The Handmaids Tale
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Not June and Luke!
Okay, thats not quite fair.
I did enjoy the lip-smackingly delicious satisfaction of watching Serena squirm under the oppression of a Gilead pregnancy.
Actually, for an episode that contained zero Janine, Fairytale was pretty banging all around.
(Youll note this is the second episode in a row with no Nick.)
Of course, we end on a cliffhanger, because this isThe Handmaids Tale.
All in all, I found this to be a darn-near-perfect episode of this particular show.
Its Mayday, and they have something for her.
June responds with the corresponding password, Beret.
I chuckled, anyway.
Looks like theyre stuck with this guy for the rest of the day.
Like, when has that ever gone well?
Except for once, the other shoe doesnt drop.
They just … go bowling.
He decides they need music, so he finds a keyboard (handy!)
Ah, true love.
Meanwhile, Serena is realizing the limits of her own dream life the hard way.
But at first everything is exactly as Serena always wanted it to be.
Gods chosen motherfucking vessel.
Like all good horror stories, it takes a little time for Serenas nightmare to settle in.
Her perfect serenity lasts about until her afternoon call with Commander Lawrence and Putnam.
Mrs. Wheeler declines Serenas invitation to listen in because Wives shouldnt concern themselves with business matters.
And then Mr. Wheeler finally appears first as an ominous suit-shaped shadow in Serenas bedroom doorway.
For the good of the baby.
We cant have you running around the city, Wheeler scoffs.
Your baby comes before any ambitions.
He makes her take her vitamins and reminds her to take them every day.
Can she at least have a cell phone, she asks?
For your own safety.
Whatever a man soweth, that he shall also reap?
Isnt that from the Bible?
Well, not exactly safe.
Jaden poor, sweet, Jaden steps on a landmine, and his leg is promptly blown off.
They take off running and get to that ominous, wide-open field on the border between both countries.
This episode made me feel so many things in just 45 minutes.
They do not get along.
I chuckled during Serenas Handmaid-selection flashback.
Aunt Lydia says, That one caught the eye of Commander Waterford also!
Serena shuts the folder.
Also, it lets Luke say yes when Jaden asks if he wrote Lets Stay Together himself.
