The third season of The Handmaid’s Tale picks up right where the second left off, which is with June (Elisabeth Moss) choosing to stay in Gilead rather than escaping with Emily (Alexis Bledel) and her infant daughter. It’s deeply understandable…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×13 Review: ‘The Word’ ends the season with new twists, new frustrations
You can always count on something serious to go down on every episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, so we’d expect nothing less from the season finale. Much life the end of the first season, the show throws us some truly…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×12 Review: New life, new twists liven up ‘Postpartum’
The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t exactly known for its twists as the various ways it can creatively and emotionally devastate us with them. In “Postpartum,” it does so yet again through Gilead’s true believers. We’ve seen the destruction such people can…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×11 Review: Moss astounds in repetitive yet affecting “Holly”
The best thing about The Handmaid’s Tale episode “Holly” is Elisabeth Moss. It’s powerful stuff, but it’s ultimately filler. Moss is the one whose skill and fearlessness makes “Holly” rise above its limitations. Again. In the episode, June laments that…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×10 Review: “The Last Ceremony” Is The Most Brutally Relevant Episode Yet
Damn it, this episode of The Handmaid’s Tale shouldn’t be as relevant as it is. It isn’t just its themes of brutality being normalized, it’s the depiction of the powerless having their children and infants ripped from their arms while…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×08 Review: Gilead’s Women Try To Save A Life In “Women’s Work”
The Handmaid’s Tale crossed a major milestone in the episode “Women’s Work” by getting me to feel sympathy for Serena (Yvonne Strahovski). She’d been fleshed out in previous episodes, but the the reaction I was obviously intended to have never…
The Handmaid’s Tale 2×07 Review: A Quiet Revolution Awakens In “After”
On The Handmaid’s Tale, Serena (Yvonne Strahovski) and June’s (Elisabeth Moss) dynamic has become akin to a dysfunctional relationship, with Serena as that bad boyfriend you know you shouldn’t be dating. Last episode, she humiliated June after she dared to…