Ratched
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Call it Murphys Ice Pick.
Whats frustrating about the second episode ofRatchedis how much it takes its time getting there.
Everyone knows where this is going.
It does not gowell.
Well, not all of them.
Mildred Ratched is fascinated.
Back at Lucia, Ratched has a fight with Nurse Bucket over a stolen peach.
Ratched is totally going to kill Bucket, right?
Since the first lobotomy procedure didnt go so well, Hanover has a new idea: the transorbital lobotomy.
Ratched likes this idea even more than the first.
She just needs an ice pick.
Does Briggs sense that Ratched is closeted?
Does anyone know why she would?
Hanover sees through it but admits he doesnt believe in capital punishment.
He doesnt want to kill Edmund; he wants to save him.
Good luck with that.
Finally, Nurse Ratched gets to Father Andrews, convincing him to tell his story.
Andrews doesnt realize that Ratched is drugging his tea.
He passes out, waking up strapped to the bed.
Ratched admits what we guessed at the end of the last episode the Clergy Killer is her brother.
But he wasnt born a monster; someone turned him into one.
The good nurse drives an ice pick into the eye of Father Andrews, leaving him a drooling shell.
Higher Dosage
Did the score during the Andrews murder sound familiar?
At first, I thought it wasVertigo, but its actually Elmer Bernsteins score forCape Fear.
Did Murphy just think it was cool?
Or is he drawing a connection to another project about a sociopath?
Well, its called Max, after the films monstrous Max Cady.
Just hanging out at the motel looking cool?
Getting drunk with Amanda Plummer?
Check it out if you ever get the chance to leave the house again.
Aw yeah, a title sequence!
The color usage on this show is one of its most interesting technical elements.
Any theories on why the piece is set in the real California oceanside community of Lucia?
Is Ratched the light?
Or maybe shes the dark?
