The Handmaid’s Tale
This article mentions sexual assault.
She comes across discarded shoes, unfinished cups of coffee, and bullet holes in the walls.
The scenes of carnage that must have occurred here can be very easily imagined.
Serena Joy’s internal struggle to let June back into her home is also tough to watch.
She had to watch the constant invasive procedures that had no regard for the person she once was.
Not only hers but her child’s as well.
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The beauty of thisexceptionally tragic showlies in the performances of its talented cast.
This reunion is almost too much to bear.
These little moments all add up to a lot of pain and sadness.
The Handmaid’s Tale is a television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel, released in 2017. It is set in a dystopian future where a woman is compelled to live as a concubine under a strict fundamentalist theocracy.
There is so much symbolic imagery in this episode, which is what makes it so deeply sad.
Then there are the views of a post-war Washington D.C., complete with a decapitated Lincoln Memorial.
One can only imagine what happened in the capital to make it lie in ruins that way.
As part of a deal,June and Nichole are able to meet with Nick face-to-face.
The final straw is the cutaway scene of Nick putting on his wedding ring.
This episode also seesmany beloved characters die in the saddest of ways.
Season 1 ofThe Handmaid’s Talehas a 94% rating onRotten Tomatoes.
With their mouths muzzled, and their hands shackled, the two can only communicate by looks.
