One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Scene 12 Summary

  • McMurphy is out in the exercise yard setting up a basketball game between the patients and the orderlies.
  • The patients quickly get clobbered because McMurphy can't communicate with any of them.
  • But the tide of the game changes completely once Chief understands what's happening. He's so tall that none of the orderlies can guard him.
  • So McMurphy just keeps passing him the ball and he scores easily. All of the patients cheer wildly.