Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Other Women

Season 2/Episode 4, Other Women/Hulu **What wonderful spoilers we have today. What wonderful spoilers we have today.** TW: torture, verbal/physical/sexual abuse “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken”- Warren Buffet Deliver Us Unto Evil The episode starts where we assumed it would. June was caught and taken back to Gilead. They snap a new tracker tag on her ear and then chain her to a bed at the Red Center. June still tough as nails, walking as far as that chain will take her and looking Aunt Lydia deadass in her face with some “June. My name is June.” Aunt Lydia don’t care. She is delivering lecture on top of lecture on top of what she would refer to as grace. “June will be chained in this room until she gives birth. And then June will be executed. Offred has an opportunity.” — Aunt Lydia Well, shit… With an offer like that, I really don’t judge June for giving up the flowered bedspread Serena and Commander Waterford. June takes the red dress of the handmaids with a smirk on her face. She may be going, but she doesn’t seem to be giving in to the b.s. When June/Offred returns, the welcome party is as stern and aggressive as before. Serena can’t wait for the opportunity to greet June with a hand around her neck once June goes to her room. June still ain’t budging, tho. My girl didn’t flinch when Serena grabbed her by the neck. She donned that same smirk she gave Aunt Lydia, looked Serena deadass in the face and said: “Remember, as lon…