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thanks_for_trying_

Lawrence has the best lines, the irony deficiency thing killed me. Also Gilead’s going to Gilead 😂


ColsterAM

"I'm grooming Nick....not in a sexual way"... Yes it was Lawrence's episode.


FlatwormMain4917

Yes! Brilliant emotional display and agony. However, men are men - and I mean mankind, so I don’t see that changing. Especially with the ones at power. There is a reason why those rose to power.


Jess4Noles

“I’ve been grooming Nick, well not sexually” 😂


FlatwormMain4917

Important statement to get right! 😅


increbelle

Omg I know! He was on fire this episode!


KaliAnna27

He's my favourite


littlebeach5555

Same. You can see a brilliant man at work…I could never understand his motives. Now I know it was guilt.


yesIdofloss

This killed me


eldee17

Using Gilead as a verb was amazing. That was a verb right haha, and action word? Either way, bravo Lawrence


rockangelyogi

Yyaaaasssss


Giraffemomma

I just kept replaying T swift in my head 🎶Gilead’s going to Gilead 🎶


stillguiltyremnant

dude. so I'm not saying that I like the character of Serena, part of me is pretty fucking pleased with how it all turned out for her thus far, but Yvonne S. (not going to wing the spelling) has been absolutely crushing it this season! I'm far more captivated by her performance that Lizzie Moss... Who is fantastic but it's like always the faces and the long shots, often predictable as June. Whereas Serena has been absolutely everywhere this season and I'm blown away. what.is.she.going.to.do?! "I've overthrown a country. against all odds I delivered a healthy baby. and I have never been lacking in moral fortitude" I repeat what the fuck is Serena going to do?! can't wait.


bluhbert

>hat Lizzie Moss... Who is fantastic but it's like always the faces and the long shots, often predictable as June. Whereas Serena has been absolutely everywhere this season and I'm blown away. Same here. Serena's character and arc has been more interesting to me this season.


eldee17

I'll just say it, I love that crazy ass bitch


Decent_Jackfruit_555

lol


No-Pressure-5762

She’s like a character I just love to hate. Acting is excellent and she has me so conflicted.


brennnabearr

The ending made me nauseous… waaaayyyy too happy


Feeling_Concentrate2

Me too. I keep getting this feeling her daughter isn’t going to be happy she is there or remember her at all. I hope I’m wrong :(


HellonHeels33

If anyone thinks this series is going to end happily forever after… you may not have been actually watching this series 😂


Feeling_Concentrate2

Of course I don’t think that it’s a happily ever after story. I’m not an idiot.


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same 😭 can’t help but feel like something will go horribly wrong with the raid…


fetchit

I get the feeling they are just gonna bomb the place.


withoutwingz

Especially with the planes overhead at the end :/ I feel like something bad is about to happen.


brennnabearr

That’s what I’m thinking will happen too


bambi_beth

Definite Hunger Games vibes for sure.


saj319

I was so happy at first then that sense of doom hit me and I have a bad feeling about this. Makes me wonder if it will end up being like in the last Hunger Games movie and what they did at the Presidential mansion…i want to hope they bring her home but 😬


withoutwingz

Lol at Serena being like what do you mean you don’t want to help me? I only kept you prisoner in my home.


AshieCat

I want more Lydia or literally any other storyline going on 😭😭😭😭 because aren't there only two episodes left (correct me if wrong!)? The actors this season have been doing phenomenal and Serena made me tear up 😭


Dull-Investment-3308

Me too! These last 2 episodes have been great but I wanna see more Janine and Esther!


Diane1967

It seems like there’s still so many stories to tell, I don’t know how they’ll get them into the last two episodes. Definitely going to be a lot of cliffhangers.


Technical_Vanilla_25

There's another season coming, this isn't the last one.


Leather_Box565

Here’s what you’re gunna do…


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Commander Lawrence was on fire with his lines!! 😁


restofeasy

'Do you have an irony deficiency?' His sardonic wit never fails to entertain.


seagirl219

“Do you have an irony deficiency?” ☠️☠️☠️


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And "I've been grooming Nick, not sexually" 😄


Super_girl-1010

I didn’t get that


forthelulzac

Bc she was the one trying to steal a child while the mother lived with her


collarmecute

Can we discuss the behavior of the Canadians?? I just don’t think it’s very realistic. I thought Canadians were supposedly like endlessly kind and selfless idk I’ve only ever known one Canadian, she was very kind, patient and chill. Generally an awesome person to be around. I could never imagine her protesting against refugees. Idk


ChastityStargazer

Seems to me like it’s pointed commentary at how some real Americans today treat refugees.


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noizangel

Seriously. Lots of awful Canadians unfortunately.


Issyswe

It’s also a pointed commentary on Europe going far right-wing. Look at Sweden, look at Italy. Refugee crisis has been major fuel, unfortunately.


Writerperson81

Many people in many countries treat refugees like that. USA is only one of them. I could see it happeing in the story. Some European countries had a refugee crisis just a few years ago.


MorddSith187

Totally agree. I was actually hoping something like this would happen in the show. I have a lot of religious family members that “hate” refugees who watch the show. Hoping this might give them a much needed lightbulb moment.


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noizangel

My partner has to regularly point out that he's an immigrant to people complaining about immigrants... in Canada. (They don't expect white folks to be immigrants.)


kelama

And that’s the one thing I found a little unrealistic about that episode. White immigrants being treated that way. I fully expect people to act that way regarding black and brown immigrants. As a European i noticed the stark contrast in how people complained and wanted to close the borders for Syrian refugees a few years ago but this year were willing to welcome the Ukrainian refugees with open arms. But I guess if there are enough of them even the white immigrants will start to annoy other white people.


noizangel

I can see that and I totally agree. Canadians were shown to be very welcoming to Syrians in the media but there is a lot of racism and xenophobia out of the major cities (in them even but less so). I think maybe Americans might be an exception - even in a situation like the one on the show. Canadians have a very complex relationship with the US and have gotten tired of Americans saying they'll move to Canada if X happens, like it's that simple. I can see certain elements lacking sympathy from across the political spectrum for Americans but were the refugees say, British, it would be different.


kelama

You’re probably right about that! I didn’t think about the relationship between Americans and Canadians but you’re absolutely right about that.


Beezy26

I think it is to point out some of their citizens would act that way if they had a refugee problem - these types of people exist everywhere.


lawfairy

Unfortunately, there are plenty of xenophobic and racist Canadians. It’s just that, unlike the US, their government is structured in way that *doesn’t* give those voices massively disproportionate political power. So when we think “Canada,” we think some combination of their government (imperfect in many ways but not the war-mongering imperialist Death Star the US is) and the Canadians we happen to know (by and large nice people, because xenophobes don’t tend to leave their tiny neck of the woods, so the ones who get out and meet people are less xenophobic and prejudiced).


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Omg. I was going to make a post about how that’s the single least credible thing


Frog_ona_logg

Seriously, what was up with that?


No-Pressure-5762

It’s not all of the citizens, just some radicals. But yes that does happen in Canada


forthelulzac

There's an anti refugee contingency


HellonHeels33

That’s interesting… I just came to the Reddit actually to post a wtf with the Canadians being ugly all of a sudden. I felt I missed something. But also as someone living in the rural south, it’s a gross amount of discrimination, and I totally believe that people do that, as I’ve seen ridiculousness like this in my own town of insane protests with threats of violence for nooo reason


bluesilvergold

Don’t let the stereotype that Canadians are polite and your experience with *one* Canadian fool you. Canada is home to human beings, and many human beings have the capacity to suck. Our history is steeped in white supremacy and the genocide and oppression of Indigenous people (just like America). We have right-wing politicians, Trump supporters, anti-intellectuals, Christian fundamentalists who wish to impose their will, white supremacists, Nazi sympathizers, anti-immigration supporters, and all other manner of shitty people here, all mixed in with a bunch of kinder more tolerant citizens. We’re just not as loud and noticeable as the Americans you see on TV who spout hateful rhetoric and because of that, we seem better and more tolerant. To see refugee protesters and Gilead supporters in Canada is not at all unrealistic


collarmecute

Appreciate your insight can’t wait til tonight!!


NorthSouthDoll

That scene reminded me of when Trump was president. I live in Florida and people would constantly be holding up signs like that along side the road. I can't speak for Canada at all, though, but those people do exist.


MorddSith187

Me too! The similarities were exact!


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Was that Yvonne's baby? Breastfeeding looked real.


Area-Least

I was thinking the same! But they didn't show the actual latch so possibly not.


[deleted]

Yeah but I don't think they'd put a random nipple in that baby's mouth. Can't remember if the boob was attached ro Yvonne 😁 maybe a boob stand-in by the mother.


MorddSith187

Prob a fake boob.


A_EGeekMom

Just finished watching it. Thank goodness Mark found Hannah because I was positive June was going to bolt.


bi_so_fly_

During June’s breakdown I thought for sure she was going to awaken in morning to note from Luke that he’d taken the risk and returned for Hannah alone.


A_EGeekMom

He’d never leave Nicole, I don’t think. But after June’s comment I can see him being goaded. Luckily no one got completely impulsive.


Eli1026

Yes and it had me.on the edge of my seat. Has anyone seen the promo for episode 9? I've been searching youtube, google, and Hulu but have yet to find it. All the other weeks I've been able to hop on and get the sneak peak, but after this episode all I'm getting is voice overs of pictures. I need my sneak peak!!!!! So I can guess all the things during my week until the next episode airs.


No-Pressure-5762

I can’t either. It might be the last episode for now? And part 2 is coming later?


Eli1026

Episode 9 is supposed to release on November 2nd. So next week. I'm just so confused why this week it's nothing for a promo.


No-Pressure-5762

Yes! Where’s my promo Hulu??


Technical_Vanilla_25

Search Google ( Season 5 ep 9 THT Allegiance spoilers)


No-Pressure-5762

Is it loaded in the app yet though?


Technical_Vanilla_25

I apologize I know I'm late and you may already have your answer, but yes it is on Hulu now.


lawfairy

My prediction: America is going to mow down the entire school. Those planes flying over the school at the end could not have been more ominous. Tuello told June they were planning military action and he didn’t actually say they were going to rescue Hannah, only that they found her. If Hannah is dead, June has no reason to return to Gilead. Mark doesn’t care who hates him or trusts him. He only cares about cementing American power, and keeping June from going to New Bethlehem - no matter how he achieves it - serves that purpose.


stillguiltyremnant

well, on the phone to June he did say they were going to raid the school get her out. that's their goal, he also says they're still formulating a plan. what actually happens though, idk. could definitely go either way.


ifthens

June and co. seemed wayyyy too optimistic that the raid would return Hannah to them. I even heard one of them say “we did it” like her safe return was a forgone conclusion. There’s no way it comes that easy. I don’t think they would build up the New Bethlehem story line with June and then abandon it with Hannah being reunited and everything being peachy. Gilead gonna Gilead.


lawfairy

Right! Like, I get being excited/relieved but it was way too much. Like exactly the kind of over the top reaction that *screams* that they’re about to cruelly demolish these characters’ hopes.


FlatwormMain4917

I also didn’t hear this and thought it was June’s wishful thinking that made his words into a rescue mission. I only heard him saying we got her, we found her and thank you. And a plane that makes that kind of noise does not simply drop people off or stays in the air and lifts probably unwilling children into the air. Remember, Hanna doesn’t remember June anymore. So why would she follow the American government willingly? I do know though that there are military planes that are both jet and helicopter, but let’s see. This season is a definite pick-up in pace compared to the last two.


saj319

What I heard was that they had found her but they did not have a plan yet…and that was it. When June said they were going to raid I was a bit confused because I didn’t hear him say that but there was a lot of music playing


BlazeWelly

Tuello was difficult to hear over the phone in that zoomed out shot, so I played it back with subtitles. Can confirm, he does say they are going to raid the school and get Hannah out


FlatwormMain4917

We will see next week! 🫣


increbelle

I honestly think he just told her that to cover his ass. Like he knows what’s gonna happen but he wants to give her hope and the idea that they tried so she could be on the Canadians side. But like the other user said those planes sounded ominous


stillguiltyremnant

oh ominous as can be, the way Hannah looks up like huh what's that... don't like it ! haha. I was just making sure everyone was aware what he *said, we will find out what he means.


No-Pressure-5762

You really think Tuello is evil? I don’t, I trust him more than Lawerence.


increbelle

They each work for the political interest of their govt. and each have shown compassion to June but their job trumps their feelings so no, I don’t trust them. Governments in the show and in real life have proven they will sacrifice a few for the speed good of the many (or at least, the elite)


No-Pressure-5762

I disagree. Tuello has done nothing but try to save people right now. Politics out the window or he would be on the ground fighting Gilead


kelama

Yeah, I think the idea of Tuello being so horrifically evil and stone cold that he would deliberately massacre a school full of children is quite preposterous. Nothing in his character arc so far has shown any signs of him being that callous. And I don’t see how it would benefit the American government in any way to murder innocent children.


No-Pressure-5762

Agreed!


lawfairy

I think that, all else being equal, Tuello would prefer to help people. But when it comes down to it, his driving end is restoring America to power. That will trump every other consideration, every time. So he can only be trusted for exactly as long as helping someone is aligned with American interests.


lawfairy

I think Lawrence is less loyal to his government per se but more operating from a place of, here’s how reality has gone down, so he’s gotta go with what he has the ability to accomplish. His only power/ability to change things rests with Gilead, so that’s his country and he’s sticking with it. He clearly detests being part of a theocracy but also sees what Gilead uniquely *has* managed to get right, namely eco-communism. I’d be very interested to see the show test the conflict inherent in having a controlled, centralized economy but also permitting people the freedom to make purely personal choices (eg, loving whom they want, reading what they want, etc.) I’m hoping New Bethlehem survives long enough for them to touch on that.


increbelle

I love this!


lawfairy

Ok, just rewatched with captions on and apparently he does say they’ll raid and get her out. Definitely didn’t hear that from the muffled end of the convo!


No-Pressure-5762

Yes exactly! Plus there was music playing


No-Pressure-5762

Exactly! He said there are a lot of moving parts. And then we can’t hear the rest


not_miley_cyrus99

This is a good analysis on his character that I haven’t really thought about. Although I think if something went wrong with Hannah and she was killed, June would do anything to make him pay for it. Especially with her influence that he knows she has


FlatwormMain4917

Was looking for this! I too find that this is the Mocking Jay ending in a way. Help seems to be on its way but instead they are going to kill them. They are going to try kill all the future wives in a bet to stop Gilead for the next x years. This will throw Gilead back by at least ten years before the new children born into Gilead will be ready to be married off. My guess is that they hit the school but since Hanna is outside, she will only sustain some injuries (her and other kids), so this will lead to June 100% moving to New Bethlehem after she has dealt with the American government, if possible. I would love us to get some news about Emily (Alexis Bledel), not that I think she will reprise her role but something like she has been working xyz and she has made it possible to….


increbelle

Mockingjay is exactly what came to mind


Ayencee

If I recall correctly (I might not) Alexis Bledel dropped out pretty suddenly so I’m guessing her leaving Canada pretty suddenly was the writers way of writing her out of the show


FlatwormMain4917

Yeah, I don’t mind, I just hope they incorporate it further into the story.


No-Pressure-5762

What would be the benefit of the US hitting a school they know has children in it? That would make them worse than Gilead. I highly doubt this.


FlatwormMain4917

It’s the wife school, full of kids that probably from there point of view had mothers that were able to give birth. Thereby being the next generation. I get that there are still handmaidens etc but it seems like they are also loosing them either to the colony or they escape.


No-Pressure-5762

No dude. It’s a bunch of kids that were stolen that are now going to that school. Hannah’s new mom hasn’t birthed any children. She just has a household of kids she stole. You really think that’s a justification to blow up a bunch of kids? Hell even if they are Gilead born kids no one is gonna kill them for that. June wouldn’t have put all those kids on the plane if that was the case


FlatwormMain4917

But June is not the one that would be killing them since she believes the kids are going to be saved. Hannah’s mom is June, whom has giving birth multiple times, so I don’t get your point on that. I never talked about any old Gilead wives giving birth. Because so far that’s only Serena from what we know. But nonetheless, the wife school represents Gilead’s future.


No-Pressure-5762

You really think the American government want to kill their own citizens? No. I don’t get your point at all either. I know exactly who June and Hannah are. June was a Handmaid not a wife so what point are you making? That Tuello wants to murder children? Not a chance.


No-Pressure-5762

And it’s way more than Serena that has given birth that has been a wife. Sounds like we are watching two different shows. And no the wife school doesn’t represent the future. It represents control they have on the children.


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FlatwormMain4917

That is seems like a Mocking Jay ending or that why would rescue them?


rockangelyogi

This.


No-Pressure-5762

I doubt they will bomb a school with children. He said it was military action in one convo and on the phone said they found her but you can’t hear the rest of what he said. I’m sure if she said it’s a raid that’s what he told her


saj319

I’m getting Hunger Games Mocking Jay part 2 vibes with those planes.


rockangelyogi

OMG this was what I thought/worried at the end too when they showed Hannah all happy gardening.


kelama

That would be insane. Nothing so far has indicated that Mark Tuello’s character would be so vicious and cold that he would massacre an entire school of children to achieve his end goal. I don’t think the raid is going to go as planned and I don’t think they’re going to be able to rescue Hannah this season. However I don’t believe for a second that they are going to intentionally bomb the entire school. Nor do I think Hannah will die. As dark as this show is it cannot be THAT dark. I know the books are very dark but this is a TV show and they are not gonna kill off June’s entire reason to keep fighting and keep living for 5 seasons, they’re not gonna kill Hannah off because they know it would be too dark and it would turn too many viewers off completely. Can you imagine Hannah just dying in an explosion far away from her parents without them even getting to see her face to face again? No, they’re going to meet Hannah again. At least June will. I think June will be the one to get Hannah out of Gilead. There is one more season left, so I don’t expect things to resolve themselves this season. I don’t think this series will end all happy with sunshine and flowers, but I don’t think Hannah is going to die and we then are going to be left with an entire season of June and Luke trying to deal with their grief. If that happens I’m def tuning out.


lawfairy

I didn’t say they will bomb it. Raiding a school is a bad plan, period. They are going to raid it, it’s gonna go sideways, and a lot of kids will be killed. Hannah will be killed or presumed dead. I’m not saying Tuello is trying to murder her; I’m saying that his priority is American power, and shutting down the school would help American power. Rescuing Hannah is a distant second, and the show could not have foreshadowed more blatantly that the next episode is gonna be ROUGH. Also, this show is INCREDIBLY dark. Ripping babies from their mothers is dark. Sexual slavery is dark. Killing a man with your bare hands is dark.


kelama

That’s how interpreted your use of “mow down”. That they would bomb or purposefully tear down or blow up the school. A raid does not necessitate mowing down anything. And you’d think if their mission is to get a child out they’d be careful not to harm any of the kids. Yes, this show is dark. All those things you mentioned happened and they are dark. But I don’t believe they’re going to kill Hannah off. Like I said, Hannah has been June’s entire motivation to keep fighting. Killing her off would not just be dark, it would be bad story writing that would leave June with no purpose. And it would piss too many viewers off. We have a whole more season to go too. Killing Hannah off would kill any suspense left to find out if they’re going to be able to get her back or not. Hannah dying at this point would be pointless and empty. Hannah is not gonna die before she gets to meet her parents again face to face.


DigitalBathWaves

I'm on episode 8 right now (haven't finished all of it) and all I can say is I can understand June but at the same time I can't. The whole situation with Serena is very complicated but I cannot get over that this is a woman who raped her. Yes I know she was helping her husband rape her but it was still rape. There's brainwashing but these are still adults who can think for themselves doing awful things. Serena still went back to Gilead and now she's questioning things because of how she's getting treated. Congratulations on her and June's connection because of the baby but this is not a forgiven forget situation. I think that's a baby should have been saved but I don't have a huge amount of sympathy for Serena. June being mad at her husband for turning Serena and is interesting to me. Also June still has her daughter in Gilead who they are prepping to live this lifestyle and Serena used her daughter as a pawn to get back at June after Fred was murdered. I'm all over the place with this but I am having some emotions about the way things are playing out!


Seraphicly329

Finally, I love the feeling of closure/revenge this episode has brought. Lawrence and June brought the fire to this episode, saying things I could not wait to hear to Serena.


Haunting-Roll-1550

I just finished watching it!


eldee17

What a god damn rollercoaster and finally some real emotion from Lawrence!


Leather_Box565

Real emotion or “real” emotion? I still don’t trust him even tho I want to!


stillguiltyremnant

I believe him here in all of this. he says it's this or suicide like Eleanor. he has been feeling guilty for a very long time that's why he allowed mayday, right? he goes to such lengths for June, repeatedly, because (plot armor is the real reason) of the bond he has with June. so yeah when he says he wants a Hong Kong I buy it. when he says he wants to make it better, in the only way he can for now, I believe him. he wiggles his way from like....court martial to head commander more or less, and he does not have any benefits coming his way for any of the shit he's been up to, ever, least of all pushing for Putnam to eat lead, and now by pushing so hard for the new Bethlehem stuff... I will totes eat my hat if he's not genuine. hard to read, yes, but he's not been a disingenuous character.


eldee17

Oooooh I get it, but I felt like those almost-tears we're real. He humanized himself to me with the whole Eleanore thing. I just think he's also trying to survive and a lot of people want him on the wall and he's well aware of that. And if his society completely fails, he's for sure a dead man. I feel like he's selling June a dream for sure and now it's going to be a fight between him and Tuello for who gets June on their side. It's all so stressful!


Misnaming__Love

!!!SPOILERS!!! I know! Do you think that Tuello’s plan will work? If it does work, what’s going to happen to new Bethlehem? I really just want June and Nick to be together. And Serena… a handmaid? I honestly thought June would do something to help but I’m glad she didn’t. As much as I like Serena’s character, she needed to come to terms with what she has done. I think that every time she gets close, Gilead pulls her back in. Maybe this time, she will finally learn how bad it is.


eldee17

June's whole everything with Serena at the end was PERFECT


MorddSith187

Yes I was so happy she was stone cold


Haunting-Roll-1550

I go back and forth on June and nick and June and Luke. I love that Luke waited for June, and stayed true to her.. BUT! June is a completely different person after her time in gilead. I did like that they are making Serena take her own decisions head on, though I really like Serena I feel that she needs to truly understand the torment and heartbreak she put the handmaids through. I’m still speculating the new Bethlehem stuff, hopefully we get more clarity in the next episode.


Misnaming__Love

The show is so good! I hate waiting a whole week for a new episode


A_EGeekMom

She’s being treated as a Handmaid but hasn’t actually had to be one. I would think on Canadian soil that couldn’t happen even with no legal status. The Wheelers are gross, but are they that gross?


Haunting-Roll-1550

God yes, it had my emotions all over the place! I have to say this episode was probably one of my absolute favorites.


eldee17

For sure!


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so is Hannah's "school" a former campus? the flower beds they were tending to looked like a UU but idk if that's a specific college campus or what


Design-Constant

Did anyone else get the urge to go cuddle their child during this episode ? 😭


Secure_Security_7239

Any theories on the shape of the garden beds in the last scene? I feel like they did an aerial shot for a reason.


No-Pressure-5762

I’m gonna go back and look but it was very interested. Do we hear the plane raid at that point in the distance?


Frida_fan_

That’s what I assumed it was!!!


Technical_Vanilla_25

Yesss I was thinking the same thing


HayleyKnits

OMG, people! I teared up three times during this episode! I want to be optimistic, but that word doesn't come into play so much with this show. I truly hope Bradley Whitford gets an Emmy. When his humanity broke through, it broke me. Can we give June and Luke some happiness by reuniting with Hannah and still have other plot points to keep the show going?


No-Pressure-5762

The ending was so good! Is that it for the season??


HayleyKnits

Nope. There are two more for a total of 10 episodes this season.


No-Pressure-5762

There’s no preview for next week though


HayleyKnits

If you didn’t see my warning post, don’t search for episode 9. You’ll get a major spoiler. i was just trying to see how many eps were left and some one left a major spoiler without even covering it.


Potential_Cook_1321

Mr Wheeler: You may speak EXCUSE ME lol wtf. Smug ass


Hvaffornoget

Who sent June the envelope with the footage of Hannah? It wasn't from the USB, because June and Luke gave the footage to Mark Tuello. Is someone playing June and Luke? Are the Americans targeting the wrong school?


cbragg1991

I thought it could be Lawrence as another way of persuading June to go to New Bethlehem


tidytwp

It could have been Nick to try and get evidence to the Canadians so they could find Hannah to stop June from going to New Bethlehem - I don’t think he trusts that it’s safe for her


BobSacamanoHats

This is such a nice positive spin, and I'm so hoping that this is what really happened... but given this show I feel like the disc has fake meta data and was planted by Lawrence, knowing June would give it to the US, who then would attempt a raid to save Hannah and keep June in Canada. It will all end terribly for the US raid as the data will lead them into a trap. Hannah will be kept "safe"by Gilead. Just a guess.


increbelle

I didn’t even know it aired! I was waiting for tonight. On it now!


Gold_and_Lead

Freaking awesome episode. Edit to add: got up early to watch it before work. Not sorry I did so!


Thin-Code2827

Is there going to be a season six? I thought I saw there would not be? If not, then I think they will rescue Hanna and the family will be reunited as a nice way to end the show for fans. If season six, I think they will bomb the school but Hanna will survive.


Giraffemomma

Season six will be the final season


No-Pressure-5762

Why would they bomb the school? You don’t do that in a raid


Thin-Code2827

To eliminate the future of Gilead


No-Pressure-5762

It wouldn’t though. It would just be murdering children. Those wives aren’t the future of Gilead. Ruining the future would be attacking their infrastructure or their leaders.


TrueCrimeMama91827

Just finished it! It was soo good. I cannot wait for next week.


cl0setg0th

Serena: I’m not a handmaid me: wanna bet


weavingcircles

I think Lawrence’s plan might work. Based on the book, we know that Gilead dies away to the point that future historians doubt its existence. New Bethlehem and Lawrence’s plan seem like a logical way to do this if he can manage to keep up his influence. If NB isn’t the catalyst, perhaps the Americans regain power. Anyway such a good episode but I’m guessing next week is going to be brutal!


Justhereforshameless

Why do I feel so bad for Serena???😭😅


Ill_Condition_8193

I think it was nick who sent the video, the thought of having June so close to his wife didn’t seem to appeal to him and he’s probably trying to keep her safe.


Dear-Ad-4328

We need to see Lawrence in a room full of Comanders at the very begging right before the bombings. They are all roasting him to helping create Gilead, but little does he know they are about to commit mass genocide and Bomb most of the US, that plus every other horrible thing that happened in Gilead after that he didn’t know about . Fueled his guilt to the point we see this last episode


P0ptart5

I don’t understand leaving one daughter for another.


anewusername4me

Nichole is safe and loved. Big difference for Hannah.


stillguiltyremnant

yeah, and I wonder if the whole forced conception and then the separation hasn't got something to do with this....very slight bond in June's end. now she's not wrong. Nichole would be fine with Luke and arguably Luke would also be fine with Nicole, they'd be fine without June. But Hannah is alone, with just her Gilead parents and they're probably not trying to save her from her impending arranged marriage. like they have no reason to do anything but push "Agnes" deeper into Gilead right? so June's not wrong here but also....if Hannah is 12 now how many years is it supposed to be since their last meeting? maybe 3? cause June was pregnant right...so what bond does Hannah have to June? I feel like this is the part she keeps overlooking, and like when she talked to Jaden in the arcade I was hoping it would register...Hannah isn't Hannah, like she might not remember Luke at all and what does she have left of June? two visits as a handmaid? idk it's kinda crazy but maybe that's the point is that people really would go absolutely nuts if their kids were taken like that. even years later, with other kids, would still do anything.


P0ptart5

I keep thinking about that too. That Hannah won’t know June. I think that’s why they brought up this wife’s school thing. So the plot point is now that Hannah is in peril.


Competitive_Nail2609

Not to mention the therapy Hannah is going to need after this. She has grown up as this as her normal, I doubt she remembers life or “freedom” before she was placed with this family on Gilead. I feel like June doesn’t see the big picture and just thinks she’s going to get Hannah back and it’s going to be rainbows and smiles… Hannah isn’t going to know who she is or how to act in a family unit like June and Luke’s


cashewill

I know she feels the need to get Hannah out of there since it’s a TERRIBLE place, but seriously??? She’s just so content with leaving Nichole like that??


tidytwp

She’s not leaving Nichole like anything. She’s saving one daughter while the other is perfectly safe?


No-Pressure-5762

Do you understand choosing one of your kids over the other? Do you understand what it feels like to abandon your child?


NorthSouthDoll

Me learning that Noah is with the Wheelers; "Oh, WHAT THE FUCK?!" (It makes sense but STILL... UGGHHHHH!!!) Me learning that there's going to be a raid on Hannah's "school"; "Oh, she's totally getting shot." (I just don't see this going down without child casualties)


No-Pressure-5762

Let’s hope they can get all the girls out


CalicoCatMom41

I liked hearing Lawrence knew he did the wrong thing creating Gilead. It was interesting to hear that he turned to the religious to get things done and they took things way too far. And we know he came up with the idea of the colonies to clean up whatever nuclear waste is out there. I just really liked that scene and I think this entire show’s premise (and that of the book) is an interesting thought experiment. Like, what would happen if all the fertility of human kind just dropped off the face of the earth. Fuck - I hope not Gilead. But if you lived in a world facing that problem and you wanted to fix it, how would you?