thank you all for your duty to this commission. We will begin with Deputy Chairman Shcherbina's briefing, and then we will discuss next steps if nece…
— Craig Mazin, Boris Shcherbina, Stellan Skarsgard, Please Remain Calm
[Meeting of the plant's executive committee] Zharkov: I wonder how many of you know the name of this place. We all call it ‘Chernobyl’, of course. What is its real name? Viktor Bryukhanov: The Vladimir I. Lenin Nuclear Power Station. Zharkov: Exactly. Vladimir I. Lenin. [points to the image of Lenin…
[April 26, 1986: Meeting in the power plant office, engineer Anatoly Sitnikov reports high radiation in reactor 4] Dyatlov: What's wrong with you? How'd you get that number from feedwater leaking from a blown tank? Anatoly Sitnikov: You don't. Dyatlov: Then what the fuck are you talking about? Sitni…
[April 26, 1986: Immediately after the explosion, deputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov stands shocked as shift supervisor Aleksandr Akimov calls his name repeatedly and alarms blare] Aleksandr Akimov: Comrade Dyatlov? Comrade Dyatlov?! Anatoly Dyatlov: What just happened? Leonid Toptunov: I don't k…
[April 26, 1988: Alone in his apartment in Moscow, Professor Valery Legasov replays his voice on a tape recorder] What is the cost of lies? It's not that we'll mistake them for the truth. The real danger is that if we hear enough lies, then we no longer recognize the truth at all. What can we do the…
Crowley: Armageddon is days away and we lost the Antichrist. Why did the powers of Hell have to drag me into this anyway? Aziraphale: Well, don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure it's because of all those memos you kept sending them, saying how amazingly well you were doing. Crowley: Is it my f…
Crowley: Something's changed. Aziraphale: Oh, it's new cologne. My barber suggested it. Crowley: Not you. I know what you smell like. The Hell Hound has found its master. Aziraphale: Are you sure? Crowley: I felt it. Would I lie to you? Aziraphale: Well, obviously. You're a demon. That's what you do…
Get thee behind me, demon. [He opens the door and motions to Crowley] After you.