Pilot
- Episode aired Sep 18, 2020
- TV-MA
- 56m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.5K
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Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.
Sharon Stone
- Lenore Osgood
- (credit only)
Daniel di Tomasso
- Dario Salvatore
- (as Daniel Di Tomasso)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Mildred prepares for her interview with Dr. Hanover, she is shown arranging her appearance in the style of Picturegoer Film Weekly magazine cover. The issue in question is from June 14, 1941, and features a portrait of Barbara Stanwyck. It is a bit odd that the very stylish Mildred Ratched would base her appearance on a six-year-old magazine cover, considering that the fashions therein would be somewhat out of date. The magazine is also in pristine condition, which it probably wouldn't be if it was six years old and was being carried around in the luggage of somebody with Mildred's itinerant lifestyle.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, the Roman Catholic service is being said in English; at the time, Catholic services were always in Latin. In addition, the priest is vested only in a cassock and a green stole; proper vestments before Vatican II would have included an alb and fiddle-back chasuble.
- Quotes
Dr. Richard Hanover: I apologize for the mix-up. If I'm being honest, I don't recall consenting to any sort of an interview.
Nurse Mildred Ratched: That's quite alright, doctor. With a nursing staff as unexceptional as the one you have, certain clerical errors are bound to happen.
- ConnectionsReferences Double Indemnity (1944)
Featured review
That's a strong start.
Edmund Tolleson is admitted to a Psychiatric care facility after committing several brutal killings. That same hospital is joined by Nurse Ratched, a forceful, cool individual, who will stop at nothing to get a job there.
Sarah Paulson is brilliant, she is ice cool, sinister, but commanding. When she is on screen, you watch.
It's a brutal start, I get the references to AHS, but it's less obvious, more subtle.
The true success here for me, was the production, it is a lavish drama, it looks exquisite, the colour are so bright and vivid, deliberately striking.
I get why so many people are hooked, a thoroughly enjoyable start, 8/10.
Sarah Paulson is brilliant, she is ice cool, sinister, but commanding. When she is on screen, you watch.
It's a brutal start, I get the references to AHS, but it's less obvious, more subtle.
The true success here for me, was the production, it is a lavish drama, it looks exquisite, the colour are so bright and vivid, deliberately striking.
I get why so many people are hooked, a thoroughly enjoyable start, 8/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- Sep 19, 2020
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- HI Pigeon Point Lighthouse Hostel - 210 Pigeon Point Rd, Pescadero, California, USA(The cliff top motel is the group of cabins that make at the hostel at the base of Pigeon Point Lighthouse.)
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- Runtime56 minutes
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