Women's Work
- Episode aired Jun 6, 2018
- TV-MA
- 52m
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8.7/10
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A sick baby tests June and Serena; Janine finally faces Naomi.A sick baby tests June and Serena; Janine finally faces Naomi.A sick baby tests June and Serena; Janine finally faces Naomi.
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- TriviaJune says (in voiceover), "Someone once said, 'Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.'" This quote is generally attributed to Margaret Atwood, though the piece of writing by Atwood that most resembles it is somewhat different and less succinct. In her essay collection 'Second Words: Selected Critical Prose, 1960-1982', what Atwood wrote was: "'Why do men feel threatened by women?' I asked a male friend of mine....'I mean,' I said, 'men are bigger, most of the time, they can run faster, strangle better, and they have on the average a lot more money and power.' 'They're afraid women will laugh at them,' he said. 'Undercut their world view. Then I asked some women students in a quickie poetry seminar I was giving, 'Why do women feel threatened by men?' 'They're afraid of being killed,' they said."
- GoofsSerena recommends a neonatologist for baby Angela, who is 10 months old. A pediatrician would be more likely to care for an older baby. However, due to the limited availability of certain professionals within the gender role restricted Gilead, this may be the only specialist available.
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June Osborne: Blessed be the fruit.
Janine: May the Force be with you.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards (2018)
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Pacing is unbearable
I like introspective shows. Rectify for example was full of scenery and subtext that reflected and illuminated emotional worlds. Rectify also was known as a show with slow pacing but I was never bored. I usually like The Handmaid's Tale but most this episode is anguished staring and facial expressions. You do get some great images like The Commander talking to June thru a nearly fully closed door, tremulous, torn yet desperately trying to maintain his authoritarian presence. Yes there other moments that are striking but I found this pacing to be impossible to engage with. The plot needs to move and not left to rot in it's own moroseness
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- Apr 20, 2020
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- 2.00 : 1
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