This “enjoy life” shit really irritated me. I would’ve whispered to her, “Do you know where they keep the knives? Okay, I want you to get up in the middle of the night, grab a knife and start stabbing people and then run like hell, maybe get that nice lady to help you? Stab as many people as you can. You have Mommy’s…

When was she off the evil train?

He may feel bad, but not because he care anything about her suffering. He only wants her approval, admiration, and submission. He’s a dictator.

Or, you could look at it like he as no relationship with her at all. She’s a total stranger. He didn’t ask for a wife, didn’t want a wife, and has no need for a wife. She’s an unwanted intruder in his life.

The empty look in Hannah’s eyes gutted me.

What a beautiful performance from (and direction of) the little girl (Jordana Blake) playing Hannah. I’d been afraid that Hannah would be too brainwashed to acknowledge or accept June as her mother, and it appeared that’s what the show was going for, at first. But even children in Gilead have learned to be guarded and…

One of the things I think this show does excellently is the small exchanges between the women surviving in this world that immediately hint at greater depth and connection.

It did though. He was rehearsing for the Snow Ball, when he was supposed to be at school. That’s why his teacher kicked him out. Damon can still do both, but his school comes first, and I am sure Blanca agrees with me.

Devil’s advocate: Peters, Van Der Beek and Mara are “names” that might inspire a fan base to tune in to a show that has a very non-mainstream subject matter and cast. They wanted to attract as many viewers as they could and hoped the actual story focusing on Blanca and Damon would keep them around.

Stan deserves something bad just for that contract rider idea.

He could have said he didn’t tell Luke because NO ONE should find that out for Nick’s and June’s (and Serena’s) sakes.

I’m pretty sure that’s a standard thing any Kinkos-type place could do in minutes.

Nick is proof that June is Waterford’s slave. If anything happens to her, the entire world will know it was Waterford.

I think Nick saw her choose Luke in that scene, and it’s clear to him he has no shot if she had a real choice. He even called him “your husband” so I think he knows what is what. I wouldn’t bet on Nick being in S3.... Eden knows too much, and is too deeply brainwashed. She’ll be turning him in soon.

I think that was to not broach the subject of his relationship with June. He didn’t want to go down that road at that time. Her first question would have been, “How did he take the news that you’re the father?”

Yeah, exactly. Fuck Serena.

Nick is an idiot if he thinks his relationship with June is based on anything other than a pseudo-Stockholm Syndrome effect.

Keep in mind the nutjobs who now control the U.S. have access to ALL of its military weaponry, surveillance and counter defense measures. They’re not just a bunch of yokels at a retreat. They’ve used nukes on their own soil, of COURSE they’d launch them against any nation that attacks.

I finished watching Orphan Black today and I was surprised to discover that these two shows share another cast member aside from Kristian Bruun: Amanda Brugel plays Rita here, and on Orphan Black she was Marci Coates, the political opponent of fellow commenter Alison Hendryx. They’re such strikingly different…

Are we supposed to feel empathy for Serena at this point? Because...nah. I know there’s internalized misogyny going on there, and she’s under the thumb of a tyrannical and abusive partner but still...no.