I truly love so many characters in this show, but this young woman is the epitome of raising hell on the wicked. I can’t wait to see what she does next. Always has me glued to the screen. So much potential. She’s a true warrior and not to be fu**ed with. I can relate.
honestly im so upset with her character development, season finale almost here and she hasnt appeared i was hoping to see more of her but i dont think we will
@@DarkScyth3s that’s what I’m saying! I went on a whole rant about how they are carrying the plot out with Hannah for way too long. They are losing viewers when they should have been developing and even juicer plot WITH this NEW bad ass character everyone loves. Not to mention like how realistic is it that June has this many connections and NO ONE can get her Hannah??
@@DarkScyth3s Same, it’s been four episodes since Lydia, Janine and Esther got any screentime which is ridiculous, they are the best characters besides June (who btw is now becoming boring) and have the most intriguing and gripping storyline. Nobody cares about Serena, literally no-one.
@@ladyfoxwf1075 i think serena and june might come up with something after that season finale but like esther?? lemme see more of her. i felt bad for janine cause the way they just threw her character away like that. but i think they might be taking her to new bethelehem
I love the use of sound and music when Putman gives her candy. The scene itself looks innocent enough, and you could ALMOST believe that he tried to be good to her and respected her youth. However, the sound of the alarm gets louder and louder the closer he gets, so there is no way you don't understand that she is in a dangerous situation. Brilliant work and the camera angles that only show her face and reaction...
McKenna Grace is very talented. I've seen her if Gifted and Haunting of Hill House and she's amazing. So happy to see her in this dark role and expand her skills towards a more complicated character.
agree she's so talented! if you want to see mckenna in another "dark" role, id recommend the movies The Bad Seed and The Bad Seed Returns :) she's playing a psychopath in those, and her performance is amazing!! + she and her dad wrote the script and produced the second film :D
2:18 to 3:56 is a classic example of how simple sound design can immediately heighten the tension. That panicked heartbeat sound undercuts the scene very well.
Or what about if she found out June also knew about it and kept it from her as well? Or she would have understand it or she got another mental breakdown
@@icyunvme2400 who knows, Janine did learned a lot to adapt in there. I think she got smart enough to know to not making things more complicated for herself that fast anymore. She already knows to keep on good terms with the Aunts. I believe she would survive the end of the series.
I'm very surprised that McKenna grace keeps doing horrifying roles 😨 this girl did a lot of horror/thriller movies than drama/action/comedy movies. She's really into a mystery genre.
...can't wait to watch the new episodes in my country. I'm happy for Mckenna that her role as Esther Keyes is continued and maybe developed into a major character of the series? (only, if she survives her self-poisoning attempt 😢)
Season 6 is supposed to be the final season i think it’s going to tie everything together however we did get a glimpse in the early season of season 4 if you Remember
Esther doesnt deserve to get out, after what she did to janine. Maybe janine will get out, if she does , she seems the type of person who will respond well to therapy
I agree to disagree. Esther is a 14 year-old girl who has been abused over and over, who was about to be handed to a pedo and had to hear Janine tell her how it was going to be the best experience of her life. I love Janine, but these weren’t the smartest things to say. They both deserve better. A life out of there, and karaoke.
@@nl-ho4wm she’s a literal child…. she may not be the best person but she dosent deserve the assault she suffered. no one does. how could you even say that anyone deserved to be in that position?
There is NO therapy in the world that would help anyone who was taken from family, abused and raped by multiple men many times when she was a child. She was so inspired by June and begged her to take her along because she knew what would happen to her next if she stayed there. Did you see the new episode where June sits in therapy? Even therapists don't know what they're supposed to do.
My god, the camera work at 2:53 done purposely to make him look giant over her really says a ton. She's nothing in the presence of his power (height). Gave me chills.
I think Janine is sort of like a head girl in season 5 to the handmaids bc even tho she behaves herself she still has the fighting side to her so in other words she shows the other girls to lead by her example
She played roles with different kinds of characters. Some as main, some as side character. I knew her from the Bad Seed, then Ghostbusters Afterlife. Only then I found out she's in Annabelle comes home (I didn't want to watch the film at first, I was too scared for a horror movie, haha), Gifted (man, I cried in a scene when her uncle left her on foster home), I Tonya, some tv series, Troop Zero, that I can't get my hands on yet, and many other more.. She's in Captain Marvel too.
I feel like this is more people's faults than just Warren. Don't get me wrong, Warren is a psychopath and deserved what he got. But Aunt Lydia and Janine BOTH knew what he was and they both fought to get her placed in that home - which they didn't have to do. Lydia left her alone in the room with him, knowing what he drove Janine to. I think the reason Esther hit them both so hard is partially because deep down, they KNOW they each had a role to play in that.
This is mostly just a scenepack for editors to use to make edits of Mckenna, so I'm only posting her parts + if i keep too much of each scene the video will get taken down for copyright
We like to pat ourselves on the back and say, 'hey this will never happen'. But we are wrong. This did happen. Magdalen Laundries in Ireland, the residental schools for inidigenous girls in the USA, Canada, Australia, the childrens homes and asylums of New Zealand. All of them run by women just like Aunt Lydia. I personally know someone who was brought up in a foster home for the first 14 years of her life, and her foster mother was exactly like Lydia.
When she was recaptured by Gilead after her escape to Chicago she begged Lydia not to make her a Handmaid again and be subjected to repeated rapes, not just the rapes, but having to keep giving up her babies. So Aunt Lydia is holding a place for her at the red center as a diversion and giving her a purpose there, but since she is fertile I can't imagine Gilead will allow her to remain there forever.
Yes and no. As far as the government is concerned, Janine is still an active Handmaid. But it would seem that the government doesn't supervise the Aunts in regards to when Handmaids are placed. So Aunt Lydia is keeping Janine in a "don't ask, don't tell" legal limbo, forever pending placement. It's great for her while it lasts, but eventually the other Aunts will notice, or the other Handmaids will get jealous, and someone will report the situation. Then whichever Commander is in charge of the area will amend the laws and give Aunts a timeline to adhere to about how long they can hold Handmaids for placement.
Kinda surprised not one female tried to ruin their own body rather then deal with this. Scar themselves so bad no man wants to touch them, ruin themselves to the point they can’t get pregnant, get sick with whatever they can that others want to avoid, ect. Where is the rare female who’d do anything to avoid such a horrible fate?
In the novel a number of the first handmaidens did. They brought in rules about never letting handmaidens alone in kitchens or allowing them to close bathroom door. No glass or mirrors or things that could be broken into shape piece. The one who June took the place of hung herself with her dress in the wardrobe.
If they do that, they would no longer be of use to Gilead and would be executed or sent to the colonies. All handmaids have "sinned" or committed some act that Gilead thought was immoral. They're only "allowed" to survive and be handmaids because they are fertile.
She was deemed fertile by a doctor, that is why she was assigned as a wife. Younger wives are tested wheter they're fertile or not - Aunt Lydia told Handmaids that they are just "temoprary thing" for Gilead
She’s going to be his new handmaid- she’s 14, hence she’s able to bear a child, so she will now live with him and his wife and get r*ped every month until she bears them a child. He feeds her candy like that because he still sees her as a child, and is excited to sleep with her.
The candy symbolizes that he’s a pedophile. He knows she’s a kid, and he also knows she’ll be his and that he will impregnate her so it is power play. The framing and close up intends to show the contrast and age between them too, it was hard for me to watch that scene because it was so repulsive. It’s such a sadistic scene but brilliant storytelling.
Handmaids are not supposed to have sugar, cigarettes, etc (they go into greater detail in the book about this) because their job is for reproduction. And the commander is doing several things he is not supposed to do because he CAN do it, and no woman in the society of Gilead has any say, least of all the handmaids. Feeding her sugar, flirting with her, and being alone with a handmaid. All things forbidden. He does them because he can, whether he is supposed to or not.
Because she felt betrayed by Janine. Janine was pushing for Esther to go to the Putnam house so she could see Charlotte more often. And Mr. Putnam raped her, so she probably sees Janine as responsible.
what did she expect? Esther was the one who treated bad janine in the begining, she even confess that she didnt like janine and now she has the gall to feel offended when things dont go her way. shes just an hypocrite here and a murderous one at that, if theres one handmaid that shouldnt be free, its her.
@@nl-ho4wm tbh I feel bad for her bc of her situation but she really just backstabbed the one person she could count on and pissed off the one who would of probably protected her more
@@laprincesadelacocina the rest of the handmaids also are in bad situations, shes not the only one. In case you didnt notice Esther doesnt feel sympathy towards anyone but herself, she knew what Janine went through yet she still tried to power play janine in the first scene and when june confronts her, she throws a "i suffered too" excuse. So no, i dont feel bad for her That scene and now these scenes show what kind of person esther is........ a bully who takes her anger out on others weaker than her and expect that same people who she bullied to protect her because she had a sad past. If aunt Lydia punishes her when she wakes up, it would be the first time that aunt lydia punished someone who deserved it
I had a mate grow up IBLP and she stated that her first experience was that of Esther’s and my heart crax knowing this is reality for so many. Xtianity is truly a cancer.
I truly love so many characters in this show, but this young woman is the epitome of raising hell on the wicked. I can’t wait to see what she does next. Always has me glued to the screen. So much potential. She’s a true warrior and not to be fu**ed with. I can relate.
honestly im so upset with her character development, season finale almost here and she hasnt appeared
i was hoping to see more of her but i dont think we will
@@DarkScyth3s that’s what I’m saying! I went on a whole rant about how they are carrying the plot out with Hannah for way too long. They are losing viewers when they should have been developing and even juicer plot WITH this NEW bad ass character everyone loves. Not to mention like how realistic is it that June has this many connections and NO ONE can get her Hannah??
@@DarkScyth3s Same, it’s been four episodes since Lydia, Janine and Esther got any screentime which is ridiculous, they are the best characters besides June (who btw is now becoming boring) and have the most intriguing and gripping storyline. Nobody cares about Serena, literally no-one.
I hope we see more of her in future shows and films. Amazing actress.
@@ladyfoxwf1075 i think serena and june might come up with something after that season finale but like esther?? lemme see more of her. i felt bad for janine cause the way they just threw her character away like that. but i think they might be taking her to new bethelehem
I love the use of sound and music when Putman gives her candy. The scene itself looks innocent enough, and you could ALMOST believe that he tried to be good to her and respected her youth. However, the sound of the alarm gets louder and louder the closer he gets, so there is no way you don't understand that she is in a dangerous situation. Brilliant work and the camera angles that only show her face and reaction...
Not even. Even without the sound you can tell what this creepy f-ck is about to do
McKenna Grace is very talented. I've seen her if Gifted and Haunting of Hill House and she's amazing. So happy to see her in this dark role and expand her skills towards a more complicated character.
agree she's so talented! if you want to see mckenna in another "dark" role, id recommend the movies The Bad Seed and The Bad Seed Returns :) she's playing a psychopath in those, and her performance is amazing!! + she and her dad wrote the script and produced the second film :D
@@mckennasdd Oh, awesome! Thanks for the recommendation
Also in Malignant. Amazing movie!
The Haunting of Hill House? I saw that series but I didn't recognose her there. What part did she play?
@@Jorindeify she played young Theo
2:18 to 3:56 is a classic example of how simple sound design can immediately heighten the tension. That panicked heartbeat sound undercuts the scene very well.
“blessed be the stupid fruit” 😂😂😂
that final scene is the best of the season by far. the way the camera slowly changes perpective as the conversation evolves is perfect
Truly brilliant
Was this season the 1st Moss directed?
@@14ToeBeans according to imdb she has directed 3 episodes in season 4 and 3 in season 5.
I don't know if anyone notices how wonderful the camera angles are, how the camera circles them. It adds to the drama.
Yes! The camera crew is doing an amazing job!
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When Janine finds out her son is dead and Lydia has been keeping it from her she is going to burn all this shit down.
Or what about if she found out June also knew about it and kept it from her as well?
Or she would have understand it or she got another mental breakdown
@@KobaLenkDefinitely a mental breakdown but she has been calm in some scenes that surprised me so idk.
@@icyunvme2400 who knows, Janine did learned a lot to adapt in there.
I think she got smart enough to know to not making things more complicated for herself that fast anymore.
She already knows to keep on good terms with the Aunts.
I believe she would survive the end of the series.
@@KobaLenk She’s my favorite so I hope she survives as well. Janine like June and others are very sensitive to their children.
@@icyunvme2400 she is my favourite too.
Her relationship with Lydia made me invest in them both more than anyone else in the series
I'm very surprised that McKenna grace keeps doing horrifying roles 😨 this girl did a lot of horror/thriller movies than drama/action/comedy movies. She's really into a mystery genre.
...can't wait to watch the new episodes in my country. I'm happy for Mckenna that her role as Esther Keyes is continued and maybe developed into a major character of the series? (only, if she survives her self-poisoning attempt 😢)
I really hope we get Esther’s backstory in S6. I have so many questions to who her parents are and what was her life like when she was younger.
Season 6 is supposed to be the final season i think it’s going to tie everything together however we did get a glimpse in the early season of season 4 if you Remember
@@Anymous578 That wasn’t really considered a backstory. I’m hoping we see an actual one in S6!
Ester still is pretty young though and she probably experienced Democracy before Gilead
I’m so sad McKenna Grace won’t be able to be in the handmaids tale ! Now how are we supposed to what happened to her
When she was even younger. You mean
She has a lot of issues due to the regime of Gilliad if they ever get out they will need therapy to cope with the brutal abuse they have been through
Esther doesnt deserve to get out, after what she did to janine.
Maybe janine will get out, if she does , she seems the type of person who will respond well to therapy
I agree to disagree. Esther is a 14 year-old girl who has been abused over and over, who was about to be handed to a pedo and had to hear Janine tell her how it was going to be the best experience of her life. I love Janine, but these weren’t the smartest things to say. They both deserve better. A life out of there, and karaoke.
@@nl-ho4wm she’s a literal child…. she may not be the best person but she dosent deserve the assault she suffered. no one does. how could you even say that anyone deserved to be in that position?
There is NO therapy in the world that would help anyone who was taken from family, abused and raped by multiple men many times when she was a child.
She was so inspired by June and begged her to take her along because she knew what would happen to her next if she stayed there.
Did you see the new episode where June sits in therapy? Even therapists don't know what they're supposed to do.
@@nl-ho4wm it’s sad you think she can’t be helped even though Janine tried and it was shown it worked. Until Putnam threw a wrench.
Her and Emily have some of the prettiest eyes
My god, the camera work at 2:53 done purposely to make him look giant over her really says a ton. She's nothing in the presence of his power (height). Gave me chills.
It was disturbing to see Janine being broken. Eventually she did find her voice again which was great
Fabulous young actress 😍
I think Janine is sort of like a head girl in season 5 to the handmaids bc even tho she behaves herself she still has the fighting side to her so in other words she shows the other girls to lead by her example
I'd like to watch this just because McKenna plays in it. But the story is so depressing and disturbing. I can't get myself to it.
What else does she star in? I feel like I've seen her before... 🤔 I can't put my finger on it tho.
She played roles with different kinds of characters. Some as main, some as side character. I knew her from the Bad Seed, then Ghostbusters Afterlife. Only then I found out she's in Annabelle comes home (I didn't want to watch the film at first, I was too scared for a horror movie, haha), Gifted (man, I cried in a scene when her uncle left her on foster home), I Tonya, some tv series, Troop Zero, that I can't get my hands on yet, and many other more.. She's in Captain Marvel too.
i'll be honest and say that i only watch Mckenna's scenes and skip the rest😅
@@mckennasdd haha. Me too! 🤭
@@amandamol9050 Was she the little girl version of Tonya that flips those other girls off? I thought her look was familiar.
I hate aunt Lydia's voice. Makes me cringe. Ann Dowd is amazing portraying this vile Character and that cringing voice.
As for me I like it very much! Not only the character but her voice! Yes, it can be a little bit annoying but it's so unique!
@@greenwoods798 oh I think she's a fascinating character. The voice matches her character perfectly.
Hard to believe she is such an adorable and smart lady out of her character. Amazing actress!
@@bulimiahell yes!!!! I noticed that.
I feel like this is more people's faults than just Warren. Don't get me wrong, Warren is a psychopath and deserved what he got. But Aunt Lydia and Janine BOTH knew what he was and they both fought to get her placed in that home - which they didn't have to do. Lydia left her alone in the room with him, knowing what he drove Janine to.
I think the reason Esther hit them both so hard is partially because deep down, they KNOW they each had a role to play in that.
Janine’s little “you’re going to get us in trouble” 😭😭😭
She left a young girl with a monster! Her talent is on another level. The innocence and evil she can act is crazy.
She's a wonderful actress
I would eat posion too
Same.
i think everyone in their right mind would, who would want to get raped and their babies taken away and having literally no rights? Fuck Gilead
So that was poison in the chocolates at the end?
@@rcam9281 I think so, Esther probably poisoned the chocolates for them both.
Is esther dying from the poisoning or from working too hard carrying the show the first 2 episodes?
You keep showing up and saying this same comment under different videos. It not that funny.
@@letolethe3344 By keep you mean "2 videos, maybe 3" and it got 65 likes so maybe your sense of humor is the issue. Take a chill pill :)
I wish the other person in the scene's dialogue was also in the video because this makes it very disjointed.
This is mostly just a scenepack for editors to use to make edits of Mckenna, so I'm only posting her parts + if i keep too much of each scene the video will get taken down for copyright
We like to pat ourselves on the back and say, 'hey this will never happen'. But we are wrong. This did happen. Magdalen Laundries in Ireland, the residental schools for inidigenous girls in the USA, Canada, Australia, the childrens homes and asylums of New Zealand. All of them run by women just like Aunt Lydia. I personally know someone who was brought up in a foster home for the first 14 years of her life, and her foster mother was exactly like Lydia.
Sorry if I missed something but why are they wearing black head covers instead of white?
They attended a funeral hence the color change
Gilead couldn't get over their loss of Freddy lol
Is Janine not an active handmaid anymore?
No think she helps with the younger handmaids .
When she was recaptured by Gilead after her escape to Chicago she begged Lydia not to make her a Handmaid again and be subjected to repeated rapes, not just the rapes, but having to keep giving up her babies. So Aunt Lydia is holding a place for her at the red center as a diversion and giving her a purpose there, but since she is fertile I can't imagine Gilead will allow her to remain there forever.
Yes and no. As far as the government is concerned, Janine is still an active Handmaid. But it would seem that the government doesn't supervise the Aunts in regards to when Handmaids are placed. So Aunt Lydia is keeping Janine in a "don't ask, don't tell" legal limbo, forever pending placement. It's great for her while it lasts, but eventually the other Aunts will notice, or the other Handmaids will get jealous, and someone will report the situation. Then whichever Commander is in charge of the area will amend the laws and give Aunts a timeline to adhere to about how long they can hold Handmaids for placement.
3:41 Candy from a stranger
Ikr
La mejor actriz MC KENA GRACE
That sidewards glance she and Nick give each other ????
Kinda surprised not one female tried to ruin their own body rather then deal with this. Scar themselves so bad no man wants to touch them, ruin themselves to the point they can’t get pregnant, get sick with whatever they can that others want to avoid, ect. Where is the rare female who’d do anything to avoid such a horrible fate?
Были женщины что пили отбеливатель, вешались и тд.
И что дает? Не себя надо убивать, а насильника
In the novel a number of the first handmaidens did. They brought in rules about never letting handmaidens alone in kitchens or allowing them to close bathroom door. No glass or mirrors or things that could be broken into shape piece. The one who June took the place of hung herself with her dress in the wardrobe.
@@Isrjisoneavalable That wasn't about self-mutilation. It was about suicide.
If they do that, they would no longer be of use to Gilead and would be executed or sent to the colonies. All handmaids have "sinned" or committed some act that Gilead thought was immoral. They're only "allowed" to survive and be handmaids because they are fertile.
I’d say suicide rather than living as a handmade counts as doing “anything to avoid such a horrible fate.”
I love it
What kind of candy is that?
It looks like 💩
It’s a truffle
Too dark to me...
How could ester be a handmaid? Had she been pregnant before ? I thought she was very young when she was married
It's because she was previously a wife and she messed up so she's now a handmaid
She was deemed fertile by a doctor, that is why she was assigned as a wife. Younger wives are tested wheter they're fertile or not - Aunt Lydia told Handmaids that they are just "temoprary thing" for Gilead
@@rosiero731 'to redeem herself' an aunt would say.
Like the econowife June met was forced becoming a handmaid in early season 2
I haven't really watched this show yet, what does it mean at 3:23? I don't get it why does he feed her candy?
You know how pedophiles get children to trust them? Give them sweets
She’s going to be his new handmaid- she’s 14, hence she’s able to bear a child, so she will now live with him and his wife and get r*ped every month until she bears them a child. He feeds her candy like that because he still sees her as a child, and is excited to sleep with her.
It’s a power play
The candy symbolizes that he’s a pedophile. He knows she’s a kid, and he also knows she’ll be his and that he will impregnate her so it is power play. The framing and close up intends to show the contrast and age between them too, it was hard for me to watch that scene because it was so repulsive. It’s such a sadistic scene but brilliant storytelling.
Handmaids are not supposed to have sugar, cigarettes, etc (they go into greater detail in the book about this) because their job is for reproduction. And the commander is doing several things he is not supposed to do because he CAN do it, and no woman in the society of Gilead has any say, least of all the handmaids. Feeding her sugar, flirting with her, and being alone with a handmaid. All things forbidden. He does them because he can, whether he is supposed to or not.
is she coughing blood?
No. That's fruit juice 🤣
Oh lol. Why is she coughing?
@@aasharyan7646 She poisoned the chocolate
Who’s she? Janine?
@@aasharyan7646watch the show
I don’t get why she poisoned herself.
I think she did it so that her and Janine can escape this hell of a life their in.
Janine betrayed her and decided to punish her by dying and taking Janine with her.
Lol blessed be the fruit ahaaa 😂
I liked Esther better when she was like a female Joffery.
Did the McKenna Grace character just poison Janine? Why?
I think she did it so that her and Janine can escape this hell of a life their in.
Because she felt betrayed by Janine. Janine was pushing for Esther to go to the Putnam house so she could see Charlotte more often. And Mr. Putnam raped her, so she probably sees Janine as responsible.
Because in Esther's point of view Janine betrayed her and decided to punish her by dying and taking Janine with her.
They DESTROYED Esther character.
How?
How many rapes do you think a person should endure before their personality changes?
Is that Sheldon’s little girlfriend?
Wow...I think so.
It definitely looks like her.
😱😱😱
I hope our country won't become the handmaids tale.
It won’t. You’re paranoid
Who thinks this could be the USA in 2050?
Much sooner than that.
Hopefully majority of us are gone by then
You are all paranoid. Stop
Damn the fact that esther was still holding on Janine despite saying all that shit... she just wanted to be free 🥲
what did she expect?
Esther was the one who treated bad janine in the begining, she even confess that she didnt like janine and now she has the gall to feel offended when things dont go her way.
shes just an hypocrite here and a murderous one at that, if theres one handmaid that shouldnt be free, its her.
@@nl-ho4wm tbh I feel bad for her bc of her situation but she really just backstabbed the one person she could count on and pissed off the one who would of probably protected her more
@@laprincesadelacocina the rest of the handmaids also are in bad situations, shes not the only one.
In case you didnt notice Esther doesnt feel sympathy towards anyone but herself, she knew what Janine went through yet she still tried to power play janine in the first scene and when june confronts her, she throws a "i suffered too" excuse. So no, i dont feel bad for her
That scene and now these scenes show what kind of person esther is........ a bully who takes her anger out on others weaker than her and expect that same people who she bullied to protect her because she had a sad past.
If aunt Lydia punishes her when she wakes up, it would be the first time that aunt lydia punished someone who deserved it
@@nl-ho4wm shes a child my guy
she's a teenager who's parents actively chose this life of horrors for her
What did that man fred her??
chocolate
A classic chocolate truffle
@God is not real Seriously? 'His you know what'..? Grow up.
@@aerielblair8333 he raped her, it os said later
I had a mate grow up IBLP and she stated that her first experience was that of Esther’s and my heart crax knowing this is reality for so many. Xtianity is truly a cancer.