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Watched the first 4 episodes of this 8 episode mini-series.
This is a show about one of the biggest crimes of the last decades. Maybe the biggest one.
A series on how a company managed to turn millions of Americans into drug addicts (and thereby killing thousands).
There are so many scenes where I could just throw something at my TV while watching this show. In comparison to these pharma criminals/murderers in this case, guys like Pablo Escobar now seem like a small henchmen in comparison.
The main role is played by Michael "The Batman" Keaton!
His performance alone is already great, but this show works just perfectly...and it has a score of 8.7 on IMDB....if that counts for you.
The show is working at different time levels, but it manages it well as there is always a note on the screen.
Certainly this is no show you should watch while browsing on your damn phone (nearly no show deserves that).

So, this topic is about the TV show, let's NOT turn into something else....that tends to happen here "sometimes".
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I dread the short-shrifting of interesting observations at the blades of the ongoing social narratives of our most persistent members, even as I hold out hope that those narrators might linger on the ample common ground to be had here before lashing their wrists together and clearing the floor for another duel to the pain.
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I for one am just so glad that this is the only situation ever when medical providers have put monetary incentives above doing no harm!
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^^^You wag!

As good as Keaton is, is there any eye candy in the show?
How strange are the ways of the gods ...........and how cruel.

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tallyho wrote:
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^^^You wag!

As good as Keaton is, is there any eye candy in the show?
He's asking ... for a friend!
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Abductorenmadrid wrote:
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tallyho wrote:
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^^^You wag!

As good as Keaton is, is there any eye candy in the show?
He's asking ... for a friend!
No, no, its for me to wank off to.
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tallyho wrote:
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^^^You wag!

As good as Keaton is, is there any eye candy in the show?
Depends on taste....but so far I would say no.
Although there is a nice ...and evil ....sales rep witch that tortures a colleague (mentally) who wants to fuck her.
Will watch the other 4 eps and give a new report ;-)
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tallyho wrote:
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Abductorenmadrid wrote:
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tallyho wrote:
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^^^You wag!

As good as Keaton is, is there any eye candy in the show?
He's asking ... for a friend!
No, no, its for me to wank off to.
LOL - And I was giving you an "out" n everything! And in the end, apparently there is no eye candy :(
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Finished the last episodes yesterday.
Yeah, a really good show, certainly no light entertainment ....but a very suspenseful and interesting show.
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This was originally released one episode per week, and I watched it as it was released, without commercial breaks. I remember the constant time jumps being annoying/frustrating -- sometimes it felt like plate-spinning more than advancing narratives.

I mention this not as a deterrent but to encourage viewers to hang in there. Overall the series does a good job of explaining where we are and how we got here, through compelling personal journeys.
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