The Dropout
"She had the world at the tip of her finger."
Overview
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of the tech actually worked, putting thousands of people's health in grave danger.
The story of Elizabeth Holmes is a study in the fine line between grand ambition and calculated deception. The series moves through the rise of Theranos, illustrating how a promise to revolutionize medical testing became a framework for fraud. It frames the collapse of the multibillion-dollar startup as a consequence of Silicon Valley culture that prioritizes myth and personality over functional technology.
Amanda Seyfried portrays the central figure with an intense commitment to the shifting identity Holmes projected while building her reputation as a tech visionary. The narrative dissects how the founder leveraged status and investor confidence to sustain a lie despite the obvious failures of the diagnostic equipment. By focusing on the internal mechanics of the company, the drama highlights the tension between those who pushed for innovation and those who realized the products presented a genuine health hazard to the public.
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- First Aired
- March 03, 2022
- Status
- Ended
- Origin
- US
- TMDB Votes
- 337