The Handmaid's Tale Season 3 Episode 4 | Aunt Lydia Beats Janine SCENE

[@lovegood141]

It’s literally like aunt lydia is a abusive parent and June is the older sibling protecting Janine

[@tedmitten8832]

You know, i just don't get it. In a world where 90% of women and most of men are sterile, you'd think they'd treat their handmaids, the last means of the species' survival, a bit better.

[@Martina-Kosicanka]

Actually, societies with ratio 120 men :100 women treat their woman kinda badly.

[@eimearkeaveney1192]

Yeah. You’d think that considering that the rates of miscarriage in Gilead are already fairly high, they’d be treated well and constantly protected.

[@hgfjyrdetryu]

That's because this isn't about promoting fertility. It's about exerting control under the false pretense of religion. None of the commanders believe in what they preach, hence the existence of Jezebels. They only pretend to believe to stay in power.

[@rukhsanakhan5010]

If only they were in control,

[@tedmitten8832]

@@rukhsanakhan5010 who? Women? You'd have a whole other set of problems then. For one thing, they would be too busy to give enough births so save humanity

[@jarekgunther]

2:56 The way June angrily yells "no!" like a mother to a child. Such a powerful moment.

[@AbbyWhisperWitch]

Gives me chills every time

[@DevonI31]

I came here just watch June shout "NO!" at Aunt Lydia likes she's a dog getting into the garbage.

[@NoahSpencer008]

I was just thinking the same thing.. powerful actor and scene.

[@lance694]

@@DevonI31 I immediately paused and took to KZbin to read the comments.

[@tierefuerimmer9635]

@@DevonI31 Well Aunt Lydia is a bitch so there's that

[@DanteBrian]

June shines brightest when she’s defending someone. She refused to stone Janine and protects her here.

[@hadbetterdays8118]

But Ofglen 2.0 got her tounge ripped out when she defended her first I think it partially was from June being pregnant that saved her

[@BrickFilmerPowerlolifk]

Crazy how all of the commanders and their wives are so uncomfortable witnessing the beating of a handmaid when they're the ones perpetrating it

[@supahstrike77]

They're only okay with it when it's like a dirty secret done behind the facade.

[@user-lu4xp7iv8c]

That pissed me off so much

[@kaysmith8992]

That's why Aunt Lydia is such a brilliant character despite being a monster, she's a reminder to the elites of what Gilead really is.

[@Meanie74]

it's the same as all the men who partake in p0rn. there's no way they HAVEN'T pleasured themselves to the abuse of another. they just don't know it and therefore don't believe it's happening. add to that the false narrative sex work is "empowering". sex work is empowering to women EXACTLY like the Haidmaids are "lucky" and that birth was a "joyous and holy experience". lib feminists who tote "sex positivity" of this nature are simply perpetuating catering to male sexual interest. lambs to the slaughter. a trojan horse through the gates.

[@Mr.Nobody_97]

Kinda like how they treat children; would rather be seen and not heard 😢

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

Holy crap, that was so petrifying! Poor Janine. She's such a sweetie and seeing her get beat up like that was terrible. And the baby crying just made it even more anxiety ridden. And June? Oh my gosh that was so amazing with the way she stood up! Amazing! It was so good and powerful. You go girl!

[@HK-gm8pe]

yes, Janine is such a sweetheart , but I feel like she is suffering the most when it comes to handmaids :(

[@tierefuerimmer9635]

@@HK-gm8pe I think Emily has suffered the most with Janine coming in at a very close second and at this point I hope Aunt Lydia eventually dies in worst way possible

[@nekowolf2336]

@@tierefuerimmer9635 I don't even care if the death is painful at this point just get her out of the picture.

[@qkljhewgfhergk]

she broke the law the punishment is death she got off easy Romans 6:23

[@bananko8668]

@@tierefuerimmer9635 How was emily worse? Janine got her eye taken out, got her baby taken away, tried to kill herself, got rescued just so she could be stoned, sent to the colonies, got back home and the soldier beat her up with the gun, her baby almost died and she got beat up again by Aunt lydia because she just misses her baby that was taken away

[@nicuni3515]

June screaming, "Stop her! Stop her!" and no one does anything. She took a huge risk intervening after all those powerful men and women of the "superior moral standing" did nothing. This is a very intense scene with so many layers of implication. I love this show and the books so much. There is so much to be said and brings up so many very real and current topics that permeate the current state of our country (the US).

[@djfhfh]

Doesn't she shout god damn it too a bigggg sin in Gilead

[@sarahahmed16]

Doesn’t she say “stop it”?

[@pathibe]

This is what CYS and the family courts does to women . All for the dead beat fathers to get their way . They hire women and men on the streets to harass those women and make their life hell just so they give up . Even try to con them to do watch their children for free while their child is in the system . Where they know you won't hurt their children, While they are sexually molesting your child. Or they are brainwashing your child while in the system to be their slave. THEY only breed children to gain pity from others and manipulate everyone around them to get them to side with them , they really know how to smooth talk and butter people up to blind you , even help you to blind you too . .

[@dr.bitchcraft5457]

Janine is by far the most poorly treated character in this entire show and that’s really saying something considering it’s subject matter

[@alec4672]

The looks of disapproval and disgust Aunt Lydia gets here are delightful. A good reminder for them that this is how there handmaids are really treated.

[@Sawrattan]

It's a lesson for both - the elites get to see the real Gilead, and Lydia gets to see the elites for the hypocrites they are.

[@Orius25]

In psychology this is what we call transference. They get to all pretend Aunt Lydia is the bad guy because she is displaying the violence out in the open, which is taboo. Meanwhile, they are the ones who created the system that Lydia operates under. This scene is pure projection. Evil deflecting evil onto a more obvious source to appear more righteous. They do seem genuinely shocked though, especially the wives. Not so out of sight, out of mind anymore is it?

[@fann.9874]

The fact that the wives and commanders look disgusted and disturbed really shows something

[@Sawrattan]

Disgusted but also embarrassed because Aunt Lydia reminds them that she does their dirty work.

[@HK-gm8pe]

they are the ones orcestrating it but are unable to look it in the eye , makes me think of conervatives who want to ban all abortion but are unable to look the little r*ped children....children that are often r*ped by their family members and force them to give birth , my boyfriend once said that he would like to ban all abortion...I just started talking about this issue ans said that many women and CHILDREN...as young as 10 that are r*ped need to go trough horrific suffering then....and he just said that "oh dont think about something soo disgusting" ....crazy

[@aurecardiff6665]

I like hw its starts off scary and then makes us go in to this false sense of relief when they let her hold the baby and everything seems ok, until it goes straight back into horror with aunt Lydia beating Janine. It such an emotional roller coaster.

[@melelconquistador]

It's to keep us on edge for the ourposes of immersion. The show depicts an abusive environment that is propogated by reactionaries and their values. In such environments, physical and psychological abuse is rampant. It is one where one finds themselves confused by drastic fluctuations of manipulative kindess and paternalistic discipline.

[@MC-xx4fd]

When Fred Waterford looks at your violence with disgust you know you've done wrong... But really, i agree with those saying that nobody wanted to see the brutality that they could usually pretend wasn't there right in front of them. Also, does anyone notice how Naomi doesn't hold Angela's head or cover her ears or hold her even tighter? If most mothers had violence taking place in front of them and their baby, i feel like the natural instinct is to hold their head to your chest, cover their ears, and turn your back towards the violence... mothers instinctually protect their babies. Naomi didn't do that.

[@jonathanparker6209]

Well they proved many times throughout the series that she's a cold and bitter woman with no mothering skills.

[@spyfalls_]

M C 2:47 She did turn around though

[@cassandrabrookover3085]

Because babies are status symbols and possessions that lead to power in Gilead.

[@mariafernandavelascohernan5839]

But I think she did. Sure she did not make a considerable effort, but you can see she is covering the baby's eyes. Remember that this is a first child for first time mothers. Although she has that instinct to protect her child, you still are unfamiliar to holding a baby and to how fragile they can be.

[@Sawrattan]

I don't think Fred was disgusted, he was angry that Aunt Lydia showed Gilead's true colours. It's like when Serena barred Janine from the party in S1 because she didn't want the guests to see her mutilation. Aunts do the dirty work for the elites.

[@Orius25]

This scene is interesting, psychologically. Everyone in the room except the handmaids is guilty of contributing to what Aunt Lydia did. They created and benefited from the system that is beating Jeannine in front of them. Yet they get to deflect responsibility by making Aunt Lydia look like the bad guy. The projection here is huge. I think that's why June didn't get in trouble, because it was more shocking to see an Aunt use her tactics out in the open. Not so out of sight, out of mind anymore is it?

[@jesskhan09]

What would happen when the children of the handmaiden grow up? A lot of them will be half siblings, especially if the are rotating the maidens in the same city. This will be a bigger issue if they want their children to get married. Unless they have arranged marriage like they did for Eden.

[@queenbee9874]

First they get sent to other districts June's last walking partner had like 4-5 babies but it seemed like she was new to that group. Plus all the marriages are arranged and I'm sure they keep close records and wouldn't arrange a marriage for kids that are related. I'm assuming bec as use they seem to hsve all that twisted shit pretty organized

[@HK-gm8pe]

they will have arranged marriages, its gilead afterall , you cant fall in love in there....its a sin

[@rominn2184]

^ Both above answers are correct. This is the evil of Gilead, however, and what the regime didn't plan for. You are going to have a massive crisis of unimaginable proportions of children, both boys and girls growing into adults who don't know who their real mothers were. They will sense something is off, even if they are forbidden from saying something about it. And what if the next generation of Gileadean children are all fertile? Would there be a need for more handmaids? Probably not. But you'd still have the oppression of the classes and the restrictive roles of Gilead society, and that is how you know that this was never about restoring the population after the fertility crisis. It was only ever about subjugating and oppressing women.

[@liorasitelman1856]

jess0099 they will probably keep strict records

[@johnwallmart3006]

I read The Testemony wich is the following of the story and one of the characters is a Commander’s girl who will be forced to marry and older Commander.

[@julz3tt3]

Janine goes through so much shit, honestly. When baby Angela/Charlotte nearly died in hospital Janine stayed up all night with her and saved her. Lydia wanted her stoned to death then dragged to the colonies. Lydia then went brutally ballistic on her in this scene. Not too mention plucking her eye out in the first episode of S1. Id have gone mad myself. Poor girl .

[@Annuska1995]

Julz XD and OfMatthew attacked her when she just wanted to help and her son passed away :(

[@HK-gm8pe]

and then ofmatthew did beat her up also :/

[@CarlieThompson87]

Yeah, she saved that baby and they repay her with a a beating

[@xiopaovid1215]

What makes this scene even more sad for me, is Janine was tending to Aunt Lydia, she brought her tea, offered her a macron, and even thanked Aunt Lydia for saving her from The Colonies. And this is how she's treated. All the handmaids deserve better, but if there's anyone that deserves so much more than this, it's Janine. I'd like to think that Janine eventually does escape from Gilead, or Gilead ends, she gets to have Charlotte, and meets a guy or girl that will truly love her, or she stands as an independent woman. But the way this show goes, I don't see that happening, which makes this even sadder.

[@cosetteb.4940]

not to mention that she's the ONLY one who was kind to aunt Lydia

[@ajc8815]

What's worse than Aunt Lydia beating up Janine? The fact that these commanders and their wives are just standing there doing nothing. In fact, I trust Aunt Lydia more than Serena (and the wives) when it comes to protecting June and the other handmaids despite her being physically abusive and outright stern.

[@raining3335]

AJ Chiong why is what Janine said so bad....why is asking to give them another baby wrong ? thanks

[@cuetherain3699]

AJ Chiong “outright stern” is a really fucking weird way to say self-righteously inhumane and vicious

[@MsSwthrt102]

@@raining3335 One would think it could happen anyways, rotating the girls in the same area, eventually Janine could've ended up there again. Aunt Lydia might be morbidly caring, but she's downright evil.

[@queenbee9874]

Lord no. Aunt lydia even turned in her own friend as a unfit parent. Aunt lydia is the worse of all she's the psycho in charge of brain washing school. She the one who teaches the ceremony , she the real tyrant of this story. That crazy bitch has mental issues from her own insecurities. Serena Joy is nothing compared and I'm not sure how Serena can be felt accountable for Hubert and nick she ask june if she was willing to sleep with nick june said yes and went for it ( several times in fact that serena didn't even know about) june was a total willing participate she was just uncomfortable the first time because serena was in the room. And serena will be forgiven those charges when the tape she sent Luke is revealed and she says nicole was conceived out of love.

[@AWlpsSHOW36]

They were too scared obviously. And they would probably get into trouble. Or they are just cowards and careless.

[@lance694]

That "dude, what the fuck?!" head shake and look of disgust at 3:12 was magical!

[@siyeon170]

this could've been the sweetest scene of the entire season.... :'(

[@RoseQueen215]

The way June shielded Janine was exactly what Jesus would have done. ❤

[@TarenaD]

I'll never really understand why Janine is so loyal to Aunt Lydia.

[@lovegood141]

Stockholm syndrome. It’s also like when people have abusive parents they are loyal to them because it’s all they know

[@queenbee9874]

Because at first janeane was very verbal and defiant aunt lydia is the leader psycho that brainwashed the handmaids and teaches them the rules. After they put her eye out she became as use psychologically brainwashed and became dependent on aunt lydia .

[@HK-gm8pe]

Janine is obviously mentally ill thanks to gilead

[@KaioMichiru22]

She's traumatized

[@cassandrabrookover3085]

Stockholm syndrome or a trauma bond. :/

[@queenbee9874]

Janine has Stockholm syndrome

[@harrisonkey698]

they all do..

[@shandyeigenmann606]

June is really like the Mocking Jay of The Handmaid's Tale. I love this show very much!!!

[@nebulagordon8843]

She always did remind me of Katniss everdeen

[@shandyeigenmann606]

@@nebulagordon8843 they both started the revolution!!!

[@bonkbonk369]

June’s momma instincts kicked in!!

[@Bradsmagicallife]

The way she says “don’t, Janine” it’s painful when you hear June say that

[@LuckyBoyJKid]

A perfect reason why Lydia does not deserve a redemption arc.

[@hessu275]

In case Aunt Lydia dies, I really hope it would be by Janine's hand somehow

[@elenahernandez4609]

Painful but so powerful. Admire Elizabeth Moss so much, she delivers in every single scene.

[@voultbois2802]

1:05 they finally display some compassion and love Literally 5 seconds later: BAM down goes janine

[@passionate18]

All those “powerful” men and women standing around in their suits and dresses doing nothing and acting appalled that the trauma of their inhumane choices ruined the party vibe…

[@wolf9311]

This is when everyone in the room realized How insane They all are

[@yeolfilms6746]

Lol nope. Just an ass Lydia made herself into X)

[@adamfaulkner-stanheight6628]

The way Janine cowers when she says that she can 'Give them a good one again'... It just breaks my heart. And when she says that she just wants to give them a baby...

[@Screamflyify]

What a fantastic actress Ann Dowd is!

[@dylansmith1833]

Lydia realizes that she has the utmost power against the handmaid that she can do anything to them, even beating the shit out of them just for speaking.

[@kelgirl99]

This was the exact moment that June became a leader. She protected her own

[@vocalgamer9222]

Gilead - Being hypocritical as ever.

[@hadbetterdays8118]

(Cough cough) Jezebel going after everything it stands

[@liorasitelman1856]

Why is she beating Janine? Seems like she’s angry at Emily and takes her rage out of Janine unnecessarily. It’s normal that Janine wants to be near her daughter. Lydia is insane and deranged

[@systemshocker2875]

how would you feel if you had a handmaid stab you in the back and toss you down a staircase?

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

@@systemshocker2875 She deserved it though. should have stabbed her in the eye

[@miac.5641]

@@systemshocker2875 wait you actually feel bad for her after all she’s done???

[@djfhfh]

@@systemshocker2875 I wouldn't have been so vicious and evil that a handmaid would have stabbed me in the back tho

[@jonmunoz2772]

@@systemshocker2875 she deserved it, aunt lydia gets no sympathy even if she does lead to Gilead's downfall in the end.

[@mattyrat4958]

It's weird with all the guys standing around drinking scotch watching her get beaten to a pulp like nothing's up

[@hadbetterdays8118]

Bystander effect

[@cutieelise]

I think Mrs. Putnam is starting to warm up to Angela. We all know how she was in the beginning - somewhat neglectful of the child. But here we see her turned the other way when Aunt Lydia was beating Janine.

[@bellatrix565]

June is so brave...

[@Mathewmatic]

You know, Janine, your girl, she was so easy. She turned on you in a fucking second.

[@raining3335]

Call me a dummy but why is what Janine said so bad? She wanted to give them another child..whats so bad about that

[@chiomaomaks7728]

She obviously overeacted... A handmaid almost killed her.. She hated them all at that moment

[@lunaluxx6617]

Probably because she called the baby "her daughter"..which in that society, it's the wife's baby. No matter if she stole it or not.. :(

[@omgmono]

It’s not about what she said, she clearly wanted to have her baby, which is not allowed.

[@queenbee9874]

First the commander lost his hand for having sex with Janine other than at the ceremony I'm pretty sure bringing her back in the house would be a unthinkable proposition

[@corneliali7747]

he still has one hand too many.

[@TheGav67]

I LOVE seeing Serena witness the BALLS June has - shielding Janine with her own body!!!!

[@wavealip8059]

In another world Aunt Lydia would have been a LAPD Police officer. The actress who plays her is wonderful. One of the best on the show.

[@paytonjay287]

Janine was so sweet, she wasn't mean to the parents not even a little bit. She said she WANTED to be their handmaid again. Thats fucking insane. She wanted to be tortured just so she could be with her child. As any normal loving mother would. Janine was SO RIGHT she was really trying to do what they wanted, she didn't care what she would be put through she only wanted her baby.

[@tarynsarvas604]

It natural that Janine would want to hold her baby.

[@Daron7181]

Janine lost part of her mind when they scooped out her eye. I think that bullshit would make anyone crazy though.

[@theserialbunny424]

I just feel so sorry for her Janine is an angel

[@mimilook4347]

Can you NOT?! Just leave our poor Janine alone! Everyone is torturing her!

[@vane_steph]

I don’t know if it’s my lack of boundaries due to trauma, but Aunt Lydia crying after this scene made me feel empathy for her. I genuinely felt sad for the rest of the episode and nearly discarded all bad she’s done to the handmaids.

[@bigscreen835]

She's a monster. But there's a part of me that wants to like her. Characters like her are the most interesting.

[@Elizabeth-hc3mi]

In the books, she's secretly part of Mayday. They might go that way in season 6. She only beats them when everyone is watching and always advocates to keep them from execution. She was scared that by saving Janine from the colonies, they would begin to suspect her, so she took any opportunity to beat her, and stopped after she made her point.

[@saradapagediocletian9707]

Lydia is one of my favorite characters if not my favorite character. But she knew she screwed up at the end there.

[@The_Abaddon_69]

It’s horrible she just wants to hold her own baby…

[@danielakaiser3411]

It‘s so sad that Angela starts crying in her true mother‘s arm…

[@AgCharmsStudios]

It is… I can only imagine how that felt…

[@ASIAinsomniac]

This scene gives me chills.

[@queenbee9874]

Dang I would rather have seen aunt lydia get pay back than serena. Aunt lydia is the real psycho in this story

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Both of them can rot

[@Sawrattan]

Aunt Lydia is the revolutionary fanatic who executes everyone, Serena is the bourgeois revolutionary who gives Lydia the names.

[@smitty5400]

Lydia needs Emily to remind her who's boss.

[@OAS15]

why did Aunt Lyddy snap? I thought she kinda liked Janine, and what she said didn't seem so bad

[@AmethystEyes]

zs9 after Emily stabbed her in the back

[@serinawhite7354]

Literally

[@Windrays]

It's PTSD after she barely survived Emily stabbing her. That's why she has her meltdowns this season.

[@nogabenporat6144]

Poor jenina:( I love how June protected her ! Good job 👏

[@gabbidurham]

Even Fred is disgusted

[@smitty5400]

Lydia is much more hated character than him.

[@Kaleidoscopicmagenta8855]

The acting in this show is INSANE!

[@shellbell3443]

This is literally CPS now. Working up to this!

[@johnheppenstall4904]

'Our god is full of compassion'. Yep, only our god.

[@Sam_kz]

Such a powerful scene !!

[@sierramelling2374]

THEY NEED TO LEAVE MY GIRL JANINE ALONE

[@misterhot9163]

I feel so bad for Janine here, but damn it, she doesn’t know how to read the room (figuratively and literally) to keep herself safe. She should’ve known better that Aunt Lydia always wins.

[@TastyGamingQc]

I don't get it ? The wife was even okay with it ? Why over react like that when clearly it would've been a smart choice to be their handmaids again. They had one succesful child already. Which mean Janine and the commander are both genetically compatible. In a world where 90% of ppl are steril wouldn't that'd be extremely smart ?

[@nocctea]

The point of the scene was that lydia *did* overreact. At the end all the commanders and wives are staring at her in shock at what she did

[@nolanhewitt2563]

I thought just after holding her daughter and giving her back I thought she'd walk away but no she went way overboard and get beaten up by aunt Lydia I was like OH F*** ME!!!!!!

[@c.c.m98]

So the commanders and the wives are ok with the handmaids being brutalized as long as the don't see it right?

[@karenmarieh.j.3842]

Wow .... That was LAPD Rodney King brutal. I surprised that Kapernick didn't take a knee for that beating.

[@raining3335]

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[@raining3335]

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[@carlyelson7546]

And Lydia can be so mean Sometimes

[@hadbetterdays8118]

I'm pretty sure in the first episode we see how ruthless she is by plucking the girls eye out not to mention showing a pregnant June Omar's body

[@nebulagordon8843]

Janine was the kid in the group of handmaids she was so precious 🥺

[@Bekka_boo13]

Shame Emily didn't finish the job off...

[@fashioneyesta]

I can’t understand. If the whole point of Gilead was to tackle the birthing crisis and increase population numbers. Surely they would treat their fertile women with the upmost care and respect.

[@violax3735]

The birthing crisis is just a pretext for power-hungry men to get power. In fact, many if not most don't give a crap about kids or the crisis. Sprinkle in misogyny and religious fanaticism and you get Gilead. If they were really about getting as many babies as possible, they wouldn't restrict the handmaids to the commanders only, they would test men's fertility, they would allow artificial insemination and they would have better prenatal care - for example, many handmaids carry to birth children with serious birth defects that are incompatible with life - if this was about "efficiency", you'd abort those kids months earlier and "start again". If this was about "get as many babies as possible", there's a lot of things that could be done better - for example, why force the handmaids into sex with the commanders if they just wanted kids? Any sex with fertile men should be good as long as you're only concerned about "repopulating Earth". June and Luke already proven that they can have kids together - why break them up if you want more healthy kids? And if you do break them up, then why is Luke also not "valued" as capable of fathering healthy children? Well, because it doesn't fit into the Gilead power structure...

[@jeffreyenglish1815]

I’d like to buy and watch this series. But even the clips I see make the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I get a little sick. A good testament to a well written thought. It’s such a hard thought to have amongst the hard thoughts we already have.

[@forbiddenparanormal2043]

She beat the brakes off that poor girl. Hell on wheels🤣🤣🤣

[@scouser2010ify]

You can see Serena doesn’t like it either but she’d sooner be part of the upper class

[@pickledegg1989]

Waterford's look of contempt at Janine at 01:12. Foul.

[@daniiiakasha4711]

Our god is full of compassion lolll

[@jonathanparker6209]

I mean, he is. Not these psychos XD

[@via-anghelmagahum2586]

Its clear that the wife doesnt truly care for the baby. Not in the way Janine loves her child.

[@tracyperrone5263]

I hate this scene it's so brutal why did Lydia beat Jeannie like this

[@freesiahevnosey6124]

aunt lydia is weird. she has this creepy old man-face expression. what a horrific character.

[@iamb34]

I mean why can't they just share parentship ? Like, for example, when you adopt a child, you are immediately that child's new parent. But by some reason, the child's biological parents come and want to have them back, then the child would obviously be in a cross. Both parents can act as their parents. They don't have to fight over the child. They could just be there and share. In some way I think it'd have been better in the future if she were to remain there and have a healthy relationship with the wife. They both had a child, and the child've received twice the amount of love. Of course, this is all wishful thinking

[@fabplays6559]

Because it’s against Gilead’s beliefs. Father, mother, baby. The handmaid is not considered a mother, but a vessel.

[@iamb34]

@@fabplays6559 yeah and that's what I hate about their system, so flawed

[@tiffanyhartsoe5327]

yeah they would and I am american

[@Tortuosit]

I felt massively sorry for her. For aunt Lydia.

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Why

[@Redheadedwizard]

This is the story of what will happen if Donald Trump becomes President again.

[@arms5786]

What Charlotte one of the kids to get out?

[@clairewiley9720]

Janine gets beaten a lot in this show

[@kittycasino29]

Wow

[@zoeknap9777]

Ive never watched the show but you would think a offer of another baby would be like yayyy

[@LoudaroundLincoln]

You know where I come from the likes of aunt Lydia would end up with her hands nailed to a picnic table and some very calm dispassionate boy would then proceed to cut off her eyelids, then her fingers, then her toes. Then he'd let her rest for a while. Then she'd lose her teeth. Not quick mind, but pulled one at a time as teeth in a good state are a commodity in some parts of the world. After she's had another brief rest and some water hed slide a skewer into her ears and rupture her eardrums. Then he'd pull her tongue out of her mouth with pliers and get another young boy to cut it away and cauterise the wound so she won't choke to death on her own blood. Now it's not always easy to get them this far due to blood loss and more commonly due to shock but if she were to survive this punishment then her life would be her own. I mean why would you ever bother to kill a creature that is physically no longer a threat and cannot identify you as the perpetrator? And the punishment speaks for itself so its not as though you have need of their tongue to pass it along. The message is simple. There are things in this world far worse than death. Being a deaf, unintelligible, blind helpless sack of something faintly resembling a human is not how anyone wants to spend their last years. Death is merciful in cases such as these, but not something worthy of consideration.

[@lance694]

Sure jan.

[@lalorSatya]

i don't think... america would DO this

[@gloriaregali9090]

First steps are done.

[@jinx5005]

Spoiler, they already have.

[@irishcountrygirl78]

We're all just a few steps away in reality....

[@rominn2184]

^ It is not America. It is Gilead. The United States is as dead as dead can be, with the exception of the government-in-exile in Anchorage, Alaska in addition to the one remaining US state of Hawaii.

[@Alliem71]

This BS would never happen in America...other countries maybe...actually middle eastern countries have a lot of this stuff happening. I just cannot imagine this happening. Everybody all the democrats think that Trump will turn this nation into this just because of anti-abortion laws and such which is stupid to think that just because we are against killing unborn babies that he will totally control women. Nope not happening.

[@mariafernandavelascohernan5839]

I do not follow the series or the novel, but how vicious Aunt Lydia is...is overbearing. Seriously.

[@lydias2801]

Absolute Rubbish ... watched 4 minutes of mindless drivel, what a waste of time 🙄

[@nataliepham8849]

ok

[@WeeStevey1010]

Do you even watch the show or are you just searching your own name on KZbin watching videos with no context? Get a grip

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

Then leave

[@carlsteenekamp445]

You have no taste nor understanding for work with a deeper meaning. Get lost.

[@impacc4182]

@@WeeStevey1010 lol that has gotta be aunt lydia’s burner account

[@TheAngelmisa]

I feel sorry for Janine:(