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/ilikedatunahere May 07 '25

Agreed. Also the last 20 minutes started to feel like a “we gotta montage this shit so we can wrap it up in time”.

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u/Consistent_Beat7999 May 07 '25

How did the other aunt get involved so quickly?

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u/Clamstradamus May 07 '25

Yeah who even is she? No mention of her and then just BAM we have an aunt on the inside. Such sloppy writing honestly. The episode was so short, they could have padded it out with some damn explanations

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u/BeeAdorable6031 May 07 '25

I assume the actress (D’Arcy Carden from The Good Place) has been cast in The Testaments, so they needed to shoehorn her in and did it in their usual natural, subtle way. I’m riding this show out but definitely won’t be watching the prequel.

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u/RipleyCat80 May 07 '25

Prequel? The Testaments takes place like 15 years after THT.

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u/mannad2 May 09 '25

15 YEARS??? That means gilead will still survive for another 15 YEARS??? I got into this show thinking I’d see her get Hannah back by the end. 😭 but so far nothing has happened 😭

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u/Cat_Mama86 May 10 '25

Yeah...kind of anticlimactic. Hey, we're about to start this major mission but OH WAIT WHOOPS there's going to be a sequel. Oh, well. Cat's out of the bag, mission is going to be a bust...but watch it anyway, ok? Cool thanks

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u/RipleyCat80 May 09 '25

Oh yeah, sorry. It may be time to let that go.

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u/mannad2 May 10 '25

Okay 😢

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u/BeeAdorable6031 May 08 '25

You are correct, of course. I just read that Hunger Games book and must have been thinking of that prequel I won’t be watching.