Forgiveness and duty collide in Time
In prison dramas, tension between duelling inmate protagonists and antagonists is heightened quickly to boiling point because no one can simply walk away. By Paul Mitchell
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In prison dramas, tension between duelling inmate protagonists and antagonists is heightened quickly to boiling point because no one can simply walk away. By Paul Mitchell
BACK in Gilead for a new series of The Handmaid’s Tale (Channel 4, Sunday), and boy don’t we know it. After a quick recap we’re in a barn with a wounded June, our Joan of Arc, as her fellow handmaids attempt to sear a bullet wound closed with what looks like a red hot poker. Over this gruesome scene plays Say a Little Prayer. Blood, hope and sublime tunes: what more could one ask for? Those who gave up on this adaptation-plus of Margaret Atwood’s novel because it was too bleak were probably not going to be tempted back by this first episode. It was set on a farm for a start, whi...