TV Mini Series · 2023 · TV Mini Series · 2020s
Painkiller
Two parallel scores from 166 z-qualifying reviewers and 172 raw-average reviewers. Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2020s (1,094 peers).
Z-normalized corrects for reviewer bias (every reviewer re-centered onto their personal scale). Raw average uses simple mean across the broader pool including stddev=0 reviewers. The 16-point gap is the rating-inflation signature for this title — discriminating reviewers liked it more than the casual crowd.
Where this title sits
Z-normalized percentile · 1,094 peers in TV Mini Series · 2020s
| Mean reviewer z-score | -0.130 |
|---|---|
| DB1 raw-mean rating | 5.53 /10 |
| DB2 raw-mean rating | 5.53 /10 |
| 90% CI-floor (z) | -0.258 |
| Reviewers (DB1 / DB2) | 166 / 172 |
Summary
A fictionalized dramatization of the origins and aftermath of the opioid crisis in America, centered on the rise of OxyContin and the Sackler family's Purdue Pharma. The series weaves together the perspectives of a grieving family, a determined investigator building a case against the company, and the executives who pushed the drug into widespread use.
Pipeline applied to this title
The math, in this order
166 stddev>0 reviewers re-centered onto personal z-scale.
Mean z = -0.130. DB2 raw mean = 5.53.
90% CI-floor = -0.258. Thin samples penalized.
Global 38.8 / cohort 30.6. Z-track and raw-track ranked separately.
Cohort: TV Mini Series · 2020s
