Asylums, Ryan Murphy, Peaches & Sarah Paulson!? What more can you ask for!? In this episode we review Ryan Murphy's latest work, Ratched now streaming on Netflix. Sarah Paulson plays the titular role of Nurse Mildred Ratched in this origin story of one of the most hated characters in cinematic history from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Also starring Finn Wittrock Cynthia Nixon Jon Jon Briones Charlie Carver Judy Davis & Sharon Stone.

Brief Synopsis:

In 1947, Mildred arrives in Northern California to seek employment at a leading psychiatric hospital where new and unsettling experiments have begun on the human mind. On a clandestine mission, Mildred presents herself as the perfect image of what a dedicated nurse should be, but the wheels are always turning and as she begins to infiltrate the mental health care system and those within it, Mildred's stylish exterior belies a growing darkness that has long been smoldering within, revealing that true monsters are made, not born.

In this episode we discuss:

Ratched Intro
Louis Fletcher vs. Sarah Paulson's portrayal
Mental Health Industry in the 1940s
AHS Asylum vs. Ratched
AHS: Hitchcock
The aspect of "Too Much?" / Ryan Murphy
That ending though...
Cast Standouts
Sophie Okonedo/Multiple Personalities
Conclusion / Verdict