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'The Dropout' nails the ending – even though Elizabeth Holmes' story isn't over

Confronted with the mess she's made at her startup Theranos, Holmes simply runs at the end of the Hulu show.
Elizabeth Holmes, played by Amanda Seyfried, in the final episode of <em>The Dropout</em>.

The most important image of Elizabeth Holmes that you see in The Dropout is of her running away.

Late in "Lizzy," the eighth and final episode of Hulu's series about the fall of the blood-testing startup Theranos, Holmes has seen the company collapse in the wake of an investigation by . She has broken up with her boyfriend and second in command, Sunny Balwani, as the two prepare to try to put the blame on each other. But the CEO, played by Amanda Seyfried, isn't slowing down: She has gotten a dog and a boyfriend and is insistent that she is going to

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