Hvornår er episode 11 af handmaids tale air?
27. juni 2018
The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)
Nr.samletNr.i sæsonTitelRedaktionDirected byTeleplay byOriginal udgivelsesdato111 "June "Mike BarkerBruce MillerApril 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)
Offred og andre trælkvinder bliver ført til Fenway Park, hvor de får det til at tro, at de vil blive hængt, men det viser sig at være et kneb for at skræmme dem. Under en anden afstraffelse bliver Offred befriet, efter at tante Lydia får besked om hendes graviditet. Da hun afviser et måltid, som tante Lydia giver hende, bliver hun vist en gravid tjenestepige, Ofwyatt, der er lænket i et fængselsrum, fordi hun har forsøgt at begå selvmord ved at drikke afløbsrens. Offred indvilliger i at spise, og under måltidet bringer tante Lydia, som havde fortalt hende, at hendes veninder ville blive straffet for deres ulydighed, men at hendes graviditet ville betyde, at hun ville blive fritaget, de andre tjenestepiger ind i rummet. En efter en bliver de brændt med en gasflamme.  Senere er Offred til graviditetsundersøgelse, hvor hun får besøg af Fred og Serena, men finder bagefter en nøgle i en af sine støvler, som hun bruger til at flygte til en varevogn, der er parkeret under hospitalet. Bilen sætter hende af til et sikkert hus i Back Bay, hvor hun møder Nick, mens Fred giver tilladelse til en meget ressourcestærk eftersøgning af hende. Han beder hende om at skifte ud af sit tjenestepige-dragt og klippe sit hår. Efter at have taget sin tjenestepige-kjole af, brænder hun den, inden hun skærer det røde kvægmærke ud af sit øre. I flashbacks i løbet af episoden bliver Hannah indlagt på hospitalet for at have feber, mens hun er i skole; June bliver udspurgt af en af hospitalspersonalet om at give Hannah medicin for at omgå skolens feberpolitik, samt om June og Lukes egnethed som forældre. Senere kommer de hjem og ser en nyhedshistorie om, at Capitol Building og Det Hvide Hus er blevet angrebet.
122 "Unwomen "Mike BarkerBruce Miller25. april 2018 (2018-04-25)
June er blevet transporteret til det tidligere hovedkvarter for The Boston Globe, et andet sikkert sted arrangeret af Mayday. Emily er blevet bragt til Kolonierne, hvor ulydige og infertile kvinder fra underklassen ("unwomen") tvinges til at grave på meget giftig jord. Mange af de "unwomen" er ved at blive syge, og Emily gør, hvad hun kan for at hjælpe dem. En kommandørens kone ankommer til kolonierne og bliver ikke modtaget af de ukvindelige kvinder: Emily bliver veninde med hende og finder ud af, at hun blev taget til kolonierne for at have begået en "kødets synd". Emily giver hende tabletter, som viser sig at være gift, hvilket fører til hendes død. Emily bebrejder hende, at hun "holder en kvinde nede, mens hendes mand voldtager hende".  De ukvindelige kvinder bliver advaret om, at denne død vil få konsekvenser. Janine ankommer til Kolonierne, hvor hun kortvarigt bliver hilst velkommen af Emily. Nick besøger June, og hun bliver ked af det, da han fortæller hende, at hun skal vente i flere uger, før hun kan rejse, fordi alle leder efter hende. Nick ender med at give hende nøglerne til en bil og en pistol, men hun beslutter sig for at blive, og de har sex. I et flashback, efter angrebet på Capitol Building og Det Hvide Hus, får Emily af sin chef, professor Dan, at vide, at hun ikke skal undervise det følgende semester på universitetet, hvilket giver hende en lavere profil for at undgå at tiltrække kritik for sin seksuelle orientering. Professor Dan bliver senere set hængt på universitetet med ordet "bøsse" spraymalet under sig. Mens Emily sammen med sin kone Sylvia og sønnen Oliver forsøger at emigrere til Canada, kan hun ikke forlade landet, fordi deres ægteskab mellem personer af samme køn ikke længere anerkendes, og det bliver kendt, at hun er Olivers biologiske mor. June laver et mindesmærke for de medarbejdere fra Boston Globe, der blev henrettet i avisens tidligere hovedkvarter, og beder Gud om at sende en engel til at våge over det.
133 "Bagage "Kari SkoglandDorothy Fortenberry2. maj 2018 (2018-05-02)
Efter at have tilbragt to måneder på The Boston Globe-kontorerne har June fundet beviser i deres arkiver for den tidlige fremkomst af Gilead-bevægelsen. Nick besøger lejlighedsvis. Hun bliver pludselig flyttet til et sted, hvor hun møder Omar, som fortæller hende, at han bringer hende til et andet sikkert hus i nærheden af en landingsbane, hvor hun skal flyve til Canada. Han modtager en besked om, at det sikre hus er blevet kompromitteret, og han forsøger at tage af sted uden hende, men hun stiller sig foran hans varevogn for at få ham til at tage hende med. Han tager hende med til sin lejlighed, hvor hun møder hans kone, Heather, og deres søn, Adam. June er alene tilbage, da hans familie går i kirke, og hun finder en skjult Koran og et bedetæppe under sengefjedrene; Omar og hans familie vender ikke tilbage. Hun tager Heathers Econowife-dragt på og forlader lejligheden, hvor hun blander sig med de andre Econowives. Efter en togtur løber June ud i skoven. Hun indser, at hun ikke har nogen mulighed for at redde Hannah, og går videre til den landingsbane, som Omar havde fortalt hende om; flyet bliver dog opsnappet inden afgang, piloten bliver henrettet, og June og en anden flygtning bliver pågrebet af Vogterne. I mellemtiden giver Moira, der nu bor sammen med Luke og Erin (som ikke længere er stum) i Canada, en rundvisning til en ny kollega, men han får et sammenbrud, fordi han er traumatiseret af det, han gjorde som Guardian. I et flashback bliver June som barn taget med til en "Take Back the Night"-demonstration af sin mor, Holly. Da hun blev voksen, var Holly skuffet over Junes karrierevalg og planlægger at gifte sig med Luke i håb om, at hun ville have været aktivist.  Moira og June erfarede under deres træning på Red Center, at Holly var blevet erklæret for en ukvinde og blev sendt til kolonierne for at blive slidt ihjel.
144 "Andre kvinder "Kari SkoglandYahlin Chang9. maj 2018 (2018-05-09)
June bliver ført tilbage og lænket i et rum, hvor tante Lydia forklarer, at hun må vælge mellem denne fængsling, efterfulgt af henrettelse efter fødslen af hendes barn, eller at vende tilbage som tjenestepige hos familien Waterford.  Hun vælger det sidste og er under nøje opsyn af Lydia. Waterfords, som stadig har Nick ansat, behandler Offreds forsvinden offentligt som en kidnapning, men privat er Serena rasende og tager Offred ved halsen. Rita returnerer de breve, hun har fundet, og fortæller Offred, at hun ikke længere vil være involveret.  Der afholdes et baby shower for Serena med bøn og en rituel binding af Offred til Serena. Offred får af Alma at vide, at Ofglens tunge blev fjernet for at have talt for at redde Ofwarren (Janine), da hun var ved at blive stenet, og at Mayday nu er blevet tavs. Tante Lydia tager Offred med ud for at vise hende det, som formodes at være Omars hængende lig. Hun fortæller June, at Omars kone, Heather, nu er en tjenestepige, og at deres barn, Adam, er blevet givet væk til en anden familie. Tante Lydia fortæller Offred, at det var hendes skyld, og Offred tager skylden på sig. Tante Lydia opfordrer June til at skelne mellem Offreds identitet og Junes og siger, at det er June, der har skylden, ikke Offred. I et flashback ser June Lukes første kone Annie, som fortæller hende, at de afgav bryllupsløfter foran Gud, men Luke afviser hendes forsøg på at komme mellem ham og June. Et par år senere ser Annie Luke og June på en restaurant med deres barn, Hannah. Offred er følelsesmæssigt kollapset under kendskabet til Omars families skæbne. June beder til, at Hannah må glemme hende. Da Offred ignorerer Nick den følgende dag, ser det ud til, at hun indretter sig efter forventningerne til en tjenestepige.
155 "Seeds "Mike BarkerKira Snyder16. maj 2018 (2018-05-16)
Offred er meget afdæmpet og begynder at brænde de breve, som hun havde gemt til Mayday.  Hun bemærker vaginal blødning, som fortsætter og bliver værre, men informerer ikke nogen, selv om Rita bemærker hendes ustabilitet. Nick bemærker Offreds tilsyneladende depression og fortæller fru Waterford om det. Fru Waterford bliver foruroliget over Nicks interesse for Offred og informerer kommandør Waterford, som arrangerer, at han bliver gift ved en Prayvaganza, hvor loyale Vogtere får en kone som belønning for deres arbejde. Nicks nye brud, Eden, flytter ind på hans værelse. Nick finder senere Offred bevidstløs og gennemblødt i buskene uden for Waterfords hus, og hun bliver bragt til hospitalet. Offred, der stadig er gravid, lover sit barn, at de begge vil undslippe Gilead. I mellemtiden forsikrer Janine i kolonierne Emily om, at Gud beskytter dem gennem deres kampe i Gilead, og hjælper med at arrangere et lille bryllup for en døende arbejder, som forestås af en anden kvinde udenfor, der er rabbiner. Emily, der er begyndt at miste sine tænder, skændes med hende for at forsøge at bringe lys til et sted, der ellers virker så dystert. Da den nygifte Unwoman dør, er det rabbineren, der forestår begravelsen, da hun bliver lagt i graven på en kirkegård prydet med kors.
166 "First Blood "Mike BarkerEric Tuchman23. maj 2018 (2018-05-23)
Da en læge råder hende til, at en harmonisk husholdning vil være godt for barnet, viser Serena øget omsorg for Offred, idet hun giver hende dagligstuen som soveværelse og inviterer nogle tjenestepiger til brunch med hende. Da Serena viser Offred børneværelset til barnet, beder Offred om at se Hannah, hvorefter Serena flytter hende tilbage til hendes tidligere værelse og går i gang med at ydmyge hende.  Eden afslører for Offred, at hun frygter, at Nick kan være en "kønsforræder" på grund af hans modvilje mod at have sex med hende, så Offred advarer ham, og han har sex med Eden for at undgå mistanke, men først efter at han har fortalt Offred, at han elsker hende. Fred besøger Offred i hemmelighed og giver hende et fotografi af Hannah og vil gerne have sex med hende, men Offred nægter. Ved åbningen af Rachel and Leah Center, et byggeri og en ceremoni, der overvåges af Waterford, beder Nick kommandør Pryce om at blive omplaceret, og at Offred bliver beskyttet, hvilket han går med til. Ofglen løber hen mod scenen og detonerer en bombe: kun håndpigerne ser ud til at være undsluppet. Flashbacks viser Serena, der bliver verbalt angrebet, mens hun promoverer sin bog A Woman's Place, og bliver skudt af en demonstrant, og Freds afstraffelse af dem, han mener, har været involveret.
177 "Efter "Kari SkoglandLynn Renee Maxcy30. maj 2018 (2018-05-30)
31 håndlangere og 26 kommandanter og et uspecificeret antal civile er blevet dræbt i Ofglens angreb på Rachel og Leah Centret, herunder kommandant Pryce, mens andre, såsom kommandant Waterford, er blevet alvorligt såret. Efter angrebet overtager kommandør Cushing kommandør Pryces rolle, idet han indfører et øget antal kontrolposter og lader adskillige personer henrette summarisk. Han udspørger Offred og spørger, hvem der hjalp hende, da hun forsøgte at flygte fra landet. Offred svarer, at hun blev kidnappet, et svar, som kommandør Cushing ikke tror på. Fru Waterford er foruroliget over muligheden for, at hendes husstand er blevet målrettet, og er vred over hans hårdhændede reaktion på bombningen. Hun forfalsker ordrer fra sin mand om at få kommandør Cushing arresteret for forræderi og frafald. Fordi så mange tjenestepiger blev dræbt, bliver nogle frugtbare kvinder hentet tilbage fra kolonierne og tvinges til at tjene som tjenestepiger igen, bl.a. Janine og Emily. Begge genforenes med Offred i købmandsbutikken, og Janine fortæller hende gladeligt, at det var Guds plan, at hun skulle reddes. Offred, som havde været ked af at opdage, at ingen af tjenestepigerne kendte Ofglens navn, fortæller Emily og en anden tjenestepige hendes rigtige navn, June, og efterfølgende hvisker flere af tjenestepigerne deres rigtige navne til hinanden, hvilket Eden overhører. Senere får fru Waterford Offreds hjælp til ulovligt at udføre kommandantens arbejde for ham, mens han er på hospitalet. På flygtningecentret kigger Moira i journalerne for at forsøge at få bekræftet, om hendes forlovede Odette er død. Gennem flashbacks bliver det afsløret, at Moira har været surrogat for et par før krigen. Hun mødte Odette, en fødselslæge, under denne proces. I nutiden finder Moira til sidst fotografier, der viser, at Odette er blevet dræbt.
188 "Kvinders arbejde "Kari SkoglandNina Fiore & John Herrera6. juni 2018 (2018-06-06)
June har i nogle måneder hjulpet Serena med at færdiggøre Freds arbejde, mens han er for syg af sine bombeskader til selv at gøre det, men så snart han vender hjem, udelukker han Serena fra sit kontor. Serena fortæller June, at familien Putnams barn, Angela (kaldet Charlotte af Janine, som er hendes biologiske mor) er syg. June går ind for, at Janine skal kunne se barnet, og Serena indvilliger i at spørge om det for barnets skyld. Naomi Putnam bryder sig ikke om idéen, men hun bliver overrendt af sin mand Warren. Serena beder Fred om at lade det syge barn blive set af en Martha, som før kuppet af Jacobs Sønner var en af landets bedste neonatologer. Fred afviser anmodningen og siger, at hvad der sker med barnet, må nu overlades til Guds vilje. En forfærdet Serena forfalsker Freds underskrift på en skriftlig ordre, der overfører Martha til hospitalet for en dag. Tante Lydia fortæller June, at hun vil holde hende personligt ansvarlig, hvis noget går galt med Janines besøg på hospitalet. Neonatologen kan ikke finde nogen fysisk forklaring på barnets forværring og kan ikke anbefale yderligere behandling. Hun råder dem til at tage stikket fra alle maskinerne og hjælpe barnet til at føle sig sikker og varm. Da Fred opdager, at Serena har forfalsket hans underskrift på en ordre om midlertidig forflyttelse af lægen/Martha, slår han Serena med sit bælte, mens June er tvunget til at se på. Serena afviser senere grådigt Junes tilbud om medfølelse.  I mellemtiden arbejder Eden hårdt for at behage Nick, men efter at hun har omarrangeret hans loftsrum og fundet frem til det bundt med tjenestepigernes breve, som han havde fået fra June, bliver han vred og kræver, at hun aldrig rører hans ejendele. Episoden slutter på hospitalet med Janine, der delvist afklædt synger "I Only Want to Be with You" for sit barn og hopper hende, mens hendes baby klukkende og lykkeligt gurgler.
Dette er det første afsnit i denne serie, der ikke indeholder scener fra før dannelsen af Gilead.
199 "Smart Power "Jeremy PodeswaDorothy Fortenberry13. juni 2018 (2018-06-13)
Fred og Serena rejser til Canada på en diplomatisk mission i selskab med Nick, mens en vogter, Isaac, skal stå for husholdningen. Til Offreds store fortvivlelse fortæller Serena hende, at hun vil blive forflyttet, så snart barnet er født. I Toronto bliver Serena mindet om tiden før Gilead, og Waterfords bliver ambivalent modtaget af canadiske embedsmænd. Senere bliver Serena kontaktet af Mark Tuello, der arbejder for resterne af den amerikanske regering på Hawaii, og han tilbyder at hjælpe hende med at flygte fra Gilead, men Serena afslår. På Waterfords bopæl fortæller June Rita, at da Hannah blev døbt, valgte hun og Luke gudforældre til hende, og hun ønsker, at Rita skal være gudforælder til hendes ventede barn, så snart det er født. Rita erklærer, at hun vil gøre sit bedste, selv om regeringen i Gilead har forbudt dåb og alvorligt begrænser Marthas. June fremsætter en lignende anmodning til tante Lydia, hvilket får hende til at afsløre, at hun tidligere har været fadder for sin søsters barn, som døde som spæd. Ved en protest konfronterer Luke kommandør Waterford med kommandør Waterford. Bagefter finder Nick Luke og fortæller ham, at June er gravid med Waterford, men i sikkerhed, og han giver ham bundtet med breve fra kvinder, der er slaver i Gilead. Luke, Moira og Erin offentliggør brevene, hvilket skaber et ramaskrig, der får canadierne til at aflyse resten af topmødet. Moira holder et skilt op til Waterfords' bil, hvorpå der står "Mit navn er Moira", og Fred genkender hende fra Jezebels. Serena brænder de hawaiianske tændstikker, som Mark efterlod hende. Imens giver Nick June nyt om Luke og Moira og fortæller hende, at brevene var medvirkende til at få forhandlingerne afbrudt. June afslører, at Moira er Hannah's gudmor og er glad for, at hun er flygtet til Canada. Nick fortæller June, at han elsker hende, og forsøger at kysse hende, men hun tillader ham ikke det.
2010 "The Last Ceremony "Jeremy PodeswaYahlin Chang20. juni 2018 (2018-06-20)
Den kommandant, som Emily er nyligt tildelt som tjenestepige, falder sammen og dør under ceremonien. June får veer, mens hun handler, hvilket tvinger hende hjem og tvinger hende til at udholde en "fødselsceremoni", mens alle venter på barnets fødsel. Det viser sig imidlertid at være falsk alarm, og alle bliver afskediget. Efter den falske alarm bønfalder June Fred om at blive placeret tættere på sin datter Hannah efter den eventuelle fødsel. Da Fred afviser denne anmodning, antyder June, at det barn, hun bærer, ikke er hans, og at han aldrig vil få sit eget biologiske barn. Senere voldtager Fred June, mens Serena holder hende fast, under dække af at fremkalde fødslen. Eden føler sig tiltrukket af Isaac, en vagt, og mødes med ham sent om aftenen. De kysser hinanden, men hun afbryder, da hun ser, at Nick kigger med. Hun beder ham om tilgivelse, hvilket han gerne giver hende med en afstandtagen, der gør hende rasende. Hun beskylder Nick for at kunne lide Offred. Fred arrangerer derefter, at Nick tager June med til et tomt og afsidesliggende hus for at besøge Hannah, som nu hedder Agnes, kortvarigt. Efter at de igen bliver adskilt, tager Vogterne Nick til fange, og June bliver efterladt, efter at have gemt sig i huset.
2111 "Holly "Daina ReidBruce Miller & Kira Snyder27. juni 2018 (2018-06-27)
Efter at Nick er blevet fjernet fra huset, finder June en bil i garagen og bilnøgler og kan starte bilen, men hun vender tilbage til huset og får en mands frakke. Flashbacks i løbet af episoden viser hendes første graviditet og Hannahs fødsel og barndom. Fred og Serena ankommer til huset i panik og leder efter Offred. De skændes med hinanden, hvor Serena fortæller Fred, at hun opgav alt for ham og sagen og kun ønskede et barn. June finder en pistol og forbereder sig på at skyde dem, men undlader at skyde dem.  De kan ikke finde Offred og beslutter sig for at tage af sted, idet de føler sig både vrede og bekymrede. Da hun er sikker på, at de er væk, sætter June sig med veer ind i bilen igen, men kan ikke få den ud af garagen, som er frosset til. June er udmattet og har smerter og lægger sig ned foran ilden, hvor hun endelig får veer og besvimer. Da hun vågner, er hun dækket af blod, men barnet er stadig ikke kommet. Hun kravler udenfor og affyrer pistolen for at tiltrække opmærksomhed, hvorefter hun ender med at føde barnet selv. Hun hvisker, at hun hedder Holly, efter sin mor. Der kommer lys ind gennem vinduerne, hvilket indikerer, at en bil er ankommet til huset.
2212 "Postpartum "Daina ReidEric Tuchman4. juli 2018 (2018-07-04)
Nogle uger efter fødslen bliver barnet, der nu hedder Nichole, passet af Serena, mens Offred giver mælk gennem en brystpumpe. Hun er ikke i stand til at pumpe nok mælk og bliver bragt til at se sit barn for at fremkalde amning. Offred beder om selv at amme hende, men Fred afviser idéen. Da Offreds amning stiger under mødet, overbeviser tante Lydia Fred om at lade Offred komme tilbage i huset af hensyn til barnets sundhed. Serena bliver rasende og kræver, at Offred skal holde sig væk fra barnet. Nick, der er tilbage i Waterford-huset og præsenteres som værende nøglen til Offreds og babyens redning, foreslår letfærdigt, at han, Offred og babyen skal flygte, og Fred forsøger at genoptage de ulovlige elementer i deres forhold. Emily bliver omplaceret til en ny husholdning som tjenestepige efter at være blevet afvist af fire par. Kommandør Lawrence, "arkitekten bag Gileads økonomi", virker mistænksom. Hans kone, Eleanor, afslører over for Emily, at Lawrence var skaberen af Kolonierne. Lawrence afhører Emily og afslører, at han ved meget om hendes fortid. I mellemtiden stikker Eden og Isaac af fra hinanden, men bliver snart fanget. Eden og Nick indrømmer deres fejl og beder hinanden om tilgivelse.  Eden og Isaac bliver bragt til en springbræt over en swimmingpool med kæder og vægte fastgjort til hver af dem.  Begge nægter at bede om tilgivelse, og Eden begynder i stedet at recitere en bibelsk lovsang om kærlighed.  Begge bliver skubbet ned fra springbrættet og dør ved at drukne foran en menneskemængde. Serena og Offred er rystede over begivenhederne, men de bliver enige, og Serena giver Offred lov til selv at amme barnet.
2313 "The Word "Mike BarkerBruce Miller11. juli 2018 (2018-07-11)
Det afsløres, at Edens far var den, der angav Eden og Isaac, hvilket førte til deres henrettelse. Under gennemsøgning af Edens ejendele opdager June en bibel, som Eden læste fra og kommenterede, på trods af at det er ulovligt for kvinder og piger at læse i Gilead. June diskuterer med Serena om hendes datters fremtid i Gilead og siger, at baby Nichole (Holly) ikke vil kunne lære Gud at kende, medmindre hun til sidst kan læse hans ord. Serena og en række koner foreslår et ændringsforslag til rådet om, at piger skal lære at læse Bibelen, og Serena læser fra Bibelen for at gøre sin pointe gældende, hvilket resulterer i, at en af hendes fingre bliver skåret af. Emily forbereder sig modvilligt på sin første ceremoni med Lawrence, men han afskediger Emily uden at gennemføre den. Den næste dag får Emily besøg af tante Lydia, og da hun er på vej ud, angriber Emily Lydia brutalt ved at stikke hende i ryggen med en køkkenkniv. Emily fortsætter med at sparke tante Lydia ned ad trappen, så hun efterlader hende efter vejret gispende. Lawrence' Martha, Cora, finder tante Lydia og smider Emily ind i et værelse og låser døren. Fred foreslår June, at han kan sørge for, at hun bliver som hans tjenestepige, og da hun afviser forslaget, foreslår han, at fremtidige møder med Hannah kan arrangeres. Da en brand fortærer et hus på den anden side af gaden, fortæller Rita June, at hun og hendes datter Holly har denne chance for at komme ud og skal tage af sted med det samme. Fred forsøger at arrangere deres tilfangetagelse, men bliver forhindret af Nick, som truer ham med en pistol.  Serena fanger hende midt på flugt, men efter et tårevædet farvel til barnet lader hun June tage barnet og flygte, assisteret af flere Marthas. June bliver genforenet med Emily, som bliver sat af ved flugtbilen af Lawrence, der siger, at han er ved at komme "i dyb lort", da han bliver spurgt, hvorfor han tillader dem at tage af sted. I sidste sekund beslutter June sig for at blive tilbage og giver barnet til Emily. Hun siger til Emily, at hun skal kalde hende Nichole og fortælle hende, at hun elsker hende.
June 27, 2018
The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)
No.overallNo. inseasonTitleDirected byTeleplay byOriginal release date111"June"Mike BarkerBruce MillerApril 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)
Offred and other handmaids are taken to Fenway Park, where they are made to believe they will be hanged, but it turns out to be a ruse to frighten them. During another punishment, Offred is freed after Aunt Lydia is told of her pregnancy. When she rejects a meal Aunt Lydia gives her, she is shown a pregnant handmaid, Ofwyatt, chained in a prison room due to her attempt to kill herself by drinking drain cleaner. Offred agrees to eat, and during her meal Aunt Lydia, who had told her that her friends would be punished for their disobedience, but her pregnancy would mean that she would be exempted, brings the other handmaids into the room. One by one they are burned with a gas flame.  Later, Offred is at a pregnancy check-up, where she is visited by Fred and Serena, but afterwards finds a key in one of her boots, which she uses to escape to a van parked underneath the hospital. The van drops her off to a safe house in Back Bay, where she meets Nick, while Fred authorizes a highly resourced search for her. He tells her to change out of her handmaid outfit, and to cut her hair. After stripping off her handmaid's dress, she burns it before cutting the red cattle tag out of her ear. In flashbacks throughout the episode, Hannah is admitted to the hospital for having a fever while in school; June is questioned by one of the hospital workers about giving Hannah medication to bypass the school's fever policy, as well as about June and Luke's fitness as parents. Later, they arrive home to a news story about the Capitol Building and the White House being attacked.
122"Unwomen"Mike BarkerBruce MillerApril 25, 2018 (2018-04-25)
June has been transported to the former headquarters of The Boston Globe, another safe place arranged by Mayday. Emily has been taken to the Colonies, where disobedient and lower-class infertile women ("unwomen") are forced to dig on highly toxic land. Many of the unwomen are becoming sick, and Emily is doing what she can to help them. A commander's wife arrives at the Colonies and is not welcomed by the unwomen: Emily befriends her and finds that she was taken to the colonies for committing a "sin of the flesh." Emily gives her tablets that turn out to be poison, which leads to her death. Emily blames her for "holding a woman down while her husband rapes her".  The unwomen are warned that there will be consequences for this death. Janine arrives at the Colonies, where she is briefly greeted by Emily. Nick visits June and she gets upset when he tells her she needs to wait for several weeks before she can leave because everyone is looking for her. Nick ends up giving her the keys to a car and a gun but she decides to stay, and they have sex. In a flashback, after the attack on the Capitol Building and the White House, Emily is told by her boss, Professor Dan, that she will not be teaching the following semester at the university, giving her a lower profile to avoid attracting criticism for her sexual orientation. Professor Dan is later seen hanged at the university with the word "faggot" spray painted underneath him. While Emily, along with her wife Sylvia and son Oliver, attempt to emigrate to Canada, she is unable to leave the country because their same-sex marriage is no longer recognized, and it becomes known that she is the biological mother of Oliver. June makes a memorial for The Boston Globe employees who were executed at the newspaper's former headquarters and prays to God to send an angel to watch over it.
133"Baggage"Kari SkoglandDorothy FortenberryMay 2, 2018 (2018-05-02)
Having spent two months at The Boston Globe offices, June has found evidence in their archives of the early emergence of the Gilead movement. Nick visits occasionally. She is abruptly moved to a place where she meets Omar, who tells her he is bringing her to another safe house near an airstrip to fly to Canada. He receives a message that the safe house has been compromised, and tries to leave without her, but she stands in front of his van to make him take her. He takes her to his apartment, where she meets his wife, Heather, and their son, Adam. Left alone when his family goes to church, June finds a hidden Qur'an and prayer rug under the bedsprings; Omar and his family do not return. She dons Heather's Econowife outfit and gets out of the apartment, blending in with other Econowives. After a train ride, June runs into the woods. She realizes she has no way of rescuing Hannah and advances to the airstrip that Omar had told her of; however, the plane is intercepted before take-off, the pilot is executed, and June and another fugitive are apprehended by the Guardians. Meanwhile, Moira, now living with Luke and Erin (who is no longer mute) in Canada, gives a tour to a new co-worker but he has a breakdown, traumatized by what he did as a Guardian. In a flashback, June as a child is taken to a Take Back the Night rally by her mother, Holly. When she grew up, Holly was disappointed at June's career choices and plan to marry Luke, hoping that she would have been an activist.  Moira and June learned  during their training at the Red Center that Holly had been declared an Unwoman and was sent to the Colonies to be worked to death.
144"Other Women"Kari SkoglandYahlin ChangMay 9, 2018 (2018-05-09)
June is taken back and chained in a room where Aunt Lydia explains that she must choose between this imprisonment, followed by execution after the birth of her child, or return as a handmaid to the Waterfords.  She chooses the latter and is under close supervision from Lydia. The Waterfords, who still employ Nick, publicly treat Offred's disappearance as a kidnapping, but privately Serena is furious and grabs Offred by the throat. Rita returns the letters she found and tells Offred that she will no longer be involved.  A baby shower is held for Serena, incorporating prayer and a ritual binding of Offred to Serena. Offred learns from Alma that Ofglen's tongue was removed for speaking up to save Ofwarren (Janine) as she was about to be stoned and that Mayday has now gone silent. Aunt Lydia takes Offred out to show her what is presumed to be Omar's hanging corpse. She tells June that Omar's wife, Heather, is now a handmaid and that their child, Adam, was given away to another family. Aunt Lydia tells Offred that this was her fault, and Offred accepts the blame. Aunt Lydia encourages June to distinguish between Offred's identity and June's, saying June is to blame not Offred. In a flashback, June sees Luke's first wife Annie, who tells her that they made wedding vows before God, but Luke rejects her attempts to come between him and June. A few years later, Annie sees Luke and June in a restaurant with their child, Hannah. Offred has collapsed emotionally under the knowledge of Omar's family's fate. June prays that Hannah forget her. Ignoring Nick the following day, Offred appears to be conforming to the expectations of a handmaid.
155"Seeds"Mike BarkerKira SnyderMay 16, 2018 (2018-05-16)
Offred is very subdued, and starts to burn the letters she had been keeping for Mayday.  She notices vaginal bleeding, which continues and gets worse but does not inform anyone, although Rita notices her unsteadiness. Nick notices Offred's apparent depression and lets Mrs. Waterford know about it. Mrs. Waterford becomes alarmed at Nick's interest in Offred and informs Commander Waterford, who arranges for him to be married at a Prayvaganza where loyal Guardians are issued a wife as a reward for their work. Nick's new bride, Eden, moves into his room. Nick later finds Offred unconscious and drenched in the bushes outside the Waterfords' house and she is taken to the hospital. Offred, still pregnant, promises to her baby that they both will escape Gilead. Meanwhile, in the Colonies, Janine assures Emily that God is protecting them through their struggles in Gilead, and helps to arrange a small wedding for a dying worker, officiated by another Unwoman who is a rabbi. Emily, who has begun to lose her teeth, argues with her for attempting to bring brightness to a place that otherwise seems so bleak. When the newlywed Unwoman dies, the rabbi officiates at the burial as she is lowered into her grave in a cemetery adorned with crosses.
166"First Blood"Mike BarkerEric TuchmanMay 23, 2018 (2018-05-23)
Advised by a doctor that a harmonious household would be good for the child, Serena shows increased care for Offred, giving her the sitting room as a bedroom and inviting some handmaids to have brunch with her. When Serena shows Offred the nursery for the baby, Offred asks to see Hannah, upon which Serena moves her back to her previous room, and sets about humiliating her.  Eden reveals to Offred that she fears Nick may be a "gender traitor" due to his reluctance to have sex with her, so Offred warns him and he has sex with Eden to avoid suspicion, but only after he tells Offred that he loves her. Fred visits Offred in secret and gives her a photograph of Hannah, and wants to have sex with her, but Offred refuses. At the opening of the Rachel and Leah Center, a construction and ceremony overseen by Waterford, Nick asks Commander Pryce to be reassigned, and that Offred be protected, to which he agrees. Ofglen runs toward the stage, and detonates a bomb: only Handmaids are seen to have escaped. Flashbacks show Serena being verbally attacked while promoting her book A Woman's Place, and being shot by a protester, and Fred's punishment of those he believes to have been involved.
177"After"Kari SkoglandLynn Renee MaxcyMay 30, 2018 (2018-05-30)
31 handmaids and 26 commanders, and an unspecified number of civilians, have been killed in Ofglen's attack on the Rachel and Leah Center, including Commander Pryce, while others, such as Commander Waterford, were seriously injured. Following the attack, Commander Cushing takes Commander Pryce's role, instituting an increased number of checkpoints and having numerous people summarily executed. He questions Offred, asking who aided her when she tried to flee the country. Offred responds that she was kidnapped, an answer that Commander Cushing does not believe. Mrs. Waterford is alarmed at the possibility of her household being targeted, and is angry at his heavy-handed response to the bombing. She forges orders from her husband to have Commander Cushing arrested for treason and apostasy. Because so many handmaids were killed, some fertile women are taken back from the Colonies and are made to serve as handmaids once again, including Janine and Emily. Both reunite with Offred in the grocery store, with Janine happily telling her that it was God's plan that she be rescued. Offred, who had been sad to discover that none of the handmaids had known Ofglen's name, tells her real name, June, to Emily and another handmaid and following this, several of the handmaids whisper their real names to one another, which Eden overhears. Later, Mrs. Waterford enlists Offred's help in illicitly performing the Commander's work for him while he is in the hospital. At the refugee center, Moira looks through records to try to confirm whether her fiancée, Odette, has died. Through flashbacks Moira is revealed to have been a surrogate for a couple before the war. She met Odette, an obstetrician, during this process. In the present, Moira eventually finds photographs showing Odette was killed.
188"Women's Work"Kari SkoglandNina Fiore & John HerreraJune 6, 2018 (2018-06-06)
June has been helping Serena to complete Fred's work for some months while he is too ill from his bomb injuries to do so himself, but as soon as he returns home he excludes Serena from his office. Serena tells June that the Putnams' child, Angela, (called Charlotte by Janine, who is her biological mother) is sick. June advocates for Janine to be able to see the baby, and Serena agrees to ask about it for the baby's sake. Naomi Putnam dislikes the idea, but she is overruled by her husband, Warren. Serena petitions Fred to allow the sick child to be seen by a Martha who, prior to the Sons of Jacob coup, was one of the nation's top neonatologists. Fred denies the request, saying that whatever happens to the child must now be left to God's will. A dismayed Serena forges Fred's signature to a written order that transfers the Martha to the hospital for a day. Aunt Lydia tells June that she will hold her personally responsible if anything goes wrong with Janine's visit to the hospital. The neonatologist can find no physical explanation for the child's deterioration and can recommend no further treatment. She advises them to unplug the baby from all of the machines and help her to feel safe and warm. When Fred discovers that Serena forged his signature on an order to temporarily transfer the physician/Martha, he beats Serena with his belt as June is forced to watch. Serena later tearfully rejects June's offer of sympathy.  Meanwhile, Eden is working hard to please Nick, but after she rearranges his garret and uncovers the bundle of handmaids' letters he recovered from June, he becomes angry, demanding that she never touch his belongings. The episode ends in the hospital with Janine, partly undressed, singing "I Only Want to Be with You" to her child and bouncing her as her baby gurgles happily.

This is the first episode in this series that does not have scenes from before the formation of Gilead.
199"Smart Power"Jeremy PodeswaDorothy FortenberryJune 13, 2018 (2018-06-13)
Fred and Serena travel to Canada on a diplomatic mission accompanied by Nick, while a Guardian, Isaac, is to be left responsible for the household. Much to Offred's distress, Serena tells her that she will be transferred as soon as the baby is born. In Toronto, Serena is reminded of the time before Gilead, and the Waterfords are ambivalently greeted by Canadian officials. Later, Serena is approached by Mark Tuello, who works for the remnant of the US government in Hawaii, and offers to help her defect from Gilead, but Serena declines. At the Waterford's residence, June tells Rita that when Hannah was baptized, she and Luke chose godparents for her and wishes for Rita to be the godparent of her expected child as soon as it is born. Rita states that she will try her best, though the government of Gilead has prohibited baptisms and severely restricts Marthas. June makes a similar request to Aunt Lydia, prompting her to reveal she was previously godparent to her sister's baby, who died in infancy. At a protest, Luke confronts Commander Waterford. Afterwards, Nick finds Luke and tells him June is pregnant by Waterford, but safe, and gives him the bundle of letters from women enslaved in Gilead. Luke, Moira, and Erin make the letters public, causing an outcry that prompts the Canadians to cancel the rest of the summit. Moira holds a sign up to the Waterfords' car that says "My name is Moira" and Fred recognises her from Jezebel's. Serena burns the Hawaiian matches Mark left her. Meanwhile, Nick gives June news of Luke and Moira, and tells her that the letters were instrumental in getting the talks curtailed. June reveals that Moira is Hannah's godmother and is happy that she escaped to Canada. Nick tells June that he loves her, and tries to kiss her, but she does not allow him to.
2010"The Last Ceremony"Jeremy PodeswaYahlin ChangJune 20, 2018 (2018-06-20)
The commander to whom Emily is newly assigned as handmaid collapses and dies during the Ceremony. June suffers contractions while shopping, forcing her home and to endure a "birthing ceremony" as everyone awaits the birth of the child. However, it turns out to be a false alarm and everyone is dismissed. Following the false alarm, June pleads to Fred to be positioned closer to her daughter Hannah after the eventual birth. After Fred denies this request, June implies that the child she is carrying is not his and that he will never have a biological child of his own. Later, Fred rapes June with Serena holding her down, under the guise of inducing the labor. Eden finds herself attracted to Isaac, a guard, and meets with him late at night. They kiss, but she breaks off once she sees Nick watching. She begs his forgiveness, which he readily gives with a detachment that infuriates her. She accuses Nick of liking Offred. Fred then arranges Nick to take June to an empty and remote house for a short visit with Hannah, who is now named Agnes. After they are once again separated, Guardians take Nick captive, and June is left behind, having hidden in the house.
2111"Holly"Daina ReidBruce Miller & Kira SnyderJune 27, 2018 (2018-06-27)
After Nick is taken away from the house, June finds a car in the garage and car keys and is able to start the car, but she returns to the house and gets a man's coat. Flashbacks throughout the episode show her first pregnancy, and  Hannah's birth and childhood. Fred and Serena arrive at the house in a panic, looking for Offred. They are arguing with each other, with Serena telling Fred she gave up everything for him and the cause, and only ever wanted a child. June finds a gun, and prepares to shoot them, but desists.  They are unable to find Offred and decide to leave, feeling both angry and concerned. After she's certain they're gone, June, having contractions, gets back into the car, but cannot get it out of the garage, which is frozen shut. June is exhausted and in pain, and lays down in front of the fire, finally going into labor and passing out. When she wakes, she's covered in blood, but the baby still hasn't come. She crawls outside and discharges the gun to attract attention, then she ends up delivering the baby by herself. She whispers that her name is Holly, after her mother. Light comes in through the windows, indicating that a car has arrived at the house.
2212"Postpartum"Daina ReidEric TuchmanJuly 4, 2018 (2018-07-04)
Some weeks after the birth, the baby, now named Nichole, is cared for by Serena, while Offred is providing milk through a breast pump. She is unable to pump enough milk and is brought to see her baby in order to induce lactation. Offred requests to nurse her herself, but Fred rejects the idea. Given that Offred's lactation increases during the meeting, Aunt Lydia convinces Fred to allow Offred back in the house for the baby's health. Serena becomes enraged and demands that Offred stay away from the baby. Nick, who is back in the Waterford household and presented as having been key to the rescue of Offred and the baby, suggests lightheartedly that he, Offred and the baby should flee, and Fred attempts to renew the illicit elements of their relationship. Emily is reassigned to a new household as a handmaid after being rejected by four couples. Commander Lawrence, the "architect of Gilead's economy", seems suspicious. His wife, Eleanor, reveals to Emily that Lawrence was the creator of the Colonies. Lawrence interrogates Emily, revealing that he knows much about her past. Meanwhile, Eden and Isaac elope but are soon caught. Eden and Nick admit their faults and ask forgiveness of each other.  Eden and Isaac are brought to a diving board above a swimming pool with chains and weights attached to each of them.  Both refuse to ask for forgiveness, and Eden instead begins to recite a biblical paean to love.  Both are pushed off the diving board and die by drowning in front of a crowd. Distraught by the events, Serena and Offred get to an understanding and Serena allows Offred to nurse the baby herself.
2313"The Word"Mike BarkerBruce MillerJuly 11, 2018 (2018-07-11)
It is revealed that Eden's father was the one who turned Eden and Isaac in, leading to their execution. While searching through Eden's belongings, June discovers a Bible that Eden read from and annotated, despite it being illegal for women and girls to read in Gilead. June argues with Serena about her daughter's future in Gilead, stating that baby Nichole (Holly) won't be able to know God unless she is eventually able to read his word. Serena and a number of wives propose an amendment to the council that girls be taught to read the Bible and Serena reads from the Bible to make her point, resulting in one of her fingers being cut off. Emily reluctantly prepares for her first ceremony with Lawrence, but he dismisses Emily without going through with it. The next day, Emily is visited by Aunt Lydia and, as she is leaving, Emily brutally attacks Lydia by stabbing her in the back with a kitchen knife. Emily continues to kick Aunt Lydia down the stairs, leaving her gasping for breath. Lawrence's Martha, Cora, finds Aunt Lydia and throws Emily into a room and locks the door. Fred suggests to June that he could arrange for her to remain as his handmaid, and when she rejects the proposal, he suggests that future meetings with Hannah could be arranged. As a fire consumes a house across the street, Rita tells June that she and her daughter, Holly, have this chance to get out and need to leave immediately. Fred tries to arrange their capture, but is prevented by Nick, who threatens him with a gun.  Serena catches her mid-escape, but after a tearful goodbye to the baby, allows June to take the baby and flee, assisted by several Marthas. June is reunited with Emily, who is dropped off at the escape van by Lawrence, who says he is getting himself "in deep shit" when asked why he's allowing them to leave. At the last second, June decides to stay behind and gives the baby to Emily. She tells Emily to call her Nichole, and to tell her she loves her.
The Handmaid's Tale (TV series)