The Art of Adaptation
I’ve given you a week. If you’re watching The Handmaid’s Tale, I’m assuming you’ve seen the season finale The Word by now. If not, be warned there are more spoilers below than Eyes in Gilead. Every character made a choice at the end of the season that will have significant ramifications for Season 3. Serena Joy I […]
Read More Final Thoughts on The Handmaid’s Tale -The WordAs we gear up for the season closer of The Handmaid’s Tale, the two previous episodes have shown us some of the worst and best in Gilead and the show’s writing. Perhaps I read and write too much fantasy, but when you plunk a beautiful black wolf into the white snow watching a handmaid flee in […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – Holly/PostpartumIn last week’s article, I made the mistake of calling After the second to last episode for this season. Perhaps it was wishful thinking to escape this dreary, morbid world like June, but I was wrong. We’re only halfway there. At least After offered hope in a new direction: the trio working together to take down the […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – AfterLast week’s Handmaid’s Tale had an explosive ending, one I didn’t see coming. Having time to digest the episode, it is fitting. Much of the episode focused on Serena Joy. We saw in flashbacks her passion for her cause and courage to confront protesters, and we witnessed her tentative olive branch to Offred after almost […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – Choose Your Own AdventureAs The Handmaid’s Tale leaves the source material further behind, we are seeing a wider range of Gilead. Episode 5, Seeds, brought us back to the colonies and revealed Gilead’s orchestrated arranged marriages. Despite not knowing why they relentless dig up the steaming earth, I’m glad to get back to the colonies. There’s an energy with Emily and […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – SeedsThis article contains spoilers. Reflecting on last week’s The Handmaid’s Tale, I have little notes. Perhaps because I enjoyed it better than Baggage. June is back with the Waterford’s, which means glorious shots that look like Vermeer paintings and lies compounded on lies to keep face. Baggage’s biggest lie, outside of the lie of Gilead being Utopia, is […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – Other WomenAt its core, Baggage is about motherhood. June making the choice to leave her daughter in Gilead. Memories of June’s mom, the fighter in the family, giving June the strength to push forward to freedom. As a mom, this episode should’ve stuck with me, haunted me. But it didn’t. The only thing that haunted me was, […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – BaggageThe Handmaid’s Tale is back and as beautifully shot and disturbing to watch as ever. With June stepping into the Eye’s van to conclude last season and officially take the production off book, many of us assumed this was her ride to freedom. Wrong! June Spoilers. Under His eye, spoilers! Honestly, it was silly of […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – June and UnwomenJoin in our ongoing conversation as Chris and Rebecca discuss episode six of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu. If you haven’t done so yet, check out our Readers’ Guide for Margaret Atwood’s book (AKA: Don’t Panic), and our take on previous episodes. Let’s start with the obvious – most of episode 6 was not in the novel. But it could’ve been! I […]
Read More The Handmaid’s Tale – Episode 6Join in our ongoing conversation as Chris and Rebecca discuss episode five of The Handmaid’s Tale on Hulu. If you haven’t done so yet, check out our Readers’ Guide for Margaret Atwood’s book (AKA: Don’t Panic), and our take on previous episodes. I found this episode uncomfortable to watch in a different way than past episodes. Past episodes have socked my gut, […]
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