Handmaiden's Tale - [s1e6] The

The episode uses flashbacks to reveal the backstory of , positioning her as the in-universe equivalent of real-world figures like Phyllis Schlafly . In the "time before," Serena was a passionate activist and author of the book A Woman's Place , which argued for a return to "traditional values" and female domesticity.

: By the episode's end, Serena is literally barred from the rooms where the men decide the nation’s future, highlighting a central theme: those who promote their own inferiority as "glory" will eventually be consumed by it. International Complicity and "Red Tags" [S1E6] The Handmaiden's Tale

: Serena is shown as a driving force behind the coup, yet once the Republic of Gilead is established, the very patriarchy she helped build immediately silences her. The episode uses flashbacks to reveal the backstory