![]() ![]() There is more intimacy here, somehow, in these bizarro fireside dates than we have seen almost anywhere in Gilead, a country that demands joyless compliance, that physically and emotionally amputates parts of people who want to touch each other and be touched. They are flirting, chatting, and letting each other win. ![]() When he holds it out to her, she says the right thing first: “It’s not allowed.” A genuflection at the altar of his power, a test to see if this is a test. The Commander has a present for her: an illicit fashion magazine that was saved from the cleansing fires of Gilead. Offred and the Commander are playing their 34th game of Scrabble, which is the sort of thing you track when your entire life consists of grocery shopping, getting raped, and playing board games. Elisabeth Moss as Offred, Joseph Fiennes as the Commander. ![]()
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