Gilead Gazette - All Things Handmaid's Tale

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Another year, another Handmaid’s Tale season has come and gone and yet another cliffhanger. Jim and Jakob get together to go over a recent review, as well as the last three episodes of Season 3, some overall thoughts on Season 3 in general and where we think Season 4 might go! What’s your opinion? Email...

Welcome back to Gilead! Where we are tightening things up with some new directives from Commander Waterford and D.C. and there is for sure nothing to worry about with that whole grocery store incident! Everything is fine and baby Nicole will be brought home safely soon! This is GILEAD! What’s your opinion? Email us at...

Gilead gonna Gilead as we delve deeper into the infrastructure and an international incident is breaking out over the custody of baby Nicole (Holly), which leads us on a trek to Washington DC! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to...

It is time we venture back into Gilead! “But you were almost out, you could have escaped!” you scream, oh yes you fools of course we were almost out but we have business to settle with Gilead! We don’t quite have a plan on how we are going to settle this Gilead business, but I...

You thought that Jim and Jakob were hanging from a tree somewhere in Gilead didn’t you? You thought we were taken into the back of van and brought to certain death? But no worries after some slight re-education Jim and Jakob are back to fully discuss the finale of season 2 of the Handmaid’s Tale!...

Jim and Jakob are checking in with a Handmaid’s Tale QUICK TAKE! We will do an episode proper on the finale shortly but wanted to check in with some initial thoughts before we settle in. Keep an eye on the feed and share your thoughts with us on the finale by sending an email to...

With Jakob currently in the midst of a move from Sweden to Ireland Jim is joined this week by Kristin! Finally we get a female perspective on the Gilead Gazette. This week we go over Kristin’s recent binge watch of every episode of The Handmaid’s Tale, whether the show is too bleak and where we...

June has been left in an abandoned mansion, very pregnant with a black wolf hanging out watching it all unfold. We watch it all unfold as well with the new episode of Handmaid’s Tale season 2, episode 11 “Holly”. So many teases, so many options and Oprah Winfrey as the voice of hope. Hop on...

Here it is! A new edition of the GILEAD GAZETTE! This week not only are we discussing the latest episode “The Last Ceremony” but we are catching up with Jakob with his thoughts on the S02E09 episode “Smart Power”. As we all know, much like every episode of the Handmaid’s Tale episode 10 is really...

Hey Gilead Guys, Jim checking in real quick on the 9th episode of Handmaid’s Tale! Just a quick one while Jakob handles some business in Sweden and gets ready to trek across the world! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word...

Unlikely alliances are being built in Gilead, both for the good of the land and to try to help a sick baby. Or are people full on monsters that would let a sick baby die to prove a point! Only the Gilead Gazette knows as Jim and Jakob delve into episode 8 of Season 2...

We are back in Gilead to witness the aftermath of the recent terrorist attack by a suicidal Handmaid. The fallout is being felt all over and a new security chief is not letting the bodies hit the floor as they sway from trees. Will June and Serena form an unlikely alliance for their own survival?...

After a small hiatus to enjoy the good weather, The Gilead Gazette is back to cover the past two episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale. We are given small glimpses of hope in a very bleak show/season and Jim and Jakob are here to go over it all! Come along for the ride as we head...

Jim and Jakob get together every week, FOR SOME REASON, and discuss and wallow in the infinite dread and depression that is known as The Handmaid’s Tale. Leave all of your hope at the door as we go back into Gilead and breakdown Episode 4 of Season 2 entitled “Other Women” What’s your opinion? Email...

Jim and Jakob get together every week to breakdown and discuss the Handmaid’s Tale What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review on iTunes and remember to spread the word to your Sopranos-loving friends – or maybe Sopranos newcomers like Jakob? For more from Jim Scampoli check out Jim and...

The Handmaid’s Tale is back! Get all of your news and episode breakdowns from Jim and Jakob at the Gilead Gazette! We are here to discuss the first two episodes of the second season, join along in the fight for freedom! What’s your opinion? Email us at showswhatyouknowshow@gmail.com or tweet @showswhatuknow. Please subscribe and review...

Jakob and Jim check back in to finish out the first season of The Handmaid’s Tale! Does the ending deliver? How does it stack up against the book and does the book give us any hints of season 2? What does the style and look of the show mean? Is voice over a lazy crutch!?...

This week Jakob and Jim discuss the first 7 episodes of the Hulu Original, The Handmaid’s Tale. The new show based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, we follow a Handmaid named Offred and learn about the land of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Does this Hulu...