![]() The endingĪs the finale ends, it does bring some light at the end of the tunnel. Meanwhile, Rick tells Randy he cannot keep tackling this. Nursing homes are now targeted, and other districts. In a sickly and evil moment, Richard Sackler sends out the message to tell doctors that this settlement was grossly unfair. The judge believes the plea deal must be accepted as he wants to follow the law. The families tell the judge to reject the $600 million plea deal and to get justice. ![]() There’s a lot of emotional, hard-hitting accounts. The Pharma representatives attend court and hear testimonies from family members who have lost loved ones due to Ox圜ontin. Richard Sackler decides to step down as president so he can “focus on his family.” He passed the poisoned chalice to Michael Friedman - this felt cowardly he knew exactly what he was doing. It’s had a ripple effect politically and personally. Due to the deal, their boss is fired, along with other high senior figures. They have managed to agree on a settlement of $600m. Rick and Randy learn that they can get to Purdue Pharma but not the Sackler family. It dawns on him that their case could lead to individual prosecution and prison time. Richard Sackler learns of the case building against them - he’s told that Rick and Randy cannot be bought, and they want justice. The charges against Purdue Pharma are building up. The tapes prove that the company lied as part of the sales strategy. And she’s right - the pigs will always try and pay you off for their own good.īilly eventually finds his soul and secretly sends the Purdue Pharma training tapes to Rick and Randy anonymously. One member of the community believes they are being manipulated and are taken advantage of. The doctor of the community is tempted to take the money as it will help treatment. They offer them a donation to help the community. The lawyers put it down to drug diversion and state that they cannot reformulate it. The community demand that they reformulate their drug. Diane tells them her story about her daughter Betsy and how Ox圜ontin destroyed their family. Purdue Pharma lawyers meet the community that is signing a petition against them. We learn that Billy and his wife are at law school doing consumer protection. His pregnant wife Caitlin comes out of her bedroom and tells them if they want to question him further, they’ll need a lawyer. He’s scared and states if he did have the videos, they were destroyed a long time ago. However, he claims he doesn’t have any of the training tapes. Billy tells them he didn’t sign an NDA, and he’s willing to testify. ![]() Rick and Randy finally learn about Billy and meet him. It was grim, depressing, and presented the horrific reality of losing a child to a preventable epidemic. The emptiness in the scene between Samuel and Betsy’s father was daunting. ![]() He’s dedicating his life to helping people. The scene then flits to Samuel continuing to help Elizabeth, but he’s also assisting another ex-patient. Samuel apologizes to the father for what happened, but the father tells him to go on and live his life, as nothing will change. A television miniseries that therefore exalts the "beautiful losers": better than nothing or not? If humans survive only by taking some kind of drug, there must be an explanation.Samuel visits the parents of Betsy the mother does not want to talk. (Mauro Lanari) Why a non-linear narrative? Perhaps to distinguish it from "Traffic" (Soderbergh 2000), from the 4th and final excellent season of "Goliath", from the extraordinary "Kill the Messenger" directed in 2014 by the same Michael Cuesta who signed the 3rd and 4th episode of this (Mauro Lanari) Why a non-linear narrative? Perhaps to distinguish it from "Traffic" (Soderbergh 2000), from the 4th and final excellent season of "Goliath", from the extraordinary "Kill the Messenger" directed in 2014 by the same Michael Cuesta who signed the 3rd and 4th episode of this "Dopesick"? Just to say that on the subject there were already illustrious precedents, but all affected by the similar flaw: the apology of quixoticism, the idea that it is better to win battles by losing the war rather than the opposite. ![]()
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