In this dystopian society which places women firmly ‘Under his Eye’, the ‘ceremony’ – or, to call it what it is, the rape – between the Commander (Joseph Fiennes), his wife (Yvonne Strahovski) and Offred includes a reference to the Holy Trinity.

“During the ceremony, the rape essentially, there’s a petticoat that they wear; there’s a triple folding at the bottom, which again, it may never be on camera,” said Crabtree.

She says this is symbolic in itself: the Commanders cite the Holy Trinity as their reason for rounding up fertile women and forcing them into a life of sexual servitude and surrogacy. Similarly, they insist that these monthly rapes are committed in the name of God – yet it is incredibly apparent that they have twisted the words of the Bible to fit their own dark motives.

It is lost in translation and the hidden nod to the father, son, and holy ghost is similarly hidden (or lost) within the scene, too.

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