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I realize, of course, that the overarching theme is the oppression of women, with, loosely speaking, The Handmaid’s Tale focusing on adult women and The Testaments on girls.

I think it would be interesting, though, to see something that covers how the sons of Commanders are educated. How are they taught to be leaders in that society? Do they get the “official story” initially or are they exposed to the hypocrisy early on?

I could envision a male character that somewhat parallels Commander Lawrence — he’s raised to support Gilead, but something leads him to realize how awful it is, and begins to work against it.

• There’s a Sunsphere poster in the upstairs “speakeasy”
• They could have got the lighting for the speakeasy at Stokes, but my dad worked there, so I’m biased.
• As always, the UT/Vols memorabilia around the set.
• There’s a discussion of tickets to see the stage version of Mamma Mia. Why not say it’s at the Tennessee Theater?
• Back to the fishing shack from previous episodes — it would be very easy to say which lake or river it’s on.

That’s it for this week. As always, thank you for reading.