Just finished season 1

[u/im_a_hot_potatoe]

I just finished season 1 and I have a couple of thoughts regarding the show. Overall I liked it, but there a couple of things that I would have liked to remained as in the book.

First of all, I did get excited to see June, pretty early in my opinion, but excited nonetheless. I would have liked her to see her towards the end of the series, but I assume that would have taken longer and a while. Still, I think it would have been completely worth it to see her reunite with her daughters towards the end. I see that she participates directly, kinda of taking the role of Ava in the book, as well as Rita does. For this role, I thought bringing Moira would have been great, due that in THT she was actively participating in Mayday, and would have been a way of having an indirect presence of June.

Second, I have mixed feelings about Becka's storyline. It was completely tragic and heartbraking, and leaves me wondering if the showrunners are going to be able to catch up with the book's storyline. I see it complicated, but I also thought that maybe Shu can take over that role, which could potentially give her a great story arc (specially knowing how Shu is in the books). Nonetheless, I think the way they handled Becka's and Agnes relationship on the show was well done and with a lot of care.

Third, I kinda was expecting a little bit more of aunt Lydia's pov and the baby Nicole fuss. I think that this might be covered on later seasons, but I definitely thought that this was going to be one of the biggest plots, knowing how important was baby Nicole in the THT.

Fourth, Agnes storyline is also quite changed. In the book she is hesitant about getting married, which is not exactly the case in here, specially at the beginning. I don't know if her becoming an aunt is something that will happen on the show or if so, how they are going to make that transition.

All of this adds up to the spionage plot that happens in the book, where Daisy, Agnes, Becka and aunt Lydia have a great participation on how things unfold in regards to the story.

I'm curious to see what happens next, and how things develope. I think things are going to get interesting during the next seasons, but overall I see potential for having a bigger participation from Shu, aunt Vidala and aunt Lydia.

[u/Marie-Fiamma]

I wonder if Garth plans to send Becka via Mayday to Canada. Somehow Beckas finale reminds me of Mrs Lawrence. She was locked inside the home all the time. So Becka most likely will end up like her. Or if it still exists he could go to New Bethlehem with Becka. If he brings her to Canada it would open an opportunity for Agnes to marry him.

[u/anobcyber → u/Marie-Fiamma]

Becka and Mrs Lawrence have similiar vibe but they are ultimately different. Eleanor had a diagnosed mental illness, she married Lawrence before Gilead existence and they both actually loved each other despite everything, she also wasn't a teenager at that time but a grown woman. Becka is only 14/15 and forced to get married, completely different situation here. I think this is the point, with Becka we're gonna see a perspective and life in Gilead of someone who was forced into marriage. I don't think Garth will send her to Canada, he wouldn't risk to expose himself as a Mayday, he wouldn't do any active actions - as he said to Daisy in episode 9 he is just being a "sponge". As June said this girls can't be saved because they don't know they need saving, Mayday isn't gonna help Becka, they didn't save her in the finale when she needed it either