I've also flirted with the idea that she's a Mayday agent and that's somehow tied into how Moira got the package out of Jezebels, but that's just because I wanted that character to be more than just a vocal foil for Nick.

Shredded keepsakes would just give him the satisfaction of knowing that she feels strongly about him. I advocate not replying as the pettiest move!

I also found the pesto girl interaction to be kind of dull so far. They seem to be wanting to set her up as at least a minor character, but since Moira has left Jezebels I don't know quite how that would happen.

Just one small thing I find interesting: a woman's independence is depicted visually in the Gilead era by her getting into the driver's seat. It happened with Ofglen, with Moira, and I think in the Luke episode a woman was driving the van? It's very effective symbolism, and I also can't help thinking that it's a…

I was young-ish when I first saw that scene with him and the little girl, and it still sticks out to me as an amazingly tense piece of filmmaking. Still creeps me out to watch it.

Again, I'm not sure why recent scarcity would correlate with not looking slick and swanky. For one, keep in mind we've only really seen Gilead life in the commanders' orbit, where there's a motivation to maintain that level of luxury. For another, Gilead is supposed to be a very recent change anyway.

For one thing, "it's Bill Maher" is kind of a shitty excuse— as someone who (regrettably) has seen some of his show, this was pretty bad even for Bill Maher.

I mean I wouldn't jump to gross. A narrative style that's effective for a first-person novel can be really hard to translate for a tv show. Seeing book Offred slink into herself episode after episode, saying nearly nothing and with mostly mental dialogue, would be more faithful to the book but does not exactly make…

I think the shiny corporateness of the decor is what makes it more effective, and realistic, for 2017. The concept of dystopia being grungy has become kind of outdated (Mad Max notwithstanding!)

Exactly. I wanted to see more of Moira because I always want to see more of Samira Wiley, but I have to admit they mined out Jezebels pretty efficiently in this episode. I don't know what else they could have added to the narrative other than more sad conversations.

To me it's been steadily getting clear by now that the ending of the tv show will be much less ambiguous than the ending of the book. The nail in the coffin is us actually seeing June's husband on the outside, getting info about her and opening up the possibility that they will reunite. Therefore in this context in…

Mom I'd Fuck to Like is basically the plot of milf porn anyway

As a PoC, I don't know what it is about the n-word that has such a magnetic allure for some white people. It's like some sort of forbidden fruit and they look for any possible excuse ("it's just a joke!"/"it's all about context"/"words don't have that kind of power") to make it ok to use it. It makes them sOoO mad…

As to your disclaimer, I think it's not unreasonable to think that way because season 1 really had the feeling of a "safe" comedy show being pitched to a traditional network. Indeed a lot of it was in development as an NBC show before eventually being sold to Netflix. By the time they were in season 2 you definitely…

Couple q's:

The usual PSA that CNN firing her has nothing to do with infringing on her free speech. I'm all about not throwing people in jail for artistic pieces, but the CNN firing… seems about expected.

I think she *does* understand it quite well, but her viewpoint is that her shows are already preaching to the choir anyway— so there's no need to make the jokes, for lack of a better word, preachy. For instance many of her jokes on 30 Rock go meta about how elitist and hyper-liberal people view the show.

Strong character actor. But whenever people ask why she's not as famous as Tina and Amy I'm like… yeah, I get it.

It's cool seeing all the different perspectives on this episode!

Yeah, it seems to me that they're setting it up so that Luke is the "support from a distance" and June will be the one to take a more active rule in getting herself out, or leading a resistance.