Who Is Nurse Ratched? The Story Of The Ultimate Villain | Netflix

[@Dauerglotzer123]

The people in charge of set design and costumes deserve a raise

[@angelang21]

YES!!!! Set design, costume, hairdo and makeup😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@kenpachi465]

Design is good but the story is misleading. That's not the same Nurse Ratched in One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. The original Nurse Ratched was not villainous.

[@CuntFuckerPrime]

It's the Murphy touch

[@laminbee8053]

And a new car

[@funkay1]

I know!! I absolute love it ♡

[@Justme-ok3bf]

Sarah is just epic, she has a stillness inside her when acting that make all her roles so real. It’s hard to explain but she is phenomenal!

[@RustyDarkStone]

Sarah Paulson is not good in this she is so camp that the fairy god mother from cinderalla called and wants her dress and shoes back

[@user-lz7hg1rq1p]

@@RustyDarkStone you're blaming an actor for the costume design?

[@ashley-ww1rx]

@@RustyDarkStone that makes no senae

[@likewow2197]

@@RustyDarkStone These costumes are supposed to historically accurate to late 1940s America. Are you also going to scream at vintage fashion magazines about perceived cheesiness?

[@mademoiselle264]

@@RustyDarkStone u thought u did somethin there hon

[@tedmiller3437]

She won BEST ACTRESS, not Best Supporting Actress. Not saying Supporting Actress is something to scoff at, but she earned a very high honor and should be lauded accurately.

[@Gawain-l7r]

relax

[@gisellepoppy]

periodt✨

[@65g4]

I agree she should get it right

[@robertcanada5106]

Ted Miller Amen!

[@jordangauthier2584]

@@Gawain-l7r Dude, they got it wrong, that's a big deal. Shows they didn't do research

[@laminbee8053]

So nobody is going to talk about how Sophie Okonedo played the hell out of those multiple personalities as Charlotte?

[@umutumut6759]

“I was first chair violin. Ur sh*t!” She was marvelous. I was blown away.

[@25aking]

You’re nothing!

[@laxmibankar2391]

I agree , she was brilliant ..she did it with so much ease and project her acting skills..

[@Adv18]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing when I was watching! I think she was deffo one of the better actors in the series. A lot of talent it takes to play a role like that. And it’s not just one character, she had very distinctive personalities to portray and switch to within the same scenes. Magnificent work. Really

[@zlatkoorlic7563]

She too deserves an award for her fabulous performance. She is one of my favourite characters!

[@crystalrobinson8012]

“What are you deaf??” “No... just thinking of all the things I’m going to do about it.” ICONIC QUEEN

[@layla-ve3rw]

Crystal Robinson THE BESSTTT COMEBACKK 😂

[@JazzyJ96771]

Crystal Robinson I loved that part too

[@boyinthesarcophagus]

My absolute favorite moment. 🙌🙌

[@miahazel4135]

Right 😂

[@SweetLady1980]

It got better when the nurse had to throw up when seeing some cadavers being poked in the eye and Ratched responses with "ah, my peach"... That was legendary! 🤣

[@Desertb420]

I'm on Netflix now watching RATCHED, it has an American horror story feel to it, even ol Dandy Mott fits right in.

[@jilliangrace8155]

same creator, Ryan Murphy.

[@eduardochavacano]

i will do the same. I never watched American Horror Story though

[@generaltofu511]

It is american horror story

[@marcusporras9571]

It's Ryan's work so makes sense!

[@ashleyirwin1016]

I just said the same thing about AHS. It's good!

[@Gigipretty64]

Sarah Paulson is excellent in this. She is sublime.

[@marieh9425]

She’s really talented ❤️

[@zlatkoorlic7563]

She deserves an award, as most cast members should. The series is magnificent!

[@Gigipretty64]

Zlatko Orlić Completely agree. The whole cast is tremendous.

[@Adyfilk]

Agreed. She rarely disappoints with her performances. Definitely one of most underrated actresses in the modern films.

[@zlatkoorlic7563]

Adyfilk I wish actresses like her got more attention rather than average actresses like Angelina Jolie who are always in the spotlight

[@icolby8700]

The fact that they see Nurse Ratched as "The Ultimate Villian" means they completely missed the point of her character in the book and og film.

[@aghilasmed95]

I never understood why they describe her as a Villian

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

I Colby EXACTLY!!!

[@TuomariMuller]

Because she is a strict woman who doesn't let the main character get off the hook, she must be a villain. But I assure you, to be able to work in that kind of environment, you must develop some hard character.

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

@Chris Xentrac One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 is the movie. Based on the Ken Kesey novel first published in 1962. www.google.com/search?q=One%20Flew%20Over%20the%20Cuckoo's%20Nest%20book

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

@NintendoCereal .. ok 👍....maybe Ken will sue me. STFU

[@Accolonian]

In "one flew over the..." nurse Ratchet wasn't evil. She was the personification of the system. We changed our view on mental healthcare based on that movie. But now we are told she was evil all along? Missing the point much?

[@dan_hitchman007]

She was "The Man." Jack Nicholson was the "oppressed people" controlled by "The Man."

[@edr3008]

In the movie she was evil and as such personified a malevolent system.

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

This show missed the point and her characterization.

[@Accolonian]

@@fadhilramadhani1847 I haven't seen it yet, but that's what am assuming based on the trailer.

[@MissMozzyDee]

@@fadhilramadhani1847 This is just Season 1. Who knows what else will transform her into the Ratchet we know in later seasons!

[@adamsteel6016]

Louise Fletcher won BEST ACTRESS not SUPPORTING*

[@oscarfun100]

Haha, just what I wanted to comment right after I heard this in the video. She won Lead indeed.

[@adamsteel6016]

as a dedicated gay, i could not let this false information stand

[@RobertaTMS_]

Yes, I was thinking of that.

[@eduardochavacano]

well that made no sense why she was a supporting cast then. Besides the Best Supporting Act is mostly reserved Black Women or anyone Fat.

[@nicksurfs1]

@@adamsteel6016 Hello fellow gay. I'm obsessed with this book and movie. I have been since I was far too young. Do you think this is an honorary gay story? I haven't heard other's talk about it.

[@chgreengrass4934]

Sarah Paulson and Sophie Okonedo deserves Emmys for their performances

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

Dlc D totally agree. Just finished this morning. LOVED IT!!

[@Ash_W04]

Just Me It was AMAZING

[@priscillamisal8581]

Ikr Sophie’s portrayal of a person with multiple personalities was so great she actually scared me whenever she’s on the screen.

[@clarissanm918]

When Sarah kissed Cynthia I literally screamed emmy 😂 then I saw Sophie okonedo I was speechless her grasp of every little detail pertaining to her character's psyche is so in depth. Truly it's out of this world!

[@chgreengrass4934]

@@theodorebitsy you laughed? God that scene scared the life outta me 🤣

[@lhalison8096]

Ryan Murphy when anyone outside his circle of actors is cast in his shows: 👁👄👁

[@TheMorganVEVO]

😂

[@kumottakun6089]

Wouldn't be surprised if Lea Michelle suddenly pops up again in an episode

[@jessicapowell7814]

Kumotta Kun oh god please no anyone but her

[@kumottakun6089]

@@jessicapowell7814 emma roberts then? 🙈😂

[@jessicapowell7814]

Kumotta Kun acceptable

[@soulrpower3031]

Louise Fletcher owns that role forever. Her Oscar was well earned. Brilliant performance.

[@AndroxxxL]

Louise was born to be RATCHED. those eyes, those words, that tone, making fun of people in a charismatic way. That is THE NURSE RATCHED.

[@MaikoKazumi]

I totally agree that lady was so scary to me

[@jennikifm2]

She even said she could no longer watch her performance because what her character did was inhumane.

[@eddieschwab864]

In fact so much of her role as nurse Mildred Ratched ended up in her character on Star Trek Deep Space Nine as Kai Winn Adami. In view of the last several episodes of it the only thing that would have been better is if Mark Alaimo (Gul Dukat) had played a inmate at the institution before that....

[@nicksurfs1]

I've been obsessed with this story from a young age (probably too young if I'm honest). Throughout my life I've had different interpretations of the character. Today, as someone with a degree in research psychology, I see her as a warning of what happens when someone burns out in a "helping profession". Burnout is something everyone experiences. Some degree of workplace burnout is to be expected in any profession; however, it is rarely as harmful to others as it is when working with vulnerable populations. Losing patience and compassion can cause frustration and monetary loss in other professions, but professions like education and healthcare have the unique ability to cause holistic and long term damage when employees experience the same symptoms. What stands out to me is how innocuous this can seem. We all have off days, but the damage those off days can have in the wrong profession is so different in magnitude! Trying your honest best is not always acceptable here. I don't think nurse Ratched sees herself as evil. I think she sees herself making difficult, yet proper choices. That's the troubling thing to me. Anyway, thanks for reading my word salad. This isn't meant to attack any person, just my thoughts on a story that I've always connected with :)

[@Rose-jz6sx]

Spot on

[@mademoiselle9842]

Hi I have a question, as someone who wants to take Psychology in college. I just want to know why psychiatrist and psychologists are considered villanized in shows and movies? I have watched many shows and movies, that portrays them as such. Thank You!

[@SR-vq4wy]

@@mademoiselle9842 Medicine was dark, especially psychiatry. Little was known about human brain. For example, electroshock therapy exist to this day and it does help the patients, but there were many fails until it became effective. Asylums were also dark, patient were treated as animals, locked, tortured and back then, it was believed that they were the way they were because they were being rude, not in touch with God even... they were mainly kept in inhumane conditions, until the day came and someone noticed that those patients need safe space and compasion in order to get better. For example, there was illness called hysteria and only women could have it. Doctors were treating it by removing uterus and ovaries, even in young women, 30 years and so, until it was realised that there is no such thing. Women who were having were even those who were fighting for equal rights (I recommend movie called Hysteria). Medicine in generally didn't have much ethical or moral boundaries until they were set and until then patients could get harmed (not on purpose) in the name of science and progress. Combine all this, add a little more and you easily get horror movie.

[@mademoiselle9842]

@@SR-vq4wy Thanks so much for replying! I have another question hehe. What are your point of view on modern day Psychologists and Psychiatrists. Thanks again!

[@adnin8968]

@@mademoiselle9842 I'm curious about that too.😃

[@OG_HazelGrrl]

Who else always thought she was named Nurse RATCHET? 😂

[@gitana100x35]

Me lol

[@jeeess9979]

Surely they use whatever correct spelling of the name from the movie.

[@aann7132]

ME!

[@OG_HazelGrrl]

@@jeeess9979 ...clearly.

[@jusletursoulglobaby]

I read this and said "isnt that her name?" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@defiantaichi]

This should’ve been a season on AHS and made her a proper antagonist, the horror element would’ve worked perfectly.

[@amandabonfante8863]

Lol I thought it was an AHS season. I’m slow💩

[@athenabalfour2406]

Could have easily brought it in with asylum! Would have been amazing

[@bluepearl9204]

Asylum

[@redheaded_asmr]

It had big ahs vibes

[@zamorapakalolo6699]

Yes! Omg that would have been phenomenal!

[@rossy9095]

Sophie Okonedo deserves as many awards as personalities she portrayed! Her performance was so brilliant and chilling!!

[@TheMorganVEVO]

AGREED!

[@rosagudny3936]

“No one has ever wrote their name on a peach” Uhh, Timothée Chalamet would like to differ..

[@rebelc6250]

Nice

[@glamdawling]

This comment should be pinned to the top, I’m cackling so loudly. 😂😂😂

[@magdalena_dewinter]

don’t drag that pedophile movie into this

[@markford1638]

@@magdalena_dewinter what?

[@elianperez4426]

If you're mentioning that movie that glories pedophilia, toxic relationships, and is harmful towards gay people, you need fucking help

[@HealingNomad]

Charlotte also deserves an award for those multiple personalities. Her skills blew me away

[@treearoha]

Everyone in the comments calling her “Ratchet” 😂

[@awhitershadeofpail]

Damn, some people didn't do research-- "Cuckoo's Nest" was released in 1975, not 1972 --8:02-- and Louise Fletcher won BEST ACTRESS, NOT Supporting- 4:15

[@verifiedtruecrimedaniel]

I knew I was correct.

[@whatsinentertainment13]

*You save one life and you are a hero, you save a hundred lives but then you are a nurse* This one single sentence holds so much power .

[@diannes3804]

I’ve just started watching the show (2 episodes in) and the first thing I noticed was the beautiful cinematography. The color palette is absolutely gorgeous, as is the scenery. The acting is great, but that’s no surprise to anyone familiar with American Horror Story, the universe of which is this show is a part.

[@mgsgamer8340]

“You’re eating my peach” “I didn’t see your name on it” “Well who would do that?” “Do what?” “Put their name on a peach” “Someone who really wanted it” “Ur obviously lesbian lmao”

[@pheonic3665]

The universal gay fruit

[@mgsgamer8340]

Pheonic The fact that I heavily edited a line from episode 2 from the beginning, and combined it with the peach scene lollllll

[@chrysichrysi7889]

I'm still trying to figure out if that peach scene was somehow symbolic for something else, lol. Of all edible things "worth" fighting over, why a peach......in this day and age??🤔😂😂

[@csillakaszas7285]

@@chrysichrysi7889 I'd be very pissed if someone ate my food from the office fridge, and wouldn't even try to stage it as an honest mistake, apologize, and promise to bring me a replacement the next day. Food is a very primal need humans have. A nurse's salary must be (and have been) fairly modest I imagine. They can't go out to eat. Are you chill about stealing lunch money at school too? It's only a few bucks, isn't really worth fighting over, mm? But it isn't really about food, it is about power and respect (or rather, the lack of it).

[@giasamuel7822]

@@chrysichrysi7889 because the show doesn’t take place in this day and age.

[@goldie2011]

I encountered a “Nurse Ratched” whn I gave birth to my son. It was just a few days but her evilness sometimes haunts me to this day.

[@srso4660]

I had the same experience when I had my son. It was 14 years ago but I'll forever remember how cruel she was to me.

[@goldie2011]

SRS my experience taught me that evil/broken ppl will purposely take on a profession where they’re able to inflict pain & cruelty on the vulnerable..... and that’s scary

[@shantasiahaynes4490]

Woah....tell me the story 🥺 🍿

[@elizabethtaylor9076]

You’d be surprised how common they are

[@SL-ze6su]

This is common unfortunately, during childbirth they start saying misogynistic quotes like "you're in pain now but making them was easy"

[@luisricardo13]

Louise Fletcher won Best Actress, not best supporting actress.

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

Thank you for showing a younger generation who ‘nurse Ratched’ was/is in the series. I loved it! Another great for Ryan Murphy with Sarah Paulson, who is credited as an executive producer. Got a question for those who binged as soon as it dropped yesterday 😉. Anybody else get an Alfred Hitchcock feeling while they were watching?

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

Lil Ted.e Agree 100%

[@Jennyfisch]

No on the Hitchcock.

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

@Jennyfisch interesting. 🤔

[@tinseltownchick]

I got a Stanley Kubrick vibe. The set reminded me of the hotel from The Shining.

[@AngelofMusic04]

Yeah, I got the Hitchcock vibes. Probably because Murphy wouldn't stop using Bernard Herrmann music throughout the series at the most obvious times.

[@Jennyfisch]

I wish they had just made this "American Horror Story: Nurse" instead of pretending this had anything to do with the character from One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest apart from the name and the hair.

[@nicksurfs1]

Really? I haven't seen it yet and from the first trailer I saw that's what I thought it was. This video is where I learned about the connection. I love the book and hope I'm not disappointed by the series.

[@OldskolFan]

Jennyfisch I think they wanted a series with this. AHS changes every season. I am sure season 2 is in production?

[@haveheart91]

It has nothing to do with the book...they take a few elements from it. But they've just created a whole backstory on ratched that's made up, although I did enjoy both

[@faabihakhan]

The story is completely different!!

[@fadhilramadhani1847]

EXACTLY! Thank you. I just commented the same thing.

[@moimoi5050]

I watched the new show Ratched and she definitely didn’t come off as a villain. I’m so confused

[@cheyenneburgess9717]

That’s because there’s a reason for the things she does. She’s a villain that you root for. For example it was quite villainous what she did to that preacher that was a witness, but you understood why she did it.

[@crissylayne4329]

They just made this series to make a bunch of money off of an already known vilian that people will recognize and want to watch. It's crap.

[@kenpachi465]

The original Nurse Ratched was not villainous, she was only trying to maintain order in a low funded mental institute. The antagonist is not always evil.

[@crissylayne4329]

@@kenpachi465 yes she was. And part of it was that in her mind her actions were justifiable. She is ultimately responsible for McMurphy having a lobotomy by convincing doctors he needed to stay longer when she knew he was not truly, mentally ill. Just out of spite and for revenge. And she was able to convince them by always staying true to the role her evil self hid behind "good nurse" or upstanding citizen type. Apparently she even has you convinced, lol. Her ability to do that is scary!!

[@kenpachi465]

@@crissylayne4329 It was the hospital policy and in many mental institutes for lobotomy if the patient showed violence and a danger. McMurphy got a lobotomy after several dangerous acts - he stole a bus and boat to go on a joy ride with the patients, he convinced the group to rebel against her and threw a party, and the last straw was choking Nurse Ratched and broke her neck. Nurse Ratched was losing order but policy took care of McMurphy not her actions.

[@Amber-mo1po]

But she isn’t really a villain, she did everything she had to do. The only scary part was that she was smart enough to do everything in such a flawless way

[@RamblingSailors]

Um...nah.

[@naniborgesen1818]

In the movie Cuckoo’s Nest, I agree. In the show, she is definitely more sinister.

[@michiamamomimi]

She lobotomized McMurphy simply to punish and silence him, that is unquestionably evil.

[@nihil8436]

She is evil, there are many mental health professionals exactly like this, they can hide behind the guise of helping. But they are truly evil and they are smart enough to know they are damaging people, they can't convince themselves they are helping. They are sadistic, they take joy in controlling and dehumanising people in a vunerable position.

[@magdalena_dewinter]

so she had to lie about being a nurse to get into the army? she had to give an innocent priest a lobotomy just because he saw her brother kill? she had to drive people to suicide?

[@chloebaik7862]

I dont like how the show turned into a drama halfway. I wish they had stuck with the physiological horror theme all the way through

[@xhexie21]

I feel Paulson wasn’t right for this character. She is an amazing actress but she always has such an emotional presence and I sympathised with her Ratched fairly quickly. Fletcher gives nothing away and her expression void - much more chilling.

[@Jennyfisch]

I agree that Paulson's acting style is much more emotionally open, but I wouldn't say that Fletcher gave nothing away. You can clearly see the frustration when things don't go her way and the satisfaction when she has control over her patients. It's subtle and cool, but it's there.

[@FryingPan76]

It's a younger ratched. I bet the character arc will have her develop towards fletcher's version

[@mariahr8595]

Yeah that’s kind of the point.... it’s like people rooting for Joe from “You”.

[@delrey874]

The age of Ratched is clearly different between the original version and the Netflix version. The Netflix version is the story before Ratched became a villain. So she is still a normal woman and emotional. Let's see what happens after Season 2. I think Sarah Paulson is a good fit for the Ratched role.

[@helianthe3457]

I feel like it's more the way the character is written thant Paulson's fault. She was written much more open and compassionate imo. We'll see how it turns out if they make another season!

[@TheHitechHobo]

I just binged this show! Really good. Set design and costumes were on point.

[@thebigl156]

Louise Fletcher won the Oscar for Best Actress in a LEADING role for her performance as Ratched, Not supporting. Sloppy research.

[@renan.csmaia]

But her character was really supporting.

[@Dankos98]

@@renan.csmaia Doesn't change the fact that she won for lead and not a support

[@stevena.2306]

RIP Louise Fletcher, she made the character Nurse Ratched into a household name. great talent.

[@paleobc65]

I remember watching this film never understanding why she was considered the villain lol she just seemed like someone doing her job

[@starfirechik]

paleobc65 Yeah, that's exactly how I thought.. that's why Ratched seemed so dramatized if it is based on this character alone..

[@vaskylark]

WTF? She is a giant bully, without a grain of empathy and true sympathy for these people in an insane asylum who are at her mercy. She messes with their heads, manipulating them, frightening them, not at all good for their conditions in fact making their mental illness worse. She is the epitome of a villain and all this blather about her being some feminist, strong tough woman, the joke is Nurse Ratched IS a sociopath and belongs in there herself!

[@paleobc65]

vaskylark I watched it when I was a kid so my viewpoint was different back then even though I did understand the movie was set in the 60’s so she probably thought she was actually doing her job. The patients literally invited prostitutes to an asylum how was she supposed to react.

[@FadeToBlack888]

@@paleobc65 so in the book she was pure evil, but the director, Milos Foreman thought it would be more interesting if she was someone unintentionally evil who genuinely thought she was helping her patients

[@lolli2943]

There is always a nurse ratchet ..in every hospital. Her character is iconic.

[@Tia-Marie]

Not gonna lie, now that people use the word "Ratchet" as an insult, it took me like over a year to realise they weren't insulting them by comparing them to Nurse Ratchet --- Here I just thought a lot of people were fans of the book or movie XD

[@TheMorganVEVO]

lmao 😂

[@TahtahmesDiary]

I'm the opposite, never heard of the character, but I've known what "ratchet" means my whole life and had to click in to confirm what I already suspected

[@treearoha]

It’s Ratched not ratchet lol

[@paul6925]

It was meant as an insult whenever I heard it

[@rodrigoaalonso_]

Ratchet is the criminal of murder on the orient express, you should read it its an amazing book

[@jvalentino6466]

I dont get how the trailer kept giving her this terrifying, scary nurse when in the show she was actually weak and nowhere scary

[@robenclark1537]

I thought the same thing

[@jofin86]

I think that was intentionally set that way...that’s how I assumed the series would go. However, once it progressed her weakness was exposed more and more, like onion layers.

[@asterphy]

At some points she is terrifying. She drugs a man and drives him to killing himself, and another man is boiled alive (even if unintentional) by her. The thing that’s supposed to get you is the slight way she doesn’t seem sound of mind. Like the way she contradicts herself, her compassion, yet her lack of empathy. And the whole while she sees herself as a good person. It’s the way she’s just off, almost like she belongs in the hospital.

[@nothingcatchy7177]

Show was a big let down for me

[@jvalentino6466]

@@nothingcatchy7177 same. Finally. Some people are blinded by the beautiful sets and good actors.

[@bm-oy7oz]

The show started good, but it kinda went downhill, Ryan wasn't able to deliver everything he promised, I only watched everything because of Sarah, she was spectacular

[@mariaquintanilla566]

I love Ryan Murphy but I feel like this about so many of his projects! They all start off so strong but the endings always feel rushed. I think it’s because there’s always so many layers 🧅 in the character’s backstories as well as the overall story.

[@bm-oy7oz]

@@mariaquintanilla566 yes, I agree with everything you've said

[@ImpracticalDefects]

Sophie Okenodo's Ondine character is based on this KZbin video ""Small, Angry Man Yells at Trumpet Player in New York City"

[@kimdavis1017]

She really acted her tail off in that role. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@KatieDeGo]

Ken Kesey was a psych ward attendant. He wrote this book based on going to work high on LSD and this was his perception of what actually happened on the unit he worked on.

[@KenMasters.]

Ken Kesey would be livid if he saw this series, than how he was when he saw the movie.

[@oh_adhi]

I did NOT get an evil feel from Nurse Ratchet at all.

[@amirrhodesve791]

even when she put an ice pick in a guys eye

[@PLLDHFr]

@@amirrhodesve791 In the show but not in the movie. I just watched the movie and she wasn't evil at all so I don't understand why they're calling her a villain either.

[@BruceWayneLover14]

You HAVE to read the book 😔. (Not meant to be rude, more as of a suggestion) She is pure evil there, the way she made their life's miserable.

[@PLLDHFr]

@@BruceWayneLover14 Oh okay! I thought the movie adaptation was close to the book. In the movie, she isn't a great person but she isn't bad either, so it's hard to understand the show's perspective. But if she really is evil in the book, it's more understandable. Thanks for the reply and suggestion!

[@oh_adhi]

@@amirrhodesve791 She gave him a sedative so presumably he would feel pain...not exactly evil material.

[@lunarlooney13]

Just in my opinion....as someone who suffers from mental illness, is a fan of the original story, and well knows the history of abuses committed against people like us in psychiatric institutions, and watched the show all the way through- I just can’t help but feel like Ratched completely missed the point of the original source material, and frankly, throws out the narrative and commentary surrounding mental illness and the treatment thereof by the system in favor of pointless, unneeded drama. I was actually kind of offended by it’s portrayal of more significant mental illnesses at times, and how they further dramatized it and twisted it to fit this scandalous narrative they’ve cooked up for this character. If you aren’t already aware, Nurse Ratched, in the original source material, is supposed to be a personification of the system, and furthermore a portrayal of how “normal” people treat/abuse/control those deemed “unfit” or “disabled” by common society, especially in an environment in which people believe is supposed to help said group of people. This is all completely my opinion, so I’m certain there will be people that disagree, but I believe that Ms. Paulson’s performance and the rest of the cast of the show would’ve been MUCH better served had thus just been an original, separate character, in her own story. Murphy essentially just took the name of a famously reviled character in literature and ignored the entire discourse and allegorical elements of said character in order to gain extra publicity for what is just, essentially, a more salacious and visually interesting adaptation of his second season of American Horror Story. While the show was well made, I and many others found it ultimately incredibly disappointing, and again, rather offensive at times when it comes to the portrayal and ignorance of the narrative of the mentally ill.

[@jenniferlawrence9473]

I can see what you're saying, but if you take into account the time period this film was portraying, that's exactly what people thought about mental illness at the time including doing lobotomies. Girl Interrupted is probably a more accurate film of mental illness, but I don't think this was meant to take on such a task. And as someone who has been diagnosed as having Emotional Disregulation disorder or Boderline Personality disorder, I didn't have any issues with it, personally. At any rate, I hope you're doing well. I still have issues with 'over reacting' to situations, but they've gotten much better.

[@joshuaa1605]

Blows my mind how so many people I come across tell me how much the love Ratched. And when I ask do you know where she came from they havent a clue! Never saw one flew over the cuckoos nest and have no idea who nurse ratched was. Crazy

[@Morealz]

Sarah Paulson is PERFECT for this role! One of the greatest actresses in this era!!!

[@digby_dooright]

I agree. Sarah Paulson is new for me, meaning I haven't watched her in a lot of things, but I have a feeling she will win an Oscar at some point.

[@catalinarose3306]

It didn't take Louise Fletcher long in the scenes to make me understand that she understood that Randall was not mentally ill, but that she wanted him to be punished for his behavior. She was aware of the problems it was causing, and that was what she wanted, for him to be lobotomized. Those little things like, mentioning that she and Billi's mom are old friends. And the decline of her "group therapy", which actually hurt patients enough to keep them clinging to their problems. I agree that she is very systematic, but she seemed to enjoy it.

[@limka1]

Absolutely love it! Can’t wait for season 2!!! Acting, costumes, colours, scenery just WOW!!! I think is one of the best series!

[@hmmmmm4768]

Sarah’s nurse ratched is not evil either, if you watch the series she helps several people in the institution and you learn her and her “brothers” horrific background.

[@nick-lv3rh]

She's not evil yet, I think. Some more things will happen in the next seasons, she will do more evil things and stuff like that. I mean, it's the origin of her story, after all.

[@hmmmmm4768]

nick I completely agree I’m excited. I also wanna see if the rich boy ends up at the hospital !

[@nick-lv3rh]

@@hmmmmm4768 Oh, right, it's pretty possible he ends up there! It's going to be interesting watching them deal with him

[@OldskolFan]

She’s pretty evil though? She talked a man into suicide and she let a man boil to death. She was going to kill the doctor for money, lol. I think her niceness and appearance of sanity makes her more scary. Remember that peach scene? She gets what see wants.

[@nick-lv3rh]

@@OldskolFan you're right 😭

[@delthomas6479]

Sophie Okenedo should be awarded an Oscar, Bafta and an Emmy. Supurb acting!

[@ccmp18]

Louise Fletcher said that neither Murphy or Paulson meet with her in order to discuss the character, so it was like an own take on the character. But I've seen only the first to episodes so I don't know yet.

[@Nakiimushi]

Just finished Ratched and it felt a little all over the place, it became a bit too much in the end. And it felt like I was watching AHS, but it was beautifully shot and the costume design was perfect.

[@daffinsports]

imagine AHS asylum with nurse ratched... oh what could have been 😭

[@boinger5]

From my perspective from working in the hospital for decades, nurse Ratched is a really good nurse just trying to keep the mentally ill from hurting themselves! That One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest movie was like propaganda piece for cutting health care costs by closing places and firing health staff which just led to massive homelessness! As far as I've ever known, mental health care is the least well funded, most understaffed and stigmatized and least understood health care service for helping people when these people are at their lowest point in life. Bring back more Nurse Ratcheds and more community support for those in need.

[@boinger5]

I think the worst part about mental health care in the 1960s and 70s were all those pseudo-science labotomies on the mentally ill. Life is awfully difficult once a person's brain is not working so well. More investment in better treatments and supports are needed for the mentally ill and their family. And I didn't bother watching this Nurse Ratched series, sorry.

[@lemonsherbert8915]

I loved the peach scene, it was hilarious. Anyways in the series Ratched isn't evil at all in fact I always side with villains who were made villains, so even Edmund wasn't all that bad.

[@clarissanm918]

Huck my sweet angel didn't deserve that ending, I connected with his character so much! The actor did a fine job.

[@athecheat]

I saw it coming too, the kindest person in the story, I knew the creep was going to kill him :(

[@ThePupack]

Huck was such a sweetheart 😢😢

[@clarissanm918]

I know I could see him dying too I just didn't think in that way. But it wasn't Charlotte's fault and he was a true sweetheart indeed.

[@LovePandyFace]

My heart freaking BROKE for Huck. He was so sweet.

[@jamezzz0035]

I think I will change my appointment to... Next month... Yes, next month would do just fine...

[@ajmalaj4381]

It's look like another season of American Horror story

[@Dauerglotzer123]

Paulson seems perfect for that aesthetic

[@charlottefisher107]

It's supposed to be nothing like AHS

[@snooberoid]

that's because it is! it's a great show the only thing that holds it back is it trying to sell itself as a 'one flew over the cuckoos nest' prequel when there is nothing connecting the two apart from nurse ratched. it is more of a s10 of ahs imo.

[@Ash_W04]

Alfie Hunt I think it’s not twisted enough to be AHS, but everything besides the “scary” parts are definitely there! I also felt that she seemed nothing like Nurse Ratched because she actually changed and had kindness yet it’s supposed to be a prequel

[@hihihihi1803]

honestly if ratched was in AHS it would have been way better than 1984 🤢

[@shengyi1701]

The Joker takes on the Nurse at the Nest! “I have given a name to my pain and it is Ratched! Will someone tell me what kind of world we live that someone dressed like a nurse gets all my press?” Ratched responds to the villain Joker, “Save one life and you’re a hero. Save 100 lives, well then, you’re a nurse!”

[@tevincollins2869]

Joker would turn her in to Harley realm fast

[@JW-lr8sd]

THANK YOU! As a millennial, I hadn't understood that Ratched the series was a prequel to the 70's movie I have not yet seen... It looks SO GOOD! But I needed some context to understand the importance of the series. Thank you for this video Netflix! Whoever's idea this post was, deserves some major credit. I'm going to start the series NOW! :)

[@lucastang1486]

I’m disappointed nothing came out of the peach scene

[@autumnatic]

I mean.. did you watch all the episodes?

[@zamorapakalolo6699]

What did you want to come out of peach scene?

[@Vanessa.ra1819]

Bucket threw it up later during the lobotomy procedure. Das about it.

[@nataliasiqueira7884]

Nothing came out of anything. The whole show feels like a succession of events intended to shock the audience with no real purpose.

[@mindy56374]

YEEEAAHHH, you included the "Spaced" homage! Good work, someone knows their pop culture

[@qwerty11222]

Just done watching the first season. Most of the actors were amazing like Dr. Hanover, the black lady with multiple personality disorder, Huck, Nurse Bucket and all the other characters

[@potofgoldseeker4248]

The Black lady w/ multiple personalities name is Charlotte

[@qwerty11222]

PotOfGold Seeker oh yeah. She was Dr Hanover too lol

[@drlee2]

Hanover was the only character I didn't like.

[@princesssmileyface91]

I think Nurse Rachet was a very professional nurse, who let power go to her head.

[@gwlad1575]

Am I the only one surprised to know that they actually focus on one colour palette but No red (except lipstick) no orange and no purple. They mostly use Green tones because green represents lust, envy, oppression and violence. Look at the colours in the scene, it indicates the mood of the characters. [ probably everyone knows that, but I was surprised 😅 ]

[@justacutehyperbole121]

The colors of the show are so beautiful

[@beachstreet101]

“One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” was incredible and entertaining.

[@mznaeture]

There is absolutely NOTHING tacky or ordinary about the wardrobe, set, acting & cinematography, it's a rather delightful picturesque and extraordinary viewing experience indeeed!!!

[@fadiabdi7103]

The use of the word "villain" here really hurts the reader of the Original Novel .

[@msfs19941]

The series with Sarah Paulson was just amazing! The acting from the whole cast was phenomenal

[@Silkymud]

the story felt like it lost its direction often so random things would happen because the writers suddenly remembered the plot needed to move forward. And don't get me started on how they wrote Nurse Ratched's character. Didn't feel so much as a prequel/origin story to the iconic character but instead a loooong episode of ahs.

[@bang5657]

I have no idea why these people think the character is great. In the movie and book, her evilness came from her cold, dehumanizing, and power hungry nature. She was never an outright killer.

[@LovePandyFace]

That's the AHS writes for you. All over the place.

[@bruceseer2043]

Louise Fletcher won the Oscar as "Best Actress", not "Best Supporting Actress", as the narrator says.

[@JWestwood]

The set was so beautiful the way they made us all feel like we were in the 1940s

[@pheenobarbidoll2016]

They Castle Rocked her, like they did Annie on Castle Rock. Should have just made her an independent character.

[@reiikof7556]

The show is good on its own. However when mentioned it's supposed to be a prelude to Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest it becomes stupid tbh

[@naomismit5200]

I have met so many nurses who legit remind me of Ratched!!

[@dr.bitchcraft5457]

I don’t think Ratched is evil. I think she’s just been shaped to be a woman who likes toying with people’s minds.

[@kallias.3503]

And how she is shaped this way? Just asking im interested...when i first saw the movie i perceived her as cold distant and a little but sadistic maybe im over the top...

[@dr.bitchcraft5457]

kallia s. Her and her brother were forced to have sex with each other when they were children. If that doesn’t cause some severe sadistic issues I don’t know what does.

[@witchmoonstone444]

Trauma

[@cathylindeboom5108]

Is "toying with people's minds", especially in a psychiatric setting, not evil??

[@kristi9]

I watched the new Ratched and in my opinion it was amazing. I can't wait for a 2nd season- it's getting bad reviews and I have no idea why. This show was A+ and the actors were phenomenal

[@cierahowell8653]

I don’t think they did too well with her Prequel. I had to take it as a completely separate story.

[@okimawilcox1550]

Saw this live onstage in Chicago with Gary Sinese playing the lead and the Native American actor reprising his role. Mind. Blowing. People literally booed nurse Ratched at the end!

[@leticiacuello2003]

I watched the movie in my teens and I didn’t think the nurse was the villain. I thought she was just doing her job.

[@airasakura]

she’s being an angel

[@Acemancello]

She was definitely the antagonist

[@apollo4suns494]

@Jesus Christ ok

[@arurathore3445]

I am watching ratched currently and damn it's so different and amazing and Sarah Paulsons acting made it even more amazing

[@michaeldwatkins_]

I can't honestly comment on the series itself, having not seen it, but there is a difficulty in dealing with characters who have been embodied so flawlessly in the past. It isn't so much that these characters shouldn't be explored more fully at all - that style of gatekeeping is not something I'd condone - but I've always felt the idea of remaking or branching off from perfection to be a very odd thing for an artist to want to do. It's like when you see directors/filmmakers of any number of the current remakes and reboots that fill cinemas talk about how they wanted to make a new version of a film because they loved the first one so much, and this always struck me as odd. Surely the point of remaking something should be to fix or better the original, no? And the fact is, you simply cannot top Louise Fletcher's performance as Nurse Ratched. Ask any film lover and she'd undoubtedly rank among one of the best five villainous roles of all-time. It's like trying to delve deeper into Rick from Casablanca, or Vito in The Godfather (had Godfather II not already done so). It isn't that I don't think Sarah Paulson is a phenomenally gifted actress - I think she's terrific - but I can't help but think that Murphy's obsession with mid-century pop culture is getting a little tiresome, much in the same way that Tarantino's similar, if entirely more bloody, fixation is becoming more tedious with every passing film.

[@danicamonroe]

I think Paulson did an excellent job, I couldn’t stop watching the series once I started. There could not be a better actress chosen to play this role in the series. You should try to watch it to see how you feel

[@juliajulie8500]

@@danicamonroe Have you seen the original?? Come on, this series may be great on it's own but compared to the Miloš Forman movie it really is awful. Why even compare the two? I find it absurd and pretty insulting to both Ken Kesey and Miloš Forman.

[@Jennyfisch]

I think it's best if you view this as a completely separate story and just ignore the fact that she is called Mildred Ratched. Other than that, nothing will remind you of the film, the original character or anything else related to it. But you won't miss that much if you give this a skip, either.

[@zlatkoorlic7563]

I watched this series this past weekend. I highly recommend it. It was excellent!

[@efelicino222]

Are we not gonna talk about how Sarah played in Grey’s Anatomy American horror story this in more😃 also happy Halloween 🎃

[@mznaeture]

Omg the COLORS, FASHION, DECOR & ARTISTRY drew me in while the excellent writing and splendid use of the 'cape fear' suspenseful musical score kept me watching 👏🏾 Plus, i love PSYCHOLOGY which is my field of study so i certainly appreciated the stellar use of appropriately assessed terminology 🎓💯

[@lartisteautravail]

It’s unsettling to me that in a time when the US faces a collapse into fascism, Hollywood keeps doing this “But shouldn’t we sympathize with villains?” thing so much.

[@kayishathompson6607]

I’m so glad I came across this video. Nurse Ratchet is iconic!

[@km1dash6]

I think Nurse Ratched can be read as a representation of mental health treatment at the time. People were institutionalized, and often seen as subhuman. Medical professionals were often told that being professional meant being cold and emotionally removed to maintain their objectivity. In that sense, Nurse Ratched is just a stand in for society.

[@janetbratter1]

What I really found fascinating in the Sarah Paulson, Ratched and the film in general were the perfectly symmetrical and highly polished sets. The use of the most stunning the shades of primary colors and GREENs throughout are reminiscent of the equally saturated colors in the comic-book look of “Dick Tracy” with Madonna and Warren Beatty. It’s as if realism was intentionally thrown out (in both films).

[@secretsquirrel7374]

I feel like I need to watch One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest now.

[@johnhebert3855]

The jaw dropping visuals makes this show almost surrealistic.

[@michelleraudez668]

Who else didn’t think that Nurse Ratched wasn’t that evil Besides the part where she made Billy commit suicide

[@mlatin22]

Honestly ratched caught my attention at the beginning because I thought she was going to be killing people at the mental hospital but she never killed nobody.. except for those soldiers that were suffering so 2 ⭐️

[@mlatin22]

Also the movie one flew over the cuckoos nest wasn’t that good.. nurse ratched was just a nurse, she never did anything wrong but trying to keep everything in order at the mental hospital ugh!

[@eaglebearer4589]

Totally agree! Not for once I though she was the villain and I actually ended up rooting for her.

[@dontliveinfear.7640]

mlatin22 she killed the priest ....

[@michelleraudez668]

Jesus Christ Actually I have only watched one episode of Ratched so i don’t know any of the evil things she did on that show but for One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, up until Billy committed suicide, I thought she was just doing her job, maybe even being nice.

[@cokonutraw8800]

They could have called this tv show Nurse Jane or Jill or Betty or Agnes because it absolutely undeniably unabashedly had zero relation to the Nurse Ratched from OFOTCN, i mean, it’s not even a comprehensible charater study of the character. Nurse Ratched is NOT simply a portrait of psychological will or madness; she’s a portrait of cruelty, hatred and vindictiveness which Louise Fletcher perfectly captured.

[@kittykate314]

Louise won Best Actress, not Supporting Actress!

[@tansiamcewan9044]

Never heard of this character before, but after watching this and knowing how of great of an actor Sarah Paulson is she is most definitely a perfect match for this role. I'm soo going to watch this now

[@divogalindra9821]

I’m watching this series on Netflix and have no idea who she is So here I am

[@LittleMissStamper]

This was the best show maybe ever on Netflix....up there with You , also an awesome show

[@enzoponon]

It’s funny that her patient came from The Shining. Hehe.

[@janetbratter1]

Enzo Ponon Very good observation!

[@buddahstar8]

OMG I Could Never Hate Sarah She is Just Beautiful and such a great actor.