- MMW Rating 🌙 9/10 • RT (Audience) 🍿 82% • 2022
- 1 Season • 8 Episodes • Avg 50 min • ~ 6.7 hrs
- Disponible con subtĂtulos en español.
- Available on: hulu
Description (No Spoilers)
The Dropout is a dramatized series based on real events that chronicles the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Elizabeth Holmes, founder of biotech startup Theranos. Portrayed by Amanda Seyfried, Holmes claimed she could revolutionize medical testing using just a single drop of blood — a promise that ultimately unraveled into one of the biggest fraud scandals in Silicon Valley history.
The series explores ambition, ego, power, and the culture of blind faith in innovation. As investors, doctors, and influential figures rally behind her vision, the cracks slowly begin to show. What unfolds is a story not only about deception, but about the dangerous intersection of charisma, unchecked ambition, and systemic failure.
Why I Recommend It
This story is fascinating and infuriating at the same time. Watching how Elizabeth Holmes convinced powerful investors and institutions to believe in something that never truly worked is almost unbelievable.
Amanda Seyfried’s performance elevates the entire series, capturing both the ambition and the unsettling detachment behind the scandal. It’s gripping, sharp, and deeply satisfying knowing that accountability eventually followed. If you’re drawn to real-life fraud cases driven by ego, power, and massive consequences, this one absolutely delivers.
• A gripping dramatization of one of Silicon Valley’s biggest real-life fraud scandals.
• Elevated by Amanda Seyfried’s chilling performance as Elizabeth Holmes.