So, here we are, at the penultimate episode of season 3. You all know how much I love the word penultimate, so I’m always happy for any opportunity to use it. Penultimate, penultimate, penultimate.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E12) “Sacrifice””
Tag: Dystopian
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E11) “Liars”
After several weeks of not much happening, this week’s episode had a whole lot. June is looking at the yes-muffins while she voices over that they can get out 52 kids. How they’ll do that with a truck that can only hold ten, she’s not sure, but she’ll do if if they have to strap kids to the roof.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E11) “Liars””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E10) “Witness”
June has come home (for want of a better word). The house has been redecorated in her absence, and all the art and books are gone. New regulations, Aunt Lydia tells her, then encourages her to rest, because June’s home just in time for the Ceremony!… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E10) “Witness””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E09) “Heroic”
Praise be, this Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Storyline seems to be over. (Did you see what I did there?)
Belinda Carlisle’s song Heaven is a Place on Earth is heard, as the episode opens.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E09) “Heroic””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E08) ‘Unfit’
I’m not sure where this show is going. June has become the least sympathetic character on the show, and I don’t even find her interesting anymore. She’s essentially untouchable, (she says so herself,) which takes away any sense of urgency.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E08) ‘Unfit’”
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E07): “Under His Eye”
The episode beings with a Salvaging, one of those highly choreographed events with Handmaids pulling the ropes that hang miscreants. Another happy day in Gilead!
June is walking to the shops with the insufferable Ofmatthew.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E07): “Under His Eye””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E06) “Household’
We open with a kind of dreamy, soft focus, slow motion shot of falling snow. Murmuring voices pray for Nichole’s safe return. June voiceovers that she hopes Serena will remember why they sent Nichole to Canada.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E06) “Household’”
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E05) “Unknown Caller”
The episode opens on the face of a grumpy old man. Nope, scratch that, it’s Nichole, on the screen, because Luke is too stupid to realize that putting the kidnapped Gilead baby on television was possibly not a great idea.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E05) “Unknown Caller””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E04) “God Bless the Child”
So, we open to see a whole lot of Handmaids walking through the streets. They’re walking in pairs, each one with her walking partner, in some weird parody of a ‘Madeline’ book.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E04) “God Bless the Child””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E02) “Mary and Martha”
June is waiting for her new walking partner, who goes by the name Ofmatthew. Ofmatthew is one of the pious, Kool Aid-drinking Handmaids. (Or so it seems, though way back in season we we thought the same of Emily, so who can tell?)… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E02) “Mary and Martha””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E01) “Night”
Hello everyone, and welcome back for another season of ‘“The Handmaid’s Tale’ as well as another round of recaps by moi, lover of dystopian stories, parentheses, and the word penultimate.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S03E01) “Night””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E13) “The Word”
This is it the season finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But don’t worry, it’ll be back next year. I’m kind of hoping they go back to 10 episodes, I think there wasn’t enough this season to sustain 13 episodes.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E13) “The Word””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E12) “Postpartum”
The penultimate episode of season 2 picks up some vague amount of time after the episode before. The baby, now named Nicole, is living with the Waterfords. June, as dictated by S.J., is not.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E12) “Postpartum””
The Hanndmaid’s Tale (S02E11): ‘Holly’
Well, as of this week’s episode, we have a new citizen of the Republic of Gilead. So, um, yay? I guess? In spite of her best efforts, June’s baby wasn’t born safely over the border in Canada.… More “The Hanndmaid’s Tale (S02E11): ‘Holly’”
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E10) “The Last Ceremony”
Okay, well, this week’s episode was really tough. I mean, none of them are a piece of cake, it’s just too grim a story to be light viewing, but this episode was harder than most.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E10) “The Last Ceremony””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E09) “Smart Power”
In this week’s episode of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ two worlds collide!
Well, that’s a bit melodramatic. They didn’t quite collide, but they did have a rather unpleasant fender bender.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E09) “Smart Power””
The Handmaid’s Tale S02E08
S.J. and June have settled into a pretty cozy routine, working together while listening to music, S.J. doing the writing, June doing the editing. June voiceovers that in a different world, they might have been colleagues, and tells S.J.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale S02E08”
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E07) “After”
Well, I’ll give Ofglen 2.0 a posthumous grade of ‘A’ for effort, but ‘C’ for execution (so to speak). We learn in this week’s episode that 26 Commanders were killed.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E07) “After””
The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E05) “Seeds”
So, at the halfway point in season 2 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale.’ June is MIA and has currently been replaced by Offred the Perfect Handmaid. It’s a bit creepy. Make that very creepy.… More “The Handmaid’s Tale (S02E05) “Seeds””
