1:07 – It’s Scarlett and Roxy’s favorite episode of the season! It’s shot like a horror movie and it’s harrowing to put yourself in Luke’s circumstances.

2:52 – We debate who’s perspective we’re seeing in this episode. Is it June imagining how he got out or is it reality?

8:10 – We’re drinking La Croix des Loges Anjou Blanc

11:27 – It’s a Luke bottle episode! The episode starts with a scene we’ve seen before but this time we’re going to see it play out through Luke’s perspective

15:22 – This scene really puts a spotlight on the 2nd amendment rights argument that you need to be armed when the government turns against you. Turns out those guns are not going to anything against a van full of machine guns. 

20:29 – It’s very fascinating to see the horrors of Gilead through the eyes of someone who is not a handmaid. So many atrocities are directed at the cisgender woman but that isn’t the only group of people who are hurt under this totalitarian regime.

24:54 – Luke was quite rational and logical as he navigates his continually changing circumstances. Until he’s mumbling along the main road. A road Luke? It’s not very covert for a man on the run. 

32:25 – Once he gets to this abandoned neighborhood he finds refuge and falls asleep.

33:55 – We get a flashback of Luke and June in the car, beginning their escape. This scene really lays the groundwork for Luke’s guilt of not being able to protect his family. 

40:45 – We meet Whitford at the docks. This entire scene gives us so much insight. We hear the first mention of what June’s mother did for a living. We find out vasectomies have been illegal for a while. And we see that, while it took a bit too long, Luke is beginning to understand he has to say goodbye to everything his life was. 

51:35 – June has a much better handle on the situation than Luke does

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1:07 – It’s Scarlett and Roxy’s favorite episode of the season! It’s shot like a horror movie and it’s harrowing to put yourself in Luke’s circumstances.

2:52 – We debate who’s perspective we’re seeing in this episode. Is it June imagining how he got out or is it reality?

8:10 – We’re drinking La Croix des Loges Anjou Blanc

11:27 – It’s a Luke bottle episode! The episode starts with a scene we’ve seen before but this time we’re going to see it play out through Luke’s perspective

15:22 – This scene really puts a spotlight on the 2nd amendment rights argument that you need to be armed when the government turns against you. Turns out those guns are not going to anything against a van full of machine guns. 

20:29 – It’s very fascinating to see the horrors of Gilead through the eyes of someone who is not a handmaid. So many atrocities are directed at the cisgender woman but that isn’t the only group of people who are hurt under this totalitarian regime.

24:54 – Luke was quite rational and logical as he navigates his continually changing circumstances. Until he’s mumbling along the main road. A road Luke? It’s not very covert for a man on the run. 

32:25 – Once he gets to this abandoned neighborhood he finds refuge and falls asleep.

33:55 – We get a flashback of Luke and June in the car, beginning their escape. This scene really lays the groundwork for Luke’s guilt of not being able to protect his family. 

40:45 – We meet Whitford at the docks. This entire scene gives us so much insight. We hear the first mention of what June’s mother did for a living. We find out vasectomies have been illegal for a while. And we see that, while it took a bit too long, Luke is beginning to understand he has to say goodbye to everything his life was. 

51:35 – June has a much better handle on the situation than Luke does

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S1E6 A Woman's Place Part 2

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S1E6 A Woman's Place Part 2

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S1E6 A Womans Place Part 1

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S1E5 Faithful Part 2.

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S1E5 Faithful Part 2.

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2:01 - We're drinking Evil Twin Brewing Company's Fire Water - a pale ale brewed with jalapenos. The back of the label reads: 

Many of us have a passionate love-hate relationship with painfully spicy food and beverage - there is simply something substantial fascinating, thrilling and a little frightening about a burning sensation in your mouth. Scientists are at a loss why humans (and only humans) find such great joy in tasty pain. Perhaps it’s what makes us human - it takes a complicated brain, mixed with weird self-awareness to enjoy events that the body are programmed to treat as a threat but the mind knows better. Test your human skills with this burning beer - mind over body. Fire walk with me.

It's the perfect drink for an episode where everyone is playing with fire.

7:47 - We talk overall feelings and thoughts on the episode

12:13 - The episode starts out with Fred and June sitting by the fire, playing scrabble, drinking scotch. There's a lot happening in this scene. It's reckless but also charming. There's imagery of hell even as June talks about heaven. The writers weave a poem, from Margaret Attwood's Power Politics, into June's monologue - it's 4 lines of masterful writing, and used perfectly in the scene.

28:45 - We get a flashback to June and Luke's first meeting. Moira is not only present but initiates the interaction. 

38:47 - The flashback ends. June is eating breakfast. Rita is surely. Nick is hovering. And Serena manages to ruin everything with her terrible timing. Serena takes June outside and makes her an offer she can't refuse. 

50:02 - With the weight of Serena's proposal lingering over her, June goes shopping and sees that Emily is back. New Ofglen confronts June with a harsh reality, that her life is better than it was before. 

1:00:18 - June is having a moment with her writing in the closet when Serena comes to escort her to Nicks apartment. This faux ceremony is juxtaposed with June's first sexual tryst with Luke. The differences are jarring. 

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2:01 - We're drinking Evil Twin Brewing Company's Fire Water - a pale ale brewed with jalapenos. The back of the label reads: 

Many of us have a passionate love-hate relationship with painfully spicy food and beverage - there is simply something substantial fascinating, thrilling and a little frightening about a burning sensation in your mouth. Scientists are at a loss why humans (and only humans) find such great joy in tasty pain. Perhaps it’s what makes us human - it takes a complicated brain, mixed with weird self-awareness to enjoy events that the body are programmed to treat as a threat but the mind knows better. Test your human skills with this burning beer - mind over body. Fire walk with me.

It's the perfect drink for an episode where everyone is playing with fire.

7:47 - We talk overall feelings and thoughts on the episode

12:13 - The episode starts out with Fred and June sitting by the fire, playing scrabble, drinking scotch. There's a lot happening in this scene. It's reckless but also charming. There's imagery of hell even as June talks about heaven. The writers weave a poem, from Margaret Attwood's Power Politics, into June's monologue - it's 4 lines of masterful writing, and used perfectly in the scene.

28:45 - We get a flashback to June and Luke's first meeting. Moira is not only present but initiates the interaction. 

38:47 - The flashback ends. June is eating breakfast. Rita is surely. Nick is hovering. And Serena manages to ruin everything with her terrible timing. Serena takes June outside and makes her an offer she can't refuse. 

50:02 - With the weight of Serena's proposal lingering over her, June goes shopping and sees that Emily is back. New Ofglen confronts June with a harsh reality, that her life is better than it was before. 

1:00:18 - June is having a moment with her writing in the closet when Serena comes to escort her to Nicks apartment. This faux ceremony is juxtaposed with June's first sexual tryst with Luke. The differences are jarring. 

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