*Isilumkiso: Ababhuqi ngaphambili*
- Umakazi uLydia uqinisekisa abakwaWaterford ukuba bavumele u-Offred abuyele ekhaya ngenxa yemveliso yobisi.
- U-Nick uyaphila, kodwa i-Eden inikezela ngemicimbi emitsha kuye nakwiWaterfords.
- U-Emily ufudukela kwindlu entsha yoMphathi, kwaye akanayo nantoni na engenabungozi.
- IGiliyadi yenza iEden noIsake bahlawule ngokungathembeki kwabo ngendlela ekhohlakeleyo (neyasesidlangalaleni).
Zilungiselele ukuntywila kuko konke okunikezwa yiGiliyadi kuba kusekho isiqendu esinye kwisizini yesibini. (Ewe, sibuhlungu, nathi.)
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluIsibeleko siyaRenta
Isiqendu sivula ngoSerena ( Yvonne Strahovski ) ukuhlamba kunye nokutyisa ingelosi yakhe ethandekayo uNicole (FKA Holly). Uyavuya kakhulu ekugqibeleni abe nosana lwakhe, ngokungafaniyo no-Offred ( u-Elisabeth Moss ), ongenamntwana ngokusemthethweni kwaye ngokulusizi umpompa ubisi lwebele kwi-Red Centre. Umakazi uLydia (Ann Dowd) uyi-chipper njengakuqala kwaye ubuza u-Offred ukuba iqhuba njani na imimandla yakhe engezantsi. Omnye u-Anti wazisa u-Anti uLydia ukuba ubisi luka-Offred luyancipha okoko ehlukene nosana, kodwa uMakazi uLydia ulubhuqa ecaleni kwaye uthi mabalandele iminqweno kaSerena nokuba bathini na. U-Offred umjonge ngqo kwaye uthi wathembisa ukumgcina umntwana ekhuselekile, ukumvimba ukutya akulula ukuba ngumzali kwicala likaSerena.
Umakazi uLydia uphinda ayigxininise incoko kwizinto ezakhayo ngakumbi, njengokuthi loluphi usapho oluya kuqesha isibeleko sika-Offred ngokulandelayo. Ukhuphiswano lwamalungu akhe asebenzayo lubangel’ umdla kangangokuba olunye usapho luye lwathumela izinto ezibhakiweyo ukuba ziye kunyoba uMakazi uLydia. Uziva enesisa, uvumela u-Offred ukuba akhethe imaffin. Uyaqhula, ndicinga ukuba ndizuze ikeyiki, kwaye umakazi uLydia uphendula ngelithi amantombazana anekratshi awafumani nto. Xa u-Offred eqonda ukuba ukhethe i-muffin ye-bran, akanakuzinceda kodwa uyayixabisa impoxo.
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluKe...uNick uyaphila?
Enkosi ngokufika kosana olutsha lwaseWaterford, uMphathi (uJoseph Fiennes) unomsebenzi omtsha ongeyomfuneko wokuqhuba amaziko eendaba eGiliyadi. Iza iphelele kunye neofisi emdaka, ethi uNick (Max Minghella) amncede angene kuyo. Bancokola, kwaye uMphathi ubiza uNick wonke ukubanjwa ngabaGcini njengento enkulu yokungaqondi kwaye uthi ngokwenene uligorha. Ukwabulela uNick ngengqiqo yakhe kwaye umcela ukuba axhome umfanekiso osanda kupeyintwa wosapho waseWaterford. *Ukuqengqeleka kwamehlo*
Emuva kwindlu yase-Waterford, u-Serena no-Eden (uSydney Sweeney) bawela phezu komntwana uNicole, kwaye uSerena uncoma indlela yase-Edeni kunye naye. Esonwabile, u-Eden uthi unethemba lokuba neyakhe kwaye impendulo kaSerena malunga nokusenza sibe nentliziyo: Umonde kunye nokulunga kunye nokuzincama kodwa konke kufanelekile. Um, siqinisekile ukuba ngu-Offred owenza idini, kodwa kulungile.
U-Rita (Amanda Brugel) ungena kwigumbi kunye nebhotile entsha yobisi kwaye wazisa uSerena ukuba ukunikezelwa kwabo kuphantsi. Ubambe amazinyo kwaye uyakhalazela ukuba uyayazi indlela esebenza ngayo xa uRita ezama ukuchaza isizathu.
Ke, kamva u-Anti uLydia uthatha u-Offred ukuya kudibana noMlawuli waseWaterford, uNick kunye nosana, ecacisa, Awunamveliso ngendlela ebesingathanda ngayo. Ukumbona kusenokuqalisa ukumpompa, ukuze athethe. Kwaye iqale impompo iyenze. Lo mzuzu uMlawuli ephakamisa uNicole emkhupha kwinqwelo yakhe, u-Offred uncancisa ngelokhwe yakhe. Ucenga ukuba ancancise uNicole, kodwa uMphathi akavumi. Umakazi uLydia uzama ukuba lilizwi lokuqiqa kwaye ucebisa ukuba acinge ngeyona nto ilungele intombi yakhe kwaye uyamkhuthaza ukuba avumele u-Offred abuyele kwikhaya laseWaterford ngenxa yokwandisa ubisi lwakhe.
Okumangalisayo kukuba unyanzelekile, kwaye uSerena kunjalo ngumsindo. Umvumele ukuba abambe umntwana wam? ubuza encumile xa efika endlini. Ezolile, epholile kwaye eqokelelene, uphendula ngelithi akazange enze njalo, kwaye umtyhola ngokuphanzisa izicwangciso zakhe zokuhlakulela indawo ezolileyo kaNicole. Ekugqibeleni, uyaqonda ukuba akanakukhetha kulo mba kunye namanqanaba kunye naye, esithi, Akananxibelelwano nomntwana, kwaye umpompa egumbini lakhe. Wasabela njani? Umama wazi kakuhle.
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluKukho iOfjoseph entsha eDolophini
I-Offer ayisiyiyo yodwa ehambayo, nangona kunjalo. Umakazi uLydia ukhapha uEmily ( Alexis Bledel ) ukuya kwikhaya lakhe elitsha aze amthethise, esithi, Unethamsanqa ukuba bavumile. Izibini ezine ziye zala. Uphelelwa ngamathuba. Kufuneka uziphathe kakuhle. UMlawuli uLawrence ukrelekrele kakhulu, kakhulu indoda ebalulekileyo. Ugqalwa njengomakhi woqoqosho lwaseGiliyadi. U-Emily uyathandabuza kwiyadi engaphambili kwaye uxelela u-Anti uLydia ukuba uyazibuza ukuba kutheni indoda ebaluleke kangaka, ekrelekrele ingathatha isicakakazi esinentloni. Kwakanye, umakazi uLydia akanayo impendulo.
UMarta oneliso elilahlekileyo kunye nesimo sengqondo esipheleleyo sivula umnyango, kwaye ngelixa bethatha i-diarray kunye ne-decor eccentric, uMlawuli uJoseph Lawrence (uBradley Whitford) ubophelela kwi-stairway ukuze ubabulise. U-Emily uthoba intloko yakhe kwaye uthe cwaka ukrobe phantsi kwamaphiko akhe yimincili eyothusayo kodwa akathethi nto. Emva kokuncokola nje ngobumnandi nangentetho yaseGiliyadi, uthi, Super, avule ucango lwangaphambili ukuze umakazi uLydia ahambe. Wothukile kwaye ubuza ukuba uNkskz. Lawrence uya kufuna ukudibana noEmily ngaphambi kokuba bakwenze oko. Uthi uyagula kwaye ngokuphandle umxelela, Silungile apha, ngaphambi kokumbakraza ucango.
Akaphakamisi mehlo akhe kuEmily ade eve ingxokozelo kwelinye igumbi aze akhwaze uMarta ukuba angazichukumisi izinto zakhe. Xa ephendula ukuba isendleleni yakhe, ubuza ngokulinganayo ukuba angathanda na ukubethwa. Hayi indlela engaqhelekanga ngayo indlu yaseGiliyadi le.
Ngelixa eyedwa, uEmily ususa amaphiko akhe kwaye ajonge indawo yakhe entsha. Uza phezu kwencwadi evuliweyo kwaye akanakuzinceda kodwa ayijonge. UCommander Lawrence uyachwechwela kuye aze abuze ukuba uyasazi na isohlwayo sokufunda. Xa ephendula ukuba ngumnwe, umxelela ukuba yayiyisandla emva kweentsuku ezilungileyo. Ewe.
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluSonke Siphambene apha
Kamva, u-Emily usegumbini lakhe elitsha xa uNkskz. Lawrence ongaguqukiyo engena aze abuze igama lakhe lokwenyani. Ungamxeleli uJoseph ukuba ndingenile. Akathandi xa ndithetha namantombazana, uyaqala. Wenza into embi kakhulu, yoyikeka . Weza nayo yonke into…IiColonies. Wacwangcisa yonke into. Wayicinga yonke loo nto, ndaza ndathi, ‘Abantu bokwenyani bayagrumba obo kungcola kwaye kuyityhefu. Yityhefu!’ Uyaphambana yaye xa uMphathi egxalathelana ukuza kumthulisa uyamlwa de amlahle kwigumbi labo. Uyalela uEmily ukuba amjoyine ezantsi.
Bahlala etafileni yokutyela uCommander wagalela iiglasi ezimbini zebhiya watyhala enye indlela yakhe. Umxelela ukuba bayabuxabisa ubumfihlo kule ndlu kwaye xa uEmily ebuza ukuba umfazi wakhe ulungile, uyaphendula, Ubomi abuzange bube ngendlela ebebufuna ngayo. Wayengunjingalwazi wezobugcisa. Wayefuna yonke into ibe ntle.
Le nyani iyamvumela ukuba angenele uphando malunga nexesha elidlulileyo lika-Emily kwaye wenza kucace ukuba wazi yonke into malunga nomsebenzi wakhe kunye nosapho. Ukufelwa ngumntwana kufana nokuphulukana nelungu lomzimba. Njengenxalenye yomzimba wakho, ubonisa i-pontificates. Kodwa uyazi ukuba kunjani, kwakhona. Ngaba uphilile ngokwaneleyo? Akaqinisekanga ukuba aphendule njani kwaye amehlo akhe agcwele iinyembezi.
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluIhambile Ntombi
Ngobo busuku, intliziyo ka-Offred yophuka ngelixa emamele umntwana wakhe elila. Uhamba iibhotile ezimbini zobisi lwebele ezantsi ukuya ekhitshini aze abone uSerena ebeleka intombi yakhe. U-Eden uyambulisa ekhitshini aze abuze ukuba ukuncancisa kubuhlungu, wongeza, andinakulinda ukukuva. Ukuncancisa ndithetha ukuthi…uThixo andifumane ndifanelekile.
Ngaphambi kokuba u-Offred abuyele egumbini lakhe, u-Eden ubuza umbuzo ontsonkothileyo ngokuthanda kukaThixo: Angathanda ukuba umntwana akhuliswe ngabazali abathandana ngokwenene, akunjalo?... Kuthekani ukuba ubunokufumana elo thuba? Ngothando kunye nosana. UOffred akanakuze alifumane elo thuba eGiliyadi, kodwa kubonakala ngathi iEden ayikuqondi oko.
U-Offred umxelela ukuba akufuneki akhathazeke ngawo wonke unxantathu wothando lukaNick kuba uza kuhamba kungekudala kodwa uyavuma ukuba kwindawo engenabo ububele iEden kufuneka ibambelele eluthandweni naphi na apho iyifumana khona.
Ngentsasa elandelayo, uNick uxelela u-Offred ukuba akayifumani i-Eden kwaye bathatha ixesha elifutshane ukubamba. Mhle umntana wethu. Akwaba bendinokumbamba, uyaqala. U-Offred uthi wenza njalo, kwaye baphupha ngokubalekela eMaui kwaye badlale elunxwemeni ngelixa uHolly ezama ukutya isanti. Kuyathandana, de kube i-Commander ihamba kwaye yazisa u-Nick ukuba u-Isaac (Rohan Mead) akazange abonise utshintsho lwakhe. Ukubeka ezimbini kunye ezimbini, uNick uthi banemeko ezandleni zabo.
Umphathi ucatshukiswa kukuba u-Eden no-Isaac baye babaleka kunye kwaye wakhalaza kuSerena ngelixa ezala uNicole. Ngaba uyayazi ukuba le nto ikhangeleka njani kum? Ndamnika ithuba lokuba aziphakamise. Ukuba ngumfazi, umama, ukuba adityaniswe negama laseWaterford…Umfazi otshatileyo watshayelwa yinkanuko yakhe yokuzingca, uyakhwaza. Kodwa uSerena akanamdla kwi-rancor yakhe kwaye umxelela ukuba afune i-Eden kodwa amshiye ngaphandle kwayo. Unokwaneleyo kwisitya sakhe.
UNicole uhlala exakekile imini yonke kwaye xa engayeki ukukhala, uSerena uzama ukumonga kwaye ngoko nangoko uziva eziva enetyala kwaye eneentloni ngokungakwazi ukuvelisa ukutya okufunwa ngumntwana wakhe.
Kamva, u-Offred uva ivumba lempahla emdaka kaNicole (akukho nto ifana nelo vumba lutsha lomntwana) xa uMphathi engena ekhitshini. Bathetha nge-Eden kwaye wajongana no-Offred abuze ukuba wayezimele phi xa yena noSerena beza e-Offred. indlu eshiyiweyo ukumkhangela. Uphendula ngelithi wayekwigumbi eliphezulu kodwa ukubetha kwentliziyo yakhe kwakungxola kakhulu ukuba angakuva umlo wakhe oqhumayo noSerena. Ubuza malunga nentlanganiso yakhe eyothusayo noHannah (Jordana Blake) kwaye benza izicwangciso ezixengaxengayo zokudlala iScrabble kwakhona, kodwa ukujonga kwakhe kancinci uthi ufuna ngaphezulu kwamanqaku amathathu amagama.
UGeorge Kraychyk/HuluGuquka...Okanye
Ekuseni, uRita uvusa u-Offred aze amxelele ukuba i-Eden ifunyenwe. U-Nick uzama ukuqiqa no-Eden aze amenze athi ukhulelwe okanye athi uIsake wamnyanzela ukuba abaleke ngokuchasene nentando yakhe. Uthi akakwazi kuba uyamthanda. Ekuphela kwento endandiyifuna yayikukuba nentsapho yokwenene. Asiyiyo na le nto ifunwa yiGiliyadi kubakhonzi bayo? uyacenga. Ephakuzele, uNick uthi basenokumfumana umntwana ukuba angaguquka kwaye ucela uxolo ngokungabi ngumyeni ongcono. Uyamanga kwaye nangona emxelela ukuba unobomi bakhe bonke phambi kwakhe, kucacile ukuba uceba ukufela uthando lwakhe.
U-Eden kunye nosapho lukaIsaac bahlanganisene kwiqula lesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ukuze bababukele behlawula izono zabo. Abathandi beenkwenkwezi benziwa ukuba banyuke ileli ukuya kwibhodi yokuntywila ephezulu kwaye baboshwe kwiintsimbi. UMthetheli ubabongoza ukuba bazilahle izono zabo baze bacele inceba kaThixo. Uziphinda-phinda, kodwa u-Eden noIsake bahlala bathi cwaka de uqalise ukucengceleza ivesi yeBhayibhile yothando. Batyhalelwa equleni baze barhaxwe ngelixa wonke umntu ebukele esoyika.
Emva kwexesha, u-Offred uzama ukuthuthuzela uNick kodwa uyarhoxa. Emva koko, ujonga uSerena aze ambuze ukuba unjani na emva kokubona isiganeko esoyikekayo. Okumangalisayo kukuba, ukulungele ngakumbi ukuncokola yaye uyazichaza iindinyana zeBhayibhile de uNicole aqalise ukulila kwakhona. Unikwe amavolontiya ukuba amfumanele ibhotile, kodwa uSerena uthi makancancise intombazana encinci endaweni yoko. Uyayenza kwaye bobabini bajonge bemangalisiwe.
Awuyazi into eza kwenzeka ngokulandelayo? Um, kunjalo nalapha. Qikelela ukuba kuya kufuneka silinde kwaye sibone ukuba isizini yesibini iya kugqitywa nini (yithi ayinjalo!) Ibali loMncedisi ibetha iHulu ngoLwesithathu, nge-11 kaJulayi.
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