The Handmaid's Tale: Devotion

April 10, 2025 9:04 AM - Season 6, Episode 3

June struggles to save her loved ones. Commander Lawrence welcomes diplomats to New Bethlehem. Aunt Lydia searches for Janine.
posted by roolya_boolya (3 comments total)

Jezebel Janine is fire and that scene, with Lydia having her eyes finally (FINALLY) opened to the reality of the regime she supports and what it does to her 'girls', was incredible. Please, please, please let this season end with Janine in Alaska, Hawaii or Guam!

The diplomats being swayed by Serena's pink pantsuit bullshit and cute babies was horribly plausible.

Other highlights for me: Deliciously awkward Nick / Luke meeting. Commander Wharton continues to be creepy as hell but now also crushing on Serena. Nick rightly telling Tuello he hasn't a notion of exposing his double dealings to Gilead.
posted by roolya_boolya at 9:14 AM on April 10

I still can't reconcile the "almost nobody is having babies anywhere in the world because of pollution" part of the story with the way they portray everything outside Gilead, their depiction of Canada was just too normal. And the state of the US in the flashbacks was also not in sync with that.

Their depiction of Canada is also very weird considering the US and US trade has collapsed in that timeline, we're seeing how big the ripples of that would be right now but maybe that's pushing realism a bit too far.
posted by WaterAndPixels at 7:41 AM on April 11

I know the show tends to be more terse/serious with their episode titles, but "Exit Though the Gift Shop" was right there.
posted by mikepop at 10:22 AM on April 11 [1 favorite]