{"id":265125,"date":"2021-06-02T23:30:41","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/"},"modified":"2021-06-02T23:30:41","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T20:30:41","slug":"the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale&#8217; Explores Trauma and Questionable Choices in &#8216;Testimony&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a418c45bd0fc\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a418c45bd0fc\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/#June_vs_Moira\" >June vs. Moira<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/#The_Truth_Comes_Out\" >The Truth Comes Out<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/#Support_for_the_Waterfords\" >Support for the Waterfords?!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-handmaids-tale-explores-trauma-and-questionable-choices-in-testimony\/#Lydia_Loses_Control\" >Lydia Loses Control<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#&#8217;The Handmaid&#8217;s Tale&#8217; Explores Trauma and Questionable Choices in &#8216;Testimony&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div> <strong>[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/show\/the-handmaids-tale\"><em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em><\/a> Season 4, Episode 8 \u201cTestimony.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>June (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/elisabeth-moss\">Elisabeth Moss<\/a>) testifies to the horrors inflicted upon her in Gilead by Fred and Serena Waterford (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/joseph-fiennes\">Joseph Fiennes<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/yvonne-strahovski\">Yvonne Strahovski<\/a>) in the June 2 episode of <em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, but you might be surprised by who\u2019s on whose side by the end of it.<\/p>\n<p>After all, did you expect the Waterfords to have <em>any<\/em> support in Canada? They do. Did you expect June and her best friend Moira (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/samira-wiley\">Samira Wiley<\/a>) to be at odds over the support group for those who escaped Gilead? They are.<\/p>\n<p>Read on as executive producer Bruce Miller and stars <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/ann-dowd\">Ann Dowd<\/a> (Aunt Lydia), <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/sam-jaeger\">Sam Jaeger<\/a> (Mark Tuello), and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/tvinsider.com\/people\/o-t-fagbenle\">O-T Fagbenle<\/a> (Luke) break down the episode and tease what\u2019s to come in the finale.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"June_vs_Moira\"><\/span>June vs. Moira<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While Moira is focused on healing, June encourages the others in the group to feel their anger \u2014 and to stay longer after a session is over, seemingly taking over. Is June seemingly gearing up for another fight because it\u2019s the right thing to do or because that\u2019s what she\u2019s known all this time?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think both of those things, but I think more it\u2019s illustrating that this kind of trauma has a million paths forward,\u201d Miller tells TV Insider. \u201cMoira and June, having been very compatible people, had very similar lives [and] have come out of this so differently. That\u2019s what I was trying to underline, the fact that, trying to be super careful not to diminish anybody\u2019s experience with trauma, you want to show that there are different experiences and they\u2019re all valid and there are many, many ways through this terrible post-trauma journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1000972\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000972\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1000972\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group.jpg\" alt=\"The Handmaid's Tale Season 4 Episode 8 June Moira Group\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group-857x570.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-june-moira-group-570x379.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1000972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Giraud\/Hulu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCan Moira support her friend June through a very different path than she took? [That] is really interesting because I think Moira\u2019s been able to see other refugees through a good process, others who had different processes than she has,\u201d he continues. \u201cBut it\u2019s different when you\u2019re best friends and not only does she want her to get well, but she wants her to be a good person. Moira is definitely seeing how hard her road has been. It\u2019s not easy to look at your friend going through that.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Truth_Comes_Out\"><\/span>The Truth Comes Out<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>June has quite a bit to say in this episode, beginning with testifying in a courtroom. (\u201cYou got one of the greatest actresses of our generation doing a three-page speech,\u201d Fagbenle notes.) While she didn\u2019t want her husband to attend, he did and thinks they\u2019ll be able to move on as a result.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving truthful discussions with the ones you love is kind of fundamental to having intimate relations with them,\u201d Fagbenle explains. \u201cSo for their relationship to move forward, there had to be some kind of revelatory talking or experience between them.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1000973\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000973\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1000973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june.jpg\" alt=\"The Handmaid's Tale Season 4 Episode 8 Luke June\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june-857x570.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-luke-june-570x379.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1000973\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Giraud\/Hulu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>June also, presumably, tells Luke the truth about the last time she saw their daughter, Hannah, who had been scared of her, at the end of the episode. \u201cLuke lives with the knowledge that the worst tortures are put upon people in Gilead and that his daughter is not immune to such torture,\u201d Fagbenle says. \u201cAnd so it\u2019s hard for him to hear, but he is prepared for the worst.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Support_for_the_Waterfords\"><\/span>Support for the Waterfords?!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In perhaps the most shocking scene of the episode, Fred and Serena have support in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe knew that they were capable of gaining this power, wherever they are,\u201d Jaeger, whose character has a complicated relationship with Serena, says. \u201cWe\u2019re very fallible creatures. If someone says something convincingly, there\u2019s a lot of us that will be convinced. And there are few characters on our show more convincing than Fred Waterford.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lydia_Loses_Control\"><\/span>Lydia Loses Control<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Lydia does get back at an aunt who has been bothering her, by (accidentally) tasing her. But there\u2019s zero satisfaction in that for Dowd\u2019s character.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1000974\" style=\"width: 2038px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1000974\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1000974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia.jpg\" alt=\"The Handmaid's Tale Season 4 Episode 8 Lydia\" width=\"2028\" height=\"1349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia.jpg 2028w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia-434x289.jpg 434w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia-857x570.jpg 857w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia-234x155.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/handmaids-tale-408-lydia-570x379.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2028px) 100vw, 2028px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-1000974\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Giraud\/Hulu<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s screwed. A handmaid is one thing \u2014 you can make a case \u2014 but not an aunt,\u201d Dowd explains. \u201cWhat good came from that? None. In fact, you\u2019ve made a lot more problems for yourself. She knows all about control and she didn\u2019t keep it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>, Wednesdays, Hulu<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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