have pointed out that the show takes dramatic liberties with the science of radiation, particularly the implication that victims become "radioactive" and dangerous to touch. Key Highlights The Burial Scene

The most devastating storyline. Lyudmilla Ignatenko, pregnant, refuses to leave her dying firefighter husband Vasily in Hospital No. 6. The nurses wear lead aprons; the visitors are kept behind glass. But Lyudmilla sneaks in.