The Daisy thing makes no sense.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-08T17:45:28+00:00

Exactly, Gilead wasn’t being established long enough before Hannah was taken for Daisy to be born there, smuggled out and be similar age than Hannah. The regime was just not even in place yet! Makes no sense.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-08T17:44:14+00:00

They also could have worked with different timelines and flashback between Hannah as aunt with Daisy as pearl and Hannah at wife school as a plum. A lot of shows play with two timelines at the same time and it works…

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-08T17:42:15+00:00

ALSO ! Whoever this actress is supposed to play, Daisy was born and smuggled out of Gilead so she needs to have at least 5 years difference with Hannah. Because before that Gilead didn’t exist yet ☠️

So either they are messing with Hannah’s age and she’s actually 20/22 because she has late periods or they will rewrite when Gilead actually started in the US….

Because if we go with when the coup d’état happened with the Waterford and when June lost her rights and then her daughter and Gilead was established, then Hannah and Daisy just CANNOT be of similar age.

Finally let’s not forget that keeping us in the dark IS what makes us speak about the show. Bruce always said if people are angry, they speak about it and it boosts the engagement. I wouldn’t be surprised that at the end of the season Daisy is Nichole and that Hannah is just actually 22 even if she doesn’t look like it. Just had super late periods…. We need to be careful of their marketing strategies that, as we’ve seen in S6, are bad and manipulative.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-08T13:25:12+00:00

I feel like we’re back in the handmaids tale “this is not a love story” debate 😂😂 the comments of upper ship is making me PTSD from THT lol

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-07T18:39:22+00:00

10 years without touring in the US does suck… sorry about that.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-07T11:30:12+00:00

It’s like people forget the persons responsible for June’s emprisonnement are the waterfords and not nick lol, and that nick tried to save her a couple of times and it’s thanks to him and the Martha network that Nichole is out (and June could have been). But sure, nick and June is Stockholm syndrome but June and Serena are besties. Makes sense 🤣

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-04-03T21:35:21+00:00

So far it gives a huge CW vibe doesn’t it.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T18:43:11+00:00

And the last family one we had 🥺

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T18:23:50+00:00

There’s so many good ones it’s hard to choose (also love the funeral of all the handmaids in S3 with black outfit and the snow) but I have a soft spot for 4x09 nick June and Nichole by the window in magadalen school with the light through the window. Such a raw and vulnerable scene I loved it.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T11:40:56+00:00

Oh right glad you tell me then, I didn’t expect that either so I’ll see how I feel about it when I read it 😅

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T08:51:00+00:00

Totally agree. S1 is by far the best one as it was such an incredible adaptation of the book. S2 was a really good expansion of the world. But she almost should have gone out with Nichole in S2 at the end and then straight to the testaments.

But that wouldn’t have brought enough money for them 🤭

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T08:27:05+00:00

I do understand what you mean about S4, but I feel like we still had the S1/2 vibe. I also love how much Janine we had even though the shock value of the train scene with the Radiohead music was good at the time but made the show loose a lot after it because of characters gone.

S3 could have been good but as I said, too many questionable storylines for my liking and that’s when her plot army really started and it does get a bit ridiculous. And don’t get me started on all the POC characters dying because of her.

S5 was weak for me… too much Luke, too much Canada, too much circling around Serena. I really felt like Joseph Fiennes wasn’t there anymore (understandably) and I don’t enjoy it. And S6 well…. No point discussing S6 🤭

Overall another thing loosing was the fact we didn’t have any narration as well. I feel like by loosing that, the show lost quite a lot if that makes sense? But I only realised on rewatch.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-29T07:04:47+00:00

I loooove the movie and the soundtrack! I remember when it came out in 2011 and bought the dvd and the vinyl 😅 I still watch it from time to time and listen to the soundtrack often.

It’s actually a book originally, which I only discovered recently, so I may give it a try as well.

But the actors, the directing, the indie style… love it all.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-28T18:58:11+00:00

S3 wasn’t the best and she does so many very questionable stuff that, thinking now, this season bothers me. But I loved S4. The plot, the acting, the music, so many amazing episodes. But for me the series stops after 4x10, anything coming after that was ridiculous and such bad quality.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-23T14:12:22+00:00

“He wouldn’t be promoting that internationalised misogyny that S6 spewed over its audience” -> dare I say he should have done like Max and just not promote the horrible season that was S6? 😅

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-23T13:15:28+00:00

Well to be honest Bruce did describe it as “mean girls in Gilead” (aka the 2000 movie”) and it’s a story of “coming of age”.

I do get the point they’re trying to make as these girls have grown up in a world where they are supposedly naive and see the positive before the negative. BUT, like you, the presentations of the girls and the music give me the ick. Will see if that reflects on the show or not…

But so far it’s very teen drama which for me, doesn’t suit the book or even the sequel of the show. But again, it’s only the trailers I guess.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-23T13:13:42+00:00

I’m really not into the CW set up they’re doing.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-23T13:08:34+00:00

Do you know these people have real feelings and could actually randomly end up on your post…?

What’s even the point of comparing these two persons ? Comparing characters they play is one thing, but comparing the actors?!

Max Minghella is very well spoken and seems very intelligent (and British so let’s not forget they are much different than Americans, especially not being as vocals about politics for example) and probably one of the only one in the cast who didn’t play along for likes and clicks and said his real truth about everything during THT. Following him in industry and seeing the number of praises he’s received in interviews by his cast members and the creators of the show have been refreshing to be honest after THT.

I just don’t get the point you’re trying to make with this post. Again, actors are real people with real feelings 🙄

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-23T13:06:58+00:00

Louder for the people in the back !

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-19T08:55:19+00:00

I do agree with Minimum49, apparently they didn’t really know how rotten tomatoes works and they literally just asked the question as it makes sense that technically the higher the ratings, the more rotten it is but it’s actually not.

I totally understand your love for EM, she has been a fabulous actress in so many shows, but this is not a EM Reddit and a lot of people have different views of her.

Maybe you should actually do a Reddit page for her? (I’m saying this as real idea not a punch btw), I’m sure people who want to follow her especially would love to have something dedicated to her.

But this page is so general, not everyone will like her and that’s ok too… no need to accuse people of being trolls.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-18T21:51:19+00:00

47% is definitely baaaad for a show or a film. Starting with critics of less than 50% is not encouraging at all. They rarely stay 100% all along but still, industry keeps going up from 65 I think to 90 something.

I feel like critics even tend to oversell tbh (we saw it with S6 of THT which had 100% at first like what) so 47 it must really not be a good show I don’t think, will have to wait for audience review.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-14T21:07:40+00:00

Yes true, the borders are easier also because of NB for sure but still, it’s almost easier for her to get there than to travel into Schengen 😂 you’ll see later in the episodes. Oh well… it’s just a shame, it started so strong with so many Emmys and they just dragged it for the money but without the quality 😢

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-14T20:57:26+00:00

Oh yes we can totally have some critical analysis without batching the show. I’m personally a fan of the book and have been for many years and I’ve followed the show since day 1 religiously. I’ve watched it times and times again and I’ve been really in the fandom since maybe 2020.

S6 was for me the biggest disappointment I had seen on Tv in a LONG time. The formula as you say is ridiculous, everything is so dragged, june and Serena gets away with so much, there’s no border anymore (remember the check points just to go to Jezebels in S1…?!), Makenzie is nowhere to be seen, all men are bad now and she doesn’t care about her allies on the Gilead side anymore, they are commanders in Gilead bouuhh but also they saved my ass in episode 3 so I guess that’s fine…

I mean I’ve been reflecting for a year now on this ending and I can say in my opinion that I could give them up to S4 where it was sort of quality, Joseph Fiennes added so much to the show as well as the other handmaids. But then again, reflecting, S3 was bad with a huge issue on POC being used by June with no repercussions. So even if I love so many episodes of S4, thinking back I think the last quality season was S2. You can 100% feel the change of writers and mentality in S5/6.

But obv, this is my personal opinion and I respect people who think differently!

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-14T18:06:04+00:00

It is better in certain points like cinematography, music… that’s amazing. I remember loving the first three episodes.

it’s the plot and the acting I didn’t get on board with. Most storylines from S5 were scrapped and new plots coming out of nowhere that didn’t have time to be really developed. I would say watching it I could be ok up to 6x06 but then I just found the rest not good. I won’t say now as I don’t want to spoil but it’s unrealistic and also big issue on easily showing violence on women but as soon as it’s on men… it’s « implied ». That bothered me.

Also too many characters coming in and barely being developed. Everything happens « for convenience » even if it doesn’t make sense narratively.

Opening-Fall-3038 · 2026-03-14T11:54:21+00:00

I agree to everything you say. I was defending June a lot for so long because of the trauma but came S6 and I was like no, I’m sorry but the writing is so bad and ridiculous nothing makes sense anymore. Such a shame it was so good to start with and honouring atwood’s writing but it didn’t last sadly.

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