Writers want to show Gilead is a place with order and strictness, but I consider it is way choreographic when they go places.
This episode starts with a line of wife, commanders, marthas and handmaids, all walking to the church to attend a baptism, all aligned to the one in front of them. They join with other lines and don't mix or hesitate, it is like opening ceremony of an Olympiad. Surely they rehearsed that a lot.
Moira looks like an actor from the eighties.
I'm more interested in the Emily ark. I pay attention, and stop my embroidery to look at what happens to her. I was waiting for her reunion with wife and son for so long. I remember when I first watched this episode.
She could have had more sequels of her stay in the colonies. After all, it was a place sure to die in with all the contamination.
When she first came to Canada I expected to run to her family, but for some reason, writers wanted her to be more cautious and traumatized. I may not know, really what is like to be in her shoes.. I sure would run to them immediately (more so, having almost zero sequels)
I wish the reunion would have showed more feelings, like, actual tears. The moment deserved that..
I see Alexis Bledel having a lack of professionalism. She was never a great actress. The scene where she woke up and find out she was mutilated was not good either, unless she's portraying someone that hides somewhat her feelings and is demure.
She's meeting her son after a myriad of awful things that she went trough, after thinking she was going to die many times.. 5 years passed, and she treat him like it was the son of her lover, or her nephew..
She finally cried, as well as her wife, when story time came on and she was reading to him.
She is still her wife, has a house big enough for her to stay and continue their marriage, but for some reason, Emily said she was returning to the hotel, and the wife said "ok".. nothing more. Didn't get it.
Missis Putnam was grateful for what she did for baby Angela. Camera was pointing to her, so I thought it was Janine, but no, it was our heroine, June.
She's so special, she has the courage to go the other way her handmaid's fellows, and went directly to talk to Serena to see if she could convince her of plotting. I don't think it was something that could be possible on season 1. I bet aunt Lydia would had used the electric prod on her at least.
Serena is still angry at Fred. A finger is something you can't forget. But mind you, she knew the rules and still wanted to remain in Gilead. Don't see why.. this is confusing.
Serena confessing to June, Commander Fred confessing to June, both separately talking to June to resolve their problems, to act like a go in between, like a peacemaker... is that realistic? Characters out of character to make June indispensable. It is not believable whatsoever.
An obviously smart woman as Serena, even tho she's pretty ignorant in other aspects like wanting Gilead in the first place, gets influenced by a handmaid.
June parade herself around wifes with a plotting look and a smirk on her lips. Weird given the fact of how aunt Lydia is, and how strict wives are, makes no sense, but they have to accommodate everything, even if they erase with the elbow what they wrote with the hand, so that things can go writer's way.
Janine is going towards her daughter, but who's there to try to stop her? June. Aunt Lydia hit her with cruelty because she wanted something prohibited, who's there to stop her? June! Of course! Who else? The almighty June. She also screamed to Lydia "NO!!" in front of everyone while she covered Janine with her body to protect her. Consequences? Nop.
Lydia is getting crazy or has regrets? Don't know, we don't know because she never cried or felt bad after a punishment. So yes, another out of character moment to adjust the plot. Many moments like these so she could have an important role on what's happening, instead of going for the obvious route, even tho it doesn't fit well with what's going on.
The fact that Lucas has baby Nicole is absurd, and that he took her into a protest, that even had cameras, with the absolute certainty that Gilead would see the footage.. is incredibly absurd, but hey, they built the whole season 3 based on that.
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