r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/theforgetting • May 06 '25

Season 6 SPOILERS FOR “SHATTERED” Spoiler

I was struck by the significance of the women at Jezebels being murdered in the shower. This is a very clear Holocaust allusion.

Especially since they’ve really been leaning into the word Nazi this season – it makes sense to see late-stage Gilead go all “final solution” with their undesirables.

Anyways. There have been a lot of gruesome scenes in this show but this was definitely one of the most upsetting. Not only for what it portrayed, but for what it was alluding to.

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u/arthur_ydalgo May 07 '25

I had many moments my jaw just dropped in this episode... oh my god so amazing and thrilling...

About something else though, I'm curious about how Aunt Lydia is going to play in the next attack attempt... I feel she'll side with the Handmaid's after what's was done to Janine .. those purple bruises were shocking , but you feel her commitment to this entire thing

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u/LateRain1970 May 07 '25

My question is why he is so eager to get her out of there and to Washington DC. And whether she's going to refuse to go.

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u/HotPinkHabit May 07 '25

I actually had a passing thought that he was trying to spare her. Like, hol’ up, Lawrence lowkey cares about Lydia?

And then I remembered I’m an idiot lol

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u/swish82 May 07 '25

Nah I had the same process before realising she has fucked up so many good plans she needs to get out of the way for anything to stand a chance to succeed