That finale though...

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I understand why she didn't leave but I was like are you for real???? That was a good episode despite being iffy about the ending. Emily getting out is noice, as well as stabbing Aunt Lydia. I like that her commander or whatever he is was a nice guy and not a creep. I liked when June slapped Waterford and I enjoyed the Serena/June moments over Nichole.

Kat @ 13/7/2018 7:47

That finale though... 2x13 Spoiler + I understand why she didn't leave but I was like are you for real???? That was a good episode despite being iffy about the ending. Emily getting out is noice, as well as stabbing Aunt Lydia. I like that her commander or whatever he is was a nice guy and not a creep. I liked when June slapped Waterford and I enjoyed the Serena/June moments over Nichole.

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Yeah I had a feeling she wasn't going to leave as long as Hannah was still there. I also think she's going to end up getting out with Serena somehow. I was also talking to my friend today about how we're torn between whether in the end she should end up with her husband or with Nick, and honestly I think after everything she's been through she's not gonna be able to relate to her husband and she'll have to end up with Nick in the end because he's the only one who can relate to how horrible life in Gilead was. Season 2 was so good. LOVED IT. Serena's character development was amazing.

Ok I’m a little over halfway done with season 1

I’m not sure if this show is for me but I still want to watch. It’s so fucking dark

Season 2 was pretty good actually

Oh okay I’m all caught up with this thread now or at least where you all stop discussing.

Season 4 is coming out weekly now so I’m hoping to get there at some point

I find the show, and the first season in particular, to be really magnetic. I say magnetic because it's honestly hard to watch a lot of the time. I struggle to say that I enjoy this show, but it is gripping.

In particular, Elizabeth Moss and Anne Dowd are great in their roles. I think the first season does a great job of staying faithful to the novel, while also deviating enough to keep informed viewers on their toes. The second season is interesting in that it treads into territory post the ending of the first book, which at the time seasons two and three were released, was a stand alone piece of speculative fiction... that SAID, I actually think the show almost glamorizes and glosses over some of the darkness the comes across in the books. I think that's probably just part of the adaptation process in general, but as disturbing as the show can be, the books are much more unsettling IMO.

I actually really enjoyed Margaret Atwood's follow-up, The Testaments, which came out in 2019. It takes place primarily like fifteen years after the ending of The Handmaid's Tale, i.e. where season one of the show ends. It doesn't really directly contradict anything in seasons two through four (so far); I think it actually connects things very nicely. In particular it sheds a lot of light on Aunt Lydia, including her backstory, and other major characters are clearly implied to be Hannah and Nichole. I hope the Hulu series is able to kind of get to an intersection with The Testaments if it gets a season five and even six.

Oh I didn’t know about Testaments.

I completely agree with what you and Maddie said. I really dislike and find it hard to watch a lot of parts of the show, but you still keep want to continue watching.

I’m guessing you’re completely caught up? I’m still super early S3 so not far enough to provide relevant discussion I bet

Yeah I honestly had to take a break in S4 ep 3, I’ve seen everything preceding that though!

Every episode makes you want to take a break. Lol

I wouldn’t have lasted one week as one of the handmaids lol. I would’ve fought back and got caught on the run and hung

Yeah it's brutal! :(