Ratched S01E01. In 1947, Edmund Tolleson murders four priests, one of which he claims to be his father. Six months later, he is arrested and sentenced to 120 days in Lucia State Hospital, a mental institution in Northern California. Mildred Ratched steals the position of a nurse in the same hospital through blackmail.

Ratched S01E02, Ratched visits Father Andrews, a survivor and a witness of Edmund’s murders, and convinces him to interview with Dr. Hanover.

Ratched S01E03: Angel of Mercy, Wainwright, a PI, visits Lenore Osgood with the news that Hanover is an alias for Manuel Bañaga, who was responsible for the mutilation of her son Henry that rendered him limbless. She hires Wainwright to kill Hanover.

Ratched S01E04, The governor is eager to see Edmund deemed fit for trial due to the upcoming election. Dolly confesses her attraction to dangerous men to Ratched, who offers to arrange a meeting.

Ratched blackmails Hanover to find Edmund not fit for trial, and to make her head nurse. Ratched instructs Edmund to act insane during the upcoming dance.

Ratched S01E06, Ratched begins to have feelings for Gwendolyn. Ratched flashes back to her horrific childhood while watching a puppet show with Gwendolyn, and causes a scene, later confessing to Gwendolyn that Edmund is her brother.

Ratched S01E07, Bucket learns about the relationship between Ratched and Edmund, and how Ratched lobotimized Father Andrews to silence him.