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T H E D R O P O U T | P E R S P E C T I V E 5 5 about the science behind the technology than Elizabeth olmes was. Luckily, my husband and his colleagues were able to assist on the scientific aspects throughout production. The show was logistically tricky. There were lots of sets, lots of locations and not enough money, but what proect isn't ambitious The production decided to shoot half the series as one block, so during the eight weeks of preproduction, the rt Department's priority was to find all the locations for the first four episodes. In the beginning, we spent every hour in a van looking for locations and the tech scout was seven days long. In between scouts, I would run to the rt Department to look over the progress of a handful of swing sets and the preliminary work on what would be the largest set, the final version of Theranos, which we called Pagemill. The first four episodes included a complete pple Store set with period props and dressing from , a algreens, eiing in , Elizabeth's childhood home, three different versions of Theranos in East Palo lto, Sunny and Elizabeth's Palo lto condo, Stanford niversity, and a few others. Pagemill was our largest and most ambitious set which also showcased the evolution and height of Theranos. B C