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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-21-2003
| Friday, May 07, 2021 - 6:29 am 
Didn't Nicole have sex with that other guy? Couldn't her baby be his and not the Commander's?
I loved when what's her name told the Commander to fix his own family, that she didn't have to anymore. Then you see her enjoying a sushi dinner with a can of soda.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Friday, May 07, 2021 - 9:32 am
Miz, I dont think she had sex with that guy
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Mizinvanccouver
Member
02-21-2003
| Friday, May 07, 2021 - 9:55 am
Pamy, she didn't? That Canadian guy? Think he is Canadian. The one who told her she was pregnant. It would explain why she didn't get pregnant in Gilliad (sp?).
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Friday, May 07, 2021 - 1:17 pm
No, I dont think they did. I think the showed chemistry but nothing happened
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Friday, May 07, 2021 - 9:57 pm
I think the baby would have been conceived when Serena and Fred were on the road trip to the Canadian border and stayed at a guesthouse.
I think Serena was living free in Canada for a while (I'm sure we saw her out and about) but she is far enough along to know it's a boy, so she can't have recently got pregnant.
Yeah, not sure about the choice of getting in the milk tank! But hey, it worked out for them! I presume the city skyline we were obviously meant to recognise was Chicago? If there's a physical line between Gilead and the rest of the US, you'd think people on either side would have pulled back and let the military deal with it. Is the normal USA just one huge mess now? If so, why?
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 6:24 am
Jimmer, you are really into US politics (as I am). I think you will really like this show.
This storyline is scary, but strangely feasible in the world we live in. Many scenes are terrifying (especially for women).
Although June is the protagonist (warrior) Canada is the hero (saviour).
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 11:13 am
. . . watching this show when Trump was in office made it even more chilling because I thought shit with this guy in power and his crazy followers something like this could happen
Pamy, I was right there with you on that one! So scary how they made laws to take all the women's rights away. Ugh!
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 11:58 am
Everything that happens to people in this show was drawn from a real life thing that happened somewhere in the world.
I know I'm coming in here late, but I LOVE this show, the book, and the Testaments book. 
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 6:43 pm
the ending last nite, didnt see it coming. Cant wait for next week!
Dont hate me but I have a soft spot for Aunt Lydia.
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 4:14 am
That was a shock ending. I almost thought she was dreaming, but I think it was real!
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 4:15 am
Aunt Lydia...Gilead is a misogynistic cult. She was indoctrinated just like the wives. It seems like Stockholm Syndrome where she identifies with the violent religious extremism that the men have created. She has now become one of the perpetrators who perpetuates the horrific things done to other women in the name of "man" (God).
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 7:54 am
Have you guys read The Testaments?
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 8:27 am
Haven't read that. Is it close to the new season episodes?
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Kitt
Member
09-05-2000
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 9:55 am
It's meant to be 15 (if I remember correctly) years after the events of the Handmaid's Tale, and it's like a recounting of what happened to several characters, told by each of them (or recounted to someone) as their testament.
I read the Handmaid's Tale during lockdown for the first time, but decided not to read the Testaments in case it spoiled anything in the show.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Friday, May 14, 2021 - 11:17 am
Pamy, once again I'm right there with you about Aunt Lydia. Sometimes she's incredibly evil, and sometimes she seems to really care about her "girls." I'm constantly trying to figure her out. That must be why she won the Emmy a couple of years back.
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Monday, May 17, 2021 - 8:49 am
It is 15 years in the future and if you don't want to be spoiled, wait on it as Elizabeth Moss said in an interview that Margaret Atwood gave them the ending and now they have a framework of what to work toward in their storytelling. The episodes now would be kind of build up to that end but are completely independent of the book so far.
Aunt Lydia- she did say she would work with Cmdr Lawrence to fix the country. What that means exactly I don't know. Scrap it? Make it a better Gilead? Get rid of parts but keep it? I think Lydia being tortured was a bit of a turning point for her.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Monday, May 17, 2021 - 11:08 am
I think Aunt Lydia, as twisted as she is, has a soft spot for June especially. The writers do a really good job of hiding her motivations from us.
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, May 18, 2021 - 8:08 am
Definitely. Emily was sent to the colonies for way less than anything June ever did. I was surprised they let her walk across the bridge to the van and have that moment with Nick. Odd. Lots of witnesses.
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 1:50 pm
So episode 6...
That whole conversation with Luke and June about wedding vows and him telling her he would love the person she became even if she didn't get pregnant and her asking about his vows with his first wife being traditional (til death do us part). So important! Will he love the person June became? I think she is going to be beyond frustrated in Canada. No way will she be able to give speeches and fund raise. She's a fighter. Hopefully she will see Moira was right and that she can do more from Canada to help with the trial vs hiding in blown out Chicago buildings and trying to kill low level Gilead foot soldiers.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - 9:41 pm
this season is boring. I miss the interactions with the Waterfords. It is too much June and not enough of the other characters
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 7:14 am
I'm excited for the next few episodes. There are full recap spoilers for the next two episodes. I think it's going to pick up a lot. This season is weird. I'm sure covid filming had to have some impact.
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Pamy
Member
01-01-2002
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 7:19 am
oh you're right! that is why we aren't seeing more of the characters
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Kaili
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, May 20, 2021 - 8:46 am
Yeah the number of episodes was cut short too. 
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Strategist
Member
07-01-2014
| Saturday, May 22, 2021 - 8:34 am
I'm liking the season, but I wish there were more "wins" overall. Most of the time she has gone from bad to worse in her situations. Glad that she had a win in the last episode. Now maybe if she finds a way to get more children out that would be good.
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Babyjaxmom
Member
10-20-2002
| Saturday, May 22, 2021 - 11:40 am
I'm hoping Janine will show up again. She's like a bad penny.
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