I'm watching it on a bit of a delay. I certainly agree through 1.5 episodes. I'm giving them a lot of artistic license to explain things in a way that the audience can understand, and they've had a few errors on terminology that I'm willing to shrug off.
I'm caught up through episode 4. Sorry I missed this earlier. The part about the second explosion was true (couple articles below), though there are differing views on potential damage. I think the explosion potential was something like 3-5 kilotons, which would be about 1/3 of what was dropped on Hiroshima. The real damage was contamination of the water supply, which would impact tens of millions. However, all three of the guys that went in to start draining the pool lived (and two are still alive), and it was supposedly only knee-deep water.
I'd stick with it. The last 2-3 seasons are a bit meh as the plot starts to follow other characters more closely, but I think the last season will still be good.
Thanks, those energies sound more reasonable, as does the contaminated ground water issue. The way Jared Harris' character described it in the show was just not credible - and that would be my only major complaint about the mini-series. Everything else is great.
We quit it after a few episodes. Maybe it gets better?
