When my bestie Leeah sent me the trailer for Ratched, I had absolutely no idea who Nurse Ratched was. I had never read One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest by Ken Kesey, and I’m so glad that I rectified this before the Netflix original series Ratched launched on the 18th of September. I read through the novel in around three days and found the narrative structure as well as the setting highly compelling.

I also immediately realised why the conception of Ratched as a prequel to the novel was a stroke of genius. Mildred Ratched is an anomalous character, and in the same time period of the smiling 1950’s housewife, we find a woman who not only takes no shit and isn’t afraid to lie, scheme, and manipulate to get what she feels is justice, but a woman who has been traumatised by the recent passing of the second world war, as well as a dark childhood.

I feel like this series has too many merits for words honestly, so instead of gushing on for paragraphs, I’m going to give you a short and sharp five point list on why you should make this your next Netflix binge obsession!