Painkiller is a new limited series on Netflix presenting a fictionalized retelling of Purdue Pharma’s creation of OxyContin. The show centers on the Sackler Family legacy. It follows a legal investigator, played by Uzo Aduba, who intends to bring them down and expose the dangers of their blockbuster drug OxyContin once and for all.
The series is based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s New Yorker article and the book Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier. Apart from Aduba, Painkiller stars Matthew Broderick, Taylor Kitsch, West Duchovny, Clark Gregg, and more.
All episodes of Painkiller recapped and explained
Painkiller deals with a serious subject and delves into a heartbreaking story of greed and corruption that ultimately led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans. The show’s main draw is its writing and acting, but it also boasts a stellar soundtrack.
Below, we’re sharing all of the songs featured in Painkiller, separated by episode. If you are tapping your toes to a specific tune but don’t want to pause to Shazam, don’t worry, we’ve done the work for you!
All six episodes of Painkiller are streaming now on Netflix.
This piece was written during the 2023 WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Without the labor of the writers and actors currently on strike, the series being covered here wouldn’t exist.
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