Meet TheHandmaidsTale's newest commander played by Chris_Meloni, who makes quite an entrance in episode 6. “He’s a man of voracious appetites.”
, the highly conservative power center of Gilead, where audiences finally meet Commander Winslow and Olivia, who are hosting the Waterfords and June during their visit. At first glance, the Winslows are everything Fred and Serena have been dreaming about. They have a happy marriage, a large house full of kids -- all fathered by the commander with various handmaids -- and undisputed power and rank in D.C. “The number of children he has is unheard of,” Meloni says.
During a game of billiards, Winslow shares his admiration for Fred, whom he first doubted but admits to being surprised by his ability to reshape the politics around Gilead by involving Switzerland in his plight to bring Nichole home. As the game continues, Winslow displays physical affection, playfully tapping Fred with his pool stick and later caresses his shoulder, all the while teasing a future for him and his wife in D.C.
Another telling moment, that certainly has fans buzzing, is when Winslow gets extremely close to Fred in order to take a shot with his butt nearly pressed against his opponent. “I intentionally positioned myself in such a way and engaged Joseph in such a way -- it was all intentional,” Meloni says of his actions in the shot, explaining that he “thought of them as animals, you know, literally dogs sniffing each other’s a**es [to find out] who’s alpha.
Meanwhile, Littlefield goes even further to suggest that Winslow, whom he describes as “a compartmentalized man,” might not be straight. Or that there might be gay men hidden among the commanders. “In another world, who knows what that outlet might have been for Winslow, but we’re in Gilead. We’re in the most extreme version of Gilead in D.C. that we’ve ever seen,” he teases. “So do we peek at it? Yeah. How far do we go there? Well, we’re in Gilead in Washington, D.C.
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