Ratched is a TV series starring Sarah Paulson, Finn Wittrock, and Cynthia Nixon. In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at Lucia State Hospital, a mental institution in Northern California. As the story progresses, we find out that Mildred was in the foster care system as a child, as was her 'brother', Edmund Tolleson who is also in the facility and who has recently murdered 4 priests.