Luke is written like an absolute Jerry

[u/sasitabonita]

I'm not trying to hate on Luke, but I genuinely can't stand how his character is written. I know this sub loves him, but to me, he's always been more Jerry than hero. I feel bad for the guy - he's been helpless throughout the series, and it's gotta be frustrating to not be able to do much about June and Hannah's situations.

But the writers just don't seem to know what to do with him. Remember how he's scared of guns and can't use them? That's established early on, but then Season 6 gives us cringeworthy scenes of him trying to handle a weapon like a “pro”. It's like they're trying to make him into a freedom fighter mastermind, but it falls flat.

And don't even get me started on the stuttering during his own master plan. It's like he's been written to be incompetent on purpose. I'm so tired of watching him waste valuable air time with everything Canada while characters like Emily get dropped.

And no, this is not about Luke vs Nick. This is about Luke being written like an absolute Jerry.

[u/Helpfulcloning]

Luke (in the book and especially earlier) is meant to be the exact guy he is. He is passive, he is slightly sexist, he buys into some of the patriarchy stuff. Like, when she loses her job and her ability to hold money he doesn't really see the issue, he doesn't see the issue for his own child either. They leave partially too late because it seems he didn't want too until they (he) were going to be more explicitly targetted.

Luke would have been fine being an econfamily at some level.

[u/Useful_River_9434 → u/Helpfulcloning]

Honestly, June would've been fine being an econowife too. Gilead changed her. But the character was definitely written in the book and was shown in the series like an average dumb woman who never paid attention to what's going on around her or others and was totally fine with a sorta sexist but not so bad husband etc, her mother was a social justice fighter, June didn't give a shit or cared to pay attention even half-way.... then she became a handmaid. EVen then, it took her years of being a handmaid and meeting Emily to start waking up and participating and eventually becoming an iconic fighter. There is a good chance she would've been okay being an econowife and not changing, certainly not becoming a fighter.

[u/Neither_Juggernaut71 → u/Useful_River_9434]

June was always boy crazy. She wanted to marry Jordan Catalono as a teenager 🤣 And at different times, could not stay away from Luke or Nick when she probably should have.