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Ratched Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.3 |
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About
"Gorgeous, campy villain origin story with hollow bones"
A prequel imagining how the icy nurse from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest became who she was, set in a 1947 psychiatric hospital where experimental treatments and dark secrets collide. Ryan Murphy's fingerprints are everywhere: lush period production design, saturated color, operatic melodrama, and violence that veers gleefully theatrical rather than realistic. Sarah Paulson anchors it with a performance of controlled menace. It moves slowly and prioritizes mood and visual flourish over tight plotting, functioning more as a stylish character study than a taut thriller.
Sarah Paulson's chilling, layered performance as a woman becoming a monster.
you want tight plotting over visual style and melodrama.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Pilot | 7.5 | 3K | 56 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Ice Pick | 7.5 | 2K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Angel of Mercy | 7.7 | 2K | 50 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Angel of Mercy: Part Two | 7.9 | 2K | 53 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | The Dance | 7.8 | 2K | 62 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Got No Strings | 7.7 | 2K | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Bucket List | 7.7 | 2K | 58 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Mildred and Edmund | 7.3 | 2K | 59 min |