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The Handmaid’s Tale: Home – Episode 4.07 | My Name Is Ozymandias

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.07 – “Home”.  An episode that is a pretty paint-by-the-numbers journey into PTSD until it suddenly isn’t anymore…

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The Handmaid’s Tale: Vows – Episode 4.06 | One Small Step For June, One Giant Leap For The Handmaid’s Tale

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.06 – “Vows”.  An episode that is a welcome return to form for a show that has been stuck in a rut for a while…

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The Handmaid’s Tale: Chicago – Episode 4.05 | Now That’s What I Call Unexpected

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.05 – “Chicago”.  When an episode finally does something I legitimately did not see coming…

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The Handmaid’s Tale: Milk – Episode 4.04 | I’m Not A Mushroom

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.04 – “Milk” in an open letter to The Handmaid’s Tale Showrunner, Bruce Miller.

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The Handmaid’s Tale: The Crossing – Episode 4.03 | Motherhood Is Hard

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.03 – “The Crossing”.  An episode that keeps the vicious circle going…or does it?

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The Handmaid’s Tale: Nightshade – Episode 4.02 | The Legend Spreads

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 4.02 – “Nightshade”.  A example of when a person starts to buy into their own myth a little too much…

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The Handmaid’s Tale: Pigs – Episode 4.01 (Season 4 Premiere) | Boy, That Escalated Quickly

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale season 4 premiere, episode 4.01 – “Pigs”.  A story that wants to explore the differences (an occasional similarities) between justice and revenge.

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The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: 1.06 – One People, One World (FINALE) | Expect The Worst. Hope For The Best

The Falcon And The Winter Soldier season finale, episode 1.06 – “One People, One World”, is an example of MCU storytelling at it’s finest. But, also, it’s very worst. 

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The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: 1.05 – Truth | Breaking Stasis

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, episode 1.05 “Truth”, starts with a bang and takes a methodical step back from the action to allow our heroes the chance to break free from the various truths that keep them in stasis.

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The Falcon And The Winter Soldier: 1.04 – The Whole World Is Watching | Confronting Trauma

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier episode 1.04 “The Whole World Is Watching” brings back some much needed nuance to it’s characters and proves that our heroes need to be inherently hopeful.

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