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The Handmaid’s Tale Recap: Promised Land
Why did I think June would choose a life of peace and safety when war and struggle is right there?
The newlyweds Joseph and Naomi Lawrence turn up in Canaan to woo her back to New Bethlehem, where she’s told that she’ll be more than the pretty face of paltry reform. I hate to be distracted by the soap opera — I understand that this is a serious, life-and-death drama set in the world of ideas — but it’s also true that the showrunners have plopped a good old-fashioned love triangle in the middle of it. Serena claims to be motivated by maternal instinct, but she could have kept Noah safe in Canaan; it’s going to be a lot harder for her to run away from being the “global ambassador” of New Bethlehem’s shiny island prison.
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