The Dropout
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Weve arrived at the finale ofThe Dropout.
So … how will things play out in the last episode of this miniseries?
Well, its less of a showdown than it is a gradual-yet-quickly-moving dissolution of Elizabeths house of fraudulent cards.
(Its 2015, and Trump is officially running for president; there isa lotof news going on.)
Erika and Tyler (and Gary): You did good.
You did really good.
Lizzy depicts the fall of Theranos but also the fall of Elizabeth and Sunnys relationship.
I have to protect myself.Elizabeth:From what?
Do you think we did something wrong?
I dont know everything that you did … What did you do, Sunny?
Harsh words from your lover and confidante of more than a decade.
(I admit: I chuckled.)
The Elizabeth we see for the rest of the episode does kind of seem like she has no feelings.
That mask of calm isnt the only transformation Elizabeth undergoes.
After the botched interview, Elizabeth undoes all of her CEO trappings.
She takes her bun out, wipes her lipstick away, and takes her turtleneck off.
When we see her at her 2017 deposition, shes her old, disheveled, business-casual self again.
Shes reinvented once again.
But as the end title cards make clear, this story isnt over.
Female entrepreneurs still have trouble getting funding in Silicon Valley postTheranos scandal.
Real people were hurt and misdiagnosed.
Sunnys trial starts soon.
And Elizabeth is awaiting sentencing.
Kind of a bleak ending, but, hey, thats what happened and is still happening.
Nevertheless, its been a pleasure watching and recappingThe Dropoutwith you.
Now, if youll excuse me, I have a hankering for green juice that simply must be satiated.
Its the funniest line in what is actually a pretty spot-on rant otherwise.
Its a neat callback to Elizabeths longtime Apple obsession remember her omnipresent iPod?
that she hurriedly puts in AirPods to block out Linda from legal shouting You hurt people!
at her after their final chat/confrontation in the empty Theranos offices.
