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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

The Handmaid’s Tale 2×08 Review: Gilead’s Women Try To Save A Life In “Women’s Work”

The Handmaid’s Tale 2×08 Review: Gilead’s Women Try To Save A Life In “Women’s Work”

By Andrea Thompson

The Handmaid’s Tale crossed a major milestone in the episode “Women’s Work” by getting me to feel sympathy for Serena (Yvonne Strahovski). She’d been fleshed out in previous episodes, but the the reaction I was obviously intended to have never came. She knew what she was doing the entire time, and what would happen. Any consequences are of her own making, and any regrets stem from pure selfishness.

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