It's a show about women's perspectives, which I hope smart male viewers recognize, but it's definitely a show men should watch too.

I'm going to go ahead and guess the show intends for racism in the parts of Gilead we're shown to be about on par with racism in contemporary New England — present, but not exactly codified. Maybe Moira felt an especially pressing need to escape because she knew her treatment as a Handmaid was going to be especially…

This show pays so much more attention to costuming and set direction than you'd think it would. Rebecca slowly slips into California Casual once she's out of New York, and then having Audra show up in exactly the same outfit she wore in the first episode was completely jarring.

He's not a smug asshole in power, certainly not to himself. He only got the position of power because his family bought him in. A guy with ambitions and a background like his would only be in that position (desperately trying to turn around a mediocre firm in a nothing town) if he really blew it at Daddy's real firm,…

The show flirts with magical realism but there's always a mundane explanation that makes sense, too. Did a spirit enter Rebecca's dream and force her to work through her childhood neuroses, or was it just a regular (benzo-fuelled, unusually vivid) dream? Did she share a metaphysical dream connection with Nathaniel,…

They probably had to sell the show with a 'firm and straightforward' framing device for non-diegetic musical numbers, as they sound like the kind of thing execs would worry audiences would reject. But it became clear pretty quickly that the looser "songs represent a character's thoughts/feelings — they aren't…

This show is also known for acting like it's dropped something only for that thing to show up again exactly when it's needed. You think they forgot about the Garfinkel ring? Think again. You think Rebecca's constant spending, or Greg's constant drinking, are never going to be addressed? Just you wait. The hip city…

He and Rebecca are going to have a fascinatingly unhealthy relationship going forward, regardless of whether it's as officemates, friends or something more. Looking forward to what happens.

After seeing how well writing out Greg fit with his arc (and kept Rebecca's from stagnating, too), I have trouble believing they would have been able to keep his character in West Covina in a way that didn't feel like a step backward or a retread. Would love to see him check back in and get a little more screen time…

I saw the serious overuse of Wind Guy as a stylistic choice.

I've completely exhausted my patience for watching Sacha Baron Cohen be Sacha Baron Cohen wrong.