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9 hours ago, Quickbeam said:
Rewatched...chilled by the litter of weights at the bottom of the pool.
Juxtaposed with the jaunty line of pennants strung over it.
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I admit that I've never had or especially desired children of my own, so I am not in the right place to understand Serena's apparent willingness to take an active part in destroying an entire nation and creating Gilead in order to get a baby, any baby. Or am I getting her wrong in this episode when she says all she wanted was a baby and now she has nothing?
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Of course, also the marriage we're seeing the most of is Fred and Serena and I'm pretty sure she hates him.
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I'm puzzled over where the idea that (everyday, non-elite) men shouldn't be participating in the household chores or showing affection to their wives is coming from. I think the Bible generally describes marriage as a partnership and although generally the house is a woman's domain and men and women have different roles, I don't think a Biblical society would disapprove of some crossover between the "spheres" or of any hint of romance; a household should ideally be harmonious and that begins with the marital relationship. But I haven't watched every episode, so is there something I've missed that suggests Gilead subscribes to a colder reading on marital relationships as a whole?
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I had to seriously stop and think because I was about to type "Brandon has never been more hateful" and there's a LOT of competition for Times Brandon Has Been Hateful. So he may have been more hateful at some other juncture, but "I'm just thinking of the CHILD" and "look at our amazing stories" and "go ahead, tell the world about your failed marriage because for some reason everybody needs and wants to know about it" is Right Up There. Leave Nana Alone, and while I'm at it: Nana, this trifling dirtbag is not and never has been your friend.
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On 6/20/2018 at 9:56 AM, Umbelina said:
Is anyone else kind of bothered that a man wrote this episode, and another man directed it?
I believe the episode writer is a woman.
As for Nick, I don't think anyone set them up intentionally. Fred was clear they had to stay out of sight, and the driver accompanying Hannah was very urgent in telling them it was time to go Right Now, so I think they both knew there would be a likely check-in patrol on the way. June delayed long enough, first by going after Hannah again and then when she was clearly not capable of thinking clearly, that they missed their window of opportunity to get out before they were spotted.
A question I've always had is who the heck came up with all of these ceremonies in the first place. The Ceremony, I can understand; but things like the funeral for the bombing victims, where the Handmaids had prescribed mourning garments and ritual words and actions to perform? Who makes this stuff up and who teaches it?
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8 minutes ago, Umbelina said:
I'd like to read that, do you have a link?
Posted it to the News & Media forum. And you're right, Fred is on very thin ice with the other Commanders. He needs this birth to go perfectly.
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Eden breaks my heart. The actress killed it this episode. She's so lonely, she's trying so hard, she's doing everything she's been told and shown is the right thing (keeping house, cooking, paying him attention), and she can't understand why Nick doesn't love her. And Nick doesn't even have it in him to talk to her about it, so she thinks it's all her fault. She has no friends and no one to talk to or confide in. There's a little farm near me that I buy eggs from sometimes, where they post Bible quotes in the yard and the wife and daughters all wear plain dress, and I think of Eden when I go by there. Nick is in a shitty situation, but so is she, and her efforts to make something positive out of it don't and can't work.
I read an interview with the writer of this episode in which she says that her intention was that Fred arranged the meeting with Hannah out of guilt at what he had done to June (of course not realizing that that was basically exactly what he's been doing to her every month, only this time she was "present" for it) and not as an intentional trap, which makes sense given that he wouldn't want his 9 months pregnant handmaid to disappear AGAIN. He might or might not be invested, but Serena certainly is, to say nothing of their entire social circle, and I can't see him destroying this thing she's so invested in on purpose. Also, it's been made clear that the status of a Commander depends partly on his progeny; that baby is valuable to Fred on multiple levels.
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22 hours ago, Joana said:
I was totally unspoiled going into this episode, so this was felt like a true punch in the gut. The episode title and all that talk about speeding up the childbirth process (damn that "Friends" episode!) hinted towards the rape scene very clearly, but it didn't make it any easier to watch and stomach. And as for her meeting with Hannah, it was heartbreaking to watch, but their conversation (or rather the things Hannah was saying) felt a little... artificial. How much would she even remember of June after all this time. Also, "Why didn't you try harder to find me" doesn't seem (to me, at least), like something a child of that age would say. Unless she was instructed or manipulated to do so, which is of course a real p
According to the "inside the episode" extras, the producers did some research with the UN on how reunions between separated parents and children tend to go, and this conversation was close to word for word some of the things they were told about.
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Thanks, Sarah and Dave! I could not go another hour without STUFF.
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I think the audio here is from last week's episode? Or else I am trapped in some kind of mental time loop.
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21 hours ago, romantic idiot said:
After this episode I am left finding his accent the only attractive and engaging thing about Lucifer. He's not even been singing that much or playing the piano.
He does have nice suits.
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20 hours ago, Gummo said:
Season 1 Lucifer was always on top of things, now he's a befuddled buffoon. Is he even the devil anymore? He's got no devil face, not even his red devil eyes. Normalized Lucifer= boring Lucifer.
You could swap him out with any other rich playboy and it wouldn't make any real difference.
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37 minutes ago, proserpina65 said:
I hated that Connor got publicly honored like that, but it was for his family's benefit, and it wasn't their fault he was scum.
Not just for his family's benefit, but it also covered for Sara and made Roosevelt look good. Win-win-win.
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2 hours ago, KungFuBunny said:
Towards the end of the episode, they show the wagon roll up by the police station.
Body covered in a white tarp - does anyone know what the note pinned on said?
It said "Japeth Drury - This is the man who killed the boys." I guess they sent it over after the unsanctioned autopsy.
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6 hours ago, libgirl2 said:
The cat scene was a bit too much for me as a cat owner!
It did nothing except pull me out of the narrative for a good twenty minutes trying to figure out why it was even there. There was no reason for it to be in the script except to make us think "oh what a terrible person," and we... were probably thinking that by now anyway?
My cat slept through it.
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3 hours ago, enoughcats said:
My problem is that I don't believe Chloe. I take a huge dose of irony with that because somehow I accept the other characters, maybe because they aren't like other people, I let them be all that different in my mind.
Sadly, I agree. Chloe is the biggest brown note in this ensemble for me. I don't feel any chemistry between her and Lucifer, and literally every other character's plotlines are more interesting to me. I mean, she's fine. She doesn't actively irritate me. But I don't feel anything for her and if the character moved to Idaho tomorrow I doubt I'd really notice. There's so much potential in the show's setup for all kinds of seriously complex and interesting development, but it just doesn't quite get there. Lucifer takes Maze for granted! Lucifer is a dick because he can't stand anybody else talking to Chloe! Lucifer thinks about telling Chloe the truth but then doesn't! Lucifer mopes in a dark room! How could they have let a terrific concept like "Satan in LA" go so weirdly stale?
I finally removed this show from my DVR, with great disappointment. I'll miss Linda, Amenadiel, Maze, and Trixie. Maybe Dan a little.
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I HATE BRANDON
I HATE RAPE CULTURE
I MIGHT HATE THE 90S WHOLESALE
I HATE BRANDONOther things I hate include but are not limited to: slut shaming and David.
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Brandon is the worst. Brandon is THE WOOOOORRRRSSSSTTTTT. Brandon is privilege personified. "Well, have you considered NOT being a prostitute?"
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At least these kids were just cute dumb kids. Once in a while that's nice.
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She should have told them she was still dating other guys in order to avoid this kind of nonsense, but as far as I can remember they never had the Exclusivity Talk so Val's well within her rights. Team Val.
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The dummies Maze had set up looked a bit like Linda and Amenadiel. That was about all that sustained me this ep; I think I might be halfway checked out, which makes me kinda sad.
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Honestly I only know because I had to source a Van Halen t-shirt for a Bill & Ted costume once. Sarah's hate of David is kind of sustaining me through these podcasts rn, as I suspect it is her.
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S09.E06: Confession
in Beverly Hills, 90210
I cannot stop laughing at the "downward curlicue."