Well, I hope you're right.

Lately conservatives have been pretty into big government, when it suits their agenda, of course.

All those Christian southern states, Texas, and the Bible belt area would be super into Gilead. You know the second they got the okay to shoot liberal intellectuals they were on board.

I hope they show that too.

Yeah good point. Although knowing what we already know from what the show has shown us so far, I assumed it was a don't trust anyone situation.

I really liked this episode. I didn't care for ALL the flash backs, I think most of us could have pieced together why June, Luke, and Hannah had to flee the cabin. But I really enjoyed the world building we got (almost not enough for me) and the survivors we got to meet. Luke is our only way to see the world at…

Yeah, they do all the cooking and cleaning. They wear the grey/green clothes.

I don't think I know any woman who would willingly volunteer to give up control of her own body/get raped in order to further the species.

Yes! What is so ironic is that all the women of Gilead have to make high stakes decisions ALL THE TIME! Speak out and get tortured/murdered or stay silent and continue the abuses.

Yeah from what I've seen it's mostly men complaining. I suggest staying away from the comments section on any article posted to FB- I know I lost my faith in humanity there :(
And yes, my mom told me in the 70's she could not get a credit card with her father or husband cosigning. That's basically what happens in the…

I find it funny that people say the premise is too far fetched, unrealistic, etc.and won't watch because of that. Yet the number one show on TV is still The Walking Dead. Ok America.

Me too! I wonder if they will address more of this later. You would think there would be a rush of people trying to get across the borders. Emily/Ofglen made a comment at some point that Gilead did these things slowly so the airports would get clogged up with people fleeing.

I don't remember that, but that would make a lot of sense.

Ohh right, I forgot its 3 years in each home. Yikes "surplus women" sounds so… depressing.

Yeah I was thinking about that… I wonder if there is a much higher rate of suicide or breakdowns in "first generation" enslaved people. In these cases there is always a "before" to think back to. Then again, maybe that's what keeps them going.

That never made sense to me- 3 years? It seems like Gilead very much needs them to be alive if fertility has gone way down.

Right?!

Yeah I really hope they dig into that.

Oh gotcha, yeah that makes a lot of sense.

Ahh yeah that makes sense- but it seems to hard to force women to forget their positive memories from before which (in my unprofessional opinion) would be the catalyst for the emotional and mental breakdowns.
Or maybe that's what gets them through this awful situation. I don't know.