"Someone once said, "Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them." We should've known better. I thought there were still secret places. Hidden in the cracks and crevices of this world. Places we could make beautiful, peaceful, quiet, safe. Or at least bearable." - Offred
"May the... force be with you"
The scene between June and Serena after Serena's punishment (with June standing on the other side of the bedroom door) was one of the best scenes on the show so far. So many feelings!
Week after week I'm amazed at what can happen when a book of fiction is taken literally.
serena and june have such an intricately complex relationship that creates some sort of harmony within this twisted world. yvonne's performance in this episode was truly outstanding. she has without a doubt transformed serena from the cold, one-dimensional villain of the story into something so so important. she has well and truly taken the brunt of the reality of the sadistic patriarchal system she once thought was right. yvonne seriously needs to be given some sort of recognition for this. it broke my heart that the premise of this episode was essentially unveiling women's strength and their equality to men, whether through janine's inherent parental warmth, serena and june getting a taste of their mutual passion of writing, or the female doctor who actually got to practice in her true profession. but that that strength in women was tragically struck down at the first sign of light and we very clearly saw the brutal reality of what deviating from man's rule can do. just, well and truly, ouch.
It's really nice to hear June's inner monologue again. That ep was a wrecked and empty and silent, I hope that will be the last, but knowing this series, not likely.
Maybe it just me, cause I didn't really watch that many shows or I already forget about them already. But this episode was God, fucking awesome. This episode clearly wanted to say "this problem gonna affect June and Serena, but Serena will take the blow, mostly" and then we get to see Serena actually become the center of this episode, and June in the background and really in the background, not trying to steal away the "spotlight" but at the same time she's there to make sure people remember that she's the "main star" of this series
Please, give Yvonne her Emmy already, she deserves it. She managed to make Serena into such complex character and not some monotonous villain of the story
I'd like to think it's all conspiring for this to have been Serena's wake-up call but I don't know, deluded people don't get there by accepting what's laid out in front of them.
I'd really wanna see serena ending fred.
The problem I find with this show is that it became obvious to ME that you can't really trust anyone who is not June (for she is the hero/teller of the story). Obvious to me, in my cozy home, but not for June. Which, as the story goes, is quite absurd.
Right when she clicked the pen last episode it was so clear how it will go down. Like seenig 2 Starks together smiling in the same room, or seeing Sean Bean as the hero.
It's O.K, it shows that nothing good can happen in a place like Gilead, but when everyone but the dwellers of the place sees it... maybe they're the kind of people who goes to a Marvel movie and leave the theater as soon as the credits starts to roll.
After all is said and done, the acting is mostly great, the cinematography is superb, and the music is on the spot every time. This was one of the great episodes of the show so far.
Nick is being an *sshhole with this poor girl. She didn't choose to be there... The least he could do is to be kind to her...
Shout by Aniela KrajewskaVIP 8BlockedParentSpoilers2018-06-06T17:44:47Z
I was so shaken towards the end of the episode, but now I'm crying happy tears. I had a feeling that Janine with her endless love for her baby would make Angela/Charlotte okay. Fuck you, Mrs. Putnam! You don't deserve this precious little angel!
That scene between June and Serena after Serena's punishment was some romantic bullshit straight out of a fanfic. June standing on the other side of the door, feeling Serena's pain, trying to do something - anything at all - to help her? Goddamit. I can't believe they've got me shipping this. But it was so earnest, so endlessly soft. There was no hidden motive behind it. Their dynamic has shifted to a new level. It's fragile, it's tentative, but they're starting to care about each other. Can they just run away and raise June's baby together? And get Hannah while they're at it?
Oh, and Commander Waterford can go die in a ditch. Not that I've ever felt any different about him, but seriously, fuck him especially hard after this episode.