The Handmaid's Tale season 3

13 episodes · 2019

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what happens

Season three is driven by June's resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead and her struggle to strike back against overwhelming odds. Startling reunions, betrayals, and a journey to the terrifying heart of Gilead force all characters to take a stand, guided by one defiant prayer: "Blessed be the fight."

how it went

Left to right is the season — its first episode to its last. Each remark sits in the episode it was made about.

FUN

how good a time it was

MEANINGFUL

how much it moved you

Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.

Read from 27 comments — 8 said when.

Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.

Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.

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height: how intense it got, 0–100
gold above: how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
tension rail: how much was still unresolved
grey haze: how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it

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what people actually wrote

Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.

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“When Moira walks in the plane and then you see all the kids, I started crying. When the dad went “Rebecca?” And she recognized him after all that time I bawled.”
ccsr0979▲ 1,488about 80–100% inread it ↗
“When Rita said that the other Martha killed her commanders so she could sneak the baby over, I literally gasped!!!”
ironsoul99▲ 1,160about 60–70% inread it ↗
“Also that initial scene was something straight out of the holocaust. It was chilling and beautifully directed.”
Dsnahans▲ 915about 0–15% inread it ↗
“And the reunion made me ugly cry.”
monstruo▲ 599about 90–100% inread it ↗

episodes

1 of 13 with a score

Every episode has a page — its synopsis, who was in it, and a place to rate it. A number appears when discussion or ratings support one; where there is neither, the dash is the honest answer.

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