Yeah I really wish Emily could have found an Aunt or a Commander to drive over, not some random redshirt.

"Atwood could have had June meet and marry Luke post his divorce, and the fact that the regime doesn't like second marriages would have been sufficient to land her at the Red Center."

Actually I was surprised that many people are interpreting it as "permission", because to me it just seemed more like recognition and farewell. From the very moment Emily went into the car all the handmaids knew it was over for her.

I have only mouth, so I guess I will scream

Curry 2.0 - The New Way to Curry™

"She literally says "You won't want," which implies she thinks they have actually gotten rid of the wanting itself "

I don't think you understood Pepper's post. Obviously love doesn't "stem from the clitoris"— Emily is still going to be able to love women. The point is that people like Lydia falsely associate "perversions" like being a lesbian purely with the pleasure derived from the physical act.

I never understand people who take their time writing multiple comments to argue that an article is too insignificant.

I agree. I'm all about atmospheric movies too, but to me it felt like they tried to have their cake and eat it too with some philosophizing and some action, and they ended up giving us diet versions of both.

It's interesting to me how even in the span of 15-20 years, reality show contestants' body types have gone from "reastically youthful hot" to basically roided out. These guys look positively soft compared to the Instagram meatheads on Road Rules these days.

Yea, I don't get the love for The Assassin either. Extraordinary, lush shots, but I found it difficult to care all the way to the end.

I feel like the "don't want what you can't have" + the assurance that she can still have children + the fact that they are very biblical/nonscientific with their punishments ("clitoris = female pleasure", so excise it) made it very obvious that it could only be FGM. And as I was alluding to in my original post, the…

That's a good point, I hadn't thought of that— it would make sense for her to dress as an Aunt to escape, although probably not to keep up the ruse once she reaches Canada. Except maybe to better conceal her identity as Ofglen to not cause trouble for the other handmaids she knew. Either way, I still feel like it's…

I guess now's a good a time as any to say that I absolutely hated his performance in 12 Years a Slave.

As a younger sibling who grew up watching my older brother play complicated games, I find it oddly comforting to put on a let's play. Especially since I don't have a lot of time these days to invest in gaming. But it's hard to find good ones where they play games I like and the commentary is not shouty and obnoxious.

Dunk and Egg!

Another fantastic episode! Moss, Wiley, Down, and Strahvoski continue to knock it out of the park with their performances.

FWIW, in the hospital scene you very briefly see some nonwhite Commanders/Wives in the family portraits. That basically confirms one of the questions I had about how they would be dealing with race and white supremacy in the Gilead hierarchy.

Actually I hope it's a red herring and it turns out to be Ofglen. It would fit with her being in the Resistance, her wife being Canadian, and maybe forming part of an underground railroad. Moira still has more book storyline to go through in Gilead.

Re: not being allowed to read, I think there was already a pretty big hint in Ep 1 when Offred was talking to Ofglen along the wall, and Ofglen was talking about her old job in the library and how Offred said it would sound amazing to read even the dry old research she used to handle.