Written by Evan Romansky
Directed by Michael Uppendahl
Huck: "Mildred Ratched, you're an angel of mercy."
Mildred: "Thank you, Huck. I've never heard that before."
I'm not sure I'd go with that description myself but to be fair, Huck has only seen the good side in Mildred and they did make for a great team with this particular episode. Huck's disgust at the mistreatment of patients was highlighted previously and here, both him and Mildred decided to do something about it., which just goes to show the latter's scheming side can be a source for good.
Huck obviously tampered with the hydrotherapy in order to prevent Ingrid from getting a scalding but when Bucket managed to get the machine fixed quicker than expected, it was up to Huck and Mildred to act fast in order to get both Ingrid and Mrs Cartwright out of Lucia State Hospital. The only thing standing in their way was of course a rather snoopy Gwendolyn.
I'm not sure what happened but obviously Huck managed to appeal to Gwendolyn's best nature as both him and Mildred were successful in getting Ingrid and Mrs Cartwright away. Speaking of Huck - way to have the episode belabor the point of telling Mildred she was an angel of mercy, before cutting to that very heavy handed flashback where she relieved a soldier's suffering in order to emphasize the point.
Of course when Mildred wasn't helping lesbians escape, she was also serving as a gateway between Edmund and Dolly getting time together from prying eyes. I have to admit I thought that scene was being set up so that Dolly would be caught by Bucket but seemingly not though. Still Mildred did manage to get some pointed barbs at Dolly for being a nymphomaniac.
Speaking of Edmund, while Mildred might be determined to make sure he doesn't die, Governor Wilburn has made it his mission to have Edmund or else he'll defund the hospital. Hanover probably would pay attention to this if he didn't spend most of the episode being led by Mildred and avoiding death by Wainwright.
I have to admit that Wainwright has got to be one of the dumbest PI's/would be assassins out there. Lenore would've saved herself a lot of money if she had just bumped off Hanover herself because Wainwright was so easily manipulated and led to his doom by Mildred, it bordered on the embarrassing. I suppose he was sort of lucky he made it to halfway in the season but in the end, Charles was clearly too stupid to live.
As for Lenore, well the show has set the ground for her and Mildred to meet and I'm looking forward to the inevitably campy showdown we'll get between Sarah Paulson and Sharon Stone in the next episode. Lenore definitely did not seem pleased with Mildred inserting herself into her revenge campaign and Mildred may have underestimated getting involved as well. Then again, they just might team up as well.
- Gwendolyn left Trevor in this episode and even managed to get a date with Mildred. The latter herself also seems to be slowly opening to the idea of getting involved with Gwendolyn.
- Peter popped up here more prominently than previous episodes. What exactly is he dreaming of that should be cause for concern?
- Standout music: Kitty White's Mine All Mine.
- Chronology: More or less from where the first part of the story left off.
Angel Of Mercy: Part II definitely upped the gore factor with Wainwright's downfall and while it was nice to see both Mildred and Gwendolyn get closer, I'll admit the circumstances also came across as a touch contrived and in reality, Gwendolyn would be less inclined to help Mildred and Hanover than what happened in this episode. On another note, Huck continues to be the best male character here and not just because the bar is so low for men on the show, but because he's genuinely a fantastic character with Charlie Carver really showing his strength as an actor in the role.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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