Previously on The Handmaid's Tale...
What does it mean that they came here?
It means I have to leave.
Mayday will help us.
They'll get us to a cell on the western border.
No, thanks. I want out of this fucking place.
-They've gotten us this far. -Exactly.
I don't want to fight.
None of us wanted to, at first.
Did you hear from Mayday?
The contact will only talk to you.
Do you have a safe house for us?
Yeah. The Murrows.
It's a yellow farmhouse about 13 miles west of you.
I saw some military Commanders on the way in.
Yeah, they're here for a couple more days.
One last party before Chicago.
Just fucking sitting ducks.
You really think that Mayday would liberate this place?
It isn't an army.
We are Mayday.
They're people just like us.
Handmaids. More trouble than they're worth.
More misled than sinful, in this case.
They were led astray by a gifted and amoral liar.
So, you're just gonna get yourself killed or caught?
Yeah, that's exactly what I'm gonna do.
So, what then?
Red Leader standing by.
Get them ready.
We're the ones we've been waiting for.
When she is hanging on the wall, justice will be done.
Something's wrong.
-You should go. Now. -I'm not leaving you.
And bring her to me.
Where are the Handmaids?
I'm trying to keep you alive.
ID, please.
Clear. Under His eye.
Mrs. Keyes is safe in custody.
The other Handmaids are still at large.
They moved on to the next safe house.
That's what they assume.
If you don't tell them where they are,
I can't help you.
Please let me help you.
Hello, dear.
Thank you, Commander Blaine.
Ofjoseph is in good hands.
I am here as her advocate.
Think of me as her guardian angel.
Be strong with the Lord...
and in the strength of His might.
You wicked, wicked girl.
All those children, taken from their homes.
Did you give one thought to their poor parents?
Did you think about how I would feel?
You have caused so much pain.
I hope you're happy with yourself.
Lieutenant.
Ofjoseph, the lieutenant has questions for you,
I'm sure you are eager to help.
Let's get this off.
No, no, no, no, no.
You don't need to be scared.
Yeah, that's better.
Blessed be the fruit, Ofjoseph.
Where are the other Handmaids?
Tell him, dear.
While God's merciful light still shines upon you.
There is no light here.
God has forsaken this place.
I'm sorry. Are you all right?
Just tell me, where are the other Handmaids?
You have no answers for me?
Are you sure, sweetheart?
Yes, she is.
Ofjoseph is always very, very sure.
Praise be. Gentlemen.
Bless us, O Lord, for this holy service
we are grateful to perform in Your name.
In our search for justice, may You guide this sinner
to righteousness and repentance.
Amen.
It's all right. Shh.
All right then.
She's been captured.
That's confirmed.
So, is she alive?
Yes.
They have three solid sources.
But, unfortunately, I don't think
we'll get much more information.
Will there be a trial?
Possibly, but nothing public.
They won't announce the verdict.
What about sentencing?
Honestly, we'll probably never know.
You got somewhere to be?
I'm sorry.
There's not much more we can do at this stage.
Thank you.
Thanks, Rachel.
Okay.
My grandmother used to bury a green persimmon
in the backyard for luck.
For what it's worth.
That lieutenant is very determined.
If you don't cooperate,
I fear things might get quite a bit worse for you.
Ofrobert, Oferic, Ofhoward and the others...
all wanted fugitives in grave danger because of you.
Bring them home.
-This isn't their home. -Because you corrupted them!
They had a life of meaning here, a life of service.
There is no meaning in this place except violence.
Ah.
You... You told those girls
that if they followed the rules, they'd be okay.
Then you sent them out to be raped
and beaten and humiliated.
Over and over and over.
You failed them.
You shut your mouth!
You failed them.
Didn't you?
You failed your precious girls.
-It is your fault, Aunt Lydia. -Oh, no.
-Lieutenant!
Your fault! Your fault, isn't it?
Listen to me. It is your fault, isn't it?
Get up. You get up.
Get up, I said!
You are a miserable beast.
Lydia.
What did you call me?
Oh...
Lydia.
You know, Janine,
your girl,
she was so easy.
She turned on you in a fucking second.
Well, good. Back to work.
It's only through true suffering of the flesh
that we shall find His love.
You can stop this anytime.
Don't.
Aunt Lydia?
Yes?
I know where they are.
They went to Vermont.
They're in a library in Burlington at the university.
They're waiting there to cross the border.
Now, let's get you some dry clothes and a place to stay.
Shall we?
Bless you.
Hey, I'm headed out.
It's early, right?
It's gonna be a crowded march.
A lot of people want to pray for June.
-It's gonna be nice. -Yeah.
I could wait for you guys.
Hmm, nah.
I'm...
-Bless you.
We're gonna get you a bath, ain't we? Hmm?
We're gonna get you a bath and an early bedtime for once.
Come on.
June's in prison...
and we're lighting candles.
We're doing everything we can for her.
Yeah, don't rub it in.
Did she choose this?
Who, June?
No, she didn't choose this.
Because she chose to stay in Gilead,
right, and she knew she'd probably get caught.
Maybe.
Die trying to do something good.
It's just...
It's just she knew she'd probably never see me again.
Right?
She knew she'd probably never see either of us again.
And, um, that's the choice that she made
and, uh, you know, I gotta respect it.
I gotta respect her.
I can't ask God for something that she didn't want.
Well, God's been looking out for her so far.
All right, look, I'll see you later.
I gotta... I gotta go.
Uh, be safe. Be careful.
Poor choice.
I will never tell you where they are.
Brave words, Ofjoseph, but... just words.
Thou shalt not steal, nor cheat, nor lie,
for I am the Lord thy God.
Wow.
What a crazy night, huh?
Now, where are the Handmaids?
June...
don't tell them anything.
You can save her.
Come on. Come on.
Come on, it's all right. Come on.
Yeah. It's all right.
Good girl.
So...
tell me where they are.
June...
What a shame.
Aw...
Please don't lie to me again.
No. No.
No, no.
Well, she isn't stupid, but she is stubborn,
which I guess is a form of stupidity.
Perhaps it's the most virulent form.
Here's the thing, you owe me.
You can't save her.
You understand that, right?
She is never coming back to you.
Why would she?
I know.
I just, you know...
I want her to stay alive.
Yeah, well...
It's always nice to want things.
You used to want things, too.
You wanted things to change.
June did that. She changed Gilead.
Gilead was ripe for an overall.
But she changed me, she changed you.
So perhaps, she's fulfilled her purpose,
and it's time to move on.
I can't...
move on.
I can't.
I know.
I wish I could help you.
You're getting very comfortable here, in this house.
It's my home.
Actually, it was gonna be Commander Cooper's home.
Till he found a Victorian he liked more.
Cooper's a toady with no taste.
It could help you, too.
Getting June to talk.
It could help you stay in this house.
What are saying?
You owe me.
You already said that.
Bears repeating.
♪ Ooh, baby
* Do you know What that's worth? *
* Oh, heaven is a place On earth *
* They say in heaven Love comes first *
* We'll make heaven A place on earth *
* When the night falls down
* I wait for you To you come around *
* And the world's alive
* With the sound of kids On the street outside *
* Ooh, baby, do you know What that's worth? *
* Oh heaven Is a place on earth *
* They say in heaven Love comes first *
* We'll make heaven A place on earth *
Yeah? Come on.
Come on.
Mommy needs some good luck.
I got one of these.
Look.
Here's the persimmon.
Now, hold that.
Now, we're gonna put that... put it in there.
Drop it down. Put it in.
There you go.
All done.
Come on, we should go wash hands, huh, Supergirl?
You want to wash hands?
All right.
Oh, who's a good girl?
Good girl.
Hi.
You've looked better.
You should eat.
No one's gonna hurt you here.
Go ahead, eat.
I didn't think you'd end up back here.
They need me...
especially now.
Nine Commanders in the hospital,
six dead.
Some bad liquor...
at Jezebel's in Pennsylvania.
It's bad luck.
June...
You have to tell me where the Handmaids are.
June,
you have to tell me where they are.
Or they will hurt Hannah.
They will hurt her.
No.
No, the Gilead...
they'd never hurt a child.
That's all they care about.
Gilead doesn't care about children.
Gilead cares about power.
Faithfulness, old-time values, homemade bread...
That's...
Just the means to the end.
It's distraction and window-dressing.
I thought you would've figured that out by now.
I thought you were gonna clean up your mess.
I can't do it from the end of a rope.
This is where we are.
Well...
Go fuck yourself.
Motherhood's always been an evolutionary puzzle to me.
Gentlemen.
I was hoping we could avoid this.
It's all right.
I like it.
That's good.
It's okay.
It's okay, baby.
It's okay.
It's okay, baby.
They're at the Murrow farmhouse,
13 miles west of the Keyes' place.
It was lovely meeting you, June Osborn.
Thanks for helping.
Come along, dear.
Come, dear.
Come along. -No.
We've got to go now, come on.
Yes. Okay.
Honey, you've got to get up now.
All right. Come on, dear. She's safe.
She's safe. You're okay. Come on now.
You've got to rest.
Baby...
Come along now.
Wake up. Wake up.
Wake up.
Hey. What?
What is this?
Commander Murrow, where are they?
Get out of my house!
Blessed evening, dear.
All of our wayward girls
have been retrieved safe and sound,
thanks to you.
Aunt Lydia.
Yes, dear.
I'm ready.
Ready for what?
For all it to be over.
What?
I'm ready.
Please.
Just kill me.
Oh!
You're not going to be executed.
None of you are.
Not one Handmaid can be spared.
We lost so many children,
thanks to you.
All of you girls were chosen by God
and you will discharge your sacred duty.
-We're getting new postings? -In a manner of speaking.
You are all going to a Magdalene Colony.
You will labor in the fields.
And when you are ripe, your Commander and his wife
will come to you and perform the ceremony.
Then you will rejoin your sister's at work.
You will all live out your days in a blessed cycle of service.
A breeding colony.
An innovation I had my doubts about,
but I can see the value for certain temperaments.
My sweet girl. Hmm?
So much change to adjust to.
But try to remember that all of this is your doing.
Everything that has happened to you, to Hannah,
to Janine and the others, to those poor Marthas,
all of it,
you're responsible.
Your fault.
Your choice.
Hmm?
Ah, no, no, no.
All right, let's get you cleaned up.
This is the start of a new adventure.
Praise be.
Keep walking.
Hannah's back home.
She's safe.
I'm sorry.
I had to do what I had to do
-to keep you-- -Stop.
She was scared of me.
She wasn't scared of them.
She was scared of me.
She was... She was scared.
My baby was scared of me.
She wasn't scared of them.
-Listen to me.
She didn't know me.
-Hey. -She didn't know me.
She loves you.
I love you.
It's gonna be a little while.
If you don't mind, I'm gonna go use the necessary.
Oh, of course.
-Nature calls. Praise be.
* Rows of houses All bearing down on me *
Well...
It's so wonderful being all together again, isn't it, dear?
* All these things Into position *
* All these things We'll one day swallow whole *
* And fade out
♪ Again *
Go! No!
* This machine will
♪ Will not communicate *
-June!
No! June. -We can beat the train, dummy.
June...
don't do it.
Don't do it.
Help!
Stop!
* And fade out
* Again
* And fade out
* Again
Help! No!
Stop!
* Cracked eggs, dead birds
No!
* I can feel death
* Can see its beady eyes
* All these things Into position *
* All these things We'll one day swallow whole *
* And fade out...
* And fade out
* Again
* Immerse your soul
* In love
* Immerse your soul
* In love
We slept in what had once been the gymnasium.
We learned to whisper...
in the semi-darkness.
We learned to lipread.
Sarah,
Elie,
Brianna,
Alma,
Janine,
Moira,
June.