Small copyedit note: the tribe name is Luo, not Lou.

IIRC they left Iceland with Will unconscious. If you wanted him to not know where he was (especially if he's never been to Europe before) the simplest thing to do is sedate/heroin him when they arrive wherever (let's say the boat from Iceland ended up in, I dunno, Rotterdam). Will is conked out, sleeps through the bus…

People forget that within Europe, even on a US passport, taking the
train from Amsterdam to London is a 4-5 hour deal and requires like, no
ID checks. They give a quick look and wave you in; you can buy your
ticket with cash and there's none of the security rigamarole associated
with flying.

I thought it was the combination of decorative candle (the ones with the oil in them maybe?) Wine wouldn't go up like that at all. Really good straight vodka? Possibly. Absinthe? Yup. But that restaurant didn't strike me as the kind of place that serves that stuff.

I'll half-agree, in that the nature of the show so far hasn't dug deep into systemic issues, though Kala's exchange with Rajan sort of does I think — he notes that it's always been done this way and it's only Kala's connection with Capheus that wakes her up to these kinds of problems.

It's interesting you bring that transition up. In many cultures (especially in Asia) arranged marriages were the norm until just a generation or two ago; in Japan they still use the term "love marriage" sometimes. I think the term in Korea is "modern marriage" but I don't speak Korean (anyone else out there? Help?)

Yeah while some drugs are basically good forever (within reason) some that are kind of important are not. It's one thing if they were shipping acetaminophen or aspirin, or ephedrine related anti-inflammatories. Even some low-level antibiotics, though that's more dangerous because those have to be effective to work…

Re: Rajan: I would be on board if it turns out he's a fundamentally decent person, but

He said he volunteers there anyway, I think, and thought, "ya know what? this fits in with trying to find Bak." So he figured he'd use his activity to find her as the logic was that she'd show before other people were around, to minimize any attention, and it wouldn't be at night because that's even more attention,…

Speaking as a martial arts teacher (no, I am not that good a sparring partner, Sun would kick me up and down the street) I loved the fight choreography precisely for it's avoidance of any wire-fu stunts. It projected competence. And a number of places I was telling my wife, "that's gonna hurt."

I liked it because it was the simplest and most logical thing to do. Sometimes shows like this don't do that.

OK, let's recap a little history here. A number of women who engaged with Gamergate, Anita Sarkesian being one, Brianna Wu being another, got rape and death threats routinely. Like, people saying "I know where you live" and sending stuff to their homes, creepy dudes hanging out just to "send a message" — that kind of…

I'm gonna chime in here with why I think Chuck has some redeeming qualities — and those are what doom him.

I believe it was a Naloxone or Naltrexone combination of some sort? Both are used to manage addiction — the latter for booze — and I think Naloxone can cut down the cravings (it actually blocks opioids from working).

Something I saw mentioned before that Kala was in many ways the most isolated (due to her location, and her life) but I wonder if the same could be said of Sun. Certainly of the group Riley, Will and Wolfgang are in the best positions to meet each other in the flesh, as it were. (An Amsterdam-to-Berlin trip is about…

Agree here: Fuchs makes it clear that a local gang war would endanger a much bigger deal he can broker— I can see someone saying "hey, if Wolfgang is happy, Felix is happy, and the cost is ~$500,000 (or euros) which is the price of a club, and I am going to make $500 million — no brainer."

I thought it was because they could connect via Will, and see what Will sees, and they were willing to risk it even because Whispers was in the office. Whispers can't see them, though?

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I saw that and it took me a second to realize what I had seen. And how transgressive (or at least radical) it is for a show on TV of any stripe.

I'd be curious to hear what people think of this as compared to the 1990 film. That movie was okay — I thought in some ways it wasn't scary enough. I found out just now that in the editing process got rid of some voice-over which would have outlined what Offred was thinking; I don't know how much of a difference it…