Im somwhere in season 3, what a depressing, but also scary story, if you look at the times we live in and how fast a nation can turn on eachother, like they fear Trump will try to do, upcoming election. Some things I wonder, how is that even possible, but the show keeps it relatively small. It's either in Gilead or Canada, but in Gilead you don't see men or women walk down the streets, only the handmaidens and armed guards everywhere, but no citizens, just the small part they do show through the characters, which is very bleak, if you live in Gilead, even for the women there, it will become unsustainable in the real world, but just the thought and to make such a show, that does show how religion can be abused to keep ppl in their place, but their bible is the most extreme version, capitol punishment for cheating on your spouse, take a finger or a hand when they did somethig they shouldn't, like reading or not obeying your husband and no LGBTQ allowed. (Spoilers). Great roles from the women, from the cold but passonate Serena to the brave June/OfFred and Emily/Of more than one family, send to the colonies, which reminds you of the workcamps in WWII. Afer a terroristattack of one of the handmaidens are back, coz they need furtile women, the reason this treasoness act against the US Government, like North and South, only now it's conservative, religious zealots against intelleqtuals, non believers, liberals and those who didn't fit their description of what a human being should be like, how to act, how to speak, how to stay indoctrinated by their extreme beliefs, taken from a Bible in the way it fits their vision on how we should be as a Nation. It makes a very sober, brutal, rebelious but scary world,(spoiler) where these furtilie,, but "fallen women" are raped to get those who can't have babies, Made with the couple in a sort of religious (right:rolling_eyes:) ritual where she has to lay on the bed, the wife holding her hands, while the ma stands in front of the bed to push in his seamon, but some of these men aren't even capabel, so it endangers the handmaiden, who than has to find another way to get pregnant, like June did with Nick, whp works for the Commander Fred. In a world like that, you'll need someone, since her husband is save in Canada, somthing she heard much later, and her daughter Ruby, who still lives in Gilead somewhere and mommy ain't leaving her behind, but with the help of Serena, Emily's new "öwner" and June herself, who got the baby out, but chooses to stay, to get her daughter back. Very intense, nothing like this out there, so original, even if it depresses the hell out of you, its also abt hope, resilliance, frgiveness and so much more, a real must see for pl who love these kind of series, which are many, mostly women I suppose...
Review by MaDaltonBlockedParentSpoilers2020-08-23T12:45:20Z
Im somwhere in season 3, what a depressing, but also scary story, if you look at the times we live in and how fast a nation can turn on eachother, like they fear Trump will try to do, upcoming election. Some things I wonder, how is that even possible, but the show keeps it relatively small. It's either in Gilead or Canada, but in Gilead you don't see men or women walk down the streets, only the handmaidens and armed guards everywhere, but no citizens, just the small part they do show through the characters, which is very bleak, if you live in Gilead, even for the women there, it will become unsustainable in the real world, but just the thought and to make such a show, that does show how religion can be abused to keep ppl in their place, but their bible is the most extreme version, capitol punishment for cheating on your spouse, take a finger or a hand when they did somethig they shouldn't, like reading or not obeying your husband and no LGBTQ allowed. (Spoilers). Great roles from the women, from the cold but passonate Serena to the brave June/OfFred and Emily/Of more than one family, send to the colonies, which reminds you of the workcamps in WWII. Afer a terroristattack of one of the handmaidens are back, coz they need furtile women, the reason this treasoness act against the US Government, like North and South, only now it's conservative, religious zealots against intelleqtuals, non believers, liberals and those who didn't fit their description of what a human being should be like, how to act, how to speak, how to stay indoctrinated by their extreme beliefs, taken from a Bible in the way it fits their vision on how we should be as a Nation. It makes a very sober, brutal, rebelious but scary world,(spoiler) where these furtilie,, but "fallen women" are raped to get those who can't have babies, Made with the couple in a sort of religious (right:rolling_eyes:) ritual where she has to lay on the bed, the wife holding her hands, while the ma stands in front of the bed to push in his seamon, but some of these men aren't even capabel, so it endangers the handmaiden, who than has to find another way to get pregnant, like June did with Nick, whp works for the Commander Fred. In a world like that, you'll need someone, since her husband is save in Canada, somthing she heard much later, and her daughter Ruby, who still lives in Gilead somewhere and mommy ain't leaving her behind, but with the help of Serena, Emily's new "öwner" and June herself, who got the baby out, but chooses to stay, to get her daughter back. Very intense, nothing like this out there, so original, even if it depresses the hell out of you, its also abt hope, resilliance, frgiveness and so much more, a real must see for pl who love these kind of series, which are many, mostly women I suppose...