It is revealed that Pasha has a special blood type (zero-negative) containing "RS-particles," which the Zone activated to use him as a conduit. Episode Summaries (1–5)
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Pasha discovers he is in a thriving USSR. He realizes the nuclear disaster happened in Maryland, USA, and begins searching for his old friends, who have completely different lives in this reality. It is revealed that Pasha has a special
The main characters must travel to a war-torn America (now the "Separated States of America") to fix the timeline once again. Key plot elements include:
The group reunites and starts their journey toward the United States, encountering a strict military presence and new temporal anomalies. He realizes the nuclear disaster happened in Maryland,
The season picks up directly from the first season's cliffhanger. After preventing the 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl NPP, Pasha awakens in an alternate 2013 where the and remains a global superpower. However, the nuclear catastrophe was not averted—it was simply displaced to the Calvert Cliffs NPP in the United States.
Some viewers felt the season leaned too heavily on American movie tropes (exorcism, slasher villains) and that the CGI, such as a digital dog, felt out of place. The season picks up directly from the first
Arriving in America, the group faces local bandits in the US Exclusion Zone and begins to see the stark contrast between their peaceful USSR and the dystopian US.