Offred: What are you going to trade us for? Hmm? What? Fucking chocolate? We’re human beings. How can you do that? How? How can you do that?
Mrs. Castillo : I am from Xipica, Ms. Offred. It is a nice city, maybe the size of Boston. There hasn't been a child born alive in Xipica in six years. My country is dying.
Offred: My country’s already dead.
I was disappointed when we didn't get a real account of how things changed. It's shown like it almost happened overnight. But this episode's insight on the political formation of the society, before it happens, was interesting. It's not the US and the laws that really changed, it's a coup, well prepared by a religious organization. Nice touch that Serena was part of it, that makes her character really exist instead if just being the crazy hysteric wife.
Congratulations to Mexico on actually sending a woman ambassador. Strange though that they haven't got a live child in six years. Gilead does not have the monopoly on fertile women, they just industrialized it. And there actually aren't that many. What we're seeing are probably most of them. The country's not that big, and the main ruling class is here. There may be one or two other big cities left, that's it. So do they really have enough to sell ?. And couldn't Mexico have at least as many fertile women some of whom would have a baby at some point ? Gilead's medecine level does not seem that high either because of the religious society, so no help on that.
Still really don't get the Nick fling.
Moss's end monologue was a great performance.
Now the ending's bullshit. So the Mexican aide knows the faces of thousands of missing person and the name of all their loved one so that he recognize her and match her to her husband ? Or he knew beforehand so they have a network of spy that is so good that they know exactly who is in commander's houses and who they were and who he was going to meet, etc ? That's ridiculous.
I was finding this series boring, until I watched this episode. Finally something to catch my attention.
If it's a trap, June's story moves forward. If it's the truth, June's story moves forward. Either way, something has to break the monotony of her tale so far.
The 'dead' husband was the most obvious thing that could get this dead otherwise plot going. Apart of the resistance that is. This show is terribly written.
I don't think I've ever been this bored watching a show with so many sex scenes. But then again I've never seen Fifty Shades.
This is interminably slow and I watch it on 1.4x speed.
WoW ! Fantastic final escene. Elizabeth Moss deserves several TV awards for this character. I Hope! Great Job.
Finally a great episode. Serena's history and role made all the difference.
So glad June tried. TRIED, in a hopeless place.
That ending was a surprise. It felt a little bit unrealistic though.
Probably the best episode so far. And directed by Floria Sigismondi. Let's call it a coincidence... ;)
What an amazing episode and performance by Elisabeth Moss. Those last few minutes were especially chilling and touching. Incredible how the show is giving such depth to every single detail of the story and its characters.
I really don't know how the story is going to develop. I read the book and really hope that it still preserve the esence of it.
fell in love with ambassador castillo representing my country in context of the show even though she ultimately decides to do a shitty thing (i presume)
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I think everyone "knew" we were being toyed with when the idea that external help would be within reach was flaunted but I liked how that helped with the next revelations, that some countries might be just as desperate, and that the assumption that her husband had died turned out to be wrong.
I'm excited to see how she's going to react and hoping to see more of the "Resistance" soon.