Yes thank you Shea's bodice on the runway was inexplicable. It looked like she had a couple of Stretch Armstrongs in there or something! Breasts are not elastic! I don't know what was happening but it was… not right.

Hey! You got your American Gods in my Fargo! (Not that I'm complaining.)

It sure was! And there was so much going on in the unspoken subtext of that scene - first with Serena getting busted riffling through Martha's cupboards, which, while technically "hers" because she's the Wife, are really more of Martha's domain in practice. Second, Martha very ostentatiously getting the canister of…

Admittedly I'm a soft touch but it's been a tough year :)

OITNB spoilers: Last week I was walking down the street at night and a couple rode by me on bikes ringing their bells, and I remembered that scene in OITNB and straight up started crying for Poussey again right there on the street.

I was also struck by how truly lonely most of the women on the show are

Glad we got more from Moira but I want more more MORE. (Also, the lighting for her scenes seemed better in this episode than the last one.) What wonderful work Samira Wiley and Elisabeth Moss do together. Their fight was just gutting to watch.

This ties in further with the hypocrisy of the Gilead regime. It hasn't yet appeared in the show, but in the book Offred notes that the store that provides the handmaids' clothing is called Lilies of the Field, a reference to these verses from Matthew*: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither…

The whole episode felt very visually dark to me. In particular Moira's scenes! I mean, I can see how having her face mostly in shadow is a way to communicate how defeated/resigned and emotionally closed off (i.e. hidden) she is, but the actual effect was to turn an actress of color into a dark blob on the screen. It…

I found myself really keying in on Offred's self-flagellating "I'm doing it because it feels good." When you're trapped in a society that's dedicated to eradicating all pleasure from women's existence - not to mention destroying both their figurative and literal lives - doing something that feels good is no small…

Ah, Freight Harbor… where the women are strong and the men are good looking, and all the children are above average. (With apologies.)

Yeah, I haven't exactly calibrated the amount of Waterford I can tolerate in an episode, but this one was definitely over the line. I started to fear for the safety of my personal electronics and other appliances. There's only so many times you can throw your laptop across the room before something breaks.

I yelled "ALICE!!!!!" embarrassingly loud the minute she appeared onscreen.

"Babe. You're gettin' hitched. And I was born to roam."

Best episode ever or BEST EPISODE EVER?

Or a hot dog.

IIRC it was 50 stars on the flags in the embassy.

I found it notable that all of this episode was photographed with a sort of icy greyish wash over everything - which makes sense of course, given that most of it occurs in winter and in Canada. But it also contrasts with the straight-out-of-a-Vermeer look of episodes set in Gilead proper. That composed facade of…

I never thought I'd enjoy a music cue using "Come On Eileen," the song I most hate out of all the songs. And yet JtV managed it! They must be using the same alchemy Sense8 worked with "What's Up." Now I guess the question is, what terrible song will Peak TV rehabilitate next?

I simultaneously sobbed and shouted with laughter during Alba's loving rant. Perfection.