Dopesick
First Bottle
Season 1, Episode 1 · Aired 2021-10-13
Synopsis
Richard Sackler begins to launch a powerful new painkiller, a rural doctor is introduced to the drug, a coal miner plans her future, a DEA Agent learns of blackmarket pills, and federal prosecutors decide to open a case into OxyContin.
In the series
This episode is part of Dopesick (2021) on Hulu.
Opioid crisis from Appalachia to Purdue boardrooms — Michael Keaton fury.
Key cast
- Michael Keaton as Dr. Samuel Finnix
- Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle
- Kaitlyn Dever as Betsy Mallum
- Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer