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Warning: Contains spoilers.
Episode 10 of season 2 of The servant's tale She finished with the biggest cliffhanger since the end of season 1, while June remained alone in the woods after her heartbreaking reunion with the disappearance of her daughter Hannah and Nick at the hands of two unknown guards. Episode 11, "Holly," answers questions and offers two unexpected guest appearances and gratifying. There is also no Canada and no Emily – which means that we owe a lot of Emily in the last two episodes. With that, here are some highlights of "Holly".
Hannah and the wolf. We start at the precise moment when we stopped: with the short breath of June, alone outside the deserted house. She runs in the woods, pauses to catch her breath, comes running, finds a large garage with a car locked inside. And then she sees the wolf looking at her and goes back to the house looking for keys.
The house is full of Easter eggs: United States cards at the time of care and reminders that Hannah has been here. There is a framed drawing on Hannah's desk with the Commander and his wife in front of a large white house with screened windows, obviously made by Hannah. It could be any white building, but it also looks like a souvenir of a family trip to the remains of the US Capitol Building. There is a photo of the commander's wife with Hannah and a big freshly caught fish. This and the intensive use of taxidermy in the decor is a clue that the summer occupant of the house must be an avid outdoorsman, the kind of person likely to have a gun in the house. June already knows how to load and shoot a firearm from the moment she and Luke try to run to Canada.
Evasion car really obvious. After finally finding the keys in the drawer, June enters the garage. The car, surprisingly, is a vintage sports car, likely to be noticed immediately, even if it could take it out of the garage. This is a sign of June's desperation that she is even considering using it to run away. This car is the kind of smuggling that only a commander can afford to keep, since Gilead is committed to reducing carbon emissions. How far could she go in this car on a snowy New England road in the middle of winter? It is a vehicle for summer cruises, not the distance of winter traveling on snowy roads.
Plus, we never have a clear view of the dashboard. Is the tank full? It is unclear whether there is a full gas tank or snow tires. June does not check the tires, or the license plate – if this car still has plates with letters, it will probably be stopped immediately, because all of Gilead's license plates are just numbers . The car is overtaking, and she would need to be discreet.
Free America Radio. June turns the key in the ignition, hears static and turns the dial slightly to hear the first cameo of surprise: the announcer 's voice for "Radio Free America, broadcast somewhere in the great white north". The voice sounds terribly … familiar. It looks a lot like Oprah Winfrey. Indeed, that East the voice of Oprah Winfrey. So, is Oprah a real person in the Gilead universe, now providing comfort through the hacker radio, or was it just a fun cameo? The idea of a crossroads in which real celebrities appear as themselves, fighting the good fight in exile, navigates dangerously close to the cheese territory. But it has not happened yet, and it was glorious to hear Oprah on the radio, gently leading to "Hungry Heart", American troubadour par excellence: "Now, a piece to remind everyone who listens , American patriot or Gilead traitor, that we are always there.Stars and Stripes forever, baby. "It was one of the few moments of well-being The servant's tale allowed, and I will take it.
The show is a useful discharge of information for the viewer, and is probably the first unfiltered encounter of June with real news current since the start of the Gilead coup. There is so much to tell about the state of the world – India and China are sending aid to the US government in exile in China, and Britain has promised new sanctions against Gilead and more American refugees across Canada. It's good to know that our oldest friend takes care of us.
Commander and Mrs. Mackenzie. The captain and Mrs. Waterford enter the mansion as Offred prepares for his escape. Fred calls "Mackenzie Commander! Mrs. Mackenzie!" This seems to be a dividing line, but to surprise her that this is June's key to finding Hannah one day, if she has the presence of mind to remember that "I'm here for you." Hannah Bankole can be registered as Agnes Mackenzie.
Who are the Mackenzie? Hannah's adoptive father must be very high at Gilead to have this huge summer house. Even the Waterfords do not have a summer house like this, or at least they have never talked about it. Offred has been with them for over a year, and we have never heard of a vacation home. How is Fred powerful enough to argue for a meeting with the adopted daughter of a commander who obviously has more loot than he?
Waterfords in the hallway. Coming shouting for Offred is not a good way to find her. Waterford quarrels play a game of downsmanship in the home to demonstrate who is the greatest hypocrite. The two Waterfords are accused of having violated Offred. Fred accuses Serena of not making friends with Offred: "If you had shown this girl an ounce of kindness, she would never have left." Well, how many women would be nice to the wife that their husband is bading, especially when they are under the same roof? Fred's observation is hypocritical because he has been actively working to recreate the hate barrier between the two women after returning from the hospital. He really has no interest in Serena's kindness to June because any alliance between them threatens his authority. Serena points out that Fred raped Offred the day before, and Fred points out that rape was his idea. Fred's conclusions about likely behavior are off-base each time. Serena is right, Nick and Offred were there. They would probably find it if they were looking harder.
Clean Shot. June finds a gun and cartridges in her hiding place. She has a clear vision of the Waterford's revealing battle and a clean shot on them. June sees the current state of Waterford's marriage and her pressure points in a way that she could not do it if she knew she was watching. She now has tools to play them against each other. Serena Joy reveals that Nick is the father of Offred's baby, and that she has regrets about her path: "I've abandoned everything for you." And for the cause. I never wanted that one thing in return I want a baby. "Fred replies," You wanted more than that … Whore demanded it! "Repeats Serena," You do not I've left nothing "while he strangles her against the wall. She starts to cry, which puts an end to Fred's violence: he likes when women are weak. Serena's abuse, June can not shoot when her enemy is in such a vulnerable state, June had a clean shot at her bad guys, but she could not do the action. "She flinched.
All that Serena has left in the world depends on her husband's status and her willingness to take the lead and respect her expertise – a willingness that we have seen dramatically decrease over the past two seasons. It would be nice to see Serena come to light, find Mark Tuello's number in that box of cigarettes she held before she burned two episodes of the Hawaii match, run away to Honolulu and denounce Gilead. Heck, I would like even root for handsome Mr. Tuello to become the second Mr. Serena Joy. But that will not happen. Her lament is "I abandoned everything for you and the cause", without any guilt for what other women have lost because of her actions.
Return of Holly. Holly is back! It was a pleasure to see the unexpected return of Cherry Jones, who was listed on The servant's taleThe IMDb page for an episode only. It's another scene about the mother / daughter conflict. Holly tries to sell June by giving birth to Hannah in a crummy hippy-dippy birthing center. June wants a hospital and a lot of drugs. Holly recounts June's birth: "I was not a doctor, I wanted to see what it was like." Also, June does not believe Holly will actually be in the hospital. You're stronger than you think. "June did not want to be strong until she had to – which means now.
Garage door. June tries to get around this closed garage door by crossing it. She fails. His lack of planning, or his lack of clever planning, is realistic – most people in desperate situations would not think of doing any of the sensible things that viewers in our comfortable homes want to mumble on screen while we play quarter of Monday morning for situations that we have never known. The garage is not two but four doors wide. Can not June try to manually open one of the other doors from the outside, or search for a fuse box to re-light the garage so that she can open a door? Or shoot the locks? Maybe she could try one of the other doors and then maneuver out of the garage? But honestly, what would you think if you were panicking and freezing in the woods, about to give birth?
June is not James Bond or Harry Houdini, and this should not be expected of her. The show deserves praise for not making June a model of intelligence under extreme pressure. She does a number of things during her escape attempts that the viewer can immediately identify as impudent – standing too close to windows, running when she should be hiding, hiding when she should run – but that all average human being would do. It is not his job to be smart. It is the job of the company not to install theocracies.
Gunshots in the air. There is a ton of blood everywhere as her contractions subside temporarily, so June reaches out for help by pulling the weapon four times in the air, thinking, "Here I am. . Pick me up."
Push, Push, Push. Breathe, Breathe, Breathe. June ends up giving birth alone, despite her attempts to alert. In her memory, she recalls the birth of Hannah, the instructions of Aunt Lydia at the old Red Center, the birth of Charlotte / Angela in season 1, all that sounds in the rhythm of "Push, push, push". Breathe, breathe, breathe "or connect with the female experience by giving birth. She takes the direction of her mother that she would not take unless to be obliged to do so.
A new holly. Holly Maddox arrived late for the birth of her granddaughter Hannah, as June had predicted. She was saving the world. In the period before Gilead, there were many women in Georgia who needed abortions. Despite this memory, June names healthy baby Holly, for her grandmother.
Are June's monologues in "Holly" meant for one of Holly's? For Hannah? For a listener in a post-Gilead world? The closing monologue reminds us how the story of the Servant was told in the original novel and her epilogue – in the form of cbadettes discovered in Bangor, Maine, discussed at a conference 200 years later : "I keep limping and a mutilated story, because I want you to hear it, as I will hear yours too, if I have any opportunity. , or if you escape, in the future, or in paradise. "By saying anything to you, I believe in you." I believe you to be. "The epilogue of the novel tells that Gilead lasted decades, let's hope, for June and her daughter, that TV Gilead falls earlier than that. "Faced with overwhelming oppression, even June's hopes are better than the lack of hope.
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