Emily stabs Aunt Lydia because Gilead has taken everything from her — and in The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 finale, Lydia becomes the body standing between Emily and one impossible chance at freedom.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Sacrifice” keeps telling us June is the boss, but Serena and Eleanor are the ones making the choices that actually reshape the story.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Liars” is clunky on the page, but Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s direction turns Winslow’s death, the Marthas’ cleanup, and Fred’s capture into gripping television.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Witness” finally finds itself by forcing Commander Lawrence to live inside the horror he helped create.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Under His Eye” is the point where Season 3 stops letting characters drive the story and starts moving them around like plot pieces.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Household” is visually stunning, but it turns Washington D.C., the silenced Handmaids, and Gilead’s pageantry into moments instead of scenes.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Unknown Caller” works because June’s tape makes Luke feel the truth about Nichole — then Serena turns that pain into a weapon.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Useful” works because it tells us who Serena is without flashbacks — and shows how far she may go to get Nichole back.
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The Handmaid’s Tale “Mary And Martha” works beautifully whenever it follows Emily in Canada — and struggles whenever June turns into the show’s rebellion mascot.
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The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 premiere, “Night,” turns June away from escape and toward war — but the best parts of the episode are the messy relationships around her.
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