The Dropout
Old White Men
TV Flash files “Old White Men” as a desk essential hour — The Dropout (2022) on Hulu, season 1, episode 4, aired 2022-03-10, 50 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E04: listed hour 4 of 8 in the The Dropout guide, hour 4 of 8 in season 1. It aired 2022-03-10 (50 min). The listed hour before it is “Green Juice” (S01E03). Next is “Flower of Life” (S01E05).
Essential hour: “Old White Men”. Old White Men as the titled board: Meriwether's hour about the room that funded the voice, still prestige scam television with a finished shape.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Walgreens is enticed by Elizabeth to seal the deal on a new partnership with Theranos. Ian tries to investigate what's going on behind closed doors.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Old White Men sit in the The Dropout guide?
S01E04 is listed hour 4 of 8 — hour 4 of 8 in season 1, season 1 episode 4.
When did The Dropout S01E04 air?
Old White Men aired 2022-03-10 and is listed at 50 minutes.
How many episodes?
Eight. A complete limited series from rise through criminal downfall, adapted from the ABC News podcast of the same name.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Amanda Seyfried's precision portrait of Elizabeth Holmes through Theranos rise and collapse. Elizabeth Meriwether's eight-episode Hulu limited series is a clean arc through a scam everyone thinks they know — fake blood tests, black turtleneck, Silicon Valley belief as American tragedy.
So about the turtleneck. Elizabeth Meriwether's Hulu limited series, from the ABC News podcast *The Dropout*, premiered March 3, 2022: eight episodes of Theranos rising and collapsing around founder Elizabeth Holmes — fake blood tests, deep voice, Silicon Valley belief as American scam tragedy. Amanda Seyfried stars in a transformative awards-season turn. Naveen Andrews and a sharp ensemble fill boardrooms and labs where skepticism goes to die. Hubris wears black. Walk-and-talk dread. (I said spoiler-free.…
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