What do you want to see in S5 of The Handmaid’s Tale?

[Anonymous]

More Luke

[Anonymous]

I want them to finally get Hannah out of there.

[Anonymous]

Some better lighting would be great. Thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't want a redemption arc for Serena. She had her chances-- several of them-- that she threw away. All that's left for Serena at this point is justice.

I think trying to EVADE justice is part of her going back to Gilead. Although I am going to need some backstory on that. Why do the Canadians agree to send her back?

I agree that she will have to marry again, and soon, as a widow. Everyone in Gilead society has a function. Fertile women of marriageable age don't get to decide to be widows. It's a totalitarian state. They don't even really own their own homes - they are assigned. Food is rationed, etc.

I hope we see the widow of Commander Winslow reappear and find out what happened to her. The theme of women possessing power and status through their marriages has been almost constant in THT, but Serena has never truly absorbed that. I think she will understand it this season in spades. I feel terrible for that poor baby.

^^Which is to say that I do believe there is a redemption arc for Serena, just a very painful one.

Gilead knows that Serena turned Fred in, so presumably sending her back would put her at risk of Gilead justice. Of course, she may have too much PR power. It’s an open question.

Serena was flat out warned by Naomi Putnam that Gilead considered Fred a traitor and that going back would be dangerous. But that was before Fred was unceremoniously dispatched by a bunch of evil ex-Handmaids. Bringing a pregnant Serena back and making Fred a martyr and her a victim is great propaganda. Not that she really has a choice to go back, but I think Serena has always mis-judged how much power and independence she has in Gilead.

You've got to be kidding. They cut off her finger for reading a bible verse. Fred didn't really want to do it, but he felt his own status and security had been jeopardized by her "independence" so went ahead with it to prove himself in the eyes of the other commanders. That's why Serena betrayed him to Canadian authorities-- her own husband couldn't and wouldn't save her from the forces of Gilead.

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Anonymous wrote:It has definitely jumped the shark, but I’ll still watch it for the genius scenes. The broader plot doesn’t make sense, but they are excellent.

Off the top of my head, my tops:

- Nick and his child bride at home
- Everything at The Boston Globe offices
- Serena and Fred before they cross the border
- The children arriving on the plane

I thought Nick's child bride was dead already. Didn't she die in the scene with the diving platform/swimming pool?

[Anonymous]

I want Hannah out.

I want to see more children united with their families.

Luke and June are way past reconciliation at this point and I don't have any hopes for June and Nick either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It has definitely jumped the shark, but I’ll still watch it for the genius scenes. The broader plot doesn’t make sense, but they are excellent.

Off the top of my head, my tops:

- Nick and his child bride at home
- Everything at The Boston Globe offices
- Serena and Fred before they cross the border
- The children arriving on the plane

The Boston Globe scenes were some of the most haunting I've ever seen on a screen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More Luke

Hard pass. I hate that @sshole.^^

I want June and Nick sex, frankly.

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Anonymous wrote:More Luke

Hard pass. I hate that @sshole.^^

I want June and Nick sex, frankly.

Gross. I can’t get into their relationship. How this became a fan favorite is beyond me. June doesn’t need a love interest. Let’s just see Gilead burn already.

[Anonymous]

I watch for Aunt Lydia.

[Anonymous]

June’s death

[Anonymous]

I’d like to see an announcement they are finally ending this overdone series.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It has definitely jumped the shark, but I’ll still watch it for the genius scenes. The broader plot doesn’t make sense, but they are excellent.

Off the top of my head, my tops:

- Nick and his child bride at home
- Everything at The Boston Globe offices
- Serena and Fred before they cross the border
- The children arriving on the plane

I thought Nick's child bride was dead already. Didn't she die in the scene with the diving platform/swimming pool?

All of these things have already happened. I think that PP is noting excellent scenes not what she wants to see in S5.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:More Luke

Hard pass. I hate that @sshole.^^

I want June and Nick sex, frankly.

How is Luke an @sshole?

He seems to me to be overwhelmingly empathetic and supportive. This is a man who opened his home and heart to a child he initially thought was gathered by his wife’s rapist. And he continued to live the child after learning that she was gathered by his wife’s lover. He tries to give June what she needs to heal and she sexually assaults him.

Nick is sexy, but Luke is a kinder man.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:More Luke

Hard pass. I hate that @sshole.^^

I want June and Nick sex, frankly.

How is Luke an @sshole?

He seems to me to be overwhelmingly empathetic and supportive. This is a man who opened his home and heart to a child he initially thought was gathered by his wife’s rapist. And he continued to live the child after learning that she was gathered by his wife’s lover. He tries to give June what she needs to heal and she sexually assaults him.

Nick is sexy, but Luke is a kinder man.

^love, not live