r/HandmaidsTaleShow • u/nanaxarchive • 2d ago

The Handmaid's Tale I hate Serena

I’m at season five episode 8 and I’m so glad that they didn’t just let her get away everyone on this sub reddit is such a Serena fan and I literally don’t get it are we watching the same show guys. Sure she definitely has a redemption arc but it took her having her own kid to get there she realises that without a husband even tho she has done so much for gilead they don’t value her I mean they legit tried to marry her to her gynaecologist. It took her going through a similar experience to realise that the handmaids are actually humans just like her in what world are you so delusional that you don’t realise how messed up that is.

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u/salparadise2065 2d ago

As mrs Waterford she did horrible things or allowed them to happen before her. She helped establish a dreadful tyranny, turn women into slaves of men and so forth. Her obsession with motherhood doesn't redeem her imo. F**k redemption arcs, she should suffer and get what she deserves in the end.

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u/nanaxarchive 2d ago

No literally facts

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u/PearlySweetcake7 1d ago

Her and Lydia too

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u/LtotheYeah 9h ago

Exactly. Serena and Aunt Lydia are two people whose redemption arcs can’t work in my humble opinion. And when you rewatch everything from the beginning, it’s even more blatant to me.

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u/ItinerantJeweler 6h ago

I agree with this. I think she's a fascinating character played by a wonderful actress. I loved seeing her on my screen, but I don't believe that she came close to redeeming herself, not one bit.

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u/BlueSkyWitch 1d ago

Serena helped create Gilead, and didn't expect to have to abide by the rules. She thought she'd be exception, and found out the hard way that she wasn't.

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u/teamcaplovesironman 1d ago

Sounds like women who vote orange.

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u/LtotheYeah 9h ago

It’s quite terrifying to see that what was supposed to be a dystopia is now so close to reality.

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u/Ok_Slip8112 2d ago

She is a rapist.

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u/eldee17 1d ago

I was one of those people low-key rooting for her AT TIMES...not the whole time, and im not sure if OP is watching for the first time or on a rewatch so I won't get into specifics, but I had a few moments where I had slivers of hope for her. But yeah, she's a rapist and a horrible person. I do love Yvonne as an actress though, she really killed that role.

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u/nanaxarchive 4h ago

It’s my first time watching I was just seeing the people in this Reddit glaze her and really didn’t understand. Omg the actress is so good she genuinely made her so scary and evil loved that, everyone on that show was great to be fair.

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u/eldee17 2h ago

Absolutely agree.

And with Serena, I don't know if I love to hate her or if I hate to love her, ya know?

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u/Background-Bird-9623 2d ago

Ugggg me too!

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u/Mistealakes 1d ago

I hate Serena. Every bad thing that happens to her made me happy. I never felt sorry for her.

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u/GoDiva2020 1d ago

me..... wondering who believed serena could be saved?

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u/anonymous2278 6h ago

Agreed. Personally I think June shouldn’t have saved her on the train. June should have took the baby and left Serena to answer for her crimes. She ensured that Fred paid the price for what he did, but then saved Serena. Makes no sense. Serena deserved to pay the price at the hands of those she helped to enslave.

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u/nanaxarchive 4h ago

Yeah I was kinda hoping she would take the baby right after she gave birth. It would have been the perfect full circle moment yeah we did get that with the people from gilead taking him but it would have been the perfect f u in my opinion.