Handmaid's Tale. EPISODE 4 (season 3). Channel 4, 30/6/19. UK pace. NO SPOILERS!

[AnotherEmma]

New thread for tonight's episode. 15 minutes to go!

Would June really be able to wander around the house to chat with Serena?

Emily's child was around 2 when they left, so approx 4 years have passed. That sounds about right?

Emily's child was around 2 when they left, so approx 4 years have passed. That sounds about right?

I didn't think it was that long. We know that June was pregnant at the start of series 2 and Nicole was very tiny at the end, so it must have been under a year. It's nto clear how much ime passed in series one, but I didn't think it was 3 years.

And now we see that Angela is still a babe in arms. How is that possible?

Not seen tonight's yet but not overly looking forward to it given the comments here.

I wonder if aunt Lydia will kill herself

Wow aunt Lydia, then you wonder why you don't get invited into the drawing room instead of being shuffled off into the kitchen!

And also, I bet her injuries could be easily treated in a ‘normal’ western country.

Interesting that they all looked at Aunt Lydia with disgust but none of them stopped her.

We know Hannah has gone from a c4yo to a c8yo so Oliver going from 2ish to 6ish is about right.

Angela should be looking a bit older by now though yes.

Is it all an act and she secretly hates herself? Is she ashamed at who she has become? A lot of the abuse towards the handmaids is doled out in private. Maybe she wasn't expecting the wives reaction.

It's nto clear how much ime passed in series one, but I didn't think it was 3 years.

Yeah but remember by the time we meet Emily she has already been separated from her wife and son for quite some time - long enough for Gilead to be entrenched, and for her to go through the Red Centre and be assigned to a commander.

Didn't we only see Emily's child in a flashback - it's not clear how much time elapsed between her wife/child leaving and her starting handmaid 'training', is it? So that might work (memory rather foggy on the details though!)

(I reckon Angela should be about 15 months or so)

Aunt Lydia!!! Is she crying because she lost control? Or because she was seen by the people who matter?

Hannah doesn’t look 8- she looks around 6
I think the plot is thinning as it is no longer the work of Atwood who is all about the plot

I'm wondering now if the wives will be so horrified by Aunt Lydia they'll start whispering their discontent to Serena.

Can’t stand how Emily’s wife seems so cold and disapproving

so aunt lydia and and other handmaids just sat playing on their phones in the bud waiting for her.

@inmyfeelings Didn't you see her cry when Emily and their son were reading together?

I think Emily and her wife just don't know how to relate to each other any more.

*bus

I wonder what will happen now they know who has Nicole. Will they realise June was behind it all, as Emily gave the baby to her husband?

Inmyfeelings I thought she was just treading carefully rather than cold?

How did she not just get arrested when they now surely have 'proof' enough for them that she arranged for the baby to be taken as nicole is with the husband?!

A timeline of Gilead from the beginning would be helpful. Is there one online anywhere? I know there is a map of USA/ Gilead