Previously on The Handmaid's Tale...
They want to put me on the Wall, June.
Maybe we'll be next to each other.
What if I told you, that by this time next week,
every single one of those goddamn men would be dead?
Serena Joy, will you please do me the honor of marrying me?
We're going to reform Gilead together.
You're still subjugating yourself to a powerful man, Serena.
Oh, Gina!
I will stay. But only until you can get my family out.
But you can do that, right?
Eventually. It could take a while. A year or two.
That asshole, Commander Bell can't keep his hands off her. He's obsessed.
I am trying to give you a way out!
There is no way out! Lydia, how can you be so fucking blind?
Have you been unfaithful to my daughter?
No, sir.
Then what were you doing at that place tonight?
These lies, they're gonna land you on the Wall.
I can't help you unless you're completely honest with me, do you understand?
I understand.
I love you. It's always been you.
Hide! Go!
Jezebel's, that club downtown?
- Yes. - I shut it down.
I found out the Resistance was planning a massacre,
the slaughter of every Commander in attendance.
It was Nick who discovered the plan. It was Nick who told me everything.
He showed real initiative, started an investigation on his own.
So impressive.
Oh, my God.
- Get up! - On your feet! Go! Move! Move!
No! Stop! Get off me! No!
- Get up! Get on! - Move, you damn traitors!
- Get in there! - Shut your mouth!
Please, don't hurt them! You don't have to hurt them.
Don't hurt them. No, you don't have to do this!
- Don't do this! - Wait!
Not her.
No! No! Don't shoot them! Don't shoot them!
No!
- Shall we go for that walk? - I'd love to.
Your friend was taken.
But I'll find out where.
He wanted the whole place gone.
I never said...
I didn't say it was them.
I never said the girls had anything to do with it.
Are they dead?
I didn't think he would do that.
Take me back.
Stop the car. We're almost there. Stop.
Let me drive you all the way.
No. Let me go.
- June, what are you doing? - Let me out.
June. Hey! You know, you never cared what I did when it helped you.
I killed those two Guardians to protect you and your friend.
And your husband.
And those men were just doing their jobs. One of them was 19 years old.
You pretend like I'm not a Commander or an Eye,
unless it suits you.
I never pretended.
Well, you didn't face it.
And now you have to.
You gave up those women to save yourself.
We all want to save ourselves. We're fucking human. That's what we do.
You're just like them.
And you love me,
so what does that make you?
- June. - Don't.
June!
Hell.
No.
No, Moira doesn't know how they found out either.
What matters is all those women are dead.
Hi.
Are you okay?
You heard?
Yeah. Yeah.
Look, we...
We're trying to find out what happened.
Nick told them.
How did he know?
June. June.
I thought I could trust him.
He's a Commander in Gilead.
He doesn't give a shit about the Resistance.
He... He doesn't want us to win!
The only thing he ever cared about is you.
And because of that, you're gonna run 'round like he's some hero?
Like he's this fucking savior that you've been pining for ever since you got back.
You think I don't see it?
What?
I don't know what to do.
Don't be in love with a fucking Nazi!
How 'bout that?
Commander Blaine.
Rita Blue is here to see you.
Hey.
I... I just wanted to make sure June got out okay.
Yes, she did.
It's hard to see her go.
You know you will see each other again someday. You will.
I don't think so.
Why not?
She thinks I'm a monster.
Nick, I've known you a long time.
- You're a good man. - No, not without her.
Yeah, you were.
You were.
Remember, we were friends way before June came along, so--
We were never friends.
I was afraid of you. You were afraid of me.
We would've crossed each other in a second if...
if it helped us to survive.
Yeah, maybe.
Maybe.
Before we knew each other...
but not now.
You're just saying that 'cause you want me to get your family out.
Don't you...
Don't you want to be a man who does the right thing?
I don't get to have what I want.
I was counting on you.
This is Gilead.
The only person you should count on is yourself.
A bridal shower really was the last thing on my mind.
I'm very touched.
Well, we had to celebrate. Did you stop by Marigold's for your gown?
Well, they really do make the most exquisite dresses.
Good. I was worried you'd use some tacky little dress shop in New Bethlehem.
We've heard so many stories. What's it really like there?
Is it as... modern as people say?
It is less strict.
But we do still follow the same values as Gilead proper.
But all those refugees, do they follow God's word?
Can't be safe with them just milling about unsupervised.
It really is quite peaceful.
The residents are very happy to reunite with their families.
It's a credit to your husband.
High Commander Lawrence is really responsible
for the success of New Bethlehem.
Well, when he talks, it's all he talks about.
My husband says his ideas are too radical.
Reckless, mine says.
Is there anything reckless
about a community building on their devotion to God?
Living in harmony with respect to one another?
- Well, my husband says that-- - And what do you say?
What are your hopes and dreams for Gilead's future?
I will be starting a fertility center in New Bethlehem,
which means more healthy children.
Isn't that what this was all about to begin with?
Yes, but... the present system works.
I think we can all attest to that.
There will be no Handmaids in New Bethlehem.
Except, of course, the ones that retire
and work as attendants in the fertility center.
Nobody will want those women around.
Lord, no. Give me my child, God bless, move on.
Move on to where? To do what exactly?
These women are holy vessels.
They carried our children.
Where would you suggest that they spend their retirement?
Well, that's for the Commanders to decide.
Though I must say,
it is refreshing hearing you give the matter so much consideration.
- Who would like more tea? - I'd love some.
Lovely. Please.
My office sent options for our house in Boston,
but it's a challenge finding something tasteful that'll be big enough.
Serena?
The Wives were so dismissive today.
They mocked my ideas. They think New Bethlehem is a folly.
- Which Wives? - All of them.
Well, you're the future Mrs. Wharton. They will treat you with respect.
Seems their husbands don't support our ideas of reform either.
Well, then they need to be reminded who they're dealing with.
A proper wedding will remind them.
Okay. Well...
that means we can't get married in New Bethlehem.
We'll need to have our wedding in Boston.
A grand celebration fit for the Highest Commander,
with all the other Commanders and their Wives,
Economen and women.
Aunts, Marthas, Handmaids.
Handmaids?
It won't be a traditional Gilead wedding without the whole community in attendance.
Yes. I suppose you're right.
It will be a show of unity. With everyone represented and us on top.
I just hope there's enough time to change venues.
Well, if anyone can make it happen, it's you.
- Blessed day, Aunt Lydia. - I can't be bothered today.
Oh, my goodness,
you've not heard the news.
Pray tell, Aunt Phoebe.
Commander Bell is insisting we send a fresh cloak and dress to his new Handmaid.
The Bells want a Handmaid?
But they're newly married.
The Commander is insisting. He's made his wishes clear.
He wants Janine.
He rescued her from that nightmare at a brothel.
Oh, thank God!
Oh, thank God.
Oh, thank God!
She's already there, Aunt Lydia, at his house.
Praise be.
- Praise be. - Praise be.
I think we gotta move. What do we do now?
I trusted him for so long. I...
I forgot who he was.
He never gave you any reason not to trust him.
I mean, you were stuck in Gilead getting...
and then he was kind to you.
He helped you survive.
I mean, you'd be dead if it weren't for him.
June, we might all be.
You know that doesn't justify anything.
No...
but it makes it...
I don't know, understandable?
Shit, if I had a commander at Jezebel's who was trying to save me,
think I'd fall in love with him too.
I mean it.
Serious, if he was like, hot enough.
No one's hot enough.
I'm talking Angelina Jolie hot.
Nick is not Angelina Jolie hot. Not even close.
- Halle Berry? - Absolutely not.
Sigourney Weaver, Alien?
Or Rihanna?
Are you kidding? What are you even talking about right now?
No one's hotter than Rihanna.
I know.
- I'll leave you to it. - I'll be right back.
Be a couple of minutes.
- Ellen... - No.
I think I couldn't think about how much I was maybe hurting you.
Yeah, well.
- You'd gone through so much. - Don't do that.
That's no excuse.
I don't want you to stay with me because you feel sorry for me.
I don't want you to pity me.
What do you want?
I want you to be happy.
And I want you to be with someone that deserves you.
What do you want?
I should want to leave you.
But I can't.
I can't either.
I miss her so much.
Do you think that she's the only reason we're still together?
Not the only one.
Aunt Lydia, blessed day.
Commander Bell, it is a joy and a privilege!
Let me get that for you.
I prayed to God for her rescue and He delivered you.
You know, God answered my prayers too.
My dear girl, Ofpaul, is she adjusting?
Well, we've been working on her adjustment all morning.
She's quite the firecracker, isn't she?
Blessed day to you.
Would it be possible for me to see her?
I'm sorry, Aunt Lydia, no. Our girl is very tired after all she's been through.
Well, then I'll see her at the wedding.
No. She won't be going to that.
Why not?
Well, she's not ready for public viewing at the moment.
Car coming!
We should kill you for what happened.
- Join the club. - War Hawks want him dead too.
- Commander Lawrence, Ellen. - So you're here 'cause you're scared?
You want to see me that way after everything I've done to help,
go ahead, knock yourself out.
We've got work to do. We've got War Hawks to kill.
I don't take orders from Gilead Commanders!
Go in peace.
What the fuck? Who does he think he is?
Ellen, he's not the one who exposed us.
He's still a fucking fascist.
Packing it in?
I always thought you were an idiot for trusting him.
Well, you trusted him too. You put him in charge.
I was always selective in what I told him,
and I sure as hell never let his smoldering gaze
obscure my better judgment.
Why are you here?
I want you to get these people to find another way
to kill those Commanders like you promised.
They don't want to hear anything from me.
When has that ever stopped you?
Look, I'm really sorry that...
those Commanders want to kill you,
and I'm sorry they're probably gonna succeed,
but I really just can't do anything for you right now. So...
Serena never quit.
No.
She clawed her way back into power.
She's about to become Mrs. Wharton, Queen of Gilead.
Where are you gonna be, June?
Watching the pageantry in Boston from a trailer park in Alaska?
What makes you think I give a damn about what Serena does?
So when Serena's broadcast all around the world
in her beautiful little wedding dress
surrounded by Handmaids in their beautiful little red veils
staring at the floor
because they're not allowed to meet her eyes...
That's... That's gonna sit right with you?
That's the legacy?
That's the way June Osborne's last chapter in Gilead ends?
My last chapter in Gilead ended when those women died.
Janine's not dead.
She probably wishes she were.
That pervert... Bell?
Made her his Handmaid.
I hope she kills him in his sleep.
At the wedding...
did you say there were going to be Handmaids?
She'll invite everyone important.
She'll put on a huge show. And she's going to choreograph every move.
She will micromanage every detail.
Where people sit. What they experience.
No one there is going to see anything that she doesn't want them to see.
And while she is planning her perfect wedding,
we will be planning too.
We just got busted at Jezebel's. All those women died.
Exactly. They just had a big win.
They're arrogant, they're relaxed. They let their guard down.
The Handmaids had nothing to do with Jezebel's. No one will suspect them.
That's a lot of people. The odds of compromise are extremely high.
Handmaids are trained not to talk.
All those Handmaids at that wedding?
One giant group, anonymous, veiled?
- Moving as one. - Yeah, that's how we'll hide.
You sure you're ready to go back? - Hell, yeah. I'm going with you.
They don't have any weapons.
Anything they can use is locked up.
I'll smuggle them in.
We'll get them to the Red Center,
then slip them to the posted Handmaids at the wedding.
We won't be able to extract you. Not until it's done.
We're gonna see this through to the end.
The bombs are still in place.
Be a shame not to use them.
Chaos, panic. Confusion in the city.
Perfect time to bring in your military.
This event, with all those Commanders in one place...
Gilead will beef up security.
Serena's definitely going to insist on extra Guardians at that wedding.
And she's gonna pull them from all over the city and the border,
leaving Boston more unprotected.
We will use all of our friends. Everyone.
And anyone who hates Gilead.
Anyone who has ever been fucked over by that place.
Serena will make sure all eyes stay on her.
Her narcissism brought down one nation
and is about to bring down another.
Because those Commanders and those Wives
are gonna be so busy eating and dancing
and having the time of their fucking lives that they will never see us coming!
Blessed evening, Commander.
No doubt.
What brings you to the Red Center, Commander?
I've scheduled a meeting for you.
The Department of Human Reallocation will hear your plan tomorrow. In D.C.
I didn't expect you to care about retired Handmaids.
Well, a fertility clinic in New Bethlehem is the perfect tourist trap.
I'd be missing the Whartons' wedding.
Oh, a small sacrifice.
I can't think of anyone who could make the case to D.C. better than you.
Oh, well, I'd like to go, of course, but...
could I postpone?
No, no, no. The car will be here in a few minutes.
The flight is... It's tonight.
- May I be of assistance? - Yes!
Hi. I could use your help.
I think I saw a small break in the fence over there.
Might be an animal, maybe a weasel?
God forbid, it's one of the girls, but who knows?
- I'll check it out. - Thank you. Better to be safe, right?
You're a dear.
Blessed evening.
Your girls, Lydia, they need you.
- Well, by God's grace. - By His grace.
Blessed be the fruit.
Let the Revolution begin.
I can't believe you guys are here.
The Handmaids are on board, but they're not gonna believe it,
not until they see you.
How 'bout the Marthas' network?
- Ready and waiting as well. - Good work.
Commander Bell won't let your friend Janine come to the wedding.
So, she doesn't know the plan, she hasn't been read in.
- What? Shit. - I'll take care of it.
Wait... June.
We can't leave her behind, and we can't let him off the hook, so...
You sure?
I'll be fine.
Okay.
- Watch yourself. - I'm so sorry, Aunt Lydia.
What in heaven's name are you doing?
I was looking for a mop and a bucket
and I got myself all turned in circles.
- A mop? - I spilled some tea.
And, you know, it's all clean now, so...
Sorry again, Aunt Lydia.
Well, you see, I'm going to D.C. tonight.
Tonight, oh, my goodness.
I don't like leaving the girls before the wedding, but it can't be helped.
The girls will be on their best behavior, you have my word.
And I will hold you to it.
The Lord is watching.
And He will protect us.
And you, on your journey.
Safe travels, Aunt Lydia.
Okay, what are we doing here?
We're here for Janine.
Yeah.
We're here for all of those women.
Yeah. Yeah.
So, keep going.
Come on, say something leader-ish. Leader-y.
- Leader-ish. - Yeah.
The Lord is our shepherd...
We shall not want.
And though we walk
through the valley of the shadow of death...
we will fear no evil,
for You are with us.
You comfort us
in the presence of our enemies.
Our cups runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy
shall follow us all the days of our lives.
And we will dwell in the house of the Lord.
Forever.
And, please, dear God...
give us the strength to murder those goddamn motherfuckers.
A-fucking-men.
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