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James Van Fleet

The final moments of this are searing. Robards, dying of radiation sickness, sees a family in the ruins of his house in Kansas City. He snarls “Get out of my house.” We think of the two countries that started this all. Here we are again. Men at each other’s throats for not one good goddamn reason.

James Van Fleet

Back on “Day After,” the bombs have dropped and the characters are in what I would call a sub-optimal situation.

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James Van Fleet

Then Robards weeps. The man walks up and lays a hand on his shoulder. And soon he’s weeping too.

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James Van Fleet

I think part of why I watch these is because this *didn’t* happen. As much as some say we’re in the worst timeline, there were times in the 20th century when we were one bad decision away from “The Day After,” and “Threads,” and “Testament,” and the early chapters of McCammon’s “Swan Song.”

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James Van Fleet

Instead, whether by luck or virtue or a recognition of mutual self-interest, this didn’t happen. Hope is hard to come by (especially given you’re reading this on the whiniest microblogging site of 2026). But we came within inches of this and pulled back. We are not the worst versions of ourselves.

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Thomas Mitchell 🖕🐸🖕

Unfortunately, we've got leadership in at least 3 countries(including ours) that are so completely psychotic, I wouldn't trust them with a rubber band gun.

Gregory Crosby

The recent documentary about this fascinating (also, I have vivid memories of watching this when it aired).