# "Dopesick" drama mini-series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [June 19, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459 "2022-06-19T18:53:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459/1 "2022-06-19T18:53:52Z")
I’m a little late to the party here as this premiered back in October, but I somehow had never heard of it until Danny Strong appeared as a guest on Bill Maher last Friday and it was discussed. Strong created the series, co-wrote the scripts, and was executive producer along with Michael Keaton who also had a starring role. It was briefly mentioned in the “Series you’ve recently watched” thread but only that a couple of folks had started watching it, with no further comment. I just finished the series and was blown away by the excellence both in the acting talent in front of the camera and the production quality behind it. I was especially impressed by Michael Keaton as Dr. Sam Finnix, Michael Stuhlbarg as the consummately evil Richard Sackler, and Kaitlyn Dever as Betsy. I was so captivated that between last night and late this morning I went through all 8 episodes, a total of 8 hours and 12 minutes. It was very powerful, IMO. It also has one of the highest ratings I’ve ever seen on IMDB. I have a whole new respect for Danny Strong, but he did enlist some excellent and high-priced talent, too. Anyone else care to comment? ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459/2 "2022-06-19T20:12:54Z")
Oh yeah the oxy epidemic, addict nation. I need to see this. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/BUGY-8kpHNI/maxresdefault.jpg "Dopesick Limited Series Trailer | Rotten Tomatoes TV") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUGY-8kpHNI) ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dopesick-drama-mini-series/966459/3 "2022-06-20T05:16:49Z")
I enjoyed it quite a bit but preferred Alex Gibney’s documentary [The Crime of the Century](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14055432/reference/).