Pilot is the first episode of Season One of Ratched, as well as the first episode of the series overall. It premiered on September 18, 2020.
Nurse Mildred Ratched seeks employment at Lucia State Hospital as it prepares to admit a new psychiatric patient: notorious killer Edmund Tolleson.
Tropes:
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Louise gets chills just from reading the articles about Edmund, though she is admittedly attracted to him.
- Bavarian Fire Drill: Ratched gets a job interview at Lucia State Hospital by simply showing up with a transparently forged letter and bullying her way into a conversation with Dr. Hanover
- Coitus Uninterruptus: Mildred follows the noise a few rooms down to the vine room, where she finds Nurse Amelia Emerson having sex in the bathroom.
- Immodest Orgasm: Mildred then heads to the bathroom, where she hears a distant scream and clattering.
- Wham Shot: Edmund is brought to Lucia State Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he’s well enough to stand trial. He is taken into the cellar beneath the hospital, where he receives a visit from his sister, Mildred. Tears run down her face as she comes into contact with her brother. Edmund fears that he will be sentenced to death. Mildred promises to find him a way out.
