The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: June

**If it’s under His eye, it’s here… spoilers all through this joint, fam** TW: torture, verbal/physical/sexual abuse Season 2/Episodes 1 /Hulu Hulu came out the gate with the first two episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale knowing two things.

We have been patiently waiting for this second season, and Watching two episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale back to back is self-injurious behavior.

I wasn’t ready for two episodes. Honestly, I wasn’t ready for one. If I’m keeping it all the way live (real), I wasn’t ready for the first 15 minutes of the first episode, but we’re here now. Let’s get into this. Episode 1: June This episodes picks up after the public stoning that didn’t happen, because Offred (June) was badass and told Aunt Lydia to kiss her grits. She and every other handmaid chose not to stone their friend and looked Lydia dead in the eye dropping them stones. Next thing we know, June was being tossed in the back of an armored vehicle. She and the other handmaid’s are seen gagged and herded into Fenway effing Park. This ain’t no baseball game. Nope. This is a mass lynching. I cannot explain to you how my skin crawled when it hit me wtf was going down. Dozens of nooses, fam. I cannot think of anything more blood curdling than that. A platform with a noose for every single woman and a bottom that drops on command. Sick. To. My. MEffing stomach. These women are shivering with fear. The handmaid’s are muzzled and damn near hogtied, forced onto this platform with a noose hanging in …