Handmaid's Tale Season 3

[Anonymous]

Am I the only one who heard “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” and immediately thought of Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion?

[Anonymous]

^^ Made this exact comment to my husband.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I mean who wouldn’t be driven to torture women by a gentle non-rejection from a recent widower and listening to a mother say “asshole?” A tthat point the hand puts itself on the stove basically.

This show is bad now. Why would they immediately drag the shot woman out of the store? That makes less sense than the mouth rings.

I thought the same thing but then saw the preview for next week where she is in the hospital. So I think they were quickly taking her for medical care to save the baby. But it seems like they could have just let Lydia get shot instead and taken her down in a less harmful way to start with.

Dragging a recently shot person in anything other than a battlefield situation doesn’t make sense. Esp. Because it looked like she was hit in the upper chest/shoulder area. They didn’t even try to apply pressure to the wound to stop the bleeding.

I was a huge fan S1, less so S2, and this might be my last season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a midwife and this show never gets birth right at all. They clearly don’t even bother to consult with an OB or midwife. They could still listen to fetal heart tones with a fetoscope, and it also seems like they’d make an exception (like they do for cars) to use a doppler to listen as well. And, when a baby is born with low heart rate or respiratory effort, you try to resuscitate it. You don’t say, “oh well, this baby looks dead but I’m not even going to check it’s heartbeat to be sure.” Also, a cord around the neck is dramatic but not really a common reason for a baby to do poorly.

Yep. My second DD had the cord wrapped around two complete turns. She’s alive and well.

[Anonymous]

This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

I think I got more out of the episode than some others in this thread.

Lydia knows that traditional methods of torture don’t work on June, so she comes up with other methods to punish her (making handmaids participate in executions, isolating June, on her knees, for months).

I don’t think the sharps thing was unrealistic; June has had mostly free range of all the houses that she has lived in, with access to knives and open doors the whole time. Lydia knows that June knows that taking advantage of those weapons or means of escape would end with her on the wall. That fact is so well understood that the doctor correctly assumed that June was so depressed she was suicidal when she used the sharp on Serena. Serena could see that June was mentally ill when she had her brief exchange, and was clearly disturbed by it. That, and the fact that June and Serena actually have a bond despite everything, is why Serena didn’t turn her in.

[Anonymous]

Terrible. They need to wrap this up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible. They need to wrap this up.

They’ve set up too much to just wrap it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

I think I got more out of the episode than some others in this thread.

Lydia knows that traditional methods of torture don’t work on June, so she comes up with other methods to punish her (making handmaids participate in executions, isolating June, on her knees, for months).

I don’t think the sharps thing was unrealistic; June has had mostly free range of all the houses that she has lived in, with access to knives and open doors the whole time. Lydia knows that June knows that taking advantage of those weapons or means of escape would end with her on the wall. That fact is so well understood that the doctor correctly assumed that June was so depressed she was suicidal when she used the sharp on Serena. Serena could see that June was mentally ill when she had her brief exchange, and was clearly disturbed by it. That, and the fact that June and Serena actually have a bond despite everything, is why Serena didn’t turn her in.

In the houses, yes, but not in the red center. She's in that room being actively tortured in the presence of an unconscious woman they know she hated. There is no way there would be no surveillance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

I think I got more out of the episode than some others in this thread.

Lydia knows that traditional methods of torture don’t work on June, so she comes up with other methods to punish her (making handmaids participate in executions, isolating June, on her knees, for months).

I don’t think the sharps thing was unrealistic; June has had mostly free range of all the houses that she has lived in, with access to knives and open doors the whole time. Lydia knows that June knows that taking advantage of those weapons or means of escape would end with her on the wall. That fact is so well understood that the doctor correctly assumed that June was so depressed she was suicidal when she used the sharp on Serena. Serena could see that June was mentally ill when she had her brief exchange, and was clearly disturbed by it. That, and the fact that June and Serena actually have a bond despite everything, is why Serena didn’t turn her in.

In the houses, yes, but not in the red center. She's in that room being actively tortured in the presence of an unconscious woman they know she hated. There is no way there would be no surveillance.

What would they need surveillance for? June would automatically be blamed if the baby (forget Natalie) was deliberately harmed, and she wouldn’t get far. The threat of swift capital punishment is all the deterrent they need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

I think I got more out of the episode than some others in this thread.

Lydia knows that traditional methods of torture don’t work on June, so she comes up with other methods to punish her (making handmaids participate in executions, isolating June, on her knees, for months).

I don’t think the sharps thing was unrealistic; June has had mostly free range of all the houses that she has lived in, with access to knives and open doors the whole time. Lydia knows that June knows that taking advantage of those weapons or means of escape would end with her on the wall. That fact is so well understood that the doctor correctly assumed that June was so depressed she was suicidal when she used the sharp on Serena. Serena could see that June was mentally ill when she had her brief exchange, and was clearly disturbed by it. That, and the fact that June and Serena actually have a bond despite everything, is why Serena didn’t turn her in.

In the houses, yes, but not in the red center. She's in that room being actively tortured in the presence of an unconscious woman they know she hated. There is no way there would be no surveillance.

What would they need surveillance for? June would automatically be blamed if the baby (forget Natalie) was deliberately harmed, and she wouldn’t get far. The threat of swift capital punishment is all the deterrent they need.

Except it didn’t deter June. She compressed Natalie’s breathing tube one time. The second time, she had the scalpel and was going to kill Natalie with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This last episode was unwatchable (waiting in the hospital).

Ugh, agree! I literally fast forwarded through the whole thing, only pausing when it seemed like there might be dialogue. Can. Not. Stand. The. Face. Closeups.

And did I miss it: was she hallucinating those interactions? Because the idea that they would leave her in the room, alone, unchained, with sharps, with the pregnant woman is beyond unrealistic. And she tries to stab Serena and Serena is like, "Oh, well, whatever. Guess I'll gasp and leave."

They obviously have no where to take the story. I think I'm done.

I think I got more out of the episode than some others in this thread.

Lydia knows that traditional methods of torture don’t work on June, so she comes up with other methods to punish her (making handmaids participate in executions, isolating June, on her knees, for months).

I don’t think the sharps thing was unrealistic; June has had mostly free range of all the houses that she has lived in, with access to knives and open doors the whole time. Lydia knows that June knows that taking advantage of those weapons or means of escape would end with her on the wall. That fact is so well understood that the doctor correctly assumed that June was so depressed she was suicidal when she used the sharp on Serena. Serena could see that June was mentally ill when she had her brief exchange, and was clearly disturbed by it. That, and the fact that June and Serena actually have a bond despite everything, is why Serena didn’t turn her in.

In the houses, yes, but not in the red center. She's in that room being actively tortured in the presence of an unconscious woman they know she hated. There is no way there would be no surveillance.

What would they need surveillance for? June would automatically be blamed if the baby (forget Natalie) was deliberately harmed, and she wouldn’t get far. The threat of swift capital punishment is all the deterrent they need.

That's not true though, there are constant escapes and suicidal attacks.

[Anonymous]

What is life like for the professional class of Gilead? The doctors, the nurses?

[Anonymous]

I did not like this episode at all, but I hope it is the turning point. June now realizes that she has been selfish and will now work to get all children out. And Serena wa really shaken by thee fact that even June could crack. Maybe this will make her see how I humane they treat the handmaids.