You did something terrible that needed to be done. I understand what that costs.
May he rot in hell. Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Amen. :pray_tone2:
Every episode worse than the last.
22 distinct tight close ups of June staring into the camera though. So artsy!
An 88 dollar fine! LMAO!
Can tell this season is going to be vastly inferior to the rest. Writing simply isn't strong anymore.
I am not convinced that this will be a good season, but I'd be happy to be wrong!
yawn
Thank God s6 will be the last.
The ending with the agent was perfect. I was fuming the entire episode at how apathetic the American agent appears and how much he let’s Serena carry on like she is an innocent victim that is not being held for war crimes.
I am so done with June staring weirdly into the void in a closeup.
A simmering start bodes well after the explosive energy of last season’s finale. Honestly it was uncomfortable to watch which speaks to the brilliance of the show and its actors.
I liked June's journey from murderous rage to wanting consequences to finally being able to be a mother.
But: I'm starting to get tired of the endless close-ups of June's face or Serena's face... I mean, this episode was an hour long, and it felt like we spent half of it just looking at some faces. Granted, this is one of the facets that made this show so unique because of the connection the close ups are able to make with the audience... still, I'd rather the episode's 10 minutes shorter.
I know, Bledel left before season 5... but couldn't she have made some kind of cameo that actually showed her leaving for Gilead instead of June simply being told?
I still hope Serena gets her comeuppance at some point because I think she's worse than Waterford ever was, manipulative, narcissistic only because she feels undervalued she helps men rape other women. Classic case of you can't get to those above you, you'll trample on those below you.
One other thing: so, because June killed Fred outside of Canada, there'll be no consequences? What if she'd killed him on Gilead's soil instead of on no man's land... would she be extradited then? What difference does that make morally speaking? Why do the Waterfords get put on trial in Canada if their crimes happened in Gilead? Is this a case of June's justified, so we'll overlook this, but the Waterfords are so morally reprehensible? Canada's role's portrayal within the whole series doesn't really sit well with me, but at some point it gets a bit ridiculous.
And the American agent didn't really make this more palatable: "Don't let the bastards grind you down"... Well, at some point June's going to have to ask herself if she's become a bastard herself. And "it needed to be done" is no legal justification. It might be a moral one, but not a legal one (at least not to the degree that she evades a trial in the first place where she could use that argument).
Ohhh am sick of this june! Somebody pls kill this arrogant bastard
idk why but I somehow expected her to drown the child in the bathtub
0.20x speed got me through this episode, as always when the handmaid's tale becomes too prolonged for my taste.
And again: June's selfishness shows.
She damn near demands everyone else helping her but when push comes to shove will not return the favor. Take a note from Emily's playbook. She goes all in. She makes the choice to act, to take vengeance, to help a friend and go beyond that to help everyone else she left behind plus to stick up for herself... even if it means leaving her family behind.
A crap ton of extreme close-ups, figurative and literal pregnant pauses (Serena), the usual descent into madness... don't know what else I expected, of course, that's how they're closing out the final season. The actors are still giving it their all though, so, alright, let's do this.
"I'm scared of you" - Moira
"Me too" - June
Who isn't?! June has lost her fucking mind, and that's terrifying.
Nice little call back to the writing on the wall in Gilead - "Don't let the bastards get you down."
It wasn't a horrible opener, the last 20 minutes were good, I could watch Yvonne Strahovski chew ice for an hour and be happy (she's still rocking this role). I'm just tired of being all up in people's pores, especially Elizabeth Moss's, oh boy, that's just too much intimacy for me, thanks... but it was nice to see Luke and Moira get a moment without the madness, and to see Serena finally get the finger, lol.
Shout by sydneyBlockedParent2022-09-14T22:43:18Z
sorry why was "I have to pay a fine. Online." so funny