TV SERIES · 2023

Painkiller

CrimeDrama46 min per episode

As OxyContin spreads across the United States, the series follows how a pain medication becomes the center of a national disaster. Inside Purdue Pharma, Richard Sackler pushes the drug as a breakthrough, while sales teams and marketing campaigns work to overcome doctors’ doubts and widen its reach. At the same time, patients and families are pulled into dependence, illness, and loss as the drug’s promises collide with its consequences. Uzo Aduba appears as an investigator trying to hold the company to account, while Matthew Broderick’s Sackler sits close to the decisions driving the crisis. The story tracks the pressure from both sides as the human cost keeps mounting.