I wouldn’t say suicidal, I’d say homicidal. Take your shot, take out your anger for real, don’t let them grind you down. Offred said she looked invincible, which is so great because it’s like she’s not suicidal, she’s invincible. It’s a little bit different. She’s not trying to die. She may end up going out in a blaze of glory, but it’s the blaze of glory she’s thinking about.

The show looks at all of the characters as 100 percent multidimensional characters. We don’t have anyone on our show that is the “gay character.” Ofglen is so much more than that. Moira is so much more than that. We’re not trying to kill anyone; we’re trying to show the realities of what can happen to anyone that is marginalized in this society. Anyone who is seen as other, anyone who has any fact or part of them that does not go with the regime. I would challenge anyone and encourage anyone who is of that line of thinking to look at the story as much more than that.

That’s just who they are. I tried to create characters and then have them be in a position to have logical fates for those characters. Gilead and The Handmaid’s Tale operates outside those rules because in that world, homosexuality is a crime punishable by death. So the “kill your gays” policy is institutional in the series. You’re operating on a different lane than that conversation.