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October 11 - 17, 2021 Page 3 ACROSS 1. Actress on "B Positive" (2) 9. Series for Beth Hall 10. Gregory Peck's role in "Moby Dick" 11. And not 13. "Never Say Never __"; James Bond movie 15. Bring together 17. Reality series for Amy Poehler (2) 18. Motel room staple 20. "Jack Reacher: Never __ Back"; Tom Cruise film 21. "__, Dear" 23. "Harry's __" (2011-12) 24. "A Million Ways to __ in the West"; 2014 movie 25. Series for Zeeko Zaki 26. Suffix for hard or soft 29. "Bad Times at the __ Royale"; Jeff Bridges film 30. "Supernanny" network 34. 1971 Jane Fonda/ Donald Sutherland movie 36. Yo-Yo Ma's instrument 38. __ John Gielgud 39. Abundant 42. Horror film actor Chaney 43. Actor on "NCIS" (2) DOWN 1. Cabin wall piece 2. Mosque leader 3. Unpleasantly moist 4. Hitchcock's initials 5. "__ Femme Nikita" 6. Snug as __ __ in a rug 7. __ __ for the long haul; willing to persevere 8. "To Have and Have __"; Bogart/Bacall film 9. Role on "NCIS: Los Angeles" (2) 12. Actor on "Good Girls" (2) 14. "__ __ Legend"; Will Smith movie 16. Actress Long 19. Blood vessel 20. Actor Kaplan 22. Initials for actress Eggar 23. Ferrigno's initials 27. "Your __ Parade" (1950-59) 28. Bovary or Butterfly: abbr. 30. Tempt 31. Bouquet greenery 32. Cake decorator 33. "Queen of Jazz" 35. Fleur-de-__ 37. Actress Myrna 40. "__ With Her" (2003-04) 41. "Kung __ Panda"; 2008 Jack Black film Solution is on page 2. CoverStory By George Dickie A talented cast and multiple perspectives help tell the story of the beginning of the opioid epidemic in a miniseries upcoming on Hulu. In "Dopesick," an eight-episode series based on the bestselling book by Beth Macy that premieres Wednesday, Oct. 13, the story of the emergence of Oxycon- tin and the subsequent death, suffering and may- hem it caused is seen through the experiences of a well-meaning rural Virginia doctor (Michael Keaton) who prescribed it for an injured coal miner (Kaitlyn Dever); the chair- man (Michael Stuhlbarg) of the pharmaceutical company that sees the drug as its financial salva- tion; the sales reps (Will Poulter, Philippa Soo) pitching the drug to doc- tors and hospitals; and the Department of Justice officials (Peter Sarsgaard, John Hoogenakker) and DEA agent (Rosario Daw- son) investigating what went down. At the heart of it, of course, is Oxycontin. It's an opioid and thus very addictive but the compa- ny's time-release formula was supposed to mitigate those qualities, making it the new miracle drug for sufferers of chronic pain. But like any narcotic, us- ers develop a tolerance over time and require increasing dosages. Soon pharmacies are being robbed, lives are wrecked and people are dying. And the drug company is run- ning for cover. Meanwhile, an epidemic has taken hold, a familiar story that still plays out today. "The ease with which it became epidemic kind of knocked me out," says Keaton, also an executive producer on the series. "It seemed almost too simple that this happened this way. ... To be honest, I'm reading (the script) and thinking, well, are we really — is this too on the head? And then you, after you read Beth Macy's book and you start to do any kind of research, then you realize this is not ex- aggerated in the slightest. But that's the expression, that's the thing for me, the ease with which all this happened was sickening." The story demands attention as there is a lot here to digest. It jumps around in multiple time- lines and does consider- able character exposition. Pulling it all together was an enormous task but executive producer Danny Strong felt that to do it any other way wouldn't do the story justice. "I really wanted to do something that felt like it was telling the totality of the story because I felt as if one story wasn't the full story ...," Strong explains. Hulu's 'Dopesick' offers a 360-degree view of the opioid crisis The identity of the featured celebrity is found within the answers in the puzzle. In order to take the TV Challenge, unscramble the letters noted with asterisks within the puzzle. InFocus "4400" (The CW — series premiere, Oct. 25) A reboot of a sci-fi cable series that ran from 2004-07 on USA Network, this new CW makeover once again deals with the mysterious and collective reappearance of 4400 seemingly random people who vanished inexplicably over the last century. What makes their mass return to the city of Detroit even more baffling is how none of them seems to have aged a day since their disappearance, sending government experts racing for answers. The cast includes Brittany Adebumola, Joseph David-Jones, Ireon Roach and Jaye Ladymore. Advertise Here! (574) 533-2151

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