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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, well, things are heating up.

Good episode, even if it was still a little slow.

I think Serena is stone cold setting Fred up.

June gets her mojo back and kind of saves everyone.

Muffins! Praise be![/quote]

Good episode, though I was bothered that June had to provide beforecare for the man she’s forced to have sex with.[/quote]

Yeah, that was messed up, but made me think back to last week when Serena told June, "You were supposed to be one of the strong ones." That took strength and courage and also had the effect of waking Lawrence up to the fact that this is the reality he has imposed on countless people. Thus far, he's been able to insulate himself and comfort himself with gestures like "saving" 5 women from the Colonies by making them Marthas (also a form of slavery, as far as I can tell).

I think Fred is trying to push Lawrence out - partly b/c June's there but also b/c until recently he's been shown a great deal of deference and has had a lot of power.[/quote]

Fred is a small time commander and no one has respect for him.  He's trying to gain respect bypassing his authority.  [/quote]

I think Fred has a comeuppance in his near future. [/quote]

[book spoiler below]

The whole Waterford and Stabler plotting against Lawrence sounded like the ending (code) of the book -- when the historians are talking about the internal purges, and one theorizes that the Handmaid's Commander was one of the early leaders who got pushed out after the first couple of years, when things were still shaking out. Most of the stuff in these episodes goes well beyond the book but we know the purges happened and the historians even joke about it like "of course they turned on each other, the practical people always push out the purists, it's like the Soviets in the 1930s." No idea what we'll see on the TV show but it seems like they are making a reference to the book, since otherwise we've been completely off script for a long time. [/quote]

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