# The Handmaid's Tale; season 5 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\ **Created:** [September 15, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592 "2022-09-15T01:22:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/1 "2022-09-15T01:22:03Z")
Well, the first 2 episodes were intense. There’s alot going that’s just downright bizarre, not all of it in a good way. June is seriously damaged and she’ll never be able to function “normally” again; Serena is still the same manipulative cunt she’s always been. I with Tuello had told her about the fine. 😄 And when it comes to grand fascist ceremony Gilead sure does the Nazies proud! Is it just me, or does Cmdr Putnam look alot Joseph Geobbels? ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/2 "2022-09-15T01:27:50Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > I with Tuello had told her about the fine. She **CAN** pay it online! ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/3 "2022-09-15T02:10:31Z")
Haven’t watched _any_. But just reread the book and it’s got me wondering if I’d like it. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/4 "2022-09-15T17:10:20Z")
While I look forward to Serena being treated like a glorified Handmaid this article makes a very good point. The show is really reluctant to show women trying to terminate their pregnancies (except in Janine’s backstory). Just what is the abortion debate like in a Canada struggling with the same infertility problems? If a woman finally manages to escape over the border in her third trimester can she still get an abortion? Why are they afraid to show a woman not identifying with or caring about her rapist’s child? [https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/rcna47778](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/rcna47778) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2022, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/5 "2022-09-22T00:07:04Z")
Serena honey, I know Cmdr Lawrence is hard to read, but how the fuck could you think he’d have the slightest interest in marrying you?! 🤣 For those who’ve read **The Testaments** I think they’re setting Serena Joy up to come up with Pear Girls instead of Aunt Lydia, at least as far as the missionary aspect. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handmaids-tale-season-5-open-spoilers/971592/6 "2022-10-05T19:54:24Z")
Well, the Wheelers sure are pampering their new H̶a̶n̶d̶m̶a̶i̶d̶ houseguest. 😉 Did Jayden ping anyone else’s gaydar?