What did they do to Ofglen?
This cruel punishment was introduced for the TV series and did not take place in the the 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. In the book, Ofglen
commits suicide to prevent Gilead from torturing information out of her about members of the Mayday resistance.
What caused the infertility in Handmaid's Tale?
In the story,
an environmental disaster has led to most women becoming infertile, and the small number who are still able to become pregnant are forced to become handmaids, women who are owned by the ruling elite and systematically raped in order to provide them with children.
What does Nolite TE Bastardes Carborundorum mean to Offred?
Near the end of The Handmaid's Tale's season two finale, in one of her final acts before escaping from the Waterford household, Offred (Elisabeth Moss) plasters one of the classic sayings from Margaret Atwood's novel all over her bedroom wall: “nolite te bastardes carborundorum,” which translates from Latin into “
don't ...
Who is the likely father of Offred's child?
So ever since Offred, also known as June in the show, discovered she was pregnant at the end of season 1, it's been assumed by many that
Fred's driver Nick is the baby's father, as he and Offred/June also slept together.