I think it was a missed opportunity to make Serena a handmaid after her baby is born. Instead of making her a spokesperson for giliad, they should have turned her to a handmaid for her husband's treachery. She can bear children so that would have been a great story twist and so satisfying.
June Osbourne learned new skill: teleport & GPS coordinates of Serena
Better than the first two episodes, but the stuff outside of Gilead is not good - the writing is poor, and I don't think it works - so I'm glad there wasn't as much of it in this episode. Also, can't believe Commander Lawrence actually used the term 'toxic masculinity'. At times, it feels like this show is turning into a parody of itself. The quality of the show at this point is far far far removed from the stellar first two seasons. June's character especially has dropped quite a lot in terms of depth and quality. Elisabeth's Moss' performance as June in early seasons was magical and utterly captivating, but these last two seasons I've found her to be falling extremely flat and almost cringe-inducing at times - no fault of Elisabeth Moss' I'm sure, I think that's just the product of subpar writing for a show that should not have continued this long.
I think I'm being extremely generous when rating this a 7.
So, Gilead is sending Serena back to Toronto as their "ambassador"... okay... better than having her marry Lawrence, I guess (for Lawrence at least). And better for her, since she could and should have ended up as a handmaid. I thought that she almost succeeded in manipulating Lawrence for a moment, so somehow it's a relief. But what's Lawrence's agenda? And Nick - and his wife's?
Sorry to see that June's been treading water for the last almost whole season (since her arrival in Toronto at least)... that whole plotline feels dragged out and pointless. When she saw that guy returning to Gilead, I almost believed she was going to join him, but she didn't. Although she was the focus of the first seasons, I find myself rooting against Serena and for Janine much more than for June. Her story doesn't interest me anymore, especially since it's become 2-dimensional rage, hatred and vengeance.
Speaking of Janine... what a dynamic with her and Lydia... will Lydia really change now that God has granted her prayer to spare Janine - spare her for what, for more of Lydia's obsessive cruelty? For more rape? I still hope one day Janine will turn on Lydia, but somehow they've developed such a strange co-dependency that I'm no longer sure that'll happen.
"That's it?!"
-Me watching June after the encounter at the end
Bro, I can't stand any more close-ups of Elisabeth Moss's ugly face
I would have laughed in her face, when June told Moira that she had no right to decide. Oh the irony.
Shout by GusaVIP 2BlockedParent2022-09-21T12:45:43Z
Building up to total chaos and escalation. I love it!