The Handmaid's tale

[Barnacle Boy]

Weird announcement at the end of this week "if youv been affected by any of the issues raised..." Etc
Are they going to get people ringing up saying they're trapped in a fascistic dystopian future?

Be for people who are kept captive and forced into prostitution.

Last nights episode was excellent

 

[JonnotheMackem]

Be for people who are kept captive and forced into prostitution.

Last nights episode was excellent

It was - second best after episode 3 imo. I'd been waiting to see how they handled that particular bit and it was done well.

 

[JonnotheMackem]

Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. Laughed aloud when I saw that note at the end

 

[Barnacle Boy]

Brilliant. Utterly brilliant. Laughed aloud when I saw that note at the end

The end of Sunday's episode was class like.

The scene with Ofwarren and the baby on the bridge was gutwrenching too. I chose to overlook how easily she got there in the first place mind

 

[cluffy]

I was worried Fred was going to have threesome with Moira and June

 

[Son of Stan]

I was worried Fred was going to have threesome with Moira and June

I really would not want to see that!

 

[itscoldinhere]

Is everyone watching this on a weekly basis?

 

[Barnacle Boy]

Is everyone watching this on a weekly basis?

Yes so keep it zipped mate!

 

[JonnotheMackem]

Well then. What did we think of that?

 

[Son of Stan]

Well then. What did we think of that?

The end was quite faithful to the book, so it was what I was hoping they'd do. Excellent series overall.

 

[Keawyeds]

Of all the things in that series, I think one of the bits that stuck with me is that commander having his hands removed.

 

[AndrewP]

The end was quite faithful to the book, so it was what I was hoping they'd do. Excellent series overall.

Aye, but there was no second book. Second series on the way.

 

[JonnotheMackem]

Of all the things in that series, I think one of the bits that stuck with me is that commander having his hands removed.

I grimaced all the way through that, it was horrible.

Moira reunited with Luke was a truly beautiful moment.

 

[Some Random Guy]

Of all the things in that series, I think one of the bits that stuck with me is that commander having his hands removed.

I thought it was just the one. Still horrible.

 

[Keawyeds]

I thought it was just the one. Still horrible.

Very grim. I think it was like the alternative to being executed.
I think the idea was that he wouldn't touch his handmaid again

 

[Some Random Guy]

Very grim. I think it was like the alternative to being executed.
I think the idea was that he wouldn't touch his handmaid again

Would he actually get another's one seeing as he had a kid?

 

[Keawyeds]

Would he actually get another's one seeing as he had a kid?

I wasn't sure if they were allowed to try for another. Or get another handmaid to have another with?

 

[Some Random Guy]

I wasn't sure if they were allowed to try for another. Or get another handmaid to have another with?

Not sure either.

 

[Keawyeds]

Not sure either.

Jeanine (sp) went to another family after having her baby so I'm guessing that may have been for her to have another

 

[Son of Stan]

Aye, but there was no second book. Second series on the way.

Yes I know. I don't suppose they knew they had a second series when filming the first. It remains to be seen whether the writing keeps the high standard of this series. I certainly hope so.

Of all the things in that series, I think one of the bits that stuck with me is that commander having his hands removed.

Yes that was awful. However it was the female genital mutilation and the hanging of her lover that stick with me. I won't mention that the male mutilation seems worse to you - and the female one does for me!