Directv got too expensive for me so my biker nephew hooked me up so I stream things now. I started watching The Handmaid's Tale because I heard so much about it. OMG....!! This world was so horrible and scarey. It was like NOW in this country. This series was so excellent and psychological. Visually it was so dreary and gray. Everything was so stark and unattractive.

There was some kind of Civil war and men took over and took away women's rights. They were super religious. You were watched all the time. There was a mass fertility problem and they kidnapped fertile women for their breeding stock. These were the Handmaids with the red cloaks and white bonnets. They were imprisoned, routinely raped, impregnated and bore child after child.

The Commanders (men) ran everything. Their wives all wore teal dresses. Then there were the Martha's who were like the Domestic help. They wore blue nun-type outfits. There were the Aunts who were like sadistic women who wore brown and beat everyone. There were the Jezebells who were prostitutes and worked in brothels for the Commanders. Women had to be obedient and they might lose a finger, an eye or get a severe beating for a minor infraction. There was a lot of torture and people were hanged and left hanging as warnings.

There was a rebellion, drama, surprises, etc. I was really taken by the psychological aspect of this series. It took every horror in history and used it in this series. It was totally horrifying and riveting.