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What Is Mayday In The Handmaid’s Tale? The Rebellion Gilead Can’t Kill

June 20, 2026 Blake 0 Comments

Mayday is the underground resistance in The Handmaid’s Tale, but its real power is that Gilead depends on the very people it underestimates.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Sacrifice” Review: June Is Not The Boss

August 21, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Liars” Review: Direction Saves The Mess

August 17, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Witness” Review: Lawrence Pays For Gilead

August 10, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

The Handmaid’s Tale “Witness” finally finds itself by forcing Commander Lawrence to live inside the horror he helped create.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Heroic” Review: June’s Plot Armor Gets Personal

July 1, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

The Handmaid’s Tale “Heroic” turns a weak Ofmatthew arc into a strong bottle episode by forcing June to sit with the damage her selfishness helped cause.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Under His Eye” Review: Plot Eats The Characters

June 22, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Household” Review: Spectacle Beats Story Into Submission

June 19, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale “Useful” Review: Serena Learns What She Wants

June 5, 2020 Blake 1 Comment

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 Premiere “Night” Review: June Chooses The War

April 10, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

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.

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 Finale “The Word” Review: The Show Goes To War With Itself

April 6, 2020 Blake 0 Comments

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2 finale, “The Word,” gives Nichole a way out of Gilead — then reveals a show at war with whether it wants to be intimate trauma drama or full rebellion story.