Who wants to get married anyway?

The contrast in episode 6 between the flashback events and the current events, especially in the lighting and acting, especially when it cuts between Hulda’s administration and the nighttime stadium scene is so Jarring. I was scared that they would sanitise gilead because of this trend in the last couple years of shows being scared of presenting dark subjects seriously/realistically. But they’ve used the contrast between the sheltering of these girls and the violence enacted on the generation before them and everyone outside of their bubble to show the many different ways that gilead exerts controls over people.

agnes going from "god has a path for me, things will be okay, I can find a good match and thrive in gilead" to "I'll run away with you" as soon as she finds out becka wants to leave, she thinks could live a good life there, but she'll leave it behind if becka can't live a good life as well, because her good life necessitates becka at her side - thinking about her romanticizing pushing baby carriages with becka, she's never considered a future where she wouldn't be at her side

Becca crying "I want my mom" while they prepared her for her wedding ceremony. 😭😭