Question: what is the ending of one flew over the cuckoo's nest?
Answer: At the end of the movie, MacMurphy is wheeled back into the room with the other patients — and in fact, he has been 'defeated,' victim of a lobotomy. It is an all is lost moment for one patient in particular Chief Bromden (Will Sampson) who came out of his silent shell directly because of MacMurphy's encouragement.