Plot Synopsis written by Michael Lee
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Plot Synopsis
In 2023, thirty-four days before she is scheduled to begin an eleven-year prison sentence for defrauding investors in Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and her partner, Billy Evans, invite filmmakers Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim to document their lives at a rented beach house in Del Mar, California. Although the couple grants the filmmakers extensive access, Fielder suspects they are concealing information.
Holmes maintains that she never intentionally misled anyone about Theranos' blood-testing technology, insisting that she has never lied in her life. Meanwhile, she and Evans continue approaching potential investors about reviving the company. Throughout filming, Evans frequently interrupts interviews, answers questions on Holmes' behalf, and attempts to control the documentary's production.
Fielder shows Holmes scenes from The Dropout, a miniseries in which Amanda Seyfried portrays her, but she becomes visibly distressed and asks him to stop. Shortly before entering prison, Holmes undergoes a full-body 3D scan, expressing concern that her likeness might be misused. The initial filming concludes with Holmes reporting to Federal Prison Camp, Bryan, where she says goodbye to Fielder before beginning her sentence. Evans subsequently moves to Texas with their two children to remain close to her.
Two years later, Fielder recruits Seyfried to reprise her role as Holmes in reenactments of events the filmmakers were unable to record, with Christopher Abbott portraying Evans. While reviewing the original footage, Fielder describes an encounter that occurred before filming began, when he, Oppenheim, and two A24 executives met with the couple.
After Holmes temporarily left the room, Evans requested financial compensation for participating in the documentary. Despite concerns about a potential conflict of interest, the filmmakers negotiated a profit-sharing agreement with him. Holmes later assured Fielder that she would receive no money from the project, leading him to question whether Evans was exploiting her without her knowledge. However, Fielder remains uncertain about Holmes' own honesty.
As Fielder and Seyfried investigate Evans' activities following Holmes' imprisonment, they discover that he has increasingly assumed control of her public image. He has commissioned billboards featuring her likeness, impersonated her on X using vulgar language, and authorized the release of an AI model resembling her. The filmmakers confront Evans, during which Seyfried briefly speaks with Holmes over the telephone. Evans reveals that he holds power of attorney for Holmes and claims that his social media posts are based on emails she sends him from prison.
He also admits that Holmes knows only "some" details of his financial arrangement with the filmmakers. Seyfried accuses Evans of exploiting his partner, but he denies the allegation, insisting that Holmes trusts him completely. During the confrontation, Evans also challenges Seyfried over remarks she made following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, whom he admires.
Frustrated by Evans' continued interference and the difficulty of communicating directly with Holmes, Fielder arranges to visit her in prison. Because cameras are prohibited, he later recounts their conversation to Seyfried, and the two reenact the encounter. Holmes expresses resentment toward Seyfried's portrayal of her in The Dropout, claiming that other prisoners who have watched the series now accuse her of actions she maintains she never committed.
She acknowledges being aware of Evans' activities during her imprisonment but remains vague about how much she knows regarding his financial agreement with the filmmakers and his other behavior. Holmes explains that she has entrusted financial matters to Evans because she owes hundreds of millions of dollars in restitution.
During the conversation, Holmes becomes emotional while describing her love for Evans. Fielder subsequently observes the couple interacting during a prison visit and interprets their affection as genuine. Seyfried suggests that Fielder may have developed a protective attachment to Holmes through his efforts to reconstruct their encounter, potentially affecting his judgment. Nevertheless, neither filmmaker reaches a definitive conclusion about Holmes' sincerity or the extent to which Evans has manipulated her.
The documentary concludes with text revealing that Evans relinquished his profit-sharing agreement before the film's release. It also notes that The New York Times reporter Amy Chozick continues to stand by her account of an alleged remark Holmes made about The Dropout, despite having no evidence to corroborate it: "They're not playing me. They're playing a character I created."
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