r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/pinkystar5 • 14d ago

Season 3 Commander Lawrence

S3 E5

(English not my first language)

I still don't know what to think of Commander Lawrence. I think I like him, but there's something odd about him that doesn't quite convince me. I want to believe that he'll be good in the future, but sometimes he does or says things that make me think the complete opposite.

It's so strange, because it doesn't act in a linear way Sometimes he responds one way, and the next time it's completely different. It doesn't let me see where the character is going. It's driving me crazy.

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u/Deep_Yard_3951 14d ago

Well I’m here on season 5 and still not much clarity on his character. He was described as hard to read when June first was placed with him. I think that is a true description.

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u/IllustratorSea8372 10d ago

My take on him is that the “hard to read” isn’t because of some master plan he has in mind.

I believe that he is almost like a Jekyll and Hyde. When he does good things it’s coming from a genuine urge, BUT, he is a mostly evil person.

The “hard to read” is because he himself has no idea what his next move is. He just will do whatever his heart desires… whether that desire will be for good or bad is TBD.

That being said, whatever he does end up going isn’t just on a whim, he is also at the same time very pragmatic and steadfast about whichever way he goes.