摘录一下第一季第一集最后的那段台词

We’re building a weapon.
It’s not like any weapon the world’s ever seen.
It draws its energy from a fast-neutron chain reaction.
It releases the power of an ancient star.
If it works, and it’s going to work.
It will be more destructive than all the bombs dropped in all the wars in history put together.
It’ll bring armies to their knees.
Cities will disappear in the blink of an eye.
The world will be united in peace by the most just and noble country in the history of mankind
Or it will burn to the ground.
Whoever builds it first, that’s the endgame.
So it has to be us.
Whatever it costs.

这段Frank的对那个不懂英文（真假？）女人的倾述也许是当年那群参与曼哈顿计划的物理学家们最好的内心自白。
他们知道自己是正在制造一个足以决胜战局的终极武器。
他们也意识到了自己正在打开潘多拉的魔盒。
但是为了战争的胜利他们必须在敌人之前把这个魔鬼造出来。
从此战争终结，世界和平。

还好如他们所愿，原子弹提前终结了二战。而二战之后，在核威胁的相互制衡之下，超级大国之间只能相互妥协，从而建立起了新的人类社会秩序，所谓世界“核”平。