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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Im interested in Commander Lawrence's wife and what role she might play in this season. Based on the interaction with June and the Marthas when the guard came in to conduct a search and psychplanting in the newly dug grave, I think she may develop in more than a minor character over the next few episodes. I also wonder whether she has mental illness because of what her husband has done or if she "acts" this way as a buffer. [/quote]

Agree—very interesting.  Here’s my imagined back story for her.  She was a professor at someplace like Tufts in something not political—maybe English lit or Greek classics with low level depression well managed with therapy and medication.  Maybe she’d had some miscarriages or a stillbirth in the fertility crisis.  With the collapse of academia and the psychiatric care industry, what is a woman like that to do?  I’d wander around in my bathrobe, plant flowers to cover up a grave, and resent my husband.  He probably makes little stands against the regime as a sop to her.  [/quote]

I believe (though I could be mis-remembering, I haven't watched the last season since it aired) that the wife was an Art History professor at Harvard. I agree with most of what you wrote, but I don't think that she is running the show and her husband making little stands for her. I think his own motivations are unclear, but I think his helping Emily and somewhat permitting the resistance to work out of his house is bigger than just appeasing his wife. Also, he could have been killed and put on the Wall for ferrying out June and Emily, so I'm not sure I consider it a "little stand." I think he is supportive of the resistance, but it looks a lot different when you are supportive and also in the highest levels of power. I think he is aware he needs to play the game on both sides. He is willing to go against the regime to some extent, but they can't suspect him of anything. Also, he may support the same goals as the resistance, but he is not going to risk his life and the overall success of overturning Gilead on one sloppy as hell and unpredictable handmaid like June. It remains to be seen, but I think he is playing the long game and not driven by impulse like the majority of the resistance that is completely lacking in power. [/quote]

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