The Handmaid’s Tale 2×09 Review: Diplomacy Offers Accountability, Atonement In “Smart Power”

If last week’s episode of The Handmaid’s Tale achieved a milestone in that it finally got me to sympathize with Serena, “Smart Power” does something far more essential. It holds her accountable. This happens through a very intense diplomatic trip…

The Handmaid’s Tale 2×04 Review: Defiance Has A Harrowing Cost In “Other Women”

The Handmaid’s Tale could never be called upbeat, but it goes to a truly dark place in the episode “Other Women.” There was heart-wrenching despair as June (Elisabeth Moss) came so close to escaping Gilead at the end of the…