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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 1, Episode 5 Faithful

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Offred receives a surprising proposition from Serena Joy; Offred recalls the start of her relationship with her husband.
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The Handmaid's Tale — Season 1, Episode 5

The Handmaid's Tale — Season 1, Episode 5

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"Faithful" eschews easy morality plays and maintains the integrity of its source material, carried by yet another powerful performance from Elizabeth Moss.

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Bruce Miller

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Elisabeth Moss

Offred

Joseph Fiennes

Commander Waterford

Yvonne Strahovski

Serena Joy

Alexis Bledel

Ofglen

Madeline Brewer

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The Handmaid's Tale — Season 1, Episode 5

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Anne Cohen Refinery29 09/20/2017
Elisabeth Moss' performance here is stellar. She manages to look terrified, playful, flirty, and furious, all in one facial expression. Go to Full Review Laura Hudson New York Magazine/Vulture 09/20/2017
4/5
Gilead, like so much of patriarchy itself, is about the emotional precariousness of entitled little boys, acted out on the world by grown-ass men with fists and knives and guns and no self-awareness. Go to Full Review Allison Shoemaker AV Club 09/20/2017
A-
The great strength of "Faithful," yet another stunningly well-made and deeply affecting episode of The Handmaid's Tale, is the line it draws between these tastes of the forbidden, each of these rebellions, big and small. Go to Full Review Genevieve Valentine Vice 07/03/2018
The most horrifying, binding, unspoken thing in this series is how so many people partake in and support the Gilead regime while knowing better. Go to Full Review Beth Elderkin io9.com 05/22/2018
But again, if there's any lesson to be taken from this episode, it's about finding moments of triumph in times of turmoil. Go to Full Review Cheryl Eddy io9.com 05/16/2018
"Other Women" unearths an unpleasant time in June's past, and also parades a new fresh hell before her eyes. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Offred receives a surprising proposition from Serena Joy; Offred recalls the start of her relationship with her husband.
Director
Mike Barker
Creator
Bruce Miller
Executive Producer
Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken
Screenwriter
Bruce Miller
Network
Hulu
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
May 10, 2017