Dopesick
Black Box Warning
TV Flash files “Black Box Warning” as hour 7 of 8 in the TV Flash guide — Dopesick (2021) on Hulu, season 1, episode 7, aired 2021-11-10, 61 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 8 in the Dopesick guide, hour 7 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2021-11-10 (61 min). The listed hour before it is “Hammer the Abusers” (S01E06). Next is “The People vs. Purdue Pharma” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Richard Sackler and Purdue work the system to prevent their drug from being reigned in, Bridget has a breakthrough in her mission, Betsy has hit rock-bottom while Finnix explores new avenues, and Rick and Randy ready their criminal case.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Black Box Warning sit in the Dopesick guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 8 — hour 7 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Dopesick S01E07 air?
Black Box Warning aired 2021-11-10 and is listed at 61 minutes.
Is it a limited series?
Yes, 2021. Doctors, victims, and Purdue boardrooms in one complete accountability arc — not an open medical franchise.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Michael Keaton's fury as a doctor watching OxyContin eat a county, cut against Purdue boardrooms that sold a lie with a smile. Hulu's opioid-crisis prestige connected policy to people without turning Appalachia into scenery. Watch for pharma-accountability television that still feels like a public record, not a true-crime snack with a sad piano.
Once upon a network-movie night, an epidemic arrived as a very special two-hour and a sad piano. Danny Strong's Dopesick, 2021 on Hulu, has the manners of a public record: Michael Keaton as Dr. Samuel Finnix watching OxyContin eat a county, cut against Purdue boardrooms that sold a lie with a smile. Peter Sarsgaard, Kaitlyn Dever, Rosario Dawson in the braid. Doctors, victims, corporate architects. Pharma-accountability prestige that connected policy to people without turning Appalachia into scenery. Fury as…
Filed against
- Michael Keaton as Dr. Samuel Finnix
Michael Keaton’s Dr. Samuel Finnix watched OxyContin eat a county on Dopesick — Hulu 2020s opioid-crisis prestige, Purdue boardrooms that sold a lie with a smile, policy cut against people. Appalachia as a place, not scenery. TV Flash…
- Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle
Peter Sarsgaard plays Rick Mountcastle on Dopesick, Hulu’s 2020s opioid-crisis prestige — Michael Keaton’s fury as a doctor watching OxyContin eat a county, cut against Purdue boardrooms that sold a lie with a smile. Policy connected to…
- Kaitlyn Dever as Betsy Mallum
Kaitlyn Dever’s Betsy Mallum put a face on Dopesick’s county — Michael Keaton’s fury as a doctor watching OxyContin eat a place, Purdue boardrooms selling a lie with a smile, Hulu opioid-crisis prestige connecting policy to people without…
- Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer
Rosario Dawson’s Claire Temple made Daredevil’s Hell’s Kitchen feel like it had a nurse who would not stay in the clinic — 2010s catalog street Marvel, knuckles and Catholic guilt, then Ahsoka and Dopesick stretching the steel into Jedi…