Previously on the dropout, tragedy struck Theranos when scientist Ian Gibbons committed suicide.

I see Holmes and Theranos that whole situation is being the reason he killed himself.

And despite this in extensive warnings from the inside, Elizabeth managed to pull off her blockbuster deal with Walgreens.

Do you rip call if it's 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 at it.

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.

Thank you.

For ABC Radio and Nightline, this is the dropout.

Episode 3. 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.

The kind of advertising I like doing is you're creating a campaign or an idea of a brand where there's nothing that has existed before.

About a decade after dropping out of Stanford, Elizabeth worked with the Academy Award-winning filmmaker on a series of promotional videos for Theranos.

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