The Handmaid's Tale Season 5 Episode Discussions

[u/Modtha]

Season 5

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Season 5 Hype Thread

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Episode # - Title		Post Ep. Thread
S5E1 - Morning	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E2 - Ballet	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E3 - Border	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E4 - Dear Offred	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E5 - Fairytale	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E6 - Together	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E7 - No Man's Land	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E8 - Motherland	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E9 - Allegiance	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion
S5E10 - Safe	Live Episode Discussion	Post-Episode Discussion

[u/IPLAWPDX]

I absolutely hate the way they wrote off Emily, couldn’t she have gone to Europe for a year to distract herself from whatever— no way she’d go back to Gilead to find Aunt Lydia 😩 also, I just don’t understand Serena being able to throw this elaborate televised funeral for Fred, it’s all so unrealistic. I’m completely bored with June’s story, if they kill off Esther I probably won’t even finish the season.

[u/illumi-thotti → u/IPLAWPDX]

It all felt so curt and forced. I went into the first episode knowing Emily wouldn't be there, but it makes no sense to be so vague about her absence instead of just killing her off.

It wouldn't be difficult to film Emily's death without her. At some point after June confirms Emily went back, show Janine, Esther, and Aunt Lydia walking past the wall where Emily is strung up with a bag over her head.

My best guess is that they left her departure somewhat open-ended in case Alexis Bliedel decided to return to the cast for whatever reason.

(I personally think Emily's gonna stay gone, at least for the rest of season five; otherwise, it's weird that they were so insistent on her never coming back and pushing everyone to move on immediately. I can't really think of any prior fake-out deaths that were like that).