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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Such a good episode!!

Questions (relating to the LATEST episode):

— why does Luke seem so ‘whatever’ when moira asks ‘don’t you wanna find out if she’s alive?’ After the woman was releasing details about the blast

— I’m the PP that posted about craving a soft side from both aunt Lydia and Serena. We keep getting teased with it and then they act like b*tches again. Did we finally see a soft side from Serena towards the end?? I’m sure she’s just looking out for her own interests (both with getting rid of cushing, and needing June for editing), but still. I saw a glimmer of compassion, I think.

— this ones not directly episode related. But, can someone remind me who the econo-families (I think that’s what they’re called) are? Like the women that wear all grey. One example is the bread truck driver that helped offred and then got killed. How did they have a kid / family if all the fertile women were forced to be handmaids?  The wife was still fertile since aunt Lydia said she got shipped off to be a handmaid. Why are they ‘allowed’ to be normal citizens/ families? Any details on this class?
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The econowives are the wives of non-powerful/average men. Not all women are infertile, just many. The Commanders (and other powerful men) have the luxury of handmaids if their wives turn out to be infertile.[/quote]

Oh, I was under the assumption ALL fertile women became handmaids. So how did women like June and Emily etc get ripped from their families and forced to be handmaids, but others didn’t?  I’m digressing and I know that’s not the point, but wondering for my own curiosity. [/quote]

Np - I believe all the handmaids had a dream gression from their prior life where repentance by being a handmaid was the way to salvation. June was an adulterer, Moira was a lesbian, etc. If you were a believer and fertile (or not proven to be infertile) you were allowed to wed and procreate[/quote]

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