Overview
- Netflix published the three-part series The One About Matthew Perry on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, featuring 18 interviewees and unreleased photos and audio from Perry’s life.
- The film includes first-time on-camera testimony from his sister Mia Perry Bowick and close friends who trace a long addiction arc that the documentary links to a 1997 jetski injury.
- Archival material in the series recounts Perry’s 2018 near-fatal bowel rupture, his two-week coma on ECMO with a 2 percent survival estimate, and his repeated treatment attempts.
- Coverage reiterates that the Los Angeles medical examiner found the acute effects of ketamine were the primary cause of Perry’s October 28, 2023 death, and the film notes he spent millions seeking sobriety.
- The cast’s decision not to participate has refocused public debate on whether assistants, medical providers or other close associates enabled his addiction, a question that has overlapped with 2024–2026 legal reporting about charged individuals.