That Show F*cked Me Up!

What's more traumatizing than thinking your newborn baby was kidnapped? I guess it would be seeing a newborn baby being taken away from its mother and handed to a strange woman and not being able to do anything about it. The parallels between June thinking her daughter was kidnapped, and Janine's newborn baby being handed to Naomi is gut wrenching.

In Gilead, the women have no power. Well, let me rephrase that- In Gilead, the Handmaids are powerless, and the wives have the illusion of some sort of power. However, the scene with all of the Handmaids hugging shows that at least there is still community- Even in the darkest times friendship perseveres.

I was an emotional wreck this whole episode, and it's barely episode 2, so get your tissues ready for the rest of the season.

We are in Gilead, baby, and it's so much worse than I remembered... The women have no rights, and the men quote the Bible to excuse their horrific actions- Just a normal day in the new and reformed United States. Under his eye.

Also, HUGE TRIGGER WARNING for this season. It's gonna be a tough one.

Another season has come and gone and this one was a vacation! Literally! Massages, and yoga, and Buddhism, sprinkled with a little bit of revenge and murder- Just a tiny bit. In this bonus wrap-up episode, I go over who in the cast got Emmy nominated, the psychology behind family annihilators, some of the things I wanted but didn't get to see this season and then I end it with a fun game pitching a family from this season against a family from season 1! It's all fun and games until we're floating dead in the water. RIP to the most toxic couple alive.

Quick and chaotic recap of this episode: Rick and Chelsea are reunited, Lochlan has a life altering experience, Piper embraces her true self, the girlypops have a breakthrough at dinner, Gaitok confronts his inner struggles and gets the hottie (good guys don't always finish last), and Timothy has the best f*cking sleep of his life. Catch a listen to find out what happens with your other fave characters! And catch us next week for the wrap-up episode!

Does anyone in this show actually have killer instincts??? I don't know about instincts, but Greg sure is a killer! Or is he? I know that even if I knew he was, I would have folded for those $100k , cause out-of-sight equals out of mind and no one is going to be seeing Tanya McQuoid any time soon- Unless...

Hope you enjoy the second to last episode of this season!

Denials, regret and a whole lotta guilt was thrown around in this episode by a lot of the characters. We finally got the climax moment we were yearning for and it was not what we expected- It was worse... Mike White has been savoring that moment since season 2 when he poked around with the idea of it and he finally went for it this time around. Mike White, you evil evil- Clever man!

Rick is a better friend to Frank than he is a boyfriend to Chelsea. That monologue scene alone is an intensive training on how to get rid of the male loneliness epidemic. Thank me later for the knowledge I just dropped!

In this episode, Piper's big secret is revealed, unnamed drugs are taken, Lorazepam is popped, and some people GET THEIR FREAK ON. ;) I also try to improv what I think Laurie whispers into Valentin's ear, and it goes very badly. I pulled out some weird accents on that one. Enjoy the freaking circus or should I say "Enjoy the Full Moon Party"!

White men have zero survival instinct. Both Rick and Timothy acting like fools in a foreign country? Immigrants could never! Also, women are not okay, but it's not our fault- You already know who I'm going to blame. It rhymes with with word "den". Lastly, if you're going to handle a gun, please take a gun handling class or else a white man on the verge of a drug and stress induced psychotic mental breakdown might steal it from you. Just an fyi.

If you have a dream about a tsunami taking you out, that might just mean that you need to lay off the Lorazepam for awhile and that your husband will be most likely be going to jail soon... But no more tsunami videos before bed, Lochy!

Also, I wanted to add a quick PSA: do not smoke weed in Thailand, or you might end up releasing a shit ton of venomous snakes and putting your girlfriend- I mean life partner's life in danger.

If you're not popping a Lorazepam before a relaxation massage, did you even relax? Also, you shouldn't judge your massage by its lack of happy ending, Saxon. It's a resort not a brothel.

I'm so bummed that I forgot to talk about how Rick was only nice to Chelsea after she had a traumatic experience! Is there some humanity left in him still? We'll see in the next few episodes!