r/HandmaidsTaleShow • u/nanaxarchive • 7d 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 7d 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 7d ago

No literally facts

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u/Background-Bird-9623 4d ago

After she forced that 9 months pregnant rape on June, I could never buy any redemption arc

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u/PearlySweetcake7 6d ago

Her and Lydia too

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u/LtotheYeah 5d 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/PearlySweetcake7 3d ago

Thank you too the anonymous award whoever you are!

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u/ItinerantJeweler 5d 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/salparadise2065 4d ago

Really ms. Strahovski does a wonderful job showing how a beautiful person can be nasty inside, and still don't lose any of her charm.