Overview
- Following Wednesday’s episode, the drama shifts to Lydia’s viewpoint and uses flashbacks to sketch her life before Gilead.
- Reviewers describe the hour as game‑changing for how it resets the show’s focus and darker tone after earlier teen‑led chapters.
- The chapter maps power struggles among the Aunts, the regime’s female enforcers, and hints at why key figures distrust each other.
- The present‑day storyline signals that Lydia’s choices now carry stakes inside Gilead that could ripple through its leadership.
- Episode 7 arrives May 6 on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally and is set to reveal the girls’ marriage matches.