Episode 7 of this 8-episode miniseries, written and directed by series creator Danny Strong, is the best yet. Michael Keaton is once again brilliant here, as he is struggling to first heal himself before returning to his path of healing others. And Rosario Dawson's character at the DEA comes to realize that the Purdue Pharma case has succeeded in making the FDA an arm of the pharmaceutical industry and also irreparably damaging her marriage. But the whole crux of the episode (and I'd add, the miniseries) is the heartbreakingly realistic and also foreseeably tragic end to the war waged by Kaitlyn Dever's character of Betsy. Keaton's town doctor calls to invite her to join him in trying a promising new therapy to ween them off of opiates, she surprises him by replying that she loves him; the feeling of dread for her future that then came over me was soul crushing. At least the Keaton character's last words to her got to be "I love you, too." This story manages to capture the human toll of the opioid addiction crisis in the U. S. I can't wait for the concluding episode next week, but it's hard to see how it could be as good or better than this week's installment. It's 9/10 points.
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