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Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic
There's a trend within the show to make certain figures within the Soviet heirachy as comically overblown as possible and abuses the stereotype that the Soviets would shoot anyone who disagreed with them. They also embrace the stereotype that all Soviet citizens were drunkards who were downing alcohol at any time of day or night.
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I feel like we didn't watch the same series.
The following explanation may contain SPOILERS.
There are quite a few dissenting characters in the story- the two nuclear physicists, the minister sent to the disaster site, the miner foreman, just off the top of my head- and none of them are shot (at least through episode 4) or even overtly threatened with same.
I've watched 4 of the 5 episodes and I don't recall much drinking, or really any drunkenness, either. The dog-shooting detail drinks a fair bit, but not to the point of inebriation. That's the only drinking I remember.