My problem with this series as a concept is that it actually undermines what made Nurse Ratched such an effective antagonist. She wasn't some master manipulator. She was a small, petty person put in charge of the vulnerable and disenfranchised. She didn't have to concoct elaborate murder plots. All she had to do was maintain order of her hospital and her higher ups didn't care. She is the logical end of give someone minor a small bit of power and see what they do with it.

"Why would anybody willingly work night shift?" Two words: no management

"Why would anybody consciously choose to work night shift?" I'm naturally nocturnal. Even as a child I didn't get tired until the morning. Made school very difficult. I've worked night shift for the last five years, and it's been great.

Indeed the lobotomy was for that time considered to be similar to a miracle cure. No more crying, screaming, talking about seeing and hearing things that aren't there, no more violent outbursts, etc. Of course, they'd never be functional again, but then they didn't consider them capable of functioning to end up there.

“I mean this is super inaprops” was the line that made me subscribe😂

Burst out laughing at “I mean this is super inapropes.” Fantastic channel, great doctor.

You might find the history of PTSD from WWI, WWII, Vietnam to present of interest. During WWI it was the first time that it happened to so many people that they couldn't just write it off cowardice, desertion, refusing orders, etc. Originally called Shell Shock then because they were first forced to recognize it with the effects of mortar shells. One very extreme case of a man who was from their reports utterly unresponsive to everything except hearing someone yell incoming, which would cause him to hide under his bed in the fetal position and shake. They recognized it in the mental effects of chemical attacks too and were running on the theory that it was an effect of these modern methods of warfare. Eventually, they came to accept that it could happen with any type of sustained or significant trauma (still strictly in warfare though as I recall) and it became known as battle fatigue. Many different ideas, because it was called battle fatigue some tried inducing insulin comas, if they just got enough rest they'd no longer be too fatigued to keep fighting. They did however come up with talk therapy, the idea that they were put through too much trauma to process at a time when they had to fight to survive and that they had to talk through it to elicit, face and process the emotional response they had to the events. They also used ECT and a few other methods. After WWI a lot of this was forgotten pretty easily by the military and with WWII they had a similar resistance to accepting battle fatigue, the incident of George S. Patton slapping a battle fatigued officer. And after WWII they easily forgot again at least here in America until Vietnam.

Nice vid as always, Elliott. I had mixed feelings about this show. I liked the complex characters and some of the plot (though not so much towards the end). The visuals were very stylish, but a bit OTT for me. Rached seemed to have a brand-new pristine colour-coordinated outfit for every scene!

Would love to see you react to MASH specifically season 5 episode 14 entitled *Hawkeyes Nightmare*

None of the state hospitals in the US (when we had ones that were for people other than forensic ones, for the criminally insane) looked like that, either. It’s most helpful to watch episode 1 director’s cut, which includes more detail, like that the hospital had previously been a lush retreat, designed by a renowned architect and styled by Dorothy Draper, a big deal in interior design, who also designed the staff uniforms. The director’s cut episode 1 really clears up more detail, including how she moved in on that unfaithful nurse’s job with such relative ease. It’s a good one. This whole show is such eye candy.

Loving this..... “so much passive aggression and wrestling for control....its all about ego” I’m saving that one Doc! ❤️

LOVED this, sarah paulson’s acting is so good in this show. making me want to rewatch it haha

Recently found you.. and so catching up on your content so thought I would answer your "question". I work in the UK and support people with mental health issues, I also chose to do night shifts. Main reason why: Shift patterns. While night shifts can be brutal, since no one else wishes to do them you can often have more of a say over your shift rota in some places if you choose to do with no day shifts. As a key thing about looking after others, is that you look after your own physical and mental health first - this means I'm able to have a regular shift pattern (even if it is at night) which leaves me the freedom to attend regular social groups out of work during my nights off, that help me leave work behind and care for my own mental state.

Dr. Elliott: "What new ideas are there in the 1940s, the *transorbital lobotomy*? lol!" Me, coming to this video from a video titled "Doctor REACTS to Lobotomy - Ratched #2!!!" and thinking "maybe I should watch part 1 first": Well....

‘Súper inapprops’ flipping legendary

Would love to see you do a video on the Netflix series “You”

the way dr hanover turned round in horror when you said liar was genius

There is a book that was written about the asylums by Ken Kesey in 1962. It's called One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest. The book was adapted to a movie staring Jack Nicholson as a patient who was faking a mental illness to get out of going to jail. It also stared Louise Fletcher as Nurse Ratched who was the antagonist to Nicholson's character. She was a tough nurse who everyone was afraid of except Nicholson who butted heads with her. It's a dynamic conflict. I highly recommend the movie because it was well acted. The book is good and gives more back story.

I watched this entire series in one day and boy was it a trip.

Can u react to Killing eve?

There is a scene, where Dr Hanover is waiting for an appointment with Governer Willburn. He takes a tablet to calm himself. It is called Thorazine (chlorpromazine). Chlorpromazine was first synthesised in 1950. Events described in the movie begin in 1947.

i kinda want him to react to the episode where we're introduced to that horrible rendition of dissociatuve identity disorder....

Loved this video - Personally loved this series aswelll, pretty sure they cancelled it :( was so upset

I loved the show

I'm pretty sure you get this suggestion but do a Tony Soprano and Dr. Melfi scene reaction!

We use reserpine for long term “sedation” in horses on stall rest (more like a low dose for calming effect, not legitimately tranquilizing them. Acepromazine is used for that lol). But now I’m worried we don’t know how the drugs affect their psychological stress (for example, I have heard suggestions that acepromazine may seem to outwardly calm them, but results in increased anxiety. Not sure if that’s true). Also, I’ve had panic attacks going to the hospital. They still treat you like shit sometimes (basically ignore you, deny water, meds, won’t talk to you.) but that’s a vast improvement over physical restraints I suppose.

Unfortunately I think most conditions can't be 'cured'. Mostly managing symptoms and decreasing rate of progression

Do you only react to things with a medical aspect? If not I’d love a reaction to Everybody’s Talking About Jamie

Oh 1 to 10 patient is bad? But here is 1 to 20 to 40 depends on size of the hospital. And night shift only have to nurse in the entire floor. Maybe they counted in the helpers? I thought it’s a norm…

You should look up the 1956 movie "The Bad Seed."

Salt Pewter, if I remember right, is used as a "pro-ED" drug.

Saltpetre was thought to lower male libido. Spoiler: it doesn't.

9;12 I thought she was going to clock Nurse Ratchet in the jaw for a moment

Hugo strange at it again

Please react to the Truman's show

seem doctor elliot often forget that the setting is in 1940s

this just reminds me of my annoying habit of miss sayling stuff like (atualy quotes) "i love rabies" "i love leprasy" "i love canablism" "i love necrophilia" "i love murder" cause i don't love the actual thing i'm just fascinated by the way the disease for the first 2 work and the way the people think for the last 3.

Is it because of drug companies that we no longer look for 'cures' and instead focus on managing symptoms?

Why is it in 480p? I mean if you have a problem with rendering a KZfaq vid, try and reupload or mess around with the editing software or KZfaq upload tab. Just trying to help.

Yeah saw this show and I don't know who that character is, but it's not Ratchet from One flew over the cuckoo's nest, there is an obsession at the moment (look to Disney) to try and make previously evil female characters and make them sympathetic. In this case they made her a lesbian, which in my mind does nothing to generate sympathy, after all there and good and bad gay people, right?