But before they had a chance to put it in writing, Netflix swooped in. Cindy Holland, the company's vice president of original content at the time, called Mr. Rinsch at home on a Sunday and dangled millions of dollars more, as well as something studios rarely gave directors: final cut. Netflix won the deal and would soon come to regret it.
Soon after he signed the contract, Mr. Rinsch's behavior grew erratic, according to members of the show's cast and crew, texts and emails reviewed by The New York Times, and court filings in a divorce case brought by his wife. He claimed to have discovered Covid-19's secret transmission mechanism and to be able to predict lightning strikes. He gambled a large chunk of the money from Netflix on the stock market and cryptocurrencies.
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