It really asks us to swallow the notion that there isn't a SINGLE rational nation in this alternate world that tried IVF or incentivized breeding matchups or professional surrogacy programs or any number of things. Anyone with even a slight understanding of modern reproductive options understand that Gilead is going…

Agreed, especially if we're going to have episodes like this one where fertility is the ENTIRE point, and the dire and desperate urgency of bebbies is why women's agency and freedom becomes negotiable. Otherwise the Mexican delegation would have just said, "hey, we'll trade you some chocolate for your secret in…

No sympathy for Serena. No sympathy for any of them. This show twists me up. I went for a run after this one, just to get the blind red rage out of my head.

Potassium iodide only protects you from radioactive potassium, not the products of modern nuclear weapons and not cesium 137. Furthermore, it only protects against uptake of radio K by the thyroid gland, not the many other effects of radiation exposure that kill you.

The "neglected shotgun" is a bolt action .22. The box of ammo are .22 LR, which he's loading into a 10 round magazine on the table.