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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Loved this episode. The cracks are starting to show around Gilead.

Gilead’s whole raison d’etre, per Serena, is to ensure healthy babies are born and the human race lives on. In Serena’s mind, everything she does serves to justify that purpose. Of course, as they are starting to figure out, a society where women can’t thrive is one where children can’t thrive either. It’s becoming increasingly obvious that the men ruling Gilead care more about asserting their power over everyone else than about producing healthy babies - this is why Fred refused to allow the female neonatologist to see Charlotte. Also, when Serena was confronted by Fred and she said “I did this to help a child; what greater duty is there?” Frank replied, “Obeying your husband.”

Serena is a proud woman, but I think she will turn against Gilead in the future once she realizes what Gilead is *really* about (men, not children). All she wants is to save the children. They’re showing her in a more sympthetic light now, and she appeared more empathic to the Handmaidens as mothers in this episode.

Side theory: I suspect Serena is not infertile after all. We know that Fred couldn’t get June/Offred pregnant. How are we to know that Serenaded  is infertile when she hasn’t been with any other men? I see the “barren woman” label potentially pushing her over the edge somehow.[/quote]

I thought we knew she was infertile bc she got shot in the stomach earlier. She knew she could never get pregnant.

Why are they against IVF to produce healthy babies? [/quote]

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