Ratched will be a prequel to all the events we witness in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The first season sees Mildred Ratched in 1947 as a nurse seeking employment at a Northern California psychiatric hospital.
Sarah Paulson, who stars as Mildred, had an interesting take on her character's motivations. "I would argue that she's doing them with a potentially selfish need, but a survival need nevertheless," she previously said. This mindset ensures that we're in for an absolutely wild time, particularly with how f*cked up One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest already is.