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To stay in business over a long time, a series has to evolve. I understand that. But reinvention is tricky and in the search for more road, a series can also lose its way. The Handmaid’s Tale is not the taut, menacing thriller it once was.
In truth, I’m not sure it has any politics anymore. Men like Commander Lawrence, Gilead’s main architect, are allowed to take a hero’s turn, however slight, while women are reduced to hysterical rage. June, Serena, Mrs Wheeler, and Rita, who last week told June that she would return to Gilead if it meant she could see her son again. This week, its the Canadians who attend the grand opening of Gilead’s Toronto fertility centre. On The Handmaid’s Tale, women are increasingly led by their wombs.
It’s still a good show, but it’s also a lesser one – a...
In truth, I’m not sure it has any politics anymore. Men like Commander Lawrence, Gilead’s main architect, are allowed to take a hero’s turn, however slight, while women are reduced to hysterical rage. June, Serena, Mrs Wheeler, and Rita, who last week told June that she would return to Gilead if it meant she could see her son again. This week, its the Canadians who attend the grand opening of Gilead’s Toronto fertility centre. On The Handmaid’s Tale, women are increasingly led by their wombs.
It’s still a good show, but it’s also a lesser one – a...
- 11/2/2022
- by Amanda Whiting
- The Independent - TV
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Warning: this review contains spoilers for The Handmaid’s Tale.
Last episode, Hannah was coming home, Lawrence was June’s trusted friend, and Serena was steeling herself to play the long game with the Wheelers. All change! Now, Serena’s back on the run, Lawrence and June are over, and Hannah’s still across the border.
Across the border, but not as distant as before. Episode nine’s most vital scene was the silent one that solved the Hannah mystery. All season, the girl’s been paraded in front of us, an obedient, pristine product of the Gilead system. We’ve seen her dutifully present flowers to the Widow Waterford, and heard her kidnappers/parents the Mackenzies describe her as an angel from heaven who couldn’t be more different from the devil June Osborne.
Well guess what, Mackenzies? Your kid’s no angel. She’s a chip off the old block!
Last episode, Hannah was coming home, Lawrence was June’s trusted friend, and Serena was steeling herself to play the long game with the Wheelers. All change! Now, Serena’s back on the run, Lawrence and June are over, and Hannah’s still across the border.
Across the border, but not as distant as before. Episode nine’s most vital scene was the silent one that solved the Hannah mystery. All season, the girl’s been paraded in front of us, an obedient, pristine product of the Gilead system. We’ve seen her dutifully present flowers to the Widow Waterford, and heard her kidnappers/parents the Mackenzies describe her as an angel from heaven who couldn’t be more different from the devil June Osborne.
Well guess what, Mackenzies? Your kid’s no angel. She’s a chip off the old block!
- 11/2/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
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