Episode

Offred

by Offred, Elisabeth Moss, Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Offred (June Osborne) and 26 others

Offred, one the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.

(7 total)

Characters

Margaret Atwood (7)Elisabeth Moss (3)Ann Dowd (3)Aunt Lydia (3)Bruce Miller (2)Offred (June Osborne) (2)Lynn Renee Maxcy (1)Alexis Bledel (1)Ofglen (1)Offred (1)

“In this house, little things mean everything.”

— Lynn Renee Maxcy, Margaret Atwood, Offred, Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

Tagged: House, little things, Everything

“The world can be quite an ugly place. But we cannot wish that ugliness away. We cannot hide from that ugliness.”

— Margaret Atwood, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com

Tagged: ugliness, ugly, Hiding, wishes

“They made such a mess of everything. They filled the air with chemicals and radiation and poison! So, God whipped up a special plague. The plague of infertility….As birthrates fell, they made things worse. Birth control pills, morning-after pills, murdering babies. Just so they could have their orgi…”

— Margaret Atwood, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com

Tagged: Tinder, Infertility, Chemicals, poison, Radiation

“I know this must feel so strange, but ordinary is just what you're used to. This may not be ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. This will become ordinary.”

— Margaret Atwood, Aunt Lydia, Ann Dowd, imdb.com

Tagged: familiar, Ordinary, strange

“This used to be an ice cream place. They had the most amazing salted caramel. It was better than sex. Like good sex.”

— Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Ofglen, Alexis Bledel, imdb.com

Tagged: ice cream, Salted Caramel, Sex

“I don't need oranges. I need to scream. I need to grab the nearest machine gun.”

— Margaret Atwood, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

Tagged: Oranges, Scream, Machine Gun

“I want to tell her that Ofglen is not my friend, that I've exchanged barely fifty words with her in the two months since I got here. I kind of want to tell her that I sincerely believe that Ofglen is a pious little shit with a broomstick up her ass.”

— Margaret Atwood, Bruce Miller, Offred (June Osborne), Elisabeth Moss, imdb.com

Tagged: Pious, Hostility