Yeah, I wish they would have let him finish that last thought...

Legit mans acting so good I was worried about him being on drugs.

He is such a great man.

Never been so amazed by his acting before this show

Right!? He seems to be a cool dude never heard a bad thing uttered about him (private life is private life of course) but dude seems to be just happy to be around and living his life.

⚘

I'm sorry... Hope justice is served and you find some peace

How about more power to all of us, instead of centralized figures? That way we all may have a chance to battle demagogues, warmongers or drug pushers alike.

@@kinngrimm and fishmongers

@@thedako2313aren't those the worst ^^

In there with ya brotha.. 3.5 years clean luckily. Old classmates continue to pass every year. Yet we’re supposed to turn around and blindly trust these pharmaceutical companies with this Vaccine that doesn’t even give you more than 4-6 months coverage? Also being approved by the FDA and CDC no longer means anything to me. Have you seen the recent studies by the CDC? They say “hey Vaccine is actually more effective the natural immunity!” Then you read the notes at the bottom showing potential bias with who donated money to these scientists and how certain major variables that should have been easily present in the study we’re not accounted for…

Keep strong. I hope to be there some day. Different vice but would be nice to have clear drug free thoughts.

@@Grandmas_Favorite thanks for responding but can we keep this thread related to the opioid epidemic? No judgement, I just really don’t want to get into a vaccine discussion. Thanks

@@mertman1 using dreams are the worst. I still get them. Sometimes I wake up feeling high and worse, sometimes I wake up feeling like I’m going through acute withdrawals.

You are amazing. Well done you!!!!

A buck ,3 80 is my answer to that question. Goes for Manchin's criminal daughter as well. I wonder how many people died because they couldn't afford an Epi pen,,?,

more like "should they be allowed to stay in buisness at all" and "should the Sacklers keep any money at all" and "should Sacklers and high level employess stay out of jail by making some deals while keeping billions of dollars they made from pushing drugs"

I’m glad I’m reading here more comments of people which are aware of this topic - also I’m glad that (nobody of the generation under 30 +/- watches old school news) this topic was also broadly mentioned by the other late night shows and got so the attention of the younger audience

Amen. These corporate drug dealers deserve nothing.

And Keaton shouldn't have to be so careful when speaking to their guilt. But that's white collar crime for you, company lawyers waiting in the wings to sue, despite the client being guilty AF.

You should be very proud of yourself 😊 absolutely horrible addiction. My cousin has battled for years. Oxy from a car accident then heroin.

film?

@Jack Smith looks like someone bought in to the sacklers campaign of hammering the abusers smh :/

@Jack Smith lol i havent done any drugs😂 if you dont count alcohol. Pretty Quick to call me a junkie😅 must have struck a nerve… no one is gonna take away your pain medicine if you are in need of it But Im guessing you aren’t and are just projecting your insecurities, so i hope you get help :)

Well done, you. I've been in Oxycondon since 2020 due to a follow-up to major surgery and 24 months after. Currently, 17 months after my surgery, today I decided I want off this horrid drug! Told not to just stop, and think about what other type of pain meds would suit me due to my cEDS and Comorbidites! I'm at a loss! I want off all medication forever!

You are principled and the world could use more people who refuse to do a job they think is hurting someone else

I'm impressed. There are few like you. I couldn't do it either.

"It's only addictive if the pain is fake or not serious" is ridiculous

yrs ago there was a woman in my apartment building she was a crackhead an got 400 pills a month sold them for crack now if an old person is in pain they can't get pain pills so i dunno the answer to that seems wrong

@@pl7868 I totally hear you. Those were not my beliefs 20 plus years ago as I quit and they are still not my beliefs. When I was a practicing RN I did offer all my surgery patients pain medication on schedule times. I did not wait for them to ask me nor did I ignore their request. However, if Schedule pain meds were not effective I referred them for pain management consult. A doctor came and looked at all of the variables, spent and hour with patient, offered different pain medications, or additional medication, or time spacing, or therapeutic treatments. I felt good about a team approach to pain management. Then each nurse that followed had an idea of how to help. This is in a hospital setting though. However, there are pain management nurse practitioners or doctors that are fabulous and your primary doctor can refer you or someone you know to a pain management specialist.

Thank you for your comment. I’m a husband, father, employee and employer, I participate in my kids school and on the surface you would never think that I’m a junkie. But I am. Currently in recovery. I appreciated your comment so much because the stigma would have people believe that opiate/heroin addicts are pan handling homeless scourge of the Earth. But addiction doesn’t discriminate. And as far reaching as the opioid epidemic is, the reality is that for every “low bottom junkie” on the street; there are 50 people with families and relationships and careers and lives. White knuckling their way through active addiction and ashamed to ask for help or don’t know where to receive it. So I appreciate your comment so much, as I deeply relate to it! Thank you! Losing everything in our lives we hold dear is not a requirement to getting clean or finding that moment of clarity in our own individual “rock bottom”. I wish more addicts like you and I would speak up. I hope you’re well, your comment is a year old. But I really needed to read it today. Stay blessed!

@@UltraGeezer Congrats on your sobriety. Still going strong a year later. And i really think the biggest obstacle to overcome in addiction is the stigma attached to it. it took me so long to even go to a clinic because I didn't want anyone to recognize me. Then I went, and I realized everyone I saw there already knew me because i had bought off them or we bought from the same dealer, or had the same addict friends. I realized that everyone who goes to recovery was in the same boat as me. They just wanted to get better. There should never be shame for that

Ya especially the scene after he gets in the car accident and next scene he's doctor shopping which made me believe he was doing "research" and then BAM he's taking 400MG a day, that part was crazy to me.

@@JWitt30 SPOILERS - yes. When he goes to the dealers house and the guy tells him to snort it - crazy. Also when he is trying to get himself clean and he punches through his glass cabinet. He’s spectacular haha

spoilers. I did have to laugh when he started at the methadone clinic and the nurse started him at 3omg and it was half a dixie cup. I'm on 40 and it barely fills the bottom of the cup. But it DOES work. But the most powerful line was during that deposition and he says, "I can't believe how many of them are dead." That line destroyed me as I thought of how many people I know, and how many people in my small town in Massachusetts alone have died over the last 10 years. It's gotten to the point that when someone dies under the age of 45, the first assumption everyone makes is that it must be an overdose. An what's sadder is how often they are right

Congrats to getting off them

Why take legal drugs when you can smoke weed?

That’s amazing 🙌🏻😊. My cousin started on Oxy years ago from a bad car accident. She ended up turning to heroin. She’s in her mid 30s now. Been struggling for years in and out of rehab. Has a toddler and the state took her but I’m praying this time around she gets clean for good. Such a horrible journey 😔

Good luck to you Stephanie and congrats on your road to recovery. Everyday is a gift

@@jennifer8929 thats rough. best look to your family

OMFG!! I am so sorry Sackler should be sued into poverty and spend the rest of his life prison. Can you sue him for wrongful death, or is he protected against law suits,?

I am so sorry. My cousin, Hunter died last summer after 9 years clean. It is heart breaking.

So sad and angry for these untimely losses... I really hope some justice is served

I’m sorry for your loss. They should be in prison for murder.

I am so sorry for your loss

I’m afraid to tell but you already suffered a kind of short term addiction and the process of getting away / sober - bc 6 weeks is more than enough for the body to get used to it. Only plus for someone like u is that you see it in another light when u stop and not from the addiction perspective, which makes the whole thing unnecessarily harder Anyway I’m glad for you 👍

I had a similar experience with Vicodin after disc herniations. I agree with what you said.

Diego M, good for you, you must be a stable person. I don't claim to know anything much about drugs, but if drug addiction is like alcoholism, it intensifies a person's underlying emotions & lowers inhibitions that normally dominate & determines good judgment & self-control, so the more inheritently stable a person is, the less likely they are to become addicted. That's how I see it anyway, as I have a difficult time understanding drug addiction unless a person is in constant, excruciating pain.

The pharmacist at the hospital I work at gave me the advice to always cut pain pills in half and to start with that. Never take the other half unless you absolutely have to.

You may no be an addict @Diego Martinez, however, YOU WERE PHYSICALLY ADDICTED!! Your body beed and scremed for more everyday of your 2 week withdrawl!! Addict or not you had the unfortunate experience of being dopesick. Id rather have teflu anyday vs being dopesick. Its THE SICKEST SICK in the world.

He's Batman.

He shares the title with Adam West.

Wait Until Robert Pattinson.🦇

And "Mr. Mom"!

@@TighelanderII You mean that mayor from Family Guy?

Super guy. I get a sneaky feeling he's a regular Joe kinda guy like Bill Murray. Like his limo broke down in front of your house one day and 45mins later he's helping your Mom dry dishes and everybody is sad because his cab just arrived.

Memorable film. Agreed, one of his best performances that I’ve seen. Good supporting work from Morgan Freeman as always (and Kathy Bates IIRC)

I just watched Clean & Sober the other day on HBOMax too before watching this show, and wow.. Michael played that soooo damn well.

That's what it's called! God I loved that movie! Fuckin A B and C too! ❤️

Bed bath and beyond

Actual Bond villain IRL.

@@araisikewai thats a dishonor to bond villains those guys had charm and class. These people would win the most evil invention award in that snl sketch with the rock.

Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death. While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the war, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes. Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way. It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......

even joker didn't kill as much as Prude did.

That skit might’ve been his start down the rabbit hole into this show, I mean he executive produced this show.

One part of 'justice' would be, hopefully, stopping this from happening again.

Worldwide amends or restitution for victims and families, so many lives destroyed

And the damages were spread over a decade or more, so the Sackers will be even richer by the time the damage is paid. Makes the Gilded Age look like the Great Depression

Love Michael Keaton and loved him in Clean and Sober. He played a great 80's real estate selling coke addict hustler and many other great roles throughout the years. It always amazes me with mega wealthy people is that enough is never enough. They already are very wealthy and yet these narcissist/sociopaths have no problem destroying as many lives as necessary in there never ending quest for profits.

I lost 15 years to opiate addiction. I would like financial compensation

Me too

Don't forget Pacific Heights

Dream Team, what a fun movie. Great call out.

Night Shift was the first film I remember seeing him in and you just knew this guy was going to be big.

Saul do not say one of those names two more times.

That was actually created by lobbyists for Perdue. A doctor working for Perdue coined the phrase pain is the 5th vital sign. Not surprising given America gives low dose amphetamines to children.

You know he's basically 3 sheets to the wind during this interview, right?

Underrated by whom? High IMDb rating, won an Emmy ...

I am so sorry

Wow. That is a lot of damage. congrats on being able to be clean and there for your son.

Take every penny and force every man and woman on there family to smoke a week of meth. Then let them back in the streets bankrupt with a new meth addiction. Eye for an eye!

Unfortunately.... the deal they settled will leave them richer than when they started.

They should be in jail.

Dont take their money....... ........take their health

@@jordangerm I heard this unfortunate explanation as well!

@Owen Wilson Hi Owen, you're welcome sir. I'm watching from the Great White North a hundred miles north of Toronto.

Good job 👍🏾

kem 22, Thank you very much! Means A LOT!😊😇..

Well Done & I Wish you all the very best. So glad you have your health back, and I believe other parts of your life will come back to you.

Unfortunately, my sister did something horrific to get the Oxy and I knew it. It was horrifying. I haven't spoken to her since. It involved burning herself. Oh man, I despise that family. Yeah, she told me you can't get addicted if you are truly in pain. BS. I watched God awful behavior from her, treating people like garbage. She had a brilliant mind. I mean, super high IQ and she could manipulate her way out of anything until she couldn't. Life is hell.

@@doloresm7396 , I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine the emotional pain of watching that.

@@doloresm7396 that sucks big time... I hope your sister is doing better now and you can have a good relationship...

My old landline was one digit off from a dr. Two messages stay with me. One being an obvious addict saying he was at the bottom of the stairs and needed his oxy. Another was a very senior lady asking for her pills. I had to eventually cancel my line.

Oooh, is that an example of "mirror molecules", like with lemons and oranges?

@@tonapittman No it's more of a cough suppressant that my Pediatrician recommended . lol

Hats off to you, you don't have to be a doctor to understand that all drugs that have opiods in them are addictive,

Thanks. I was wondering why he made a point of saying Douglas.

And you can leave caffeine too...

Decaf my friend. Drink decaf every other day.

Glad to see I'm not the only one who noticed that, Keaton seemed off tbh

RIGHT?? Totally

You're looking for patterns and it's a logical mistake. It is required more evidences than a criminal history from an agent from a certain industry to prove a new crime from other agents from this same industry. You can stress that we must be careful though.

Please share, what illness or surgery you had where opioids were pushed on you? The series only conflates legitimate medication with the tragic results of illicit heroine use. It demonizes medication that many of us need. It is neither truthful nor enlightening. It is fear mongering by those want to see all legit pain meds banned because the majority of addicts blame prescription medications for their heroine use.

Hehe, yeah, considering a mask that was worn for some time can be infectious, which Stephen probably knows, Michael handing him that mask was the opposite of hygienic, almost gross, but Stephen reacted like a true showman 😁.

Richard Kind did it the best, his "I don't know" is just perfect

@@JachAnen he did but way too likeable. a bit goofy. but keaton brings the evil like no other.

@@tinoj9661 Well they were playing dumb, so it makes sense to present them as such. But yeah, Keaton makes them look like pure evil, which is a little closer to the truth, although Cranston made them seem like they just don't care and time is being wasted as they will get away with it, which is probably the closest and Willaims being very gangster like, serious but basically pleading the fifth

@@JachAnen Agreed

@@Richard_Nickerson whats this people agreeing on the internet so there is hope for humanity

Too late

R Nickerson is right. Atrocities are happening everyday. You can't even watch a movie or read a book and not find out something new about something horrible some govt (usually ours) or some Big Corporation covered up or was allowed to get away with. Thanks Phyllis, you and Michael with a little help from Stephen have sent me back into my daily funk...JK, sorta. Wishing you enough fairy dust & counter-hexes to get you & yours through these epically difficult months. 🕊️🌠🌈🧚