The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 3, Episode 13 “Mayday” [Season Finale] – Recap, Review (with Spoilers)
With a season renewal already it announced, that undercuts what was a rather emotional end to season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale.
With a season renewal already it announced, that undercuts what was a rather emotional end to season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale.
June makes a monumental decision which seems to weigh on her more than any other. Though, when it comes to Serena, her decision has her in a nearly joyous mood.
With a recent announcement of season 4, it seems marketing coordinated that with an episode that may finally be the beginning of the end.
June takes on a major sacrifice to make a breakthrough in her goal to liberate Gilead’s children. A plan which will test how competent Gilead’s security and leadership are.
As June is pushed to the brink of utter madness, murder even, she snaps. But, in snapping, she may have found a new purpose for her life.
We finally get to learn about Aunt Lydia’s life before Gilead took over, but that may become an afterthought considering how the episode ends.
As June loses yet another ally, so begins her possibly losing it. Though she might not be alone as Emily does as well. But, as that happens, Serena finds a crew.
We take a trip down to DC to learn if things are better or worse in the capital and oh, not only are they worse but June gets a wake-up call.
We’ve come to the point where things might be beyond June’s control, and she may be forced to realize she’s no different than Commander Lawrence’s Marthas.
June really tests the limits of her influence, but this time with the Waterfords and Aunt Lydia. Especially when Janine puts herself in a dangerous situation.
Commander Lawrence begins to reveal his intentions to us and to say, even after an hour, they can seem ambiguous, that’s an understatement.
A few old faces return this episode, and we learn how willing Commander Lawrence is when it comes to participating in the new underground railroad.
The Handmaid’s Tale returns, and like many a season premiere, we are presented the calm before the storm.
In season 2, The Handmaid’s Tale finds itself in a sophomore slump as it finds itself in a perpetual loop barely broken in the season finale.
For those, like me, who thought The Handmaid’s Tale was in a perpetual cycle, many things happen which break the wheel and lead us to believe Season 3 will be the fall of Gilead.
June may find herself responsible for yet another death as Emily finds herself in a rather peculiar commander’s home.
Desperate times call for desperate measures and June finds herself having to put her baby first as things become impossible for her.
Perhaps the happiest day of June’s life in a long time also meets yet another where she ends up getting someone killed.
A trip to Canada temps Serena Joy, Nick meets Luke, and June searches for a godmother. Including Aunt Lydia who opens up to her.
Many women get a taste of the old world and there is the slightest bit of hope things could get better for them. However, said blessing is finite.
A quiet revolution has begun with a bang and it seems Lillie’s bomb was just an exclamation point before a new chapter.
As Serena Joy and June continue their complicated relationship, something possibly game-changing happens at the end of the episode.
Just as it seemed the world broke and killed June and she has assumed the role of Offred, she gets two serious wake-up calls.
How long can you fight and be defeated, be the cause of others misery and death, before you decide to give up? It seems June has found out the answer.
Guilt over not being the perfect mom, nor feminist, haunts June as she reminisces about her mother and how she has been as a mom.
The colonies are finally seen as well as an update on two favorites – Emily and Janine.
After her grand act of defiance inspiring a non-violent protest, it is time to see how Aunt Lydia plans to punish the girls and whether June’s pregnancy means anything in regards to that.
Solidarity is what causes and maintains revolutions. But for solidarity to sprout there needs to be one voice. One refusal to the oppressor. Which is what we get in The Handmaid’s Tale finale: “Night.” Trigger Warning(s): Cutting open of flesh
Would it be wrong, if not odd, to say I was a bit bored by “Jezebel?” Granted, we got another character’s background story and saw someone from June’s past, but I found it difficult to be excited or engaged. To help understand why, look below.
Rather than drag out what may have happened to Luke, as I want to believe they are doing with Moira, we get an episode dedicated to him.
As the Mexico ambassador visits, we get a peek inside the past of Serena Joy and her part in what eventually created Gilead.
Many characters have their true colors revealed and, alongside this, June herself we learn isn’t as innocent as she seems.
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.
The overall goal of Wherever I Look is to fill in that space between the average fan and critic and advise you on what’s worth experiencing.
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