The second episode of Chernobyl made me realize how grateful we should be to live in America. Although the ability to speak up and the right to truthful information is taken for granted in America, it was not the same in the Soviet Union. Scientists, knowing the truth about Chernobyl, had to put their lives on the line simply to speak the truth. This seems insane in the world we live in today, but for those scientists, they had to gamble their lives in order to save millions of others. If they did not speak up, the other 3 reactors would have exploded, leaving the majority of Russia and many other European countries contaminated in radiation. Additionally, the film made me realize that no matter where you are in the world, there are always good people. Although the United States commonly painted the Soviet Union as a “villain,” Chernobyl has made me realize that there are good people everywhere in the world. The scientists and many others in the film illustrated this to me.