This show had great potential! There is so much good stuff to work with here.
But the casting is just .... off, which pretty much ruins it. Honestly, it would be so much better if the actress who plays Ofglen (Alexis Bledel) played Offred. Or if the gorgeous Yvonne Strahovski played Offred and switched places with Elisabeth Moss, who would in turn play the bitter, barren wife.
As others have noted, her casting as our protagonist looks and feels completely wrong. I like Elisabeth Moss but she is terrible and downright annoying in this role and her story arc more than beggars belief.
I really hate to be the guy who points out that a female actress is too fugly to play a role, but in this instance we need an actress who can convince us she would be irresistibly alluring to two men in one household.
But the casting is just .... off, which pretty much ruins it. Honestly, it would be so much better if the actress who plays Ofglen (Alexis Bledel) played Offred. Or if the gorgeous Yvonne Strahovski played Offred and switched places with Elisabeth Moss, who would in turn play the bitter, barren wife.
As others have noted, her casting as our protagonist looks and feels completely wrong. I like Elisabeth Moss but she is terrible and downright annoying in this role and her story arc more than beggars belief.
I really hate to be the guy who points out that a female actress is too fugly to play a role, but in this instance we need an actress who can convince us she would be irresistibly alluring to two men in one household.