Ratched Review: 5 Ups & 3 Downs

2. It Struggles As It Goes On

Ratched starts off pretty well but it hits its stride right around the second episode because characters and their motivations begin to become at least a little bit clearer by that point. However, it does feel like it begins to run out of steam towards the end.

You might think that this another familiarity of some of Murphy's previous shows, but the truth is that Ratched manages to hold its own for a little longer than some of the others. Unfortunately, that's not enough to keep it from falling at the final hurdle as it starts to go round in circles, relying on long-winded monologues (before having the same character tell the same story again not five minutes later) and introducing erratic secondary characters to move the plot along.

Considering Ratched starts off feeling quite unique, it's a shame that so much of its third quarter begins to feel so familiar.