The Handmaid's Tale - Women's Work - Advance Preview

The Handmaid’s Tale “Women’s Work” was directed by Kari Skogland and the teleplay was by Nina Fiore and John Herrera. Fiore and Herrera’s other credits include Blood Drive, The Vampire Diaries and Alphas, and both move up from executive story editor on the show. I swear this show gets better with each episode. Relationships are changing in this episode, and I think this might be Yvonne Strahovski’s (Serena) most amazing performance yet.

The episode starts with a little Motown from the Commodores and ends with an acapella version of a Bay City Rollers song – well originally Dusty Springfield... Serena makes a surprising confession to June (Elisabeth Moss). June pays Serena a compliment. Not everyone is as happy as they should be when Fred (Joseph Fiennes) returns.

Serena leaves June a present. Rita (Amanda Brugel) continues to be unimpressed by Eden (Sydney Sweeney). Nick’s (Max Minghella) attempts at being a good husband fall short of Eden’s expectations. I begin to wonder if anybody every uses “Praise Be” unironically.

Janine (Madeline Brewer) is still happy to be back, and Emily (Alexis Bledel) is still angry. Janine asks June for a favor, June asks Serena for a favor, and Serena asks Fred for a favor. Some are granted and some are not. Serena continues to break rules. Fred resorts to some surprising behavior. Eden makes a discovery. Janine surprises everyone.

I can’t wait to see what happens next! This episode drops on Hulu on June 6th!

A few dialogue teases: 

May the force be with you.
This is the new normal and an offence to God.
She seems pretty fucking happy.
I just thought the sequel was better.
I’m going to need to examine her.
God give me strength.
I asked you to be my conduit, not my voice.
You sound just like one of them.
Character one: She’s trying. Character Two: Yeah. She is.
Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.