Justice is swift when you're queer, I guess.

For sure. If she had managed to kill herself when she stole the car I would have considered that a happy ending for her.

Wait till you hear about cancer survivors!

Okay and one MORE thing that made me uncomfortable. Having a handmaid of color be the one who says this life is better than the one they had before.

It did seem to be written with the assumption that FGM would be implicitly understood by the audience, which is probably a decent assumption, but I don't know if I'd have gotten it if I wasn't already familiar with the practice.

Answering your last question. Book spoilers galore coming Oflegn's story is quite remixed in the show. The book never reveals her name, nor do I think she was gay, but I can't remember that specifically. There was definitely no affair with a Martha. There is no carjacking scene. Throughout the book she and Offred…

The other thing that bugged me about this episode was the way they danced around talking about the clitoridectomy the way that network shows dance around abortion, laboring so hard to say everything but the actual word. I don't know that I expected them to say the actual word "clitoridectomy," but it was almost…

Yeah, in the book, at least at first, Nick escorted her to the Commander's room, and Serena Joy escorted her to Nick's the first time. I guess Serena still did that in this episode but not in broad daylight!

She definitely mentioned her father, but I can't remember the specifics.

I almost mentioned her mother in my first post, because I spent a lot of time tonight thinking about her mother in the book. And except for (I think) a mention of her parents in the first episode, she hasn't mentioned in voiceover or thought about any family outside of Luke, Moira, and Hannah. I miss the dimension…

No! I thought I was the only one! There were several really false notes in this episode.

I for sure thought she was gonna Thelma and Louise it, but I guess that's too "happy" an ending.

As a devoted fan of the book, I have taken almost all the changes and deviations in stride, but whenever handmaids start kibitzing in public it makes me crazy. Similarly, the way Offred moves through that house with seemingly no fear that Serena Joy (or Cora) could pop out of nowhere and bust her ass. The…

Heifer, you cray!

I meant metaphorical hanging. I was referring to you saying he was being disgusting.

I guess I can't see hanging someone for what they write in a diary.

No

I'm the glad the lesser-known Mr. Noxon is getting some work.

How many seasons can Jeff talk about them "reinventing how the game is played" before it's just how the game is played?

That's what I thought, too.