Chernobyl (TV Mini Series)
Open Wide, O Earth (2019)
Alex Ferns: Glukhov
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Quotes
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Mikhail Shchadov : The reactor fuel is going to sink into the ground and poison the water from Kiev to the Black Sea, all of it. Forever, they say. They want you to stop that from happening.
Glukhov : How are we supposed to do that?
Mikhail Shchadov : They didn't tell me, because I don't need to know. Do you need to know, or have you heard enough?
Glukhov : [looks at his men, steps up to Shchadov, eyes him over, then pats his shoulder, leaving a big coal dust stain on the minister's nice suit before heading to the truck]
[the other miners follow, all patting on Shchadov's suit and shirt, dirtying them up]
Miner #1 : [pats Shchadov's cheek, smearing coal dust on it] Now you look like the minister of coal.
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Glukhov : We're gonna need more men. Four hundred at least. We'll have to work around the clock. How deep do you want this tunnel - six meters?
Valery Legasov : Twelve.
Glukhov : Twelve? Why?
Valery Legasov : For your protection. At that depth, you'll be shielded from much of the radiation.
Glukhov : The entrance to the tunnel won't be twelve meters below ground.
Valery Legasov : No.
Glukhov : And we're not twelve meters below ground now.
Valery Legasov : No. We're not. We have some equipment here outside. More will arrive by midnight. You can start in the morning.
Glukhov : No. We start now. I don't want my men here one more second than they need to be.
[gestures at the face mask on the desk]
Glukhov : If these worked... you'd be wearing 'em.
[leaves]
Valery Legasov : Are they all like that?
Boris Shcherbina : They're all like that.
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Glukhov : When this is over... will they be looked after?
Boris Shcherbina : [hesitates] I don't know.
Valery Legasov : [looks at Scherbina in surprise]
Glukhov : [shakes his head and half grins with understanding] You don't know.
[walks off]
