Ratched (Season 1)

Ratched (2020) is Ryan Murphy's Netflix crime drama — watch it online on iFILM. The year is 1947. A composed young nurse named Mildred Ratched arrives at a psychiatric facility in Northern California and talks her way into a job. She is methodical, charming, and quietly terrifying.

Fans of Ken Kesey's novel know where Mildred ends up. This is the story before that story. In a hospital where doctors run experimental procedures on patients, Ratched learns the institution's language fast — and turns it to her own advantage. Sarah Paulson carries every scene, surrounded by Cynthia Nixon, Judy Davis, Sharon Stone, Finn Wittrock, and Vincent D'Onofrio, each of them with reasons of their own to watch their backs. The eight-episode first season builds the mythology without rushing it.

Murphy frames this as a psychological origin story about power and cruelty inside the mental health system — not a jump-scare horror show. Stream all episodes of Ratched online on iFILM.