Doesn't seem like many people are being paid anyway, except in oranges and rape. So there's some savings.

I do think it was mostly pandering to their Gilead hosts, but with just enough ambiguity that we couldn't be sure.

Yeah that Harvey Milk one is awesome.

I think Aunt Lydia does take a perverse pride in her "girls", but I also saw that scene as her managing Janine in such a way that Janine wouldn't cause an embarrassing ruckus. I don't think genuine compassion was ever part of the calculation.

Yeah, I thought the same thing too, at first. But then it kept happening.

"Gilead is the only country (as far as we know) with the crazy extreme theocracy." It was interesting though that both the Mexican trade reps we met knew and used some of the rote phrases of the Gilead state religion. Made me wonder how widespread this ideology had become in this world. There could be followers in…

No, plenty of the background goons are black guys. And a few of the aunts too.

I'd just beg to differ on the effectiveness of the organic farming. Rampant pollution was put forth as the cause of the environmental degradation that led to the fertility crisis. Gilead seems to be doing better both food production and fertility.

I think it was implied that Gilead's environmental initiatives, in spite of being carried out at gunpoint, had lowered the infertility rates in the former US compared to other countries. Enough that they were able to export fertile women, or at least market them as fertile.

The Notwist - Walk On. From before they got all ethereal and electronic.

This is exactly what I came here to say! Also, Spy Kids III was better than it had any right to be I thought.

I think also the wife was just not into the whole degrading experience for both of them. Even the privileged women don't get a choice in this system. I'd try to call out sick too.

You know, if they're really that concerned about their declining population, maybe they should take it easy with the hangings a little. Every outdoor scene there's like a dozen swinging corpses in the background.

I am really rooting for this version of humanity to die out.

It's Toronto standing in for Cambridge, so hard to tell where their supposed to be.

Brochure from the private school Henry wants to attend said 1984

That was definitely her whole dinner, right in line with the food scarcity theme this season.

I like how the shady vet seems more and more stridently committed to the health of animals each time we meet him.

Alan Sepinwall had a funny observation in his recap: * Lavell Crawford lost over 100 pounds since Breaking Bad
ended, as you can see from his much svelter appearance here. If the show
plans to use him beyond this episode, I hope there’s a running gag
where we see other characters express concern about Huell’s eating
ha…

Looked like it. Good for him I guess.