Biography[]
Billy Cutler is one of the main characters in the first season of the show. He is portrayed by actor Will Poulter and first appears in First Bottle. Billy is a new sales representative hired by Purdue Pharma to encourage doctors to buy and sell OxyContin. He is sent to Finch Creek, where he meets Dr. Samuel Finnix and forms a friendship with him. Billy tells him he is from a small farming community outside of Omaha.
Billy is first convinced of all the false information Purdue Pharma feeds him about OxyContin in in the seminars. However, he slowly starts to realize that everything they have been telling him isn't true and begins to look more into it.
Throughout the Series[]
Billy is introduced in 1996, where he appears to be a newly hired sales representative for Purdue Pharma. There, the Purdue sales manager introduces OxyContin as non-addictive and everyone is convinced by it, including Billy. He asks questions and actively engages in the seminar, catching Amber's eye. He approaches her afterwards and compliments her style. She asks him if he is gay and he says no, in which she then calls him a slur. He asks her out for lunch, but she says goodbye and walks away,
Billy then goes to Finch Creek, where he meets Dr. Samuel Finnix by charming Leah, the receptionist, with flowers and then Dr. Finnix with chicken breasts. They sit in Sam's office, eat the food, and talk a bit about their lives. Billy then brings up OxyContin, repeating the talking points the sales manager had given them. Dr. Finnix was suspicious at first, but quickly became more convinced as Billy showed him the FDA label and even gave him a sample bottle of the drug.
Later that night, Billy gets a call from Richard Sackler himself, which surprises him. Richard asks about the initial responses and Billy tells him he thinks it's good, but it will take time for doctors to accept it.
