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.… More
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.… More
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.… More
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 (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.… More
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!… More
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.… More
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 (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 (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.… More