RATCHED got me stressed AF * first time watching * reaction & commentary

[@johndavis4252]

Ice pick or orbital lobotomy was pretty common before regular mental health practice. The Kennedy family did it to JFK's sister as a way to keep her from being an embarrassment.

[@sproductionsinc]

Wouldn't that make her more of an embarrassment in their eyes, though? lol

[@susanberrier5727]

​@@sproductionsincshe was locked away in a hospital.

[@billwenham]

​@@susanberrier5727 Drove by that hospital all the time when I was younger. Was always super sad knowing she was in there.

[@joshuacoldwater]

@@sproductionsinc no. Had the procedure actually worked, she would’ve been released. It is supposed to “calm” a person, it also “eliminates all emotion”, but it “calmed” them. There are quite a few people still alive and living in society who had this procedure done. Most people have no idea who they are.

[@anath7589]

Her name was Rosemary & was developmentally challenged, though the doctors couldn’t diagnosed it. As she got older, “Rosie” grew rebellious as she was frustrated she wasn’t on the same level as her siblings & would sneak out at night. Worried, they looked for solutions. Those that pioneered lobotomies assured Joe Kennedy it would be successful & solve the problem, even though the AMA hadn’t approved it & there were many failed cases. So without his wife’s knowledge, he allowed the doctors to operate & it was immediately obvious it had failed. Rosiewas then immediately institutionalized & Joe isolated her from the family. Yeah, everything I’ve read about Joe told me he was a big “d*ck.” Eventually, the family re-established contact, especially her sister Eunice…they developed a special bond. It was Eunice that created the Special Olympics as a result. As president, JFK proposed & signed legislation to improve the lives of those with intellectual disabilities with Teddy continuing that work. Rosie died in 2005.

[@jaydoubleyew]

Do I think no characterization of Nurse Ratched will ever reach the heights of Louise Fletcher? Yes. Nobody can outdo Louise Fletcher. Is Sarah Paulson super fun in this show? Also yes.

[@NeptuneLady1957]

I loved this series! I had everybody at work watching! Aside from the story and the actors, it is extremely visually engaging! Ready to go back into Racheted

[@GigiC4]

I'm glad you started by rewatching the first episodes that you already saw, it would have been weird if you had started at episode 4.

[@NewEnglandMovies]

Hey it worked for Star Wars

[@mickaleneduczech8373]

People watching operations as a show was actually quite popular, and is actually why operating rooms where called theaters.

[@otherstar1]

The motel owner is a fabulous actress in her own right...Amanda Plummer, daughter of famous actor Christopher Plummer. (She was also Wiress in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire...and has been in quite a few movies)

[@taylordeaton6619]

Pulp fiction 😊

[@kyonghealy3633]

My favorite Sarah Paulson is in the show Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Gold!!! Happy Birthday!🥳

[@vanessawhitneypro]

SO sad that NBC gave up on that one… What a brilliant show!

[@kyonghealy3633]

@@vanessawhitneypro Yes! Sarah and so many others got to show their whole range of ability. Heartwarming and hilarious, too! 💖🤣

[@The22ndDoctor]

Before power steering became widely available, the steering wheels were bigger to help get more turning force applied to a smaller gear.

[@joehung1552]

I want to thank you for helping me fall in love with movies and franchises again with your reactions.

[@DravenGal]

I was in a cooking class about a decade ago. During one of the first classes of the semester, we had to fill out a sheet about food allergies/sensitivities. AFTER we did that, the Chef teaching the class told us we were going to be eating oysters (not sure if they were raw or cooked). Now, I am EXTEMELY sensitive to textures, and slimy things make me puke. I told the teacher that, and he said it didn't matter, I HAD to eat them. Well, that day came around, our itineraries told us what day we were doing seafood, and I called in sick...as I was already retching at the thought of eating oysters (not a big seafood fan in general (though I do like some good crabcakes). I even got a doctor's note. Well, that teacher wasn't happy, but I wasn't faking, and he couldn't prove I was if I had been. He was one of the rare teachers in my schooling career who didn't like me. I ask a lot of questions, as I like understanding stuff. I've learned since, that a LOT of chefs don't like being asked questions, it's their way or the highway (not all, of course, but many) and he was a prime example. Ah well. You can't win them all, and I passed the class with a good grade.

[@viviannafernandezowings8504]

If you want to be scared, fall in love, cry, laugh, and feel part of something watch Supernatural. I realize it's probably way too long of a series, but oh, what a ride.

[@NEKONEKOMAO]

Oh yes!!!! I'll be to re ride that ride 😂!!!!!

[@sumthingwikked4257]

​@@NEKONEKOMAO We'll need to raise 15 grand for emotional support. One grand for each season of therapy needed for this road so far. 🥲

[@susanstrand5599]

Ryan Murphy tends to use extra cool colors throughout his films. He uses the same actors quite often as well.

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

One of the best things in this series is the Cape Fear music they keep using, classic.

[@BrandonWendt-s1z]

Besides all of the cinematography, the vintage clothing is everything. I would love to talk to the costume designer on this series. I know that pretty much all of the costumes that they’re wearing are vintage pieces from the 1940s and they’re gorgeous, it just blows my mind.

[@LeighMet]

Oh yes lets go over the cukuko nest. Disney's Little mermaid came out in 1989.

[@cosmicslice7267]

Roles like this for Sarah Paulson all started with American Gothic back in '95...CBS really botched the airing of it though.

[@mrkelso]

It was a GREAT show, though, despite network incompetency.

[@corbelius6]

Happy Birthmonth! Keep up the great work.

[@molon_labe_nc9390]

Bologna with fried eggs and some sharp cheddar slices on white bread with a lil mayo 😋 absolutely delicious

[@MandiSings94]

Ashleigh! '94 babies unite. I'm also turning 30 this year on April 11th. Happy early birthday 🎊🎁💙

[@williamjones6031]

Ep 1, I felt the burn she laid on him from here. Ouch😰 Ep 2, I make a serious oyster stew. It's my New Year meal. Louis Gossett Jr. RIP😇 27 May 1936-28 March 2024 "An Officer and a Gentleman" Best Supporting actor.

[@tremorsfan]

I used to think Nurse Ratched was just misunderstood in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. After watching this show I think I may have to rethink my ideas.

[@tree6787]

I honestly don't think she was misunderstood. She was just evil! She knew exactly what she was doing to those poor people and she didn't care, she loved getting a rise out of them, she loved being in charge and in control of all those people.

[@nightfall902]

Best to read the book to understand the characters. This series is just another cash grab of a classic.

[@Laysea89]

Love that you’re watching this!! I was devastated when they announced they wouldn’t continue 😢

[@karabearcomics]

It's a grim reminder seeing the woman who was there for a lobotomy just because she was gay. Mental health practices from not even that long ago (my grandmother lived through this time) could be so bad that they feel like they're centuries removed from us. It can tell you how far we've come, but also how easy it could be to slip into some terrible practices if we slip backwards even a little bit. As with every video of yours, I recommend the movie Imagine Me & You, as well as Zsazsa Zaturnnah.

[@Songdaddy]

The wife of the Governor is Cynthia Nixon. She played Miranda in Sex and the City.

[@tremorsfan]

Extruded means that they take all the leftover parts of the pig and grind it up into a mush before pushing it through a tube.

[@nightfall902]

If you let people look it up (Google it) themselves they will retain the information better....if they really wanted to know in the first place.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

April is my birth month, too! Have a good one (a little early). 💉 I love this show.

[@mandyb2245]

Ashleigh: Why is she triggering him? Me: She's good at triggering people.

[@elizabethstrong6057]

The mayor is played by Vincent D'onofrio. He's been in many things including Men in Black- Edgar, the alien wearing the skin suit. Hope you get thru the whole series this time :)

[@adamtaylor7546]

I don't know what TV show you have to watch next, but Joe Flaherty just died and (besides SCTV which was a sketch show and may be too dated) his best known work was probably as the father on "FREAKS AND GEEKS". Can I suggest you watch this series? Its 13 1-hour episodes produced by Judd Apatow. Both FREAKS AND GEEKS and SCTV have amazing casts that I don't want to mention, because I'd rather watch you geek out in your reaction.

[@Wraiven22]

We love our Aries qween! I turn 30 in May, feels absolutely terrifying 🫠

[@BlairMuellerArt]

"the head against the toilet bowl was almost too much for me...." OMG, you have no idea what you're in for then. I love horror, and I'm all about a great story and all that.. but I don't like body mutilation horror, or some medical related horror... it really gets under my skin and makes me sick. LOL. I had to stop watching this show after the drug induced, severed arms, surgery scene.. my god that will be etched into my brain forever. So disturbing. I never did go back to finish the show. Aside from that one scene, I was really loving this show.

[@leslieschatz6665]

Happy Birthday Month! My birthday is the 8th! Go team Aries! 💪🎉🎂

[@silverlobo2135]

Greetings Ashleigh Yes priest can live together in monasteries, rectories, parochial or clergy houses, chapels or chapel houses, presbyteries, or priories, just to name a few of the names for their joint residencies. Since its 1947, the 'interesting looks" are more likely about racism or some kind bigoted prejudices from her upbringing. While I never seen the show, I will venture to postulate that the "fantasy" Mildred proposes about the married couple and the child is supposed be her ACTUAL life backstory or related to the "Priest Killer". Yes, I believe he is the "brother they took away from me" that Rachet was referring to. There you go it proves that Ratched and Killer are related. The brother is probably more of a Sociopath than Schizophrenic or Psychopath. She lobotomized the priest to the point of vegetation to prevent him from remembering and testifying. Without an eyewitness, it would be harder to prove the brother was the killer. If he can control his impulses, he can be "shown" to be gentle and harmless. Thus, not very likely to be the killer. As someone who has eaten oysters, they can be a little salty and maybe 'slimy' but can actually taste good. Compared to people that eat frog legs, snails, bugs, goose liver, and some of the 'strange' Southern foods and meats, oysters taste MUCH better. They use (choice) to eat oysters by the secretary is that oysters are believed to be an aphrodisiac and put people more in the mood for a little "playtime" in bed, if you understand the meaning, The use of the vibrant colors is to emphasize the audacity and excessive separation from reality both of the mental patients, but also of Mildred's intentions and actions. I hope you realize that Mildred is the antagonist or 'bad character' of the story and not the hero or even anti-hero.

[@NaevisVibin]

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! Im sorry i didnt say it on the day of, your one of my favorite youtubers thank you for being you and being here💜🩵

[@easagepie]

Happy birthday Ashliegh!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Loved this reaction!!!

[@scottboswell6406]

If giving you the willingness to watch a show you were scared to finish is our (your audience) birthday gift to you, Happy Birthday!! This came out when there were a few shows looking at famous villains as the stars/antiheroes, I skipped this one but my favorite was The Bates Motel! Norman and his mom were out there!! I'll watch this and see how far it goes!

[@h.donnellgrayiii4276]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEIGH 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 🎂 🥳 🎉!!!

[@normative]

I have to say, as a fan of both the book & film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, I absolutely despise the premise of this show. To make Ratched some kind of scheming sociopathic criminal with a supervillain origin story doesn’t just miss the point of the source material, it flips it on its head. The book & films are indictments of institutions, not “bad apple” individuals, and the fate of McMurphy is meant to show us where the internal logic of those institutions leads, not the sadism of one aberrant lobotomy-happy psycho.

[@nightfall902]

Bravo and thank you. As Is I said somewhere else....There are people that will love this and those that appreciate good shows. This is nothing more than another poorly executed cash grab on a classic work.

[@davidabbott7270]

Ashleigh I kind of like this series it's interesting thank you for introducing us to it. I can't wait to watch the future episodes with you and enjoy the ride.

[@w3rk3r]

The show was WAY better than I was expecting the first time I watched it 😮

[@RealTechZen]

In keeping with the ever present theme of Nurse Ratchet's intolerant precision: 1 - Nobody would have said, "Have a nice day." in 1947. In any case, nobody ever would have said it to Mildred Ratchet more than once.😬 2 - Thorazine™ (Chlorpromazine) was first synthesized in 1951. I will find a way to watch this series. I knew someone in 1972 who was diagnosed a mild schizophrenic and accepted her doctor's recommendation for a prefrontal lobotomy. She deserved better, but she had already been so brutalized with electroconvulsive "therapy" that she would have signed anything to avoid another session of that. Afterwards, she could still think fairly clearly, but she could barely communicate her thoughts at all. You don't want to know the rest.

[@PrismaticController]

I hope Ash takes an edible for next week's reaction of Ratchet.

[@williamblakehall5566]

(Ashleigh has the same birthday as Jen Murray?)

[@kbaylor123]

Omg I love this show. Seriously underrated!

[@Joedirt3349]

Happy birthday to Miss Ashleigh 😃 also in response to ms Ratcheds statement no one is helped by dating more

[@sweetcakes77_7]

Great to see you again and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!🎊🎈🎉

[@unclejack123]

Happy Birthday Ashleigh ...... LufYa

[@davidtroupe2763]

Waiting for your Jessica Lange movie reaction.... My favorites are Tootsie (1982) and Crimes of the ❤️ (1986) and Ryan Murphy's 'Feud' (2017) with Jessica Lange as Joan Crawford and Susan Sarandan as Bette Davis.

[@PatrickJDoyle-bw3fu]

Happiest of birthdays Ashleigh

[@taylordeaton6619]

Omg we're the same age. 94 babies!

[@Jamdoggy]

Nurse Mildred Ratched was a main character in the Book "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" from the early 1960's which was made into a movie in 1975, starring Louise Fletcher as Ratched (I remember her better as Kai Winn in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). My Grandmother was also an ex-army nurse, so I was aware of the name Ratched as a kid, almost like she was some legendary real person. I haven't watched the new story yet, and want to watch it before your reaction, but intrigued by it...

[@brittroberds5500]

Yeah, you could get thrown in for anything. ADHD and ADD was a big one because those kids and patience were a “nuisance” and embarrassing. It’s sad. But I’m the same, hiding my face lol I work in medical and the procedures in this still get me.

[@bobkilla430]

bologna is disgusting if not heated by stove or fried. Oysters are delicious if prepared correctly.

[@cbobwhite5768]

Yes, he killed the priests. What makes you think he didn't kill a house full women?

[@rmhartman]

Has Ashleigh ever seen "One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest" ?

[@EricFeldmann]

ahh the sears catalog it's the first intro to lust

[@Uninvited72]

My birthday is the 7th too! Im NOT turning 30 😢. Happy Birthday!!!! 💛💛💛💛

[@NiKiMa023]

Happy (not30th) Birthday!! 🎉🎊🥳

[@pamelapetrosino4437]

Happy Birthday Ashleigh!!

[@EricFeldmann]

i loved the leg pop on the girl at the gads station

[@ashleyswaney1029]

I stopped watching this show after episode 2 because it scared me too! But I’m gonna watch your reactions to it instead. Safety in numbers

[@ssb031]

Extrudant meat means it's processed. Yeah ice pick lobotomies were pretty common back then..

[@michaelcooperwoti]

You met Sarah Paulson????????????????.. she's the bees knees in Glass

[@awkwardashleigh]

I DID MEET HER! You see it all on the vlog on the second channel!

[@Stephs_VibeRater]

Do you have Mr. Robot on your TV show list? If not then I wholly recommend it. It is a binge show and will truly twist your noggin!

[@freedomconrad1087]

Yes! That was a good show!

[@BrandonWendt-s1z]

Thanks!

[@ianobrien3248]

Never heard of a drill in the temple lobotomy

[@doorattachment6926]

Sarah Paulson is amazing in my opinion the best actress in the world. God I would die of I had to meet her in real life. She is perfection

[@andreasbenning]

Do priests live together? Dear Ashleigh, haven't you seen Father Ted?? ;D How had I forgotten about this show? Loved it!!! Waited vividly for more seasons, but there weren't ever any, were there? Thanks for uploading! Greetings from Sweden

[@TomboUK]

The.first thing I thought was Father Ted too :)

[@andreasbenning]

@@TomboUK Big dicks think alike! 😁

[@youyeedyourlasthaw]

Thank you Ashleigh

[@Boomerbox2024]

I know that you like to do tributes when a star passes away, so I sincerely hope that you find time to acknowledge the passing of Lou Gossett Jr. by reacting to Enemy Mine, A Raisin in the Sun, or the "Fiddler" episodes of Roots. You are the best, always have been. Thanks for sharing so much of yourself, and, of course, Happy Birthmonth 🎉

[@TothanCrawk]

My problem with this show is the same problem I have with American Horror Story. It starts out strong, but goes off the rails and seems like they're making it up as they go because they didn't have a concrete story line. Even actors confirmed they don't usually get scripts until almost last minute.

[@jackflash8218]

Because shows like this are all style, no substance. Made to pander to a pseudo-mature audience that likely says "OMG!" a lot.

[@TothanCrawk]

@@jackflash8218 all I know is I hope someone rescues Evan Peters from Ryan Murphy.

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@TothanCrawkHonestly, the only show of Murphy’s that doesn’t do that is Pose.

[@7autumn5]

The odd things people used to go to mental hospitals for…You should read or listen to The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

[@Hogtownboy1]

Here is heresy. I don’t think Paulson came close to Louise Fletcher in portrayal of Ratchet

[@Joedirt3349]

Yo that is facts

[@NewEnglandMovies]

KAI WINN was the original Ratched?

[@jamiesucie2685]

She wasn’t supposed to. It’s an origin story, she’s got to get older and colder.

[@Hogtownboy1]

@@NewEnglandMovies yes.

[@rumbledumpthumpershaker6735]

It's a stolen character that was stolen by someone with far less talent than the original writer. It shouldn't have even been the same character.

[@XxxZeexxX1993]

I'm so looking forward to the peach scene

[@XxxZeexxX1993]

And there it is

[@awkwardashleigh]

AND THERE IT IS

[@chrisbowers7523]

​@awkwardashleigh Madeline Kahn was also in the Muppets first movie in 1979 and Mel brooks who had done a parody of Alfred Hitchcock movies called high anxiety and Madeline Kahn was on sesame Street Muppets show and was with the Muppets and Mel brooks and are funny in this movie and even Steve Martin was in the Muppets first movie and on the Muppet show that was a tv show called the Muppet show was filmed in London because no one wanted to film it for 5 seasons from 1974 to 1981. Jim Henson's puppeteer friend was in the Muppets show and the Muppet movie but die after his scene was filmed and Madeline and Mel brooks finally finished high anxiety and they decided to give him a hand and Steve Martin is funny as a waiter . React to the Muppets shows and movies at some point and high anxiety with Mel brooks and Madeline Kahn .

[@melodic21]

Yesss! Now this reaction is gonna be good!!

[@paneledmeteor33]

You should cosplay as Mildred

[@andrewsawyer1375]

Happy Birthday lovely lady. You don't look no older than 23, 24 yrs old.

[@awkwardashleigh]

Oh thank you!

[@nightfall902]

What country do you live in?

[@andrewsawyer1375]

@@nightfall902 make believe

[@frankmahovlich5099]

I'm in agreement with you all the way Ashleigh about oysters. Did you ever wonder who was the first person to eat an oyster and how starvin' hungry must that person have been?!! And snails???

[@scottjones758]

Can't believe you still haven't seen Rosalind Russel- Mame. Hatch a dogs story is a real tearjerker.

[@paneledmeteor33]

Oh you met Paulson? How was she? She always reminds me of Miss Honey from Matilda

[@jilmarychastainclowers6712]

You should watch "Dolores Claiborne" to celebrate the eclipse! #solareclipse

[@ElliotNesterman]

"Not much meat on her, but what's there is cherce," is a famous line from _Pat and Mike,_ a 1952 sports/romance/comedy starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.

[@TheLrcoffey]

I think the first episode was really good capturing a dark spooky tone, and the rest lost that for me

[@yw1971]

25:11 - This one is real. See here on YT

[@jbwade5676]

❤

[@twooharmony2000]

37:27 ,,wigh you.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@MoviesandCoffee]

Another great film set in this era is Pleasantville. Think Back to the Future without the Delorean.

[@joejohnston3251]

Saying, not saying. I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. Huband Billy says hi.

[@pickmeasinner]

I find it extremely odd that you are so in awe of this psycho character

[@julianspence5010]

My sisters birthday is on April 7th lmao

[@gwumpyolman]

I haven't seen this show before. I enjoyed watching with you. I will see you next week for 13 Going On 30. If you were watching the original mermaid I would tune in Friday. Enjoy your weekend, and have a happy birthday.

[@dquanissavage6287]

Ashleigh Awesome Video Today!!🔥🐐🐐💎

[@michaeltortorice9876]

Sorry, Ashleigh, I'm not going to be able to take this journey with you. Got to 25 minutes in and my everything said NOPE! I'll be back on Friday.

[@UndeadEggmiester]

Man i forgot how bad this show is.. and how they utterly ruined the main character compared to how she was in the movie.

[@stephenpmurphy591]

It's not bad just not the cold rule following Nurse Ratched in the book & movie.

[@jackflash8218]

Most of these pandering, horseshit projects just look to hijack an already established commodity with a built-in audience because the people making the content don't have an originally talented bone in their bodies. Absolute fk'n shite!

[@nightfall902]

It's nearly the complete opposite of the book. Too hard to resist easy money from an established fan base.

[@jackflash8218]

A garbage show for a garbage audience.

[@Thisisacting88]

Love One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, Love this show, love Sarah love Judy, and love Amanda.

[@7autumn5]

The lobotomies made me cry.

[@twooharmony2000]

18:53 react, into it.-Ernie Moore Jr.

[@avibrantcityriot5539]

happy early birthday!! dirty 30 ftw :)

[@melanieparker]

Cynthia nixon is adorable.

[@titusmartin9120]

You are kinda slow to catch on what is going on with the plot of this show. Everything the nurse is doing is totally calculated for a sole purpose.

[@shaycupp2310]

I actually really enjoyed this show i wanted a season 2