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Yes, Flores used the exact same words that the doctor did, "I can help you". The hairs went up on the back of my neck.

I rewatching it right now, for the love of mud. ARE YOU CALLING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE?!?!

I wouldn't say that's Serena's primary motivation. She wants that baby. She's got the fever.

That's what I'm going to tell my kindergartner when she inevitably is in a school play. "You act your socks off, baby!"

Yes, the way that Serena prays over Offred's belly, then telling her to go lie down? Serena was serious about wanting that baby.

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People, the word "vituperative" was used in this article. This wordnerd stands and slow claps.

Agreed. And you can see (because of Elizabeth Moss' fantastic silent acting) that she is quickly and desperately trying to guess if he is trustworthy when he offers the "you can talk to me" line. She guessed right about Dr. Rapist.

Exactly. Every woman that's ever considered coming forward about a crime (especially a rape or sexual assault) knows precisely how Serena's ilk will come gunning for them. We know the moves well enough to self-censor, most of the time.

When I caught that rain over the final credits, at first it was soothing, then you hear thunder, and I wonder if they were trying to go for the obvious "there's a storm coming". Or they may be referring back to the rain in the episode. Not sure either way.

Well, there you go, having a perfectly logical explanation and everything.

That's true, but maybe the Marthas get to keep their names unofficially because with the societal upheaval, a maid/housekeeper/servant is at least a familiar concept ("traditional values", read: racist, sexist, limiting in just about every way). The handmaids are a totally new concept, and one that everyone seems…

"I think it's nice!" Lay your crazy ass down, Janine.

And yet I read and watched Children of Men for similar reasons. You are right, they don't go down easy. But I feel compelled. Maybe because I'm a woman, a mother?

I'm a mom, and I read the book long before I had a child. The story was harrowing, as you said, and profoundly moving, but now that I'm a mother? Forget about it. Completely new experience, and a much more painful one.

Yeah, I think I'd have to cut me a husband if I were Serena Joy, now that you put it that way.

While I agree with your reasoning entirely, I think it may be a little harsh to accuse them of not addressing it at all after only four episodes, especially since we aren't even sure yet how long it will take to tell the story of the book before perhaps moving beyond the book to tell related stories. I can't help but…

Argh! I hope you are right about Luke, even if he did give the sweetly patronizing line, "I'll take care of you". I'm choosing to believe that for this telling of the story, he's a good guy that can be a little lunkheaded about the dangers women face. Like quite a few guys I know.

Were these the same hooligans that knocked over a dustbin in Shaftesbury?