God Bless the Child

Excellent episode with great cinematography and a few sad bits! It seems the handmaids are slowly leading to something epic and Ms. Waterford seems to be on the good side now at least unless to some extent. Superbly well done season so far!

Had me blubbering because of how well she acted her scenes with her son.

Four episodes in and am enjoying this season much better than season 2, which dragged. At least things are happening in this season, it was getting stagnant.

Oh my god! How beautiful this episode was. The Handmaid's Tale doesn't fail to amaze me. The best part of the whole episode is Janine, played so beautifully by Madeline Brewer. Then there's Ann Dowd who incorporates this humanness in Aunt Lydia who should be despised but we just can't despise her because Ann Dowd plays her that way.

My favorite part is the dinner scene, You will know when you see the episode. The whole scene is well acted, filled with tension.

And the subplot with Emily reuniting with her family is also very touching.

I just which they'd do a flashback episode for Aunt Lydia and Janine. They are such good characters.

Lots of things in this episode. The absolutely idiotic sideline of "Aunt Lydia". Am I supposed to feel sorry for that old sadistic hag who invents one cruel punishment after another? "Is she totally without heart", should I ask? Is she "forced" into her role? I don't care. She's way too good and eager in everything she does tormenting those women. That character deserves nothing but death.

But the absolute worst part of the episode is "Luke" with the baby at the end. Am I supposed to adore him cooing to a tiny child in the middle of a protest on the brink of a violent clash? Am I supposed to admire him for bringing a baby to a noisy protest? No. He's an irresponsible moron without a clue. And so, it seems, are the writers who didn't find a better background for this scene. A recording from a CCTV camera showing him at a gas station or a pretentious coffeeshop didn't come to their mind?