Beneath her steely exterior, Mildred Ratched is not so different from her patients. She bolts awake with repetitive nightmares, caresses angelic obsessions, and nurses a nihilistic love. She is not the embodiment of evil, but a cog in the Combine, grasping for some semblance of control. (A little epistolary I wrote for AP Literature :)
The night before Nurse Ratched starts her job. One-off. Brief mention of violence.
Based on the Film version. McMurphy comes back from Treatment a shell of the Trouble-maker he was. But is all, as it seems?