Dopesick

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Just started watching this again. Had forgotten how amazingly good , and horrifying, it is. If you haven’t watched it it is like watching the best thriller with the added frisson that it is based on reality. Amazing cast too. The jumping back and fro in time is initially a bit confusing but iI think necessary as a linear retelling wouldn’t grip and hold attention in the same way.

BBC2

Have recorded this to watch tomorrow as we had guests tonight! Just popped onto MN for half an hour before I go to bed. Looking forward to watching it - probz tomorrow afternoon now. Got work in the morning.

Hope you enjoy it.

Yes I started a thread which you will see is just one down

Has links for those who aren't aware of what it is or where to watch it.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/telly_addicts/5064362-dopestick-bbc2-sunday-10pm-and-all-episodes-on-iplayer

I saw some of this when it was on before but didn't finish it. Thanks for flagging it up, have set it to my watchlist.

Amazing drama and so shocking.

This is definitely one of the best things I have ever watched

must watch this

Just finished it recently, it is such a standout show. Is there anything similar out there? I've also seen The Dropout which has a similar vibe.

There's a similar show on Netflix about the same topic called painkiller. Not as good as dope sick though

oh i noticed the one on Netflix, so its not the same?

half way through the Dropout also, might get confused watching both at the same time

One of the best shows I’ve watched

Just a heads up for anyone wanting more information, the documentary All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is about the photographer Nan Goldin, who was so disgusted and incensed at the Sackler Family and their hypocrisy in funding art venues with one hand while killing people and destroying lives with the other that she campaigned to get the Sackler name removed from many of the institutions where they had made huge donations. Makes you proud to be a woman! Not sure where it is still available but am sure it will be on a streaming service somewhere.

Amazing series with an amazing cast.

There's an excellent book about the OxyContin/ Sacler family scandal called Empire of Pain

I've just finished a two day binge, having come late to this. It was gripping and so bloody sad.

Money is genuinely evil in the wrong hands, isn't it, and we see it over here as well in so many ways.

Cried at the end!

I have started this now.
enjoying so far.

It is an amazing series and I learned a lot. I had heard about the opioid scandal but not in this detail.
Michael Keaton was excellent. I remember him as Beetlejuice in the 80s and the mark of a good actor is range and it doesn’t come broader than these two roles.