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Painkiller

The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.

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N/A

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Production

Film 44,Jigsaw Productions

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations

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https://www.netflix.com/title/81095069

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It's hundreds of lawsuits
that would take decades to resolve, - Painkiller

It's hundreds of lawsuits that would take decades to re...

I'm doing this for your benefit,
to corroborate your story. - Painkiller

I'm doing this for your benefit, to corroborate your st...

If the 1,908 patients
are real OxyContin patients, - Painkiller

If the 1,908 patients are real OxyContin patients,

There's not a person here
who couldn't learn something from you. - Painkiller

There's not a person here who couldn't learn somet...

We can't bring people back from the dead, - Painkiller

We can't bring people back from the dead,

I don't know what you want me to tell you.
It's just a very popular drug. - Painkiller

I don't know what you want me to tell you. It's ju...

Now, I know that you're a busy man
so let's dive right in, shall we? - Painkiller

Now, I know that you're a busy man so let's dive r...

- You know it is, or that's your guess?
- It has to be a fishing expedition. - Painkiller

- You know it is, or that's your guess? - It has to be ...

It's a Schedule 2 narcotic.
You don't use it for the sniffles. - Painkiller

It's a Schedule 2 narcotic. You don't use it for t...

Pick the biggest number you can think of,
they will pay it, you can call it a win. - Painkiller

Pick the biggest number you can think of, they will pay it, ...

[smoke detector beeps] - Painkiller

[smoke detector beeps]

They needed him to approve language
that would allow them to say, - Painkiller

They needed him to approve language that would allow them to...

Ms. Flowers,
you might find this frustrating, - Painkiller

Ms. Flowers, you might find this frustrating,

[Edie] And so they gave us everything. - Painkiller

[Edie] And so they gave us everything.

- Hey, Dickerson.
- Yes, sir? - Painkiller

- Hey, Dickerson. - Yes, sir?

And if they could get that,
then it was game over. - Painkiller

And if they could get that, then it was game over.

But Curtis wouldn't fold easily
because Curtis is a scientist - Painkiller

But Curtis wouldn't fold easily because Curtis is a sci...

Morning. - Painkiller

Or we do this tomorrow,
I come back with a warrant - Painkiller

Or we do this tomorrow, I come back with a warrant

Drug dealers sending homeless drug addicts
into pain clinics to get Oxy prescriptions - Painkiller

Drug dealers sending homeless drug addicts into pain clinics...

I'll say it again. - Painkiller

I'll say it again.

- Who are you with again?
- U.S. attorney's office in Roanoke. - Painkiller

- Who are you with again? - U.S. attorney's office in R...

Slipped disc, - Painkiller

Purdue arranged for Wright
to publish a paper with Dr. Robert Kaiko, - Painkiller

Purdue arranged for Wright to publish a paper with Dr. Rober...

Torn ACL, arthritis,
his daughter Lyla, she had... - Painkiller

Torn ACL, arthritis, his daughter Lyla, she had...

Some of these doctors
will give Oxy to anyone with a pulse. - Painkiller

Some of these doctors will give Oxy to anyone with a pulse.

Come on, Ms. Flowers, - Painkiller

Come on, Ms. Flowers,

I know how this ends.
I've been here before. - Painkiller

I know how this ends. I've been here before.

Must have made Curtis feel real special. - Painkiller

Must have made Curtis feel real special.

You can call anybody on this list.
I swear I haven't done anything wrong. - Painkiller

You can call anybody on this list. I swear I haven't do...

It's just sweet spit, right? - Painkiller

It's just sweet spit, right?

I'm seeing a lot of mentions of Narcan
and naloxone as overdoses in these. - Painkiller

I'm seeing a lot of mentions of Narcan and naloxone as ...

Sir. - Painkiller

- Yeah.
- That is a week on Vicodin, 10 mg max. - Painkiller

- Yeah. - That is a week on Vicodin, 10 mg max.

You prescribed 210 pills.
That's over-prescribing. - Painkiller

You prescribed 210 pills. That's over-prescribing.

You can spot these kids, - Painkiller

You can spot these kids,

That is, its potential." - Painkiller

That is, its potential."

- That's not what's going on here.
- You know better. - Painkiller

- That's not what's going on here. - You know bett...

[pop music playing over stereo] - Painkiller

[pop music playing over stereo]

Curtis Wright didn't fold
even after they published the article. - Painkiller

Curtis Wright didn't fold even after they published the...

To a pharmacy that's not run
by your friend and then maybe another. - Painkiller

To a pharmacy that's not run by your friend and then ma...

You see that powder?
This is your OxyContin. - Painkiller

You see that powder? This is your OxyContin.

I want to make it clear that
the appearance of Dr. Sackler here today - Painkiller

I want to make it clear that the appearance of Dr. Sackler h...

You just... You bring donuts and coffee
and you remember birthdays, you know. - Painkiller

You just... You bring donuts and coffee and you remember bir...

12-hour hit, one dose. - Painkiller

12-hour hit, one dose.

That's it. Go ahead. - Painkiller

That's it. Go ahead.

Hey. I'd clean his fucking toilet
if he buys drugs. Okay? - Painkiller

Hey. I'd clean his fucking toilet if he buys drugs. Oka...

It's safer, less addictive,
and lasts longer than the alternative. - Painkiller

It's safer, less addictive, and lasts longer than the a...

We're big-game hunting,
no mid-level flunkies. - Painkiller

We're big-game hunting, no mid-level flunkies.

- Kenny, give me one of them 40s.
- One quick stop first. - Painkiller

- Kenny, give me one of them 40s. - One quick stop first.

Boo! - Painkiller

I had a 32-year-old plumber strangled
at the Piggly Wiggly last Thursday - Painkiller

I had a 32-year-old plumber strangled at the Piggly Wiggly l...

These bored housewife protestors,
blaming everyone but themselves. - Painkiller

These bored housewife protestors, blaming everyone but thems...

- No. No. Leave. Now.
- Do you know what you're doing to me? - Painkiller

- No. No. Leave. Now. - Do you know what you're doing t...

It was a new dope economy
with all the chaos that came with it. - Painkiller

It was a new dope economy with all the chaos that came with ...

Maybe if you were a better parent,
your kid wouldn't be a junkie. - Painkiller

Maybe if you were a better parent, your kid wouldn't be...

- Do you know how this feels?
- Sir, you need to calm down. - Painkiller

- Do you know how this feels? - Sir, you need to calm down.

Go! Go! Did you already call the police? - Painkiller

Go! Go! Did you already call the police?

We'd like to have
a more informal relationship with you. - Painkiller

We'd like to have a more informal relationship with you...

[crowd continues shouting] - Painkiller

[crowd continues shouting]

Curtis agreed
to a more informal relationship. - Painkiller

Curtis agreed to a more informal relationship.

This drug is permeating
every part of our community - Painkiller

This drug is permeating every part of our community

So I'm standing at a pharmacy
in Carroll County... - Painkiller

So I'm standing at a pharmacy in Carroll County...

Um, this is my colleague Molly Dover.
She's gonna be taking over for me. - Painkiller

Um, this is my colleague Molly Dover. She's gonna be ta...

...staring down at a stuffed toy
for OxyContin, - Painkiller

...staring down at a stuffed toy for OxyContin,

[Molly]
Appreciate all the work you're doing, - Painkiller

[Molly] Appreciate all the work you're doing,

What do you think happened in that room? - Painkiller

What do you think happened in that room?

- Hi, Joy. I love your hair.
- Geggy is in charge around here. - Painkiller

- Hi, Joy. I love your hair. - Geggy is in charge around her...

- Get out of here! Seriously!
- I'm blind! - Painkiller

- Get out of here! Seriously! - I'm blind!

- Okay, if you need a moment...
- No. - Painkiller

- Okay, if you need a moment... - No.

And I'm thinking, at some point
in that Purdue marketing meeting, - Painkiller

And I'm thinking, at some point in that Purdue marketin...

Their marketing plan for OxyContin
hinged on a handful of words - Painkiller

Their marketing plan for OxyContin hinged on a handful of wo...

[man] Hey, look who it is!
The head kingpin drug-pushing dealer! - Painkiller

[man] Hey, look who it is! The head kingpin drug-pushing dea...

The issue is addiction, not prescription.
You are doing an amazing job. - Painkiller

The issue is addiction, not prescription. You are doing an a...

"Delayed absorption,
as provided by OxyContin tablets, - Painkiller

"Delayed absorption, as provided by OxyContin tablets,

- I feel like we're doing all right.
- No stress. Yeah. - Painkiller

- I feel like we're doing all right. - No stress. Yeah.

1998, because of an x-ray machine
in Hillsville, Virginia. - Painkiller

1998, because of an x-ray machine in Hillsville, Virginia.

We need a big, furry, squishy, - Painkiller

We need a big, furry, squishy,

I need multiple
ambulances here, 10th and Emerald. - Painkiller

I need multiple ambulances here, 10th and Emerald.

Well, I am sorry to keep you waiting,
Ms. Flowers. - Painkiller

Well, I am sorry to keep you waiting, Ms. Flowers.

Good morning, doctor.
I need to see your GE 4225 portable x-ray. - Painkiller

Good morning, doctor. I need to see your GE 4225 portable x-...

Just as it would be a misuse of language
to refer to sex as vice." - Painkiller

Just as it would be a misuse of language to refer to sex as ...

I'm so glad I only had one glass of wine,
so I could remember every word you said. - Painkiller

I'm so glad I only had one glass of wine, so I could re...

I hear every one of you, - Painkiller

I hear every one of you,

The one and only time those words
appeared in a drug application. - Painkiller

The one and only time those words appeared in a drug applica...

Hell, even the people in China
who made the toy know about OxyContin, - Painkiller

Hell, even the people in China who made the toy know about O...

- [man] Kill yourself!
- [banging on glass] - Painkiller

- [man] Kill yourself! - [banging on glass]

And now that I have that, - Painkiller

And now that I have that,

Okay, I'll be right there!
Kind of crazy around here. - Painkiller

Okay, I'll be right there! Kind of crazy around here.

I am an investigator with
the U.S. attorney's office in Roanoke. - Painkiller

I am an investigator with the U.S. attorney's office in...

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The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: N/A

Writer: Micah Fitzerman-Blue, Noah Harpster

Production: Film 44,Jigsaw Productions

Genre: crime, drama

Year: 2023

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice:

Released: 10 Aug 2023

Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81095069