The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu Original (**Spoilers**)

Under His Eye

May the Lord open.

A lot better this week. Better than last weeks snooze fest. Looking forward to the season finale.

Under His Eye.

Dandelion6

bodhrandude wrote: »

Ever noticed how no body seems to be into music or listening to music on the radio in this, I presume there is no music festivals in Gillead either. What does the Gillead folk do to unwind, do they have dope, soap operas or booze.

There's a piano in Emily's new home.

iamwhoiam

God that was grim , Its getting darker and darker as it goes along .
And it was actually so dark tonight as not light that I could barely see it . And not sure if it was production or my TV but I could see shadows and almost negative image at times


Or as Offred said
Praise F... Be

An Ciarraioch

Under His Eye wrote: »

May the Lord open.

A lot better this week. Better than last weeks snooze fest. Looking forward to the season finale.

Under His Eye.

Having teased us in earlier episodes with snatches of the Handmaid Rebellion, they surely have to return to that theme for the finale. We know from the car scene that Little America is covertly broadcasting to Gilead, but does it have sleeper agents in Commander houses, and/or an organised network, similar to the French Resistance?

Marje

Didn't feel as slow paced as other episodes. Will be interesting how Emily's new house works out. He is testing her?

Saw clip for next weeks episode, doesn't really show that much to guess what could happen.

Hope they don't leave it on some major cliffhanger.

I know it's grim and hard stories to follow but as someone mentioned I wish they use a bit more colour and not make it so dark.

Ilovethe bonesofyou

The music is so good in it. This evenings episode had such an ominous feel to it.

iamwhoiam

Marje wrote: »

Didn't feel as slow paced as other episodes. Will be interesting how Emily's new house works out. He is testing her?

Saw clip for next weeks episode, doesn't really show that much to guess what could happen.

Hope they don't leave it on some major cliffhanger.

I know it's grim and hard stories to follow but as someone mentioned I wish they use a bit more colour and not make it so dark.

I held my breath with Emily and kept thinking the new boss was going to pounce any minute and rape her


This hot and cold relationship between June and Serena is fascinating to watch . Deep down somewhere in her cold bitchy heart I think Serena admires June .
Praise be the bitch

youngblood

Has no one mentioned OPRAH?????

Good lord

Slydice

She was mentioned

Hande hoche!

youngblood wrote: »

Has no one mentioned OPRAH?????

Good lord

That went completely over my head. Right you are.

The Rape of Lucretia

As a warning on the evils of religion, its point is simple and well put. The idea of a hybrid, bible belt USA / Saudia Arabia theocracy, must surely have struck many in the USA pretty strongly, but I think in Europe, where church influence has waned to insignificance, while interesting, it has no direct resonance. And the fundamental problem with this second season, is that that was fully done (well, though) in the first series. The second series adds nothing at all to that Lord of the Flies type regression of society to the rigid religious control and subjugation of women. We got that. It really was the series that didnt need to be made.

johnpatrick81

It needs a big finish for me, it's just grim without any light or hope right now.

cumulonimbus

I laughed at the baby’s name: Nickole! Serena is really rubbing Fred’s nose in the fact that his driver is the father.

Exclamation Marc

johnpatrick81 wrote: »

It needs a big finish for me, it's just grim without any light or hope right now.

Couldn't agree more, needs to be a big uplifting ending for me.

Its just misery porn at this stage and there's only so much suffering I can watch.

Under His Eye

cumulonimbus wrote: »

I laughed at the baby’s name: Nickole! Serena is really rubbing Fred’s nose in the fact that his driver is the father.

I didn't notice that till now.

bodhrandude

bodhrandude wrote: »

Ever noticed how no body seems to be into music or listening to music on the radio in this, I presume there is no music festivals in Gillead either. What does the Gillead folk do to unwind, do they have dope, soap operas or booze.

They are still waiting for the next announcement

bodhrandude

Nayeli Brief Mall wrote: »

They are still waiting for the next announcement

Ha ha good one Nayeli Brief Mall.

iamwhoiam

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ad-map-handmaids-tale.jpg?strip=

Some of us were asking where Gilead was located . I found this on another forum. Not sure how accurate it is

Here is another interpretation


https://www.google.ie/search?q=gilead&rlz=1C1GGGE_enIE510IE510&oq=&aqs=chrome.1.69i58j0i66l3j5i66l2.29511j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Max Prophet

iamwhoiam wrote: »

https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/ad-map-handmaids-tale.jpg?strip=

Some of us were asking where Gilead was located . I found this on another forum. Not sure how accurate it is

Makes zero sense

iamwhoiam

Max Prophet wrote: »

Makes zero sense

It does to me .

Max Prophet

iamwhoiam wrote: »

It does to me .

So what’s the last light blue in the West coast or the splotches in Canada ???

Max Prophet

Or the splotches in the yellow section ? Any idea since it makes sense to you ?

iamwhoiam

Max Prophet wrote: »

So what’s the last light blue in the West coast or the splotches in Canada ???

Not sure I was simply interested in locating Gilead and the Colonies

iamwhoiam

Max Prophet wrote: »

Or the splotches in the yellow section ? Any idea since it makes sense to you ?

They are the Great Lakes

Max Prophet

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Not sure I was simply interested in locating Gilead and the Colonies

Oh right so basicly ignore everything else on the map? As I said makes zero sense.

iamwhoiam

Max Prophet wrote: »

Oh right so basicly gnore everything else on the map? As I said makes zero sense.

Why the aggresion ? Just wondering ?

Max Prophet

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Why the aggresion ? Just wondering ?

What aggression ? Merely stating facts.

An Ciarraioch

No, it does make sense, Gilead and the Colonies are essentially the original 13 US states, along with Florida and parts of the Midwest. The Baptist Republic is the Bible Belt of the Deep South, while the Socialist area is what is known in modern USA as the Rust Belt - those industrial states that swung to Trump in 2016.

El Norte encompasses the states Mexico lost in the 19th century (and has presumably reclaimed), while Deseret was the original Mormon name for Utah. Hesperia covers the Rocky Mountain States, but strangely the map legend for the Pacific States appears to be absent.

iamwhoiam

Max Prophet wrote: »

What aggression ? Merely stating facts.

My post was about Gilead and its location . If the rest makes no sense to you and you are interested to find out it the information it might be available on the wiki site . Hope that helps

iamwhoiam

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

No, it does make sense, Gilead and the Colonies are essentially the original 13 US states, along with Florida and parts of the Midwest. The Baptist Republic is the Bible Belt of the Deep South, while the Socialist area is what is known in modern USA as the Rust Belt - those industrial states that swung to Trump in 2016.

El Norte encompasses the states Mexico lost in the 19th century (and has presumably reclaimed), while Deseret was the original Mormon name for Utah. Hesperia covers the Rocky Mountain States, but strangely the map legend for the Pacific States appears to be absent.

Thank you very much for that . Is that in the book ? I really must read it