The Handmaid’s Tale

The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 finale Mayday

The Handmaid’s Tale Mayday Review: The Season 3 Finale Works — But It Has No Guts

August 29, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 0 Comments

The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 finale, “Mayday,” delivers one of the show’s most satisfying emotional payoffs — but the logic problems still matter.

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

August 21, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 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.

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The Handmaid's Tale Liars

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

August 17, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 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.

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The Handmaid's Tale Witness

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

August 10, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 0 Comments

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: heroic

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

July 1, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 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.

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The handmaid's Tale: Unfit

The Handmaid’s Diaries: Unfit – Episode 3.08

June 23, 2020 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog, The Handmaid's Diaries 1 Comment

Let’s chat The Handmaid’s Tale episode 3.08 – “Unfit”. It’s a dumpster fire. 

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The Handmaid's Tale: Under His Eye

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

June 22, 2020 Blake Blogs, Mary & Blake Blog, The Handmaid's Diaries 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.

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The Handmaid's Tale: Household

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

June 19, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 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.

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The Handmaid's Tale: Unknown Caller

The Handmaid’s Tale “Unknown Caller” Review: The Tape Makes It Hurt

June 18, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 0 Comments

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: God Bless This child

The Handmaid’s Tale “God Bless The Child” Review: Emily Saves It, June Nearly Breaks It

June 6, 2020 Blake Blogs, The Handmaid's Diaries 0 Comments

The Handmaid’s Tale “God Bless The Child” is exceptional when Emily reunites with her family — and messy when June suddenly becomes a power broker between Fred and Serena.

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