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The Handmaid's Tale – Season 3, Episode 3 Useful

Play trailer The Handmaid's Tale – Season 3, Episode 3 Useful Aired Jun 5, 2019 Drama Sci-Fi Play Trailer Watchlist
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June navigates a meeting during which she must face both Cmdr. Waterford and Nick; Serena Joy tries to recuperate at her mother's home; Lawrence teaches June a hard lesson about the difficult decisions he makes as a commander.
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The Handmaid's Tale — Season 3, Episode 3

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Bruce Miller

Creator

Elisabeth Moss

Offred

Joseph Fiennes

Commander Waterford

Yvonne Strahovski

Serena Joy

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Ed Power Independent (UK) 12/13/2019
Again and again we are invited - expected - to pause and luxuriate in the bathos. This can cast its own kind of spell. It also demands an extra level of commitment from the viewer. Go to Full Review Julia Raeside Guardian 07/03/2019
Some actual patriarchal heads need to start rolling and soon because I am finding this all great, but a bit frustrating. Go to Full Review Allison Shoemaker AV Club 06/12/2019
C+
As a collection of scenes featuring good actors saying interesting things, "Useful" works wonderfully well...The problem is when you attempt to stitch them together. Go to Full Review Christopher Hooton NME (New Musical Express) 07/14/2021
Joseph and June is the show's best pairing of characters right now...the episode hit on a stark truth: saving people is hard, but deciding who to save is perhaps even harder. Go to Full Review Fausto Ponce Alta Fidelidad Magazine 04/26/2021
An episode where the tension... grows like a thick haze. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Catherine Springer AwardsWatch 01/25/2020
This episode does offer some familiar reminders of Gilead's brutality though, like public hangings and detention centers, but the story is now focusing on the more subtle, behind-the-scenes elements of the regime-where the cracks might be. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis June navigates a meeting during which she must face both Cmdr. Waterford and Nick; Serena Joy tries to recuperate at her mother's home; Lawrence teaches June a hard lesson about the difficult decisions he makes as a commander.
Creator
Bruce Miller
Executive Producer
Bruce Miller, Warren Littlefield, Daniel Wilson, Fran Sears, Ilene Chaiken, Elisabeth Moss, Eric Tuchman, Mike Barker
Network
Hulu
Rating
TV-MA (L)
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 5, 2019