I’m just not down with reality TV right now.

I appreciate this show from a technical level. It is well produced and the actresses and actors did a great job. I do admit I am not an Elizabeth Moss fan.

This show is just not for me. Torture porn at its finest.

So this definitely falls into the category of sequels no one asked for, but I think it could work.

First The Handmaid’s Tale, while uneven at times, started strong, ended solid and had lots of highlights along the way. The showrunner of The Handmaid’s Tale actually left running to focus on the follow up, which is a good choice. The new series is based on the book by the original author. It stars Ann Dowd’s Aunt Lydia, who I’ve always found to be the most interesting character in the series. The main character is played by Chase Infiniti, who just had a standout performance in “One Battle After Another”.

And we’re getting a three episode premiere, so something to really sink into.

[off topic]

This book is worth a read.

After the devastation of WW3 the male survivors have pinpointed the cause of the downfall of civilization.

Women.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/walk-to-the-end-of-the-world-suzy-mckee-charnas/bac36f80418cc887

Unlike the extra seasons of Handmaids Tale, this one actually has a corresponding source book from the author, Margaret Atwood.

Even so, I wasn’t sure what the point was in writing “The Testaments” since the first book stands so strongly on its own. Why weaken its message with a sequel?