I think we're talking about Glieadean women, specifically the college-educated prostitutes, not Iranian women. So far, we haven't established whether they're stupid, or they have broken spirits. Personally, I don't think it's either one. I think there's a lot more going on in that brothel than just sex, but you can go…

I was being sarcastic. I'm a woman and this whole premise is absurd.

Or you and Gilead are underestimating women.

Yes, this would happen for real, dude.

That whole scene didn't make sense. If society had become so prudish that people were all *LE GASP* at seeing women in shorts, June and Moira should have known it. Even if you completely avoid the news, you would see it all around you— no one would be wearing shorts, they wouldn't be sold in stores, you'd hear about…

Wow, I guess college educated women are a lot dumber than I thought.

If June really believes that prostitution and porn vanished, then she's a complete idiot.

Yet they seem to be going off the rails, and I can think of no other explanation.

Money. Lots and lots of money.

We have people prostituting themselves behind dumpsters now, and we're not anywhere near societal collapse. I took OfGlen II's story as just a random example of how a handmaid might find Gilead preferable to present day living— an exception rather than a rule. Although men can be prostitutes as well, it makes more…

1. I don't really understand people who join cults, so I'll have to take your word for it.

What's strange about this episode:

After years of changes and social conditioning? Sure. Many things would be possible. I got the impression that Kenneth Doll was asking if people in real life would do it right now, and I don't think they would.

If Offred gets an archery set, I'm totally watching that show with popcorn. I'll marathon watch that show with True Blood smoothies if Nick starts to sparkle in sunlight.

Not all Christians are conservatives. Being religious is probably a prerequisite for being persuaded into Gilead, but it's got to be the right religion and it has to be the people with the right personalities and convictions, or lack thereof, because not everybody is susceptible to cults. Just being religious isn't…

I have good sounding ideas, but I don't have my own TV show, either. Clearly these people know something I don't… right??

What the south is *not* into is big government and being told how to live. What you should understand about Christianity is that there are thousands of denominations, and they don't agree on everything. There are some who would fit this Gileadean image, but most are not going to go for it, if not because it is not…

They could have shown he escaped in 10 minutes. The rest of that show could have followed him around Little America and the embassy. We could have seen how Little America works, an escaped aunt interview on the CBC, an additional story on the CBC on the worldwide fertility crisis and how other countries are dealing…

This is a shot in the dark, but I'm guessing Luke is some sort of regular at the US embassy who makes a pest of himself over rescue operations. He had that folder of info about clusters of people being held and was starting to get into it before the lady there told him about June's message. He might have run into the…

I think someone further down the page said they thought the cabin was from Hannibal, but I don't remember exactly who.