What a quandary - I'm feeling the same conflicts about this series that I had for the book. It's bleak, it's intense social surgery, it is a dark portent, it was a departure for Margaret Atwood when she wrote it, and, although it should feel completely at home in our current dystopia drenched media-verse, it's just a tad off kilter here, as well. I give it a 7 (good) out of 10, for it truly is good, but it unveils itself slowly, is stark in it's characters and sparse in it's environment. One might say the truth it holds to it's themes is why it is good - I'm still puzzling it out. Fantastic cast, however - some of my favourite performers. So, a hesitant recommendation, set among the high praise of others who have reviewed it on Trakt TV.

I loved it! Can't wait for the next episodes.

A must watch show, just brilliant

boring, slow moving and does not offer more than some shocker moments. the hype for this show is unjustified, imho

Probably the slowest tv series ever seen. You could easily watch it at 2x speed (even 4x) without realizing the difference. Some episode are endless... you just go on hoping something exciting will happen.... Overall: incredibly boring!!