Painkiller
2023 · Miniseries · TV-MA · ★ 7.2 · 54% critics
Painkiller is a 2023 TV miniseries that traces the causes and consequences of America’s opioid epidemic. It follows perpetrators and victims, while an investigator searches for the truth behind what drove the crisis.
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Streaming on Netflix.
5 hours to watch · 6 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2023
- Release date
- 2023-08-10
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 54/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (207 votes)
About
If you want an intense, issue-driven drama about the opioid crisis, Painkiller may hit, but Not for you if you disliked the heavy melodrama in Dopesick or prefer a more balanced, less stylized retelling.
Pros: gripping opioid crisis focus; strong performances; emotional opening stories | Cons: melodrama and preachiness; character development issues; confusing hectic pacing
Cast & crew
Uzo Aduba
as Edie Flowers
Matthew Broderick
as Richard Sackler
Taylor Kitsch
as Glen Kryger
Dina Shihabi
as Britt Hufford
West Duchovny
as Shannon Schaeffer
John Rothman
as Mortimer Sackler
Clark Gregg
as Arthur Sackler
Jack Mulhern
as Tyler Kryger
Sam Anderson
as Raymond Sackler
Tyler Ritter
as US Attorney John Brownlee
Directed by Peter Berg
Episodes1 season · 6 episodes
Season 16 episodes
- S1E1The One to Start With, the One to Stay With51mNetflix
- S1E2Jesus Gave Me Water47mNetflix
- S1E3Blizzard of the Century42mNetflix
- S1E4Is Believed45mNetflix
- S1E5Hot! Hot! Hot!60mNetflix
- S1E6What's in a Name?44mNetflix