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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 2, Episode 8 Women's Work

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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 2, Episode 8

Women's Work

Aired Jun 6, 2018

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A sick baby tests Offred and Serena; Janine finally faces Naomi.

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Commander Waterford

Yvonne Strahovski

Serena Joy

Samira Wiley

Moira

Alexis Bledel

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Julia Raeside

Guardian

07/09/2018

Serena's punishment was awful and the apparent fate of baby Angela gave my heart a thorough going over before the surprise happy ending. So, I give this week a solid six.

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Jacob Stolworthy

Independent (UK)

06/07/2018

When compared with every episode of the masterful second season so far, 'Women's Work' is a considered foot off the brake, its slow-burn tension not dissimilar to episodes from season one.

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Judy Berman

New York Times

06/07/2018

I'm still not sold on the show's rationale for bringing Emily and Janine back to Gilead, but Janine's story in "Women's Work" does offer a potent variation on the episode's themes of resistance and complicity.

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Kelechi Ehenulo

Set the Tape

07/17/2020

4/5

Gilead might be a 'man's world', but it means nothing without a woman's heart.

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Fiona Flynn

entertainment.ie

01/07/2020

Feeling sympathy for Serena Waterford was something that was barely imaginable in season one, yet here we are, alongside June, hoping she is okay.

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Genevieve Valentine

Vice

07/03/2018

Even though the show is careful about asking too much sympathy for Serena Joy, this is also the episode that exposes the awkwardness behind the show's diversity.

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Synopsis

A sick baby tests Offred and Serena; Janine finally faces Naomi.

Director: Kari Skogland
Creator: Bruce Miller
Executive Producer: Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Elisabeth Moss
Screenwriter: Nina Fiore, John Hererra
Network: Hulu
Rating: TV-MA (L|V)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date: Jun 6, 2018