Painkiller
Painkiller Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
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About
"Corporate greed dramatized as a slow-motion crime scene"
This limited series traces how a single pharmaceutical family and their blockbuster painkiller helped ignite America's opioid epidemic, following a driven sales rep, an investigator piecing together the damage, and the reclusive executive at the top. It moves briskly for a prestige drama, blending dramatized boardroom maneuvering with blunt, unsettling detail about addiction's mechanics. The tone is angry and matter-of-fact rather than melodramatic, and it periodically breaks form to remind you real families are still living with the consequences. Sharp performances carry scenes that could otherwise feel like a lecture.
the unnervingly calm performance depicting the executive who helped launch the crisis.
you want subtlety, since the show favors righteous anger over nuance.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The One to Start With, The One to Stay With | 7.2 | 777 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Jesus Gave Me Water | 7.4 | 644 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Blizzard of the Century | 7.5 | 594 | 41 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Is Believed | 7.5 | 586 | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Hot! Hot! Hot! | 7.7 | 587 | 59 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | What's in a Name? | 7.3 | 585 | 44 min |