Tag: Max Minghella
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Under the Eye: “The Word”
Say the word and you’ll be free Say the word and be like me Say the word I’m thinking of Have you heard the word is love? It’s so fine, it’s sunshine It’s the word, love In the beginning I misunderstood But now I’ve got it, the word is good Martha Rita didn’t have a…
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Under the Eye: “Postpartum”
“Out for a drive. To go into labor. Then deliver in an empty house. I can’t bear to think what might’ve happened if those neighbors hadn’t found you.” Aunt Lydia, explaining Offred’s disappearance. This is Gilead Rumor Control (Fake News Department). No, Offred was not abducted. Offred did not flee. Offred did not try to…
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Under the Eye: “The Last Ceremony”
Previously on As Gilead Turns … If you want rape, this is the episode that has lots of rape! We’ve drifted away from the Ceremony, but now we’re back in full force. We start with Emily, who gets into “crash position” with an old Commander and his wife. He thrusts in slow-motion. He looks like…
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Under the Eye: “Seeds”
Maybe June’s lost what’s left of her mind, I don’t know, but it’s the middle of the night, she wakes up, grabs the pile of clandestine letters she received in the package from Mayday and starts burning them in the sink. When Nick confronts her, she tells him she’s not supposed to leave her room…
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Under the Eye: “Jezebels”
“Jezebels” So Nick, right? We’re on to Nick in our origin story round-up. In the before-time, in the long-long ago, Nick was an unemployed loser just lookin’ for a job, Son. He gets into a tangle at the local employment agency, Worthy Path Career Counseling (creepy name with religious connotations). He basically gets “witnessed” to…