The original post: /r/television by /u/XStaticImmaculate on 2025-07-06 21:02:46.

I’ve just finished S1 of The Handmaids Tale and Ann Dowd’s performance as Aunt Lydia has me spooked. I’m genuinely both engrossed and intimated by her. It’s been a long time since I’ve felt such a way about any performance on TV.

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