Elizabeth becomes a celebrity as Theranos breaks out of stealth mode and onto the main stage. The media can't get enough, and neither can many investors as Theranos Wellness Centers start popping up at Walgreens. To take advantage of the moment, Elizabeth spends millions on advertising, recruiting the same agency as Apple and even an Oscar-winning director. But real patients are now getting Theranos tests, and for some the results are shocking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Previously on the dropout.
Tragedy struck Theranos when scientist Ian Gibbons committed suicide.
I see Holmes and Theranos, that whole situation as being the reason he killed himself.
And despite this and extensive warnings from the inside, Elizabeth managed to pull off her blockbuster deal with Walgreens.
Do you recall if it said they were able to conduct all of those tests, those 250 tests, with a finger stick of blood?
Yes.
And how many tests were there?
Actually, I don't believe there was any.
And Walgreens had no idea about this?
Again, the deception was incredible.
People inside Theranos described a highly dysfunctional environment with technology that they said simply didn't work.
But the company was about to make the move from stealth mode to the main stage, and Elizabeth was ready for the spotlight.
From ABC radio and Nightline, this is the dropout, episode three, a star is born.
Alright, guys, let's do this.
Camera's ready.
Here we go.
Lock it up, please.
Here we are at the ground floor.
Of something that is revolutionary and we're part of it.
Here you're listening to the voice of Errol Morris, director of the Thin Blue Line and the fog of War, which earned him an oscar in 2004.