S5E10
Safe
The Handmaid's Tale · 2022-11-09 · 56 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 20 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
Under threat, June must find a way to keep herself and her family safe from Gilead and its violent supporters in Toronto.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
33
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
58
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 20 comments — 11 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- tension rail
- how much was still unresolved
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“I felt tense the entire time!”
leichendienerin▲ 966about 0–100% inread it ↗
“Baby’s asleep. Peaceful morning. Coffee.”
yesitsmenotyou▲ 758about 0–15% inread it ↗
“The way her eyes change when there is a knock at the door…shit’s about to happen.”
yesitsmenotyou▲ 758about 10–20% inread it ↗
“Such an eerie scene before the attempt on June’s life. That empty scan of the vacating neighbourhood. I was really impressed with that whole scene start to finish.”
chillwithpurpose▲ 627about 75–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Elisabeth Moss
- written
- Bruce Miller
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Max Minghella as Nick Blaine
Samira Wiley as Moira Strand
Amanda Brugel as Rita Blue
Sam Jaeger as Mark Tuello
Edie Inksetter as Aunt Elizabeth
Carey Cox as Rose Blaine
Angela Vint as Leah
Jonathan Watton as Matthew Calhoun