The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 1/ Episode 5 “Faithful” – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Many characters have their true colors revealed and, alongside this, June herself we learn isn’t as innocent as she seems.
Many characters have their true colors revealed and, alongside this, June herself we learn isn’t as innocent as she seems.
With it being 13 days since June has been outside, seen someone besides the meek Rita and malicious Serena Joy, she is losing it. Yet, she finds a message hidden away for her that provides strength.
As it’s revealed what happens to those like the original Ofglen, June continues to try to navigate through a world in which she finds herself to be the lobster in the boiling pot.
The more you learn about the world June was both born into and has been forced into, the more questions you have. Of which, when you think you may receive an answer, you are just left more confused.
Being that Young Adult novels have come to dominate visual media dealing with a post-war period, it is a bit refreshing that those under 25 play little to no role in the series. Women who have experienced life instead are the focus and how they are dealing with a world which sent back women’s right…
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