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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I found the Emily scenes to be heartbreaking but also I'm getting a little frustrated with the narrative. I just think Emily as a character deserves to do more than look beautifully traumatized now that she's in Canada. I hope they give her something more to do.

Similarly, Luke and Moira are going to all these protests but they're not connected to the resistance? Are we supposed to believe that the refugee community there just shows up with signs and chants but there's no connection to the active military conflict or underground resistance in conquered Gilead? That just makes no sense to me. Moira made it at Jezebels and killed people, etc, but now she sees her place in the struggle as just volunteering at the refugee office or something? I'm not saying that's wrong for her to do, I'm just saying they've not explained it.

It's been clear that Canada isn't willing to confront Gilead, but it is willing to take refugees, but they haven't really explained that tension imo. Plus there was that guy pitching to Serena at the hotel bar who I gathered was government-connected? That's pretty high-level interference for a country that seems to be trying to remain neutral?  I know they're about to explore this hopefully with the whole baby custody struggle.

[b]Finally, Canada seems fine. How is it possible that a fertility/environmental problem could topple the US and lead the Mexican government to buy slaves but Canada seems fine? They haven't shown any abandoned cities or serious shortages or whatever else would seem likely. At a minimum their consumer goods should be all f&*ed up, right? Oil seems fine? Cars driving around? Medical supplies have no problem replacing America? Just seems very unlikely.[/b] [/quote]

Because June is a handmaid, we can only see into lives of the elites in Gilead. The commanders and their families wouldn't be the ones suffering the consequences of food or medicine shortages. For all we know, the Waterford/Lawrence families live in a gated community where everything looks normal but once you're outside the gates, it's a different story. We don't really know other people live in this society.

But to be fair, I think the source material was more of a dystopian fable than anything else. Atwood never did enough world building to explain the practical details of how this world worked. It's unfortunate limitation carried over into the tv series.

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