Painkiller (TV Mini Series) Hot! Hot! Hot! (2023) User Reviews

It's getting better and better.

[Sleepin_Dragon · 9/10 · 15 August 2023]

Edie and Brownlee get closer to The Sacklers, but of course such a powerful empire has a strong line of defence. Glen's life spirals out of control, he manages to push even those who are closest to him away.

In some ways, this may just have been the best one so far, chilling, this was absolutely and utterly chilling.

Wow, this was one incredibly powerful episode, the contrast in those living the high lift on the back of oxycontin, and those suffering the damage of it if incredible, we really get both ends of the scale.

Shannon's story continued to intrigue, but this episode was all about Glen, they're not holding back in showing the absolute misery and hopelessness of addiction, his physical torment, his mental collapse, and that harrowing moment, which he tries to manipulate a sorrowful Tyler, I thought his story was incredibly powerful.

This is perhaps the first episode where I felt truly lost in the storyline, this was exceptional.

I cannot wait for the final episode.

9/10.

The beginning foretold a weaker episode

[polite-45692 · 3/10 · 27 March 2024]

The beginning foretold a weaker episode.

Members of the Sackler family were firmly and unflinchingly devoted to their JEWISH identity.

Yet, this particular episode somehow emphasized a flashback in which some Sacklers enthusiastically and non-sarcastically proclaimed "Merry Christmas" to each other for no apparent reason in a private setting.

Purdue was correct that the real problem was the miserable, sniveling junkies. Purdue's motivation was questionable at best, but their conclusion was correct. The conclusion would have been easy to insist on had their greed not prompted them to give a full denial under oath.

Worst episode so far

[KalkkunaLeffat · 1/10 · 30 September 2023]

I really hate it when TV shows and movies portray withdrawal and getting rid of addiction in such a way that it only takes one painful night.

Similarly, the TV program mainly presents addiction in such a way that the person is mostly just a little addicted and asks for help to get substances. The drugs didn't seem to have made any changes to the man's physique. His actions don't seem to have any major effect on the family other than making the family members angry. He has not yet lost his company, family savings, car. There is nothing more that he is intoxicated, nothing else major has happend. He sold some tools and a wedding ring, that is it.