Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 12:11     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
I want Serena to die a painful death. Women complicit in subjugating other women is a special kind of evil.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 10:47     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:That was a great episode. This show still has it.

Lawrence getting on the plane was truly touching.

Badass Darcy Carden as Ava was giving me life. LOVED that bit.

A fitting ending for Nick. I was very worried they were going to pull their punches and have June run to him.

How many episodes left?


Really? I HATED this episode. Should have been the most exciting and was so boring and underwhelming. And more extreme and unnecessary close ups of Elisabeth Moss. I can always tell when she directs an episode.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 07:57     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Bradley whitford is just such a good actor. He always seems to have better written lines too. I sometimes wonder if they have different writers for different characters or if the actors can adjust their lines a bit.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 07:55     Subject: Re:Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I kinda loved Aunt Lydia for getting her lick in at the last minute. Wasn't expecting her to be all-in, but she really did get it.
That was a great moment. I’m assuming she won’t be in The Testaments, then?


No, she will be.
Huh. I’m going to have to suspend my disbelief that she didn’t destroy her standing and her cover in Gilead by being almost hanged as a traitor and publicly condemning the Commanders. I mean, I know Gilead doesn’t have the Internet and live media coverage, but surely the Boston Commanders kept DC in the loop about what was going on and who they captured? Apparently not.


The Testaments happens concurrent with the timeline the show is in. There will be some wonkiness - mainly because Hannah and Nicole/Holly are supposed to be much closer in age and Holly is a big part of the book.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 07:27     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:That was a great episode. This show still has it.

Lawrence getting on the plane was truly touching.

Badass Darcy Carden as Ava was giving me life. LOVED that bit.

A fitting ending for Nick. I was very worried they were going to pull their punches and have June run to him.

How many episodes left?
Just one more episode.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 07:22     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
That was a great episode. This show still has it.

Lawrence getting on the plane was truly touching.

Badass Darcy Carden as Ava was giving me life. LOVED that bit.

A fitting ending for Nick. I was very worried they were going to pull their punches and have June run to him.

How many episodes left?
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 15:28     Subject: Re:Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I kinda loved Aunt Lydia for getting her lick in at the last minute. Wasn't expecting her to be all-in, but she really did get it.
That was a great moment. I’m assuming she won’t be in The Testaments, then?


No, she will be.
Huh. I’m going to have to suspend my disbelief that she didn’t destroy her standing and her cover in Gilead by being almost hanged as a traitor and publicly condemning the Commanders. I mean, I know Gilead doesn’t have the Internet and live media coverage, but surely the Boston Commanders kept DC in the loop about what was going on and who they captured? Apparently not.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 14:39     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:So many people online are crying over Nick. It’s like the point of the show went entirely over their heads. Not only did they conveniently forget his little insurrectionist, murdering backstory, but they also just casually dismiss the fact that he left his pregnant wife behind in occupied Boston. That’s a man choosing power and his own survival over everything else…AGAIN.

Lawrence, on the other hand, I get. That was a well done redemption arc. He recognized his sins and eventually gave his life trying to atone for them.


YUP. Both had the opportunity to fight against what they helped create. Only Lawrence took up the mantle.

I do think Lawrence had to die for full redemption, though. Died a war criminal (repentant, but still a war criminal) but will be remembered as a martyr.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 12:45     Subject: Re:Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I kinda loved Aunt Lydia for getting her lick in at the last minute. Wasn't expecting her to be all-in, but she really did get it.
That was a great moment. I’m assuming she won’t be in The Testaments, then?


No, she will be.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 12:04     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I was disappointed in the wedding. I was hoping we'd get some kind of slaughterfest during the ceremony. And then they drugged the cake to make the wedding guests sleepy? Why not poison them instead?

Also, what was up with that guard toward the end in the Handmaid's bunkroom? Was he in on the plan? If not, his actions are tough to understand. He just sort of points his gun ineffectually and then disappears without any effort to prevent the escape.


If it's poison, and the handmaids are forced to eat it too, they're dead. If it's sleep-inducing, and the handmaid's have to eat it, they take a nap and live to fight another day.

Also, since you brought it up, heat and most poisons don't tend to mix well, and timing a poison that isn't immediate is hard to calculate, especially in a baked good. There are plenty of things that'll make you sleepy that could hide well in a cake. Just sayin'...


I don't have any desire to live in a dystopian future, but if I happen to, can we be friends?
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 10:07     Subject: Re:Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:I kinda loved Aunt Lydia for getting her lick in at the last minute. Wasn't expecting her to be all-in, but she really did get it.
That was a great moment. I’m assuming she won’t be in The Testaments, then?
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 09:25     Subject: Re:Handmaid's tale, season 6
I kinda loved Aunt Lydia for getting her lick in at the last minute. Wasn't expecting her to be all-in, but she really did get it.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 09:24     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:So many people online are crying over Nick. It’s like the point of the show went entirely over their heads. Not only did they conveniently forget his little insurrectionist, murdering backstory, but they also just casually dismiss the fact that he left his pregnant wife behind in occupied Boston. That’s a man choosing power and his own survival over everything else…AGAIN.

Lawrence, on the other hand, I get. That was a well done redemption arc. He recognized his sins and eventually gave his life trying to atone for them.



Yes, agreed. Bye bye, Nick!
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 09:24     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:So many people online are crying over Nick. It’s like the point of the show went entirely over their heads. Not only did they conveniently forget his little insurrectionist, murdering backstory, but they also just casually dismiss the fact that he left his pregnant wife behind in occupied Boston. That’s a man choosing power and his own survival over everything else…AGAIN.

Lawrence, on the other hand, I get. That was a well done redemption arc. He recognized his sins and eventually gave his life trying to atone for them.


Lawrence went out like the G he's been the whole time. Sad, but not surprising.

I'm annoyed that people are crying over Nick, who got on that plane like a smug betch and deserved what he got. Like you said: he chose. Poorly. Good riddance.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 09:22     Subject: Handmaid's tale, season 6
Anonymous wrote:I was disappointed in the wedding. I was hoping we'd get some kind of slaughterfest during the ceremony. And then they drugged the cake to make the wedding guests sleepy? Why not poison them instead?

Also, what was up with that guard toward the end in the Handmaid's bunkroom? Was he in on the plan? If not, his actions are tough to understand. He just sort of points his gun ineffectually and then disappears without any effort to prevent the escape.


If it's poison, and the handmaids are forced to eat it too, they're dead. If it's sleep-inducing, and the handmaid's have to eat it, they take a nap and live to fight another day.

Also, since you brought it up, heat and most poisons don't tend to mix well, and timing a poison that isn't immediate is hard to calculate, especially in a baked good. There are plenty of things that'll make you sleepy that could hide well in a cake. Just sayin'...