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

[@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

[@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!

[@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 ♡

[@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

[@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! 🤣

[@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

[@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!

[@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?" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@soulrpower3031]

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

[@fiorebella3179]

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....

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@rossy9095]

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

[@TheMorganVEVO]

AGREED!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@treearoha]

Everyone in the comments calling her “Ratchet” 😂

[@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!

[@theodorebitsy]

When Dr. Hanover locked her in the closet and then came back to let her out after answering the door. He opened the closet and she went ”YOURE SHIT” i laughed so hard.

[@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?

[@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.

[@lolli2943]

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

[@luisricardo13]

Louise Fletcher won Best Actress, not best supporting actress.

[@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.

[@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.

[@eliniatollea]

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. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@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.😃

[@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

[@princesssmileyface91]

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

[@daffinsports]

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

[@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 😅 ]

[@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

[@goldie20lw]

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.

[@goldie20lw]

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"

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@HealingNomad]

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

[@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 .

[@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 🤢

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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??

[@fadiabdi7103]

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

[@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.

[@TheHitechHobo]

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

[@efelicino222]

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

[@kenpachi465]

I just watched the original Nurse Ratched and Netflix's Ratched is not the same character. The original Nurse Ratched was not villainous she was only trying to keep order. The antagonist is not always evil.

[@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 😭

[@secretsquirrel7374]

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

[@stevena.2306]

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

[@naomismit5200]

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

[@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.

[@arurathore3445]

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

[@jamezzz0035]

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

[@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.

[@m.r.5016]

The original Nurse ratched reminds me of Charlize Theron ...

[@saraxdouglas8577]

Ken kesey grew up in Springfield oregon, went to the university of oregon in eugene & as an adult lived and raised his kids in pleasent hill oregon. Springfield, Eugene, & Pleasent Hill Oregon are all just a couple of miles apart from each other.

[@bruceseer2043]

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

[@jesstilley3545]

Was I the only one who was extremely disappointed? This had so much potential and the story was just... blah. Acting? Fantastic. Costume design? Flawless. Execution? Meh.

[@rainrahman4024]

i watched the whole season and i genuinely did not like it

[@paul6925]

Nope. It was only okay. It turned out to be very “cartoonish” Yea it looked nice and had great costumes but I found the acting was too exaggerated. I didn’t find myself cheering for any characters like I would with other shows featuring “antiheroes” or other morally gray characters.

[@davidmchugh2959]

I’m starting to think that’s Ryan Murphy’s thing

[@elleevy6883]

Totally agree! Costumes great, music great, story meh 😒

[@ShweMyaukMyauk]

Like all Murphy stuff, too many loopholes and go downhill. The last two episodes could have easily been condensed into one. Draggy.

[@BimmerBabe]

I'm on ep3 and already feel like these 3 hours could have been one good opening ep. Its dragging ugh

[@ShweMyaukMyauk]

@@BimmerBabe it gets worst

[@BimmerBabe]

@@ShweMyaukMyauk oh goodness

[@bronwynpaulsen1469]

@@BimmerBabe I stopped at 3

[@Ohemaa]

Who ended up not being so villainous. I actually loved her 😂🤣🤣

[@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.

[@geneinnewade1278]

Can’t wait for season 2. I enjoyed this very much I think I watched it in two days.

[@beatricenjoki3570]

Currently watching it 👌👌

[@crazilydavisly]

Sameee

[@wmperkins25]

@@crazilydavisly Me too, it's a wild ride so far -

[@1207Benny]

Literally just binged all in one sitting ! It was goooood! Can’t wait for the next season!

[@Ash_W04]

Absolutely loved it!! Especially the outfits and set! Can’t wait for season 2

[@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.

[@kittykate314]

Louise won Best Actress, not Supporting Actress!

[@JWestwood]

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

[@LadyRenaissanceYouTube]

If you think Nurse Ratched is a feminist icon- you have no idea what feminism is about

[@DiamanteDea]

100%

[@TheVelvetLoungeLife]

A thing of ABSOLUTE beauty 😳

[@luistorres3220]

Dear God! Louise Fletcher won for Best Actress not Supporting!!!

[@angelicaf4]

My brother has a mental illness and has in psych hospitals multiple times. I would not be able to watch this even if I tried.

[@enzoponon]

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

[@janetbratter1]

Enzo Ponon Very good observation!

[@haughsinead]

It’s the constant suspenseful background music for me

[@SkinnyDancer]

Sophie Okonedo was amazing!

[@jarednil69]

LOUISE FLETCHER went on to star on STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE as the complicated and evil Bajoran Spiritual Leader KAI WINN. She is excellent in the role.🤗🤗🤗

[@cha6692]

It's nurse Ratched not Ratchet they are 2 different things not just a pronunciation thing.

[@betterthanpewdiepiet-serie2432]

Really an GREAT serie ! I watched this serie in 2 days ... And I I cannot wait for the season 2 ! In the mean time, I hope the season 2 will be as amazing as the season 1 !

[@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.

[@stbsabs4370]

Good actors, well made, no script at all, basically a waste of time

[@stealthchopper54]

That feminist critique of why people hated nurse milldrid was such a ridiculous stretch. People hate her character because she abuses her power and manipulates her patients toward vile ends. People don't like her character not because she emasculates, but because shes an evil person and the way she treats her patients (who are helpless to escape her web) is freaky. I'm sorry to say to these feminist critiques, but forcefully making any subject you can about men not wanting woman to have power is a bad look. Its basically manipulating as many forms of media as you can, trying do make everything about sex. Honestly, if your going to forcefully turn irrelevant subjects into things that are related to sexes, then don't call yourself a feminist, instead call yourself a sexist.

[@fiorebella3179]

U described her beautifully.

[@nintendocereal493]

@@fiorebella3179 ty for having some intelligence ffs

[@victoriadiesattheend.8478]

I have often tried to point out to others that abusers are usually the past abused. While it is unusual and nontraditional to feel pity or sympathy for some of the worst types of people in our society, I can't help but wonder when I read about pedophiles, rapists and murderers in the newspaper, how these people might have turned out had they been treated differently. All the evils of our world can be boiled down to how we treat children.

[@jessx2068]

it left me on such a cliffhanger 😫

[@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

[@zippydodahquirk9039]

Nurse Ratchet is alive and well in nursing homes due to covid-19.

[@shell9403]

She's not a villian, she's the queen of my heart👑

[@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.

[@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.

[@fredhankins7672]

wasnt the guy who plays her brother in the show also in American Horror with her?

[@sam.44400]

Yes

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

Fred Hankins Yep

[@curtisdunn2909]

Yes he was that rich spoilt brat in Freak Show.

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

@Fred Hankins he was also in Hotel season as well as Roanoke.

[@JustMe-vs8ji]

Sam Kay yessss... LOL. Kept thinkin it was something else , couldn’t come up with it 👏

[@TheDawnofVanlife]

Mental health has had a complicated journey. For that reason, I enjoyed the complexities they explore in Netflix series, but the plot gets kinda murky at some point. Also, like many "explain the Villian"prequels, if feels a bit like it was less a prequel and more an original story gripping at a peice of familiar pop culture to justify existing. Though I will say it is visually top notch and stunning with several great performances. So even as the plot gets muddy, the screen keeps me fascinated.

[@margaretkennedy2520]

Archetype media: pitting a woman against HERSELF.

[@pmd1933]

One flew over the Coco's nest is an amazing movie and book. Must be seen an read

[@juliajulie8500]

Must be seen and read and not be compared to this haha

[@pmd1933]

@@juliajulie8500 ya know what I didn't hate this show. Lots of colour and weirdness. I do not believe the brother would turn against the sister when he found out she was trying to give him a non gruesome death in the electric chair. She had done so much already for him. The premise at the end was bad writing. He killed the priests for a reason of vengeance, they built up his character to being not so bad in the escape then he is killing nurses. That was crap writing and then they are mortal enemies. Come on?!

[@juliajulie8500]

@@pmd1933 i honestly couldn't care less about the show and it's plot, i am here because i don't agree with promoting a series using One flew over the cuckoo's nest since it has absolutely nothing to do with the original. But if we must compare the two, this series really does look awful and uninspired to say the least.

[@juliajulie8500]

@ska¡¡a ¡¡a Oh i really liked what you said about the realness in the original movie. That is so on point and true, i can only agree.

[@juliajulie8500]

@ska¡¡a ¡¡a You're so right, i like your analysis. Let's not forget that simplicity is something hard to achieve. I think Miloš Forman was a brilliant director because he understood the power of storytelling, he put the focus on Louise and Jack without letting the audience get distracted by any other meaningless artificial tools. I really am a movie lover but like you said, real cinema, real art. Movies like Blow up by Antonioni or La Strada - Fellini. And Jack N., he'll always be one of my favorites. I guess i am just fed up with all these stupid remakes. Have you seen the new Rebecca Netflix trailer? Why remake the Hitchcock movie and turn it into a romance? It's ridiculous because all the colours and decorations in the word can't make up for a bad script and a poor interpretation of a good story.