The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 (UK Pace) - thread 5 - SPOILER ALERT

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Hi all

Here is the next thread for those who are watching The Handmaid's Tale Season 2 on Channel 4. Please don't put any spoilers on this - the other thread (for those in other countries who are watching ahead of the UK) is:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/3239228-Handmaids-Tale-Season-2-SPOILERS-VIEWING-AHEAD-OF-UK-SREENING

Me neither - hope she does.

She took June’s advice!

If commander Lawrence was the architect of Gileads economy, can he really be mayday?

I'm scared.

Shit.

Oh Serena you really are delusional aren't you.

See now I feel sorry for Serena again. This delusion that having a baby and being a mother will be the pinnacle. But the reality...

I don't know how that works. Perhaps he's biding his time. But there's something very odd there. His Martha was also injured. So either he's another sadistic sociopath or he's something different. I just have a feeling he's going to turn out to be a good guy.

Eden is only 15? She is very young and has no concept of the reality of running away with Isaac. At her age she probably genuinely believes they’ll be able to live on the run. And 20 year old men with the horn can be very persuasive to naive teenage girls.

I think so too. After all the Martha called him a stupid old man or something and he just took it.

I can’t see Eden having a happy ever after.

I was wondering what Emily's new Commander was called, I haven't been able to hear the name.

His Martha seems a little odd, and he had no time for Aunt Lydia. I wonder how things will go for Emily. Could the Martha really be his wife? She seemed very confident in herself in the house.

Nicole is an interesting choice of name now both Waterford's know who her father is. I felt so sorry for both June and Nick when they were talking about being a normal family and they were both wishing they could hold their baby.

How do you know anything about Commander Lawrence? I recognise him but don’t remember anything from the first series...

I also feel he may be a bit of a maverick.

See now I feel sorry for Serena again.

I don't. She'd prefer to have 'her' newborn daughter cry her little lungs out rather than to take her to be breastfed by her mother who is sitting upstairs.

I think they'll end up on the Wall and Nick will feel incredibly guilty

I think you’re right june I feel he is a good guy too, his martha as very bold and rude to him. She wasn’t fearing any consequences. I’m just wondering how he can be like that if he was a creator of Gilead.

No I think Eden and Isaac will both end up on the wall. This won't end well at all

Leaving aside what a bitch Serena is for a moment, her scenes with the baby are beautiful. Usually everything is quite dark but when she’s soothing Nicole/Holly, everything is so bright, the baby brought light into to the house.

Her trying to nurse was actually quite sad. Her desperation to be able to soothe the baby and be a ‘real’ mum was really palpable.

I missed the 1st 5 minutes of the show.... I didn’t see who came to the house!!

We don’t know, Cavy, Aunt Lydia said neighbours found her.

June is the only person who can manage to say thank you sound like fuck off

I agree Witch.

Feed really is obsessed with her. He's going to want to start hooking up again

Serena hurt Fred's feelings with that comment about June running away from him.

He's actually asking why she wanted to hide from him. The day after her raped her to force the birth of the baby he was planning to steal.

He was turned on when her breastmilk came through as well. He liked that, you could see it in his face.

Urghh!!! Waterford the eternal sleaze!!