Sprint, mirroring its competition, has engaged in some grammatical gymnastics with its new unlimited strategy, announcing not one, but two different unlimited plans, each with their own limitations. One might almost say they’re not unlimited plans at all, and instead amount to yet another attempt by carriers to…
Under Oprah’s Eye. We’ve ended yet another year in Gilead, and things are looking bleak. To commemorate another heartbreaking season inside a patriarchal dystopia, the staff of io9 have gotten together to talk about the second season finale of The Handmaid’s Tale, including that shocking ending that’s divided even…
Don’t let a long flight or a loss of signal get in the way of your music and video streaming: Just about all the popular services let you cache downloads for offline use, and Netflix just upgraded its download mechanism to be smarter—downloading the next episode of shows you are watching and automatically deleting the…
Welcome to Castle Rock, a town embroiled in mystery, balloons and long stares. The latest trailer for Hulu’s Stephen King saga adds to the mystery and hypes Bill Skarsgård’s character, but continues to leave the plot on the cutting room floor. What exactly is going on here?
Oh, you thought you were protected, obedient woman or man on The Handmaid’s Tale? Figured you could toe the line, say your prayers, and any minor transgressions would be forgiven in the face of your faith and allegiance to the cause? Tough titties, folks. You’re never safe in Gilead.
The latest episode of The Handmaid’s Tale broke a lot of ground with its portrayal of a scene that was not only crucial for the series, but also a fantastic representation of a truly human experience. We spoke to the episode’s director about how she and star Elisabeth Moss brought that moment to life, and why it…
The new episode of The Handmaid’s Tale features a familiar voice, one I’m sure you recognized. You might’ve thought you were mistaken at first, or tried to clean your ear to make sure you heard it correctly, as I did. But don’t fret. It’s true: Oprah Winfrey was able to flee the repressive Gilead and escape to Canada,…
It’s a moment nine months in the making—although, in another way, it’s been in the works a lot longer than that. The most recent episode of The Handmaid’s Tale isn’t just a gorgeous hour of television, it’s done something few other shows or films ever have: It gave us the miracle of life, in all its pain and beauty.…
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The Handmaid’s Tale is a story about women in an eerily plausible dystopia where men have taken total control. While the struggles of the Handmaids are obviously still the main focus, Serena Joy, Commander Fred Waterford’s wife, has emerged as one of season two’s most fascinating characters: She’s someone we loathe…
Hey, white women, was the end of this week’s The Handmaid’s Tale episode hard to watch? Do something. Call your representatives. Donate to several organizations. Attend marches on June 30.
A business saga almost worthy of its own summer comic book event might be getting close to its big finale. After a disruption in the form of a rival deal from Comcast, Disney and Fox have announced a renewed deal for the House of Mouse to merge most of Fox’s entertainment subsidiaries into its operations.
The Handmaid’s Tale has unleashed a lot of horrors this season. Many episodes have been so full of despair they’ve been hard to watch. And while “Smart Power” does contain a few awful moments, taken as a whole it’s the most triumphant hour season two has delivered so far. Praise be.
You can never be quite sure about who to trust in Gilead (basically no one), but June’s uneasy dance to survive there just got a lot harder.
Earlier this season on The Handmaid’s Tale, we all attended a mass wedding in Gilead. This week, on an episode simply titled “After,” we witness a mass funeral. But, praise be, somehow this isn’t yet another wall-to-wall excruciatingly depressing episode!
The torturous situation caused by TV star and far-right conspiracy theorist Roseanne Barr, whose 90s-era show Roseanne was revived for 2018 in some kind of horribly misguided effort to appeal to Donald Trump supporters, culminated in a predictable implosion this week. Barr—who has been tweeting for months about the …
You can get comprehensive lists of everything coming to streaming anywhere. But half of those titles you don’t care about, and the other half are terrible. What’s the good stuff? We’re here to help.
Imagine walking around on a daily basis with dolls moving on their own, clowns with sharp teeth on every corner, and zombies managing you at work. All the horror you can imagine from that and more is what it’s like watching Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale.
We all have at least one show that we watched as a mistake. Either you were drunk, optimistic, or just curious to see what the dude from college was up to. Whatever your reason, you watched one damn episode and the show has stalked you around Hulu ever since. Now the company is finally fixing it.
Pregnant, imprisoned, and with a deeply broken spirit after nearly tasting freedom, June—who now willingly answers to “Offred”—drifts through this week’s Handmaid’s Tale, “Seeds,” with frightening detachment. But a teeny bit of much-needed hope still manages to peek through the misery.
