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J.K. Simmons in The Pain Killer (2021)

Review by TheFearmakers

The Pain Killer

Goliath

7/10

Another Song & Dance Villain

A lotta Goliath fans hated Season 3... I did too but then it grew on me...

But it seems the writers didn't care because so far this is Season 3 all over again...

Instead of Chinatown in theme it's Chinatown in location...

And like Dennis Quaid had his own old school singsong dream sequence, that same thing's handed to new villain JK Simmons (you can see the producers saying, "We need a great villain's villain to end things with!")...

That song was about nuts and this one's just plain nuts about painkillers, which is the scapegoat this season... big Pharmacy Corporation is the Goliath and Billy in this episode continues wandering around in the gunshoe fashion...

The difference is that the other seasons had you wanting more and wanting to know more while this season is relying on the built-in knowledge that soon enough we'll be binging...

BTW: A thing about Prescription Drug Addicts. No REAL ADDICT of said drugs rely entirely on their doctors providing them more and more drugs because NO REAL PILL ADDICT takes just enough pills as prescribed. To be a Pain Pill addict you need to go to the big leagues and find a dealer who provides much, much more than a doctor EVER can.
  • TheFearmakers
  • Sep 23, 2021

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