Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes quoting Yoda | The Dropout

The Dropout
Episode 1 | I'm in a Hurry

The Dropout is an American drama streaming television miniseries about disgraced biotechnology company Theranos and its founder Elizabeth Holmes (played by Amanda Seyfried). The series premiered on the streaming service Hulu on March 3, 2022.

The Cast includes: Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes and Naveen Andrews as Sunny Balwani with Laurie Metcalf, William H. Macy, Stephen Fry, Dylan Minnette, Michael Gill, Elizabeth Marvel, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Alan Ruck, Kevin Sussman, Bill Irwin, Sam Waterston, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Ironside.

[armandoucles]

Laurie Metcalf is a terrific actress. She was perfect for the role of the realistic and skeptical professional not putting up with Holmes' b.s.

[privateperson]

The professor was right in this and wasn't that brutal, she explained and justified her reasons for rejecting it

[GeneThundersnow]

It’s amazing how Laurie Metcalf can show up for like ten minutes in anything and completely steal the show.

[randywatson]

I like the fact that the skeptical professor was actually nuanced. Not just the typical dismissive authority figure. I once worked at a quantitative investment firm where we had a saying: "to err is human, but to really mess up you need a computer." Young people rarely understand this, glad to see at least a few old people do.

[robinleebraun]

Amanda is amazing. Laurie is amazing. Please don't turn Elizabeth Holmes into a hero. She was (and is) a con artist and if she isn't currently in prison, she should be.

[vlad]

that "oh" at the end is so brutal lolol

[phantomize]

Fantastic acting on both sides of the table.

What Laurie's character is trying to get across to Elizabeth is that every human body is a unique, highly complex system that's constantly strongly interacting with an uncontrolled environment with thousands of unknown variables. Even if you had a car sized machine following you around to monitor for infection and inject you with antibiotics, the chances of a false positive are so good that it would constantly be pumping antibiotics into your body every day when you don't need them.

[Raquel-qccq]

It's ironic that she quotes Yoda by refusing the "trying"... when TRUE science is actually about trying itself multiple times. It's the perfect quote to describe Elizabeth Holmes.

[stevenogle]

Love how Laurie Metcalf just walks out of the room, as if quoting Yoda was crazy or something.

[MsClaudiaDuran]

Phyllis Gardner is such a boss. 60 Minutes Australia asked her what she thought of the men who invested in Theranos, and she pointed down and said "I'm telling you. Brain goes South". 😂

[Aristotle]

Her father was VP at Enron. She grew up rich, and rich people who work hard often are successful. The rich part of the equation solves most of the problems that hard work cannot.

[Charlesperalo]

I actually think Amanda Seyfried is going to land a golden globe for this.

[LiberalHindu]

And that's where Holmes was wrong from the very beginning. She chose and followed an absolutely wrong motto for a biotech company, because in science trying is everything. In fact science is all about trying. You keep on trying until you succeed. Failure is the most critical part in science as it teaches you dos and don'ts for the next try/experiment (Ask Einstein for that matter :)). And professor was right when she said education is of utmost importance in science. I mean inventing a social media platform or a taxi app is one thing but when it comes to inventing a device which is directly going to impact people's lives by diagnosing them, its a different ballgame altogether, a game that requires highest level of education with crystal clear understanding of complex concepts, which Holmes didn't have whatsoever.

[markrose]

The irony about the Yoda quote is that Holmes defensively says “I tried” near the end of the show

[karthu]

Phyllis: keep trying.
Elizabeth: ok.

*roll credits*

[julianosvonskingrad]

What confuses me - as a young scientist myself - is the way she deals this throwback. I would have been like "Oh, I am very disappointed that my idea did not work out on so many levels but thanks for the professional opinion" and even would take some notes. I actually automatically started to try to remember a lot of what Doctor Gardner says. But what is she doing? Speechless because a way to become rich just disappeared.

[TerryKeefeMedia]

I had a creative partner who used to quote me that damn Yoda dialogue every time I said I'd try something. I wanted to hit him at some point. There is "try. " It means you gave something a shot. The danger is in believing that Yoda is actually an all-knowing guru in real life instead of a cool puppet in the movies. Like Holmes did here.

[pete]

A wearable patch that can diagnose, treat and cure every disease and ailment. It’s basically a full hospital in 1 small patch. That’s brilliant!

[BDTTK]

You’re a dreamer, you dream a lot in your sleep - Tiffany Pollard

[jakehuang]

This is the version of his mom that Sheldon wished he could have had.