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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 1, Episode 7 The Other Side

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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 1, Episode 7

The Other Side

Aired May 24, 2017

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Sci-Fi

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Offred remembers her family's escape attempt, revealing details about life before Gilead.

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"The Other Side" proves the world of The Handmaid's Tale is ripe with stories to tell -- though for some the deviation from Offred may prove more frustrating than fruitful.

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Offred

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Serena Joy

Madeline Brewer

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Allison Shoemaker

AV Club

09/21/2017

B

This is an episode that seemingly hopes to prove that The Handmaid's Tale can step away from the Commander's house for an hour and still find stories to tell. Does it succeed in that? Sure.

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Anne Cohen

Refinery29

09/21/2017

Having seen this episode, all I can say is I've never been more grateful for my dual citizenship. Good job, mom and dad.

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Jessica Derschowitz

Entertainment Weekly

09/21/2017

A-

Let's get the big news out of the way -- like the Mexican government official promised, though it might have seemed too good to be true, Luke is alive. ALIVE! And even better, he now knows June is alive too.

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Andrea Thompson

The Young Folks

02/06/2019

7/10

The Handmaid's Tale episode The Other Side has everything we're supposed to want in a show about an all too plausible dystopia.

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Carol Pinchefsky

Syfy Wire

06/05/2018

Because the episode is only concerned with Luke's survival - will he or won't he live - it has no real tension. "The Other Side" was borderline dull.

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Emma Dibdin

Harper's Bazaar

09/29/2017

So much of The Other Side plays like a watered-down Children of Men, with Luke and June, and later Luke and his ragtag group of rebels, on the run in a dystopia that feels relatively generic.

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Synopsis

Offred remembers her family's escape attempt, revealing details about life before Gilead.

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 24, 2017