"Every time someone steps up and says who they are the world becomes a better, more interesting place, so thank you." <3<3<3
A powerful farewell performance by Delores. I have to admit that she seemed a bit stiff in the early episodes, but she really came into her own over time, especially in this one. That parting scene with Five...never before have I seen so much emotion expressed with so few words.
I remember it was a lifetime ago that I started watching Orange Is the New Black. It was one of few shows that made feel comfortable in my skin (I'm a gay man). After the first season, the characters became like a family to me. The show taught me a lot. I'm not from the US, and seeing this show's diverse cast made me realize how diverse the US population was in fact. This was the first time I was seeing a trans character on screen, then I started following Laverne Cox on social media and learned a lot about the trans people's struggles and their lives, and other talented trans people, which opened my eyes when I had little to no idea about the trans community. Representation matters.
Tasha's song in the end, and the whole cast saying goodbye made me cry, as it brought back a lot of memories.
Thank you OITNB for positively affecting many lives! You’ll go down in history as one of the best series of all time (at least for me).
Alexis Bledel is back! And we got to see the dreaded Colonies. I'm assuming that there was some kind of nuclear war or something that left most of the population infertile and created tons of radioactive waste. I'd really like to learn more about it, maybe they could dedicate some flashbacks to expaining what happened.
The whole scene at the airport made me want to throw up. As a non-straight girl, it's beyond horrific to imagine that all the progress that has been made in LGBT rights in the last 2 decades - not just in the US, but in other countries - could be taken away, just like that. Although a lot of what happened in this episode - like Emily being asked to hide her wife from her students - is still something that occurs in real life. We have a long way to go. I can only hope that reality won't imitate fiction, and we'll keep moving forward instead of backward.
The series could end here and it would be a perfect end (but boy do i hope its not) because this season was phenomenal and by far the best one yet.
When Jim died by heart broke but the post credit scene has given me some hope, because there's no way they can take the only real parent she's ever had away right??!
I dunno what they've put in the writer's waters these last few episodes...but long may it continue!
Can't believe this episode ended with them hugging and absolutely nothing else happened after that.
In all seriousness, I thought we as a society were over killing sapphic characters for shock value, but I guess not. What a disappointing conclusion to a horrible season. Phoebe Waller-Bridge created such a fantastic show and Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer consistently knocked their performances out of the park, and for what? Season 2 was already a letdown, but after that the show just became a parody of itself and it was clear the new showrunners had no idea what to do with these characters. The last 3 minutes of this ep were pure clownery. How groundbreaking to kill off one of the leads and leave the other in anguish. I hope Laura Neal doesn't cut herself on all that edge.
I guess at least Sandra got a Golden Globe, Jodie got an Emmy, and they got to dive tongue first into each other's mouths. Good for them. I hope their next projects treat them better.
The way Jim looks at Pam kills me
Oh my God, I'm gonna be sick.
This was the defining moment for Serena. This was the moment that mattered. The moment she had to decide what kind of person she wanted to be. And out of all the options she had, she chose to hold June down and let Waterford rape her while June screamed and begged her not to. She had the chance to show a little bit of the most basic human decency and she threw it away. I've always felt very conflicted about her and I've loved her arc this season, but this crossed the line big time. I'm shaking right now because I'm so angry and disgusted.
Elisabeth Moss knocks it out of the park every single episode and I don't usually talk much about her acting because at this point I kind of take it for granted, but she destroyed me in this episode. She ripped my heart into little pieces and made me cry so hard that I still haven't stopped. She deserves every award for her performance. Every. Single. One. She just secured her second Emmy with this.
I’m a little bit annoyed right now.
At the start of season two I would‘ve been fine with Trish getting powers and becoming Hellcat or whatever superhero, because she was an awesome sidekick to Jessica in the first season and one of my favorite characters.
But what the hell happened to her in season two? She was irrationally violent, constantly self-righteous and just a pain in the ass. And she killed Jessica‘s mother! Of course Alisa had to be stopped, but as Jess rightly pointed out, that didn‘t mean Trish had to be the one to pull the trigger. Her desperate need to be a hero means that Jessica will now always see Trish both as her sister and as the woman who killed her mother.
I’m afraid the focus of season three is on Trish dealing with whatever powers she got from that half-finished treatment. The audience probably has to suffer through her bragging about it all season long while trying to upstage Jessica.
Nancy and Jonathan do not have chemistry. It’s exhausting that I have to suffer through this forced romance.
Damn. That was the best episode of the season, nay, THE SERIES. As it should be. I laughed, I cried, and every emotion in between. I absolutely love how every single person involved has a role to play and something to contribute. There are no damsels in distress amongst these badass people. I love you all. AND I NEVER DOUBTED YOU DUSTIN, I KNEW SUZIE WAS REAL.
But why did they have to break our hearts like that with what happened to Billy? It was so sad. I really was rooting for him to come out of this alright. I'll miss his gorgeous eyes. However, I'm almost positive that was not the end of Jim. So we'll see. Please god don't let me be wrong.
"I tell, therefore you are."
Welcome to the world, baby Holly. What a shame you had to be born in this shithole called Gilead. I do have to say, I love the fact that the baby is a girl, just like June predicted. It's a subtle fuck you to Waterford who obviously wanted a son. Holly came out of the womb already trolling that asshole - she's definitely her mother's daughter.
It was a genius idea to create a montage of three drastically different labor scenes: June with Hannah, surrounded by family, giving birth in an environment filled with love; Janine with Charlotte, supported by friends, but stuck in a creepy ritualistic scenario created by Gilead; and finally June with Holly, facing this ordeal on her own in the most primal and instinctive way. It was incredibly powerful and I couldn't stop myself from shedding a tear or two.
Fuck, Serena, if all you ever wanted was a baby, then you could have hired a goddamn surrogate like a sane person. You definitely didn't need to start a religious cult that would overthrow the government and turn your country into a nightmare. What the actual fuck? You didn't just want a baby. You wanted power. You wanted everyone to adhere to your insane beliefs, even if it meant becoming little more than your husband's property and allowing him to rape a woman on a monthly basis. Damn, at least have the guts to own up to it.
I am absolutely fascinated by Serena's story arc this season. Yvonne Strahovski is a phenomenal actress. Serena's longing when she was in the car looking out the window, all the little moments when you could see something change in her eyes... She did it beautifully. To be honest I have a hard time remembering that Serena is supposed to be the villain of this story, one of the people most responsible for June's misery. Especially after last week's episode. I'm torn. On the one hand, she is in a pretty awful situation herself, on the other, she helped make it happen. She knew what she was signing up for (maybe not the wife-beating part, but the rest of it). She held a woman down every month while her husband raped her. She's been straight-up cruel to June on multiple occasions. And yet I can't hate her.
Great episode overall. The letters getting out and Waterford's plan failing was very satisfying to watch.
The contrast: Piscatella being shot by "one of his" while receiving human treatment from prisioners.
rosa is bi and i'm happy
Alex' coming out was so pure/real and important fml. Yes straight ppl this is how you develop a gay character. That storyline is real as fuck IT HAPPENS IN THE FUCKING REAL LIFE so get over the "the writers just want to please the gays or can the writers stop writing stories that have nothing to do with their sexual preference?". We need/deserve this rep. And finally, i'm so glad the writers pulled this off i'm really looking forward to see maggie falling for alex ahhhhh fuck
I don't know if we're gonna see her again, but I'm so glad Madison was sent to another prison. One of the most annoying characters in the show.
This episode was an ode to female strength. Loved to see Carol and Maggie fighting to get back for the ones them love #girlpower
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.
My feelings about Serena are so drastically contradictory. On the one hand, I love her. She's a strong, smart, confident woman and I cheer when she stands up for herself. On the other hand, she's helping promote these horrible ideals and standards that belittle women and keep them oppressed (herself included) Girl, what are you doing?
Also, people do such horrible, monstrous things in the name of God and religion. And not only in fiction, but in reality too. Such savages. And such hypocrites. Making up any sort of excuses to justify all their wrongdoings and suit their own needs and interests.
But I loved that Canada is depicted as the place where people are rational and kind, in opposition to the crazies that have control of the US. I wonder if the writers did that on purpose or if it's like that in the book . Maybe the author of the book had some kind of premonition LOL
I normally don’t like flashback episodes but this was so well done and interesting! The scene between Jess and Trish on the roof actually made me cry. They’ve been through so much already, I’m glad they have each other.
Melissa Benoist is just unbelievable. It seems that whatever the writers throw at her, she pulls it off with ease.
This show has definitely improved since the pilot and this episode was great. Right now, Supergirl is probably my favorite superhero TV show, next to The Flash and Agents of SHIELD, mostly because of the characters and some great character dynamics. Kara/Alex, Alex/J'onn and Kara/Cat are all wonderful relationships and there were some nice emotional scenes in this episode for each one of them. Kara's speech at the end of the episode was super touching and beautiful.
The only thing I really dislike about this show is the awkward trainwreck of a relationship between Kara and James. No matter what the writers do to convince me that these two are crazy in love with each other, there's just nothing there. No spark, no chemistry, no romantic tension, no genuine affection. Even their friendship seems forced. Maybe it's because James is the most boring character on the show. He's dull, he has zero personality and the fact that he's being reduced to a love interest doesn't help him at all. Sometimes I think that he could be replaced by a lifeless piece of wood and I honestly wouldn't notice. Every other character brings something to the table. James is just... there.
Dwight's belongings in the vending machine is one of the best cold open of the series.
I know I say this every week but THIS WAS THE GREATEST EPISODE OF ALL TIME
Last week's episode fucked me up so hard. This one did too, although in a slightly different way.
First of all, a little piece of advice to Serena and Aunt Lydia: if you care about this pregnancy so badly and want June to carry to term, then maybe it's not the greatest idea to try to strangle her or show her the body of the guy who helped her and force her to admit that it's her fault. Just a thought.
There is a weird amount of sexual energy between Serena and June. Every time Serena confronts June, it's like she's 2 seconds away from hate fucking her against a wall. I don't know. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but that's genuinely the vibe that she gives off.
Speaking of Serena, this is a character that I literally think about all the time. I read an interview with Yvonne Strahovski once where she really nailed this on the head: Serena is an incredibly intelligent, presumably well-educated woman who had a successful career before Gilead. And now she's trapped in a world - a world she helped create - where she can't work, can't read, can't be in charge of anything and her opinion on most things doesn't matter. She's like a caged animal with nothing stimulating to do all day. To her, this baby will be an escape from her terribly boring reality. I'm sure she wants to be a mother, but I think a part of her also craves something to occupy her mind and that's what motherhood will provide her with.
(Sidenote: all the horrible religious bullshit and ritualistic raping aside, I'd rather drown myself than live in a world where your only entertainment is sitting around all day and knitting. I would die so fucking fast in Gilead, you have no idea.)
And no, that ending didn't give me anxiety at all, why do you ask?
his heart stopped glowing and so did mine :'(
I love the relationship between Kara and Alex. On the other hand, the Kara/James bullshit that they are trying so hard to sell makes me cringe. Cat and her latte have better chemistry than those two.
I really hate how they try to get this sound guy in the middle of Jim and Pam's relationship. I mean, how am I supposed to believe that a guy that handsome has being around the office for almost nine years without a single person (not even Meredith) telling anything about his looks, and that suddenly he and his wife have been friends with Jim and Pam all along? I'm sorry but it just doesn't make any sense.
