Oh, did Nick tell Pryce about Waterford and Previous Offred? I must have missed that do the lack of subtitles. Thanks for the heads-up!

I guess my contention is that we see no evidence of Nick being a good guy yet. I mean, he's a marginally decent person, helping his family and all, but that's the bare minimum. His boss, from all appearances, is a true believer and doesn't hide it. It's not like Nick was following a political movement that took a turn…

I get the feeling that Waterford is set up to be purged soon, and Nick is going to be instrumental in his downfall. And that opens up a really interesting question about complicity. Waterford has seemingly been playing Scrabble with his other Handmaids, he's good at shaving their legs, he's probably taken them to…

Yeah, I thought the show was nodding to book!June's "choice" when one of the Wives calls Handmaids hussies (or something similar, my memory's going) in Episode 2. From that extra-theocratic perspective, a decision to save oneself under extreme duress is probably the same as promiscuity. But then, that's not really the…

One thing I liked about the book was the implication that Handmaids were this socially-ambivalent minority. Most women were Marthas or Econowives or Daughters whose marriages were arranged but seemingly monogamous. It made the argument that Gilead could exist because the sex-slavery was practiced by the upper echelons…