Behind the scenes of 'The Handmaid's Tale' season 2 with cast, author Margaret Atwood

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  • "Nightline" was given rare behind-the-scenes access, where our cameras had somewhat free range to examine the details of the handmaid's world.

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  • @itxofficial8281
    @itxofficial8281 Před 3 lety +1121

    Narrator: "The show is so intense, people have said it's impossible to binge watch"
    Me: *watched all 3 seasons in less than a week*

    • @ryf3658
      @ryf3658 Před 3 lety +25

      I did the same, it is an excellent and very passionate movie. I spent my whole week watching and thinking of it. Now, with the situation in the USA, this horror Can be Real!

    • @hannahpenton2759
      @hannahpenton2759 Před 3 lety +3

      Literally same

    • @rubenb1293
      @rubenb1293 Před 3 lety +3

      Omg same my prime membership was running out

    • @heydibear1079
      @heydibear1079 Před 3 lety +2

      Same 🤣

    • @emilyxdits
      @emilyxdits Před 3 lety +1

      SAME

  • @IzumiInouemaestro
    @IzumiInouemaestro Před 5 lety +1726

    The most depressing and addictive thing I’ve ever watched, I was in shock for weeks after finishing season 1.

    • @falidisu2139
      @falidisu2139 Před 5 lety +23

      I just finished watching it 2 days ago.?I catch myself crying unnecessarily and I am so afraid of people, the church, fox news, Trump and his rebels.... Dear God- this is really hard

    • @DeeDiamond2981
      @DeeDiamond2981 Před 5 lety +23

      It makes me treasure my life

    • @aeonjoey
      @aeonjoey Před 4 lety +1

      same.

    • @tatitatte
      @tatitatte Před 4 lety +6

      Yes u r right! I was not sleep 2 weeks normal and i see so bad dreams ...so can't continue 2 season

    • @James-dq7oi
      @James-dq7oi Před 4 lety +1

      @@falidisu2139 oh yeah because trump has just stripped women's rights

  • @patricialopezlema8421
    @patricialopezlema8421 Před 6 lety +2084

    This is both the hardest and best show to watch on TV! Sorry Game of Thrones, Stranger Things, The Walking Dead.. but The Handmaid's tale is the best thing to ever happen to TV!

    • @RoccoDelRey
      @RoccoDelRey Před 6 lety +76

      Patricia Lopez Lema stranger things? Walking dead? 😂😂😂😂 they were never contenders.

    • @patricialopezlema8421
      @patricialopezlema8421 Před 6 lety +30

      They are popular though, and I think they get more hype than The Handmaids' Tale, THT is so underrated!!

    • @tdelioncourt1268
      @tdelioncourt1268 Před 5 lety +1

      I think the mini serie Patrick Melrose is close to perfection as well.

    • @danielr2488
      @danielr2488 Před 5 lety +3

      i think they're all equal

    • @saranoussa9437
      @saranoussa9437 Před 5 lety +8

      I totally agree.. The best of all time.. I just adore Atwood.. I am so fascinated by the story...

  • @carolarol
    @carolarol Před 6 lety +2740

    Haha, impossible to binge-watch, my ass. Watched it in literally a single day. What can I say, it's​ an amazing story!

    • @CafeDeDuy
      @CafeDeDuy Před 6 lety +116

      What he meant was that for a good number of people, like myself, it is mentally/emotionally impossible to binge watch. Physically yes you can.
      Me, personally, and my friends - we can binge watch it. We WANT to binge watch it. But shit is stressful af lol

    • @subversivelysurreal3645
      @subversivelysurreal3645 Před 6 lety +13

      CARA : Agreed. It’s great when you can choose how many episodes you want to watch at one time!

    • @carolarol
      @carolarol Před 6 lety +16

      Duy Truong - Oh, I know what he meant. I understand that this show is mentally stressful, because I also felt that stress myself whilst watching. But that doesn't mean I couldn't binge watch it ;) My comment was more so a joke than something to be taken entirely seriously.

    • @CafeDeDuy
      @CafeDeDuy Před 6 lety +2

      CARA oh haha okay. You right!

    • @shivagiri7406
      @shivagiri7406 Před 6 lety +4

      maybe you are a monster yourself. it is painful to watch for people like us. you didn't felt a thing you say maybe you just didn't grasp a single thing going on in the show.

  • @normanseagull4027
    @normanseagull4027 Před 6 lety +861

    This isn't just a good series but a warning of what could be.

    • @palomagarcia2833
      @palomagarcia2833 Před 4 lety +4

      Norman Seagull lol 😂 like aliens taking over the world

    • @sammimitsu
      @sammimitsu Před 4 lety +1

      Paloma Garcia They already have.

    • @aspenrobinson8797
      @aspenrobinson8797 Před 4 lety +12

      You are so right !! You can see it happening already. Notice how all the stores are arranging things exactly the same ..like the cash line up etc. Stores are all becoming warehouse super centers and the malls diverted to strip malls where you enter and exit from outside individually. This is all for a reason. Even all the new subdivisions that go up overnight ..notice the houses and many duplexes identical down to the siding ? We have already damaged our environment on a global scale., human reproduction, over exploitation, over consumption, pollution. Do we beleive it can be fixed ?...only if we depopulate. You can see it happening can't you ? I walked into my daughters school last year into the huge cafeteria for a meeting and e ery kid there were on their phones..no one looked up and seemed oblivious to anything. It's a scary time .

    • @babybop3016
      @babybop3016 Před 4 lety

      @@sammimitsu some of your ancestors are most deffinetly aliens /foreigners whatever you want to call them show some respect.

    • @sammimitsu
      @sammimitsu Před 4 lety

      baby bop I didn't intend any disrespect. By 'aliens' I meant reptilian/human hybrids. I agree with commentators like David Icke that ETs run the world. I didn't mean foreign humans. Apologies if it came across that way.

  • @amymoquin8636
    @amymoquin8636 Před 3 lety +94

    Elizabeth Moss is absolutely brilliant in the whole series but she brought it to a whole new level during the car scene after seeing Hannah.

  • @fickyni2
    @fickyni2 Před 6 lety +589

    The first season I binged, but the second one I really can't, I was traumatised for 2 days

    • @deannej21
      @deannej21 Před 5 lety +46

      fickyni2 i know. I had to take a break for a couple of weeks. I was just too upset

    • @catheriner7155
      @catheriner7155 Před 5 lety +20

      @@deannej21 thanku!! i thought i was the only one who found it distressing. I felt like I was living the nightmare :(

    • @catheriner7155
      @catheriner7155 Před 5 lety +4

      It's definitely addictive... not sure if that's a good thing or not though

    • @melissac8365
      @melissac8365 Před 5 lety +12

      i literally had to take break between episodes, it was taxing.

    • @lateshiachilds3640
      @lateshiachilds3640 Před 5 lety +6

      I couldn't stop watching it I found myself balling up my fist because I was getting so sad or angry.

  • @nonag709
    @nonag709 Před 4 lety +125

    “Impossible to binge watch”
    Me: finishes three seasons in like two weeks 😬

  • @lilywei864
    @lilywei864 Před 5 lety +74

    the (kind of) hanging scene was one of the most powerful things i've ever watched on screen. i knew elizabeth's character wouldn't die, but the scene was just... oh my god.

    • @peaceful_chaos14
      @peaceful_chaos14 Před 3 lety +9

      Agree. I knew no one was gonna die in that scene, but the absolute horror it instilled on me was crazy. That was so powerful.

  • @pyronei
    @pyronei Před 4 lety +41

    It's insane how much attention to detail is put into this series. I never would have thought to look at the food items and how they have no words on the labels. Insane.

    • @Ludovica_B
      @Ludovica_B Před 18 dny

      There are no words on Serena's Canadian program too. All the activities are pictured, like a flower for gardening etc. Women can't read, not even the simplest things like labels or schedules...

  • @luiii6537
    @luiii6537 Před 2 lety +26

    There is no other show that made me cry so often like the handmaid's tale

  • @alekayfoks9813
    @alekayfoks9813 Před 6 lety +166

    I'm a savage. I binge watched the entire thing in two days, and now the wait is going to be the actual hard thing to do.

    • @xxyy2597
      @xxyy2597 Před 5 lety +1

      Me too
      Gosh I can't wait for season 3!

    • @keandric2765
      @keandric2765 Před 5 lety +1

      Lol, I did too. Became interested after randomly watching the trailer for season 3. Thankful that I only have to wait a month..lol :)

    • @sjefwillems5471
      @sjefwillems5471 Před 4 lety +2

      @@keandric2765 praised be

    • @mennabarlow6511
      @mennabarlow6511 Před 4 lety +1

      seriously though. i binge watched this entire show and i CANNOT wait until season 4

    • @fabe9158
      @fabe9158 Před 3 lety +1

      me too!!! everyone is saying a week or two weeks, I was cringing, I watched them in like a day and half

  • @leilanilee6678
    @leilanilee6678 Před 5 lety +282

    Boo you didn't interview Max Mikghella!! His character Nick, especially in the second season, is the only thing that makes all the horror bearable. His arc and performance with Lizzie is awesome.

    • @chezmoi465
      @chezmoi465 Před 4 lety +9

      Actually, a friend and I find him wooden.

    • @keithomadain5418
      @keithomadain5418 Před rokem

      Blechh, hes wooden band I hate his character

  • @JupiterSun-888
    @JupiterSun-888 Před 6 lety +247

    "It's impossible to binge watch"- lol you dun' know me!

  • @dawni5365
    @dawni5365 Před 6 lety +306

    This show is upsetting..heavy..emotional..angry..frightening...scary...disgusting...etc etc etc...theres,so much to talk about..the actors,are brilliant...impossible to binge

    • @heids418
      @heids418 Před 6 lety +19

      Dawn Ivey Hair agree with you on everything...except I couldn’t help but binge watch most of season 1, I was captivated by the story!

    • @leslies2038
      @leslies2038 Před 6 lety +1

      Dawn Ivey Hair it's in the script. Good grief.

    • @hudstar2011
      @hudstar2011 Před 5 lety +4

      @ castroy64. The author used elements that have occurred throughout history - nothing is made up so many people relate to this. Atwood's novel just captured the cruel and political nature of humanity under one theme set within a specific point in time. You obviously find discomfort in this series as you feel the need to defend the Trump era of Populist dictatorship. I would be more in fear of a reality that the world is turning its back on Trump's America and could reform leaving the USA isolated and without allies. I wouldn't be laughing your ass off too much, Gilead may just be around the corner for you if Trump continues to insult America's allies.

    • @user-ys3vi2ih4k
      @user-ys3vi2ih4k Před 5 lety

      Kid tv

    • @andjelkakosovac9979
      @andjelkakosovac9979 Před 5 lety +1

      i binged everything, but it is heavy

  • @caenina
    @caenina Před 2 lety +12

    I binge watched this 4 days straight (1 season each day) 😂😂❤
    Definitely one of the best shows 💯🔥

  • @Jenbrinkerjackson
    @Jenbrinkerjackson Před 6 lety +23

    Just pure talent. From the production to the actors to the author, I'm in constant awe.

  • @jennyt777
    @jennyt777 Před 6 lety +100

    This is by far one of the most insane stories Ive ever watched. Yet it keeps you coming back for more. So well thought out, it is cruel, yet not blood and gore. And if you are like me, you wouldn’t be interested in a “totalitarian/sci-fi-ish” series. Think again. Watch Season I,
    Pay close attention and you will be HOOKED!

    • @iamsultana
      @iamsultana Před 6 lety +4

      JeniPenny Lou I agree, HT is on a level of its own. It's so dark and scary, yet there are no fictional monsters. It is so psychologically numbing. Some scenes are hard to watch specifically because they burden you with too much emotion, they are very rarely too gory and graphic to watch. It's all about the mental pain of having your freedoms taken away from you, of being enslaved. This season is getting a tad too depressing for me, to be honest.

    • @jennyt777
      @jennyt777 Před 6 lety

      castroy64 Well I suppose I am gullible. I am also disabled and dyslexic. I have days I cant get out of bed due to the pain caused by my inherited disease. And I feel blessed to have something to enjoy. It is a form of entertainment, So dony you worry about me- I am not folding up my tin hat just yet.

    • @nunnayrbznz3576
      @nunnayrbznz3576 Před 5 lety

      It's so close to real. Look how fast separating children from mom's took. Overnight. Premeditated. Quickly without any notice. Seriously does anyone really believe Donnie didn't know and was outraged the next day after Everyone flipped. At his Hitler demonstration? Add that we really have had a long history of people as property. Brood mares. Women still as property and requiring husband approval for birth control. Abortions. And in fact both are still on some state lawbooks as illegal punishable by serving time in prison as criminals. Thats why this is so terrifying. Crazy happens. Especially with narcissistic bullies put in charge while we go blindly forward. Like June. Who almost absentmindedly thought little of her husband being required to sign her birth control rx. Deja vu any one? Maybe we all are season 3.

    • @nunnayrbznz3576
      @nunnayrbznz3576 Před 5 lety

      castroy64 hyperbole... rather insensitive to those that need meds. that seems to be the only way people deal with Donnie. High or drunk
      Sober people wouldn't put up with this.

    • @Missmurder8905
      @Missmurder8905 Před 5 lety

      I love Dystopia for some reason, even with the Hunger Games, the book is so much more brutal than the movies. But Fahrenheit 451, Divergent, The Giver, love them all. HAHA.

  • @fagolsagol1874
    @fagolsagol1874 Před 6 lety +508

    "Borrowed from the taliban"... Does the narrator realise the whole premise of the show is based on the biblical Rachael and her handmaid Bilah??

    • @tanyajakobi6801
      @tanyajakobi6801 Před 5 lety +11

      fagol sagol bilha raised her own children Rachel did not steal her baby and kick her out

    • @milomilo55
      @milomilo55 Před 5 lety +53

      fagol sagol
      Could be referring to the costumes and certain practices...the stoning, women being raped, women being blamed for being raped in their earlier lives, women not being allowed to work outside the home (other than the Aunts), women being viewed as nothing more than breeding mares, sex vessels or domestic slaves, women requiring male escorts/drivers when they go out, women being powerless, etc.

    • @muslimproudtobe
      @muslimproudtobe Před 5 lety +26

      Milo the bible encorages these things while in islam a rapist gets death penalty there is even a hadith saying once a women went out to pray she got raped and the prophet ordered the rapist to be killed and only saudi follows the escorting rule and now saudi women can drive.

    • @milomilo55
      @milomilo55 Před 5 lety +35

      muslimproudtobe
      Are you claiming there are no cases where, raped women are charged with adultery (for having been raped) and are then punished (sometimes stoned or whipped), under islamic rule?
      Sorry but Islam is no better than the christianity when it comes to treating women like 2nd class citizens who are subservient to men. The quran allows men to physically abuse/beat their wives for not *obeying* them. Are men expected to *obey* their wives and are women allowed to beat men, according to the quran?. Men are allowed multiple wives but the reverse is not allowed is it?
      If I understand the roles of muslim wives and husbands correctly, the wife is required to obey her husband in everything, unless he orders her to commit a sin e.g. to eat pork, etc.
      He can forbid her from leaving the house, seeing her family, handling money, having a driver’s license, etc.
      How is this fair/equal for women?
      According to Islamic law, a husband may strike his wife for any one of the following four reasons:
      - She does not attempt to make herself beautiful for him (ie. "let's herself go")
      - She refuses to meet his sexual demands
      - She leaves the house without his permission or for a "legitimate reason"
      - She neglects her religious duties
      True or not?
      The Egyptian cleric, Abd al-Rahman Mansour, said in a 2012 televised broadcast that, in addition to discouraging the wife from filing divorce, beatings would inspire the wife to "treat him with kindness and respect, and know that her husband has a higher status than her."
      Then there are the lovely hadiths, etc.
      Sahih Bukhari (72:715) - A woman came to Muhammad and begged him to stop her husband from beating her. Her skin was bruised so badly that it is described as being "greener" than the green veil she was wearing. Muhammad did not admonish her husband, but instead ordered her to return to him and submit to his sexual desires.
      Sahih Muslim (9:3506) - Muhammad's fathers-in-law (Abu Bakr and Umar) amused him by slapping his wives (Aisha and Hafsa) for annoying him. According to the Hadith, the prophet of Islam laughed upon hearing this.
      Abu Dawud (2141) - "Iyas bin ‘Abd Allah bin Abi Dhubab reported the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) as saying: Do not beat Allah’s handmaidens, but when ‘Umar came to the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) and said: Women have become emboldened towards their husbands, he (the Prophet) gave permission to beat them."
      ”When a man calls his wife to satisfy his desire she must go to him even if she is occupied at the oven.” (Al Tirmidhi Hadith No. 1160 & Ibn Ma’jah Hadith No. 4165). I guess the women's desires don't count, huh?
      Sorry but I can't think of a single religion that isn't used to subjugate women and where women aren't viewed as inferior/subservient to men.

    • @Wolfspyder5
      @Wolfspyder5 Před 5 lety +9

      That was a very informative wall of text, I read it all. Can you do Christianity next? And I don't mean what people did in the name of Christianity but actual example of Christ condoning the beating of women. I can't seem to shake the "let he who is without sin cast the 1st stone," When a women was about to be stoned to death for being caught in the act of fornicating. Then he stood her up and said where are your accusers?

  • @devonbrock3111
    @devonbrock3111 Před 5 lety +97

    Did she say offred Isn’t getting killed anytime soon it better never happen PERIOD.

    • @aeonjoey
      @aeonjoey Před 4 lety +3

      oh god. that would ... that could literally cause some people to lose hope. ;_;

    • @Nikki-bo8to
      @Nikki-bo8to Před 4 lety +6

      I dont understand how it could happen since shes the main character... the story would basically lose all interest.

    • @The_Pony
      @The_Pony Před 4 lety +1

      If you read the sequel (Testaments) albeit a slightly slow start , it is told from the perspective of Agnes (Hannah), Daisy (Nicole) and Aunt Lydia - who I ended up really loving by the end of it all.
      It's set up as the characters telling their stories in the form of witness accounts , and it's set up to read as though it's actually playing out in real time, despite having been found many years later by historians and being displayed/discussed at an annual symposium (though the stories recounted within the found documents had taken place 15 yrs after where season 3 leaves off).
      Without any spoilers, because I know already you'll be wondering about June during the story as she's hardly mentioned until the end, where you'll be given the answer to whether or not she made it out. you're likely to have some questions answered, but more opened up, like "what happened when June was found by her friends?" "What of commander Lawrence?" "What happened regarding the children who were smuggled out?" ...
      Which will all very likely heighten your anticipation for a season 4 (that's what happened to me😅😂) since I'm late to this comment - if you've not already done so, I very much suggest you read it or even listen to the audiobook which is actually partly narrated by Ann Dowd who played Aunt Lydia in the TV series adaptation. A Brilliant mind, Margaret Atwood.

  • @lilybrown5898
    @lilybrown5898 Před 5 lety +37

    Anyone else swooning over Joseph's english accent? No? Just me? Okay.

  • @domlovelace7603
    @domlovelace7603 Před 6 lety +4

    absolutely love this show watched the entire one and a half seasons in 24 hours. i hope they keep up the amazing work

  • @bbyselina
    @bbyselina Před 4 lety +5

    this show just hits you in every way possible and make you think about your life all over again

  • @alexandragago5779
    @alexandragago5779 Před 5 lety +8

    It was definitely hard and heartbreaking to watch at first but after i got passed all the shock, I couldn't stop watching. I finished the show in a few days and and I'm so excited for Season 3 coming next month

  • @lollaorb3617
    @lollaorb3617 Před 4 lety +6

    This isn't a series. This is a warning of what can become.

    • @raz3582
      @raz3582 Před 4 lety

      Yeah the Rothschild's ideal country for sure ^^

  • @Edbeatty91
    @Edbeatty91 Před 6 lety +10

    Loved the book & absolutely Love the show! It's brought to life perfectly!❤❤❤

  • @BlueSky-oe4fn
    @BlueSky-oe4fn Před 6 lety +79

    I read the book 20yrs ago... Saw the movie. Now there is this show. I'm looking forward to see season 2. Always wondered what happened after they took her out and put her in a safe place.

    • @kloverfenn9478
      @kloverfenn9478 Před 5 lety +1

      there is a movie ? what is the name ?

    • @milomilo55
      @milomilo55 Před 5 lety

      klover fenn
      The 1990 Movie has the same name - The Handmaid's Tale - and it has Faye Dunaway (Serena) and Robert Duvall (the Commander) in it. It's good but not as depressing and dramatic (to me at least).

    • @milomilo55
      @milomilo55 Před 5 lety

      castroy64
      Shouldn't you be in school?

    • @aeonjoey
      @aeonjoey Před 4 lety

      i just saw the trailer for the movie, wow to see Mommie Dearest as Serena Joy, wowww

  • @kimscallan7425
    @kimscallan7425 Před 6 lety +4

    So well done in every imaginable way! The acting is phenomenal! Chilling, gripping! And feels eerily prophetic :-(

  • @Dr.VonBraun
    @Dr.VonBraun Před 5 lety +14

    I love this show. Simply fascinating! Blessed be the fruit. Loops. 🤣

  • @delrey874
    @delrey874 Před 4 lety +4

    I watched until Season 2 and this show is a masterpiece. Her acting is also wonderful.

  • @melissa2419
    @melissa2419 Před rokem +2

    I was late to the party watching The Handmaid's Tale. Haven't long finished season 5. And wow absolutely brilliant. I find it hard to find a series that grips me from start to finish and this did just that. I know I will watch it all over again at some point

  • @SharlenesJourney
    @SharlenesJourney Před 5 lety +4

    I love this show so much just finished it !!! I read the book my senior year in high school it’s amazing!! Imagine if this was our world

  • @Ainiewainy
    @Ainiewainy Před 6 lety +3

    I honestly did have a hard time watching it all in one sitting! Though now watching it the 2nd time I am doing it all in one time! Such a good series! Watching it on a Dutch app that shows an episode every week. So I'm waiting for s2e5 now!

  • @LingLing-pn3us
    @LingLing-pn3us Před 6 lety +43

    Amazing actors

    • @e.j.johnson5756
      @e.j.johnson5756 Před 4 lety

      I have tried to find an interview on the internet to see how Joseph Fiennes feel about playing the role of the Commander. I understand he has two daughters of his own. If anyone can find an interview about how he felt about his role let me know

  • @sunlight8299
    @sunlight8299 Před 3 lety +1

    I 100% agree that this is a show that cannot be binged. Thanks for being the first commentary on this. Some episodes were so harrowing I barely made it through the episode but I was right back again after having 24hrs of processing/mourning.

  • @mrDredd1966
    @mrDredd1966 Před 4 lety

    One of hardest shows I've watched.
    A Very thought provoking show!!

  • @victorvera5864
    @victorvera5864 Před 3 lety +3

    I'm not gonna lie, halfway into Season 1 I had to youtube spoilers to see if there'd be justice for certain characters and if certain antagonists got what they deserved. I had to so I could decide if it would be worth it to watch so much cruelty and injustice. I actually watched the first three episodes when it first aired on Hulu but decided to stop because of how strong the show was. I was like, "I'm not watching all this cruelty and injustice when I have problems of my own to deal with". It was only a few weeks ago that I decided to give this show a chance. I'm glad I did and I recommended it to all my friends and family.

  • @mariakai
    @mariakai Před 5 lety +12

    I would love to be an extra on this show! I LOVE ALL OF THE ACTORS 🤩

  • @sumared
    @sumared Před 5 lety +2

    I just binge watched this series and oh my gosh is it AMAZING 😩

  • @cmarie9817
    @cmarie9817 Před 4 lety +1

    One of the best series ever! Season 3 - SUPERB!

  • @tsikibil
    @tsikibil Před 3 lety +4

    Elizabeth moss is a fantastic actor....her performance is one of the best i have seen ever

  • @anthonychawngthu
    @anthonychawngthu Před 6 lety +52

    Yvonne so sweet

  • @michelleklensch1449
    @michelleklensch1449 Před 5 lety

    Binge watched Season 1 and Season 2 and debriefing now with look behind the scenes Bravo !!! well done💕👌

  • @staceyklj
    @staceyklj Před 4 lety +1

    AMAZING SHOW THANK YOU!

  • @carolynr570
    @carolynr570 Před 4 lety +5

    I was hesitant to watch because I thought I’d be mad the whole time but I’m obsessed with it!

  • @peaceful_chaos14
    @peaceful_chaos14 Před 3 lety +5

    This show is incredibly depressive and eerie because of the fear that this might actually happen in real life if the wrong people come in power, yet it’s so addictive and good at the same time. They really made an amazing show:

    • @Dank951
      @Dank951 Před 2 lety

      Look at what's happening in Texas. My cousin is an attorney out there and he is representing a wide array of same-sex couples who are being accused of child "abuse" simply for adopting a child or having one via a surrogate.

  • @headscrewedonright9030
    @headscrewedonright9030 Před 4 lety +1

    I am a fan of this show and agree with Margaret Atwood our society is showing signs of this..its so subtle and a lot of people don't see it...people need to wake up before its too late..

  • @serenatsukino999
    @serenatsukino999 Před 6 lety

    This show is amazing...it frightens me and I never get scared of what people can do.

  • @supershaunaXD
    @supershaunaXD Před 5 lety +3

    wasn't hard to binge watch at all, I watched the 2 seasons in 3 days, can't wait for season 3

  • @saif-mt8eq
    @saif-mt8eq Před 5 lety +15

    people living in free countries must not take their freedom for granted

  • @hillerychan9483
    @hillerychan9483 Před 4 lety

    Watched all three seasons on long plane rides! Loved it 😆

  • @tommysoprano1441
    @tommysoprano1441 Před 4 lety

    I had a very hard time watching this in the beginning. As the hand maids started fighting back I enjoyed it. It is amazing. Plus it is filmed mostly in the city I live in, Hamilton Ontario Canada

  • @shody321
    @shody321 Před 6 lety +27

    I disagree- i binged season one and it was brilliant!

  • @aurelie2215
    @aurelie2215 Před 6 lety +25

    Cette série est fantastique, les acteurs incroyables et la saison deux est aussi bien que la première.

  • @talarmond
    @talarmond Před 4 lety +1

    I binge watched this show. So good

  • @nothinglgt9902
    @nothinglgt9902 Před 3 lety +1

    I just bing watched season 1 yesterday, now I’m on ep 8 S2.. that’s the most sadistic yet the best tv show ever

  • @rivelo1630
    @rivelo1630 Před 6 lety +22

    best tv show l ever seen !!!! 100% amazing

  • @dudeleavemeoutofthis
    @dudeleavemeoutofthis Před 6 lety +11

    This was a really great interview

  • @ALBUMOF2008
    @ALBUMOF2008 Před 5 lety +1

    I watched this show in like 3 days I’m obsessed I need season 3 asap 😭😭😭

  • @kimberlyquintanilla5493

    I read the book when I was young and it is still one of my top favorites of all time.

  • @noamrotstain3182
    @noamrotstain3182 Před 3 lety +3

    This is a reality in so much of the Muslim world. That's what makes this show so haunting...that this is being done by humans and not just fictional characters.

  • @0331tate
    @0331tate Před 5 lety +58

    I like the show. Yet, As a black woman I cannot tell you how frustrating it is for them to speak as if this is not a depiction of the African America female slavery experience. Yet they say "Fiction" & " Taliban"

    • @stephg4705
      @stephg4705 Před 4 lety +4

      0331tate indeed! It is a part of American history.

    • @aeonjoey
      @aeonjoey Před 4 lety +4

      We are not taught our actual history - with texas republicans re-writing elementary school text books to say that plantation slavers 'treated their slaves with love and care' as an example of the treachery.
      as an aside, the book is more akin to what these radical conservatives really want: they commit genocide against African Americans, it's changed for the show because Atwood felt that by excluding black people it'd be as racist as Gilead.

    • @nataree7933
      @nataree7933 Před 4 lety +7

      Not all of it is based on that though. You know black people have not been the only slaves throughout history right? nobody teaches kids that slaves were ever treated well; don't be a damn fool. This show is not the depiction of just one thing; it is many. Religions/Cultures. White, Black, Asian whatever - This is a mix of things that have happened within cultures throughout histories; nice try though.

    • @jackystar5099
      @jackystar5099 Před 3 lety +1

      Margaret mentioned taking from all over the world. And saying Fiction is because it isn't an actual true story. But I do think it needs to be talked about more.

    • @Mohammed-wk2dm
      @Mohammed-wk2dm Před 3 lety

      True. Taliban my ass. The show also looked like how england was in the past. Tudors era and stuffs. Divorced, beheaded, survive.

  • @izabellapardinho2784
    @izabellapardinho2784 Před 5 lety +2

    It’s not impossible to binge watch, I’ve watched the 2 seasons in 2 days. Yes, 2 days. I couldn’t stop

    • @moniquerich722
      @moniquerich722 Před 4 lety

      Same! I'm on season 2, should be finished tonight!

  • @lloronascollection
    @lloronascollection Před 5 lety +2

    I hope (like many other good arse shows) this show doesn’t get cancelled for whatever reason. Its a unique and intriguing show,,, and many people interpret powerful messages from this.

  • @jiyoonchoi9127
    @jiyoonchoi9127 Před 5 lety +6

    "can you just google it?" ahhahaa i love elisabeth moss!!!

  • @takeeto9894
    @takeeto9894 Před 3 lety +4

    I don't find it impossible to binge, I finished the first 3 seasons in 3 days, absolutely incredible

    • @Imogene9
      @Imogene9 Před 3 lety

      Me, too.
      I did it last weekend.

  • @diorhd9517
    @diorhd9517 Před 3 lety

    Just watched the whole 3 seasons in 2 days!! Season 4 can’t come quick enough😩

  • @jasminedixon1894
    @jasminedixon1894 Před 4 lety

    I'm so glad I watched this 7 minutes and twenty seconds! Season 3 just started and I have become SO obsessed I started hating some of the actors IRL and others have been in my prayers before bed...praying for strength for the resistance! SMH! CTFU! I think I have a problem! But ol well' PRAISE BE!

  • @bigspoon7984
    @bigspoon7984 Před 6 lety +3

    So relevant. So well written. Well acted and directed - I am afraid Margret can't save us now from Aunt Lydia.

  • @lineamaqvira6834
    @lineamaqvira6834 Před 4 lety +18

    "We're not living in Gilead yet but there a Gilead symptom's going on"

    • @Marimelo87
      @Marimelo87 Před 2 lety

      Yep, that is the message to man-kind on this planet!

  • @ruvarangutichareva560
    @ruvarangutichareva560 Před 5 lety

    I binge watched this... Very possible and awesome

  • @KillieKellah
    @KillieKellah Před 5 lety

    I binge watched it all at work over the course of a week... And even tho i looked forward to watching the episodes sometimes i found myself stalling to watch them bc it IS so INTENSE i actually basically cried 3x watching season 1.. Silent Cried at my desk at work.. LMAO!

  • @Investigativebean
    @Investigativebean Před 5 lety +5

    I did kind of binge watch it actually, but I did have to take breaks in between some of the episodes. It’s rough on the feels, for sure.

  • @englishlanguagewithnina5965

    I watch this show and it is important - BUT- I am consistently disappointed that they NEVER mention the parallels to American slavery. These things, in so many ways, actually happened to the great-great grandmothers, maybe even great grandmothers of black women in this country. You would think June would have a moment where she at least pays homage to those victims and that reality.

    • @nunnayrbznz3576
      @nunnayrbznz3576 Před 5 lety +4

      Anais SeventySeven maybe because the parallel is so obvious?

    • @nunnayrbznz3576
      @nunnayrbznz3576 Před 5 lety +10

      Anais SeventySeven the Handmaids tale is full of the idea of slavery without trying to be a history book. There are and have been slavery issues in the viewers face. While there are tons of countries currently and historically involved with slavery that involves different Ethnicities and races. Remember this is set in the near future and doesn't pretend to be more.

    • @falidisu2139
      @falidisu2139 Před 5 lety +3

      They are doing something different and not the old tired slavery story. Did you realize it wasn’t racial? Black and whites were not discriminated against?

    • @Vimeo1x
      @Vimeo1x Před 5 lety +4

      unfortunately, thats what happens when theres no black writers or producers on the show. :(

    • @skylaellis
      @skylaellis Před 5 lety +1

      I agree. Definitely reminds me of middle eastern/Islamic culture and American slavery combo

  • @rberto718
    @rberto718 Před 5 lety +1

    My favorite show - the acting, the production values. The entire cast is perfect and give such convincing performances. Given out current political climate, this makes the show even more compelling. After I watch an episode, I have to de-compress with an episode of Bob's Burgers or The Golden Girls

  • @luisga3709
    @luisga3709 Před 4 lety

    Amazing interview, thank you ABC! Great series, SERIOUS WARNING WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, PLEASE WAKE UP !!!!

  • @tibbs4000
    @tibbs4000 Před 5 lety +39

    I see a lot of attacking/defending specific religions in the comments. Don't know why this has turned into religion bashing - it is Patriarchy that is at the center of all of this. It is the basis of many religious teachings - in pretty much every religion. If you take away religion, men will still try to run things and find other ways to oppress women. One race will still try to oppress other races. The rich will still oppress the poor, etc. Arguing and division is not helping the cause of women.

    • @flowersinmylungs8771
      @flowersinmylungs8771 Před 4 lety +4

      I believe that the excuse is the religion and the real reason is political

    • @petitesayo4542
      @petitesayo4542 Před 4 lety +1

      @@flowersinmylungs8771 Religion is what allows this things to happen.

    • @flowersinmylungs8771
      @flowersinmylungs8771 Před 4 lety +1

      @@petitesayo4542 wrong , humans allow this happen. behind the religion hide the political reasons. (I talk general, not from the serie) i see the serie and I love it Im not so much religious. I'm more democratic and I believe in humans rights. nothing more nothing less.

    • @sylwia9796
      @sylwia9796 Před 4 lety

      Patriarchy is the core of many religions

    • @javieranguiano9010
      @javieranguiano9010 Před 4 lety

      Tracey S absolutely agree. Religion is an excuse. In some of the flashbacks of the first season i remember some of the commanders commenting “throw in the word ceremony in, and all the wives will agree.” Religion is just a cover.

  • @saranoussa9437
    @saranoussa9437 Před 5 lety +4

    Can't get enough of it I am absolutely absorbed by the story.. I ve never ever felt so into fiction.. I love every single detail.. This story unifies women around the world regardless of religion, race, intellect.. Its every woman's nightmare.. I m a Muslim and I believe that that's exactly what isis is doing in the middle east..

  • @arbebitbit9854
    @arbebitbit9854 Před 2 lety +1

    True, it's so hard to binge watch this show. I have to take breaks between episodes because it's so damn heavy.

  • @mckennass
    @mckennass Před 4 lety +1

    her book has come out and I’m so excited to read it

  • @jamess4116
    @jamess4116 Před 5 lety +16

    Reading the comments here is scarier than anything in Gilead.

  • @travelerperson33
    @travelerperson33 Před 6 lety +166

    Mike pence fantasy land

    • @leslies2038
      @leslies2038 Před 6 lety +1

      enemyofrome .arcadian good grief. Get a life

    • @wvmom2727
      @wvmom2727 Před 5 lety +8

      Yep. That weirdo would love that.

    • @shane8869
      @shane8869 Před 5 lety +8

      Pence speaks to imaginary people. :o

    • @jewels8773
      @jewels8773 Před 5 lety

      *Hillary

    • @aeonjoey
      @aeonjoey Před 4 lety +4

      pence watches this show naked

  • @naomitse2395
    @naomitse2395 Před 6 lety

    Can't believe this video only gets these views..What a great show

  • @Wild2Spirit
    @Wild2Spirit Před 6 lety +1

    I agree I couldn’t bingee watch the show, it so intense and fills you with so much emotion you just can’t, anyway it is such a great show

  • @subversivelysurreal3645
    @subversivelysurreal3645 Před 6 lety +34

    I would take Canada now!! I’m so sick of American Health “Care”!

  • @auriaaron8541
    @auriaaron8541 Před 3 lety

    I just finished watching the season 3 yesterday, and oh my... It was so painful and heartbreaking. 💔💔💔

  • @0puppies2cute0
    @0puppies2cute0 Před 5 lety

    I’m so glad I watched this video because I had to write an essay on this book for school and my thesis was basically exactly what said we were on the way to republic but we are not there yet.

  • @faymackie9749
    @faymackie9749 Před 5 lety +3

    Canada is the land of freedom in real! ❤️🇨🇦🙏🏼

  • @SOS-ct9mv
    @SOS-ct9mv Před 6 lety +229

    Life under Pence

  • @angella751972
    @angella751972 Před 4 lety

    Que serie más buena!! Me encanta!

  • @laloudesiles2480
    @laloudesiles2480 Před 4 lety

    impossible to binge watch?
    i beg to differ, i could NOT STOP... 3 seasons almost non-stop.. i could not go to sleep before it was over 🤣🤣

  • @jabrown1978
    @jabrown1978 Před 6 lety +3

    under His eye 👁

  • @justlina2769
    @justlina2769 Před 6 lety +8

    What's ridiculous about this is how Atwood wrote the book in response to the presidency of Ronald Reagan..... who is fondly remembered as one of our better presidents in retrospect

    • @milomilo55
      @milomilo55 Před 5 lety +1

      Just lina
      That's not quite true. She wrote it shortly after the elections of Ronald Reagan in the US and Margaret Thatcher in Great Britain, because there was a conservative revival in the West (fueled by religious conservatives). . The increasing power of this “religious right” heightened feminist fears that the gains women had made in previous decades would be reversed.

    • @wvmom2727
      @wvmom2727 Před 5 lety +1

      He was a shitty president.

    • @justlina2769
      @justlina2769 Před 5 lety

      In your mind. The rest of the world ranks him pretty highly.

  • @Investigativebean
    @Investigativebean Před 5 lety

    This story is crazy. The show is incredible.

  • @emma9077
    @emma9077 Před 4 lety +1

    It was indeed impossible to binge watch. Especially season 3. I had to stop and do something else to process it all and gather my emotions. Very intense.

  • @alienrobot1648
    @alienrobot1648 Před 5 lety +6

    There are a lot of Republicans who probably think Gilead is a pretty awesome place. These type of men would love the idea of having women completely under their thumbs. Awesome show. It should be on the High School syllabus as compulsory viewing.

  • @Amateur_Pianist_472
    @Amateur_Pianist_472 Před 6 lety +23

    I don’t see trump doing any of this stuff.

    • @Sign4lyf
      @Sign4lyf Před 6 lety +19

      Amy Lorenzo That’s very naive.

    • @Lawful_Rebel
      @Lawful_Rebel Před 6 lety +11

      Amy Lorenzo The Snowflakes will have us believe he is.. They are frankly mentally ill and/or just plain evil.

    • @Sign4lyf
      @Sign4lyf Před 6 lety +17

      Spehmaster G. Aww and the morons will dig a hole in the sand and shove their heads in.

    • @Camcavs
      @Camcavs Před 6 lety +9

      Spehmaster G. Trump would do this to the poor

    • @joshuawaring4180
      @joshuawaring4180 Před 6 lety +3

      Cameron Mitchell well he hasn't

  • @slpcortez
    @slpcortez Před rokem

    I can’t wait for season 5!!

  • @strickenchicken2137
    @strickenchicken2137 Před 5 lety +2

    The costume designer is so sweet and cute! Love her!

  • @lprupp1063
    @lprupp1063 Před 6 lety +29

    why do they have to bring trump and feminism into everything? lemme just enjoy a show without having people ruin it with their opinions!

    • @wimpyshrimpy7836
      @wimpyshrimpy7836 Před 6 lety +17

      lprupp1 0 because it’s a real possibility in the future with conservatives opinions shifting.

    • @lprupp1063
      @lprupp1063 Před 6 lety +2

      wimpy shrimpy i mean that makes sense, but i just think tv shows that aren’t ab real political stuff should leave politics out of it

    • @t0dd000
      @t0dd000 Před 6 lety +23

      This show is 100% about "real political stuff".

    • @lprupp1063
      @lprupp1063 Před 6 lety +1

      Todd Warner i know, thats what im saying that since this show isn’t ab anything close reality they shouldn’t bring politics into it

    • @Lawful_Rebel
      @Lawful_Rebel Před 6 lety +1

      lprupp1 0 Yeah.. Good luck with that.