![]() ![]() ![]() The real-life figure at the center of the series remains Purdue’s Richard Sackler (here played by Matthew Broderick), who put the billions that would come from prescribing ever-higher doses of Ox圜ontin ahead of everything else. It’s a stark reminder of the real-world toll of these events, while serving the dual purpose of providing cover for “Painkiller” to take off in misguided and over-the-top directions. Those opening scenes, with each of the six episodes featuring an actual person who lost a loved one to Ox圜ontin addiction, are presented as disclaimers, noting that while the series is fictionalized, their grief and pain is real. ![]()
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