Month: May 2021

Season Four Episode Six

OMG!! In my opinion, this episode will be the heart of the entire show.

June has made it through the bombing; and she realized that she is not dreaming. Moira is standing in front of her. June hit her head, so she is still a little disoriented. June is looking for Janine. Moira has a hard time getting June to focus. Moira gets June on the rescue truck to take her to the dock. Moira’s girlfriend is in charge of the mission. Moira talks to her girlfriend, who tells her they have to get back on the boat; and leave because it’s not safe to stay there. Moira is panicking now because she does not want to leave June behind. Her girlfriend tells her she will have to leave June.

Moira decides she is not leaving her best friend June behind. Moira goes to June and tricks her into getting on the boat. What Moira does not realize is that, the boat will be inspected by the Gilead coast guard before leaving their waters. Gilead has to make sure the crew doesn’t have anyone else on the boat. Moira panics even more and has to tell her girlfriend that she snuck June onto the boat. Her girlfriend is not happy; Moira has put the entire crew at risk. The crew has a conversation on what to do with June. They are arguing going back in forth. June speaks up and tell them to just turn her in. Moira has a fit.

The Gilead coast guard boats roll up and inspects the team and boat. They had dressed June up to look like a crew member and the inspection is completed. Everyone is relieved. Later, June is trying to get the lifeboat detached so she can head back to Gilead for Hannah. Moira and June get into it. June is so desperate to get Hannah that she is not thinking clearly. It is heartbreaking to hear her explain to Moira how important it is for her to protect Hannah. To me, at that moment, this is the reason why the show still exist – Hannah. Once she founds Hannah and brings her to Canada, the show is over.

The boat docks, and June is trying to get herself together before getting off. Luke comes rushing in; and all June can do is cry. June tells Luke how sorry she is that she is alone without Hannah. Luke is just happy to see her. I’m sure he was not expecting Hannah to be on the boat. This is where all the serious work starts. What will June do first? Will she go see Fred and Serena? Will she bond with Nicole? So many questions.

On tonight! Will Kevin break off his wedding??

Season Four Episode Season Five

June is not satisfied with the group they are currently with; and wants to leave to look for more survivors. She is disappointed that they are not Mayday. Janine likes the group, especially Steven, the group leader. June just does not think they are a good group to be with; they are not willing to take the risk she is use to. Janine wants to stay with the group and start a future.

Aunt Lydia is not the leader anymore and wants her position back. There are new recruits she wants to get her hands on them. She does not need to get another group to damage. She goes to see Commander Lawrence. Aunt Lydia lets him know that she knows things about him and that he was involved with Commander Winslow’s disappearance. Commander Lawrence agrees to help her if she gives him damaging information about other commanders. She agrees but wants June to herself when caught. Aunt Lydia, you will not get your hands on June but Commander Lawrence agrees with her. What is she gonna try and do? June will take her down next time.

Commander Lawrences wants to get his seat back with the council, he meets with them and offers a ceasefire in Chicago, Texas and Florida. Commander Lawrence and Nick are still trying to find June and figures out she may be in Chicago. Later the commanders are having a meeting and Commander Lawrence is back. The council considers Commander Lawrence’s proposal and decide to bomb Chicago to give them a warning before issuing a ceasefire. They put Nick in charge. Nick tries to get out of it, but it does not. He knows he has to organize the bombing and also try to keep June safe.

Back in Chicago, June says her goodbyes to Janine and heads off. June is annoyed that Janine will not join her, but she knows Janine is content and she has to find something better. They have a tearful goodbye. June walks through the destroyed streets and it gets very quite. She thinks someone is following her and it turns out to be Janine. Janine, why all the drama? Janine tells June the “handmaids must stick together.”

June and Janine hear planes coming try to run but are caught in the crossfire. They both go down; it’s the bombs that Nick sent in. June comes to and starts to look for Janine but can’t find her. She looks through all the smoke and turns around and sees Moira. What a great scene. They are both in disbelief.

Great episode! It’s really starting to get good. The soundtrack is also great and fits in with the scenes.

Season Four Episode Four

June and Janine are on a mission to escape Gilead and they board a train tanker filled with milk. Yes milk. They had no idea what was in the tanker when they jumped in. Now why would a train have a tanker full of milk, I have not idea. Does June really know the train is headed to Chicago?

After jumping into the milk, June tries to find a drain to let the milk out. Does the tanker have a drain hole? Well she finds one and all the milk spills out. Janine has a meltdown about the entire destination into a war zone, but June tries to calm her down. Janine further gets mad and wants June to stop treating her like a child and be truthful with her. June finally tells her that she did turn them in to Gilead Commander to save her daughter. Janine blames June for the death of Alma and Brianna. June tells Janine that she should have left her a long time ago. After a few more words, they are both quiet during the ride both unsure what to say.

Rita goes to see Serena who request to see her. Rita founds out that Serena is pregnant and is happy for her. Rita is a good person, because after all Serena has put her through, she was still kind and nice to her. Not sure if I would have done the same. Serena is talking on and on about how lucky and happy she is; and assumes that Rita is a friend who will help her raise the baby. Well, Rita has other plans. She visits Fred and gives him the picture of the sonogram, and tells him that it is no longer her job. Go Rita!

The train gets attacked and it crashes. June hears all the guns and looks out of the tanker to see a group gathering up supplies as the guardian lay dead. June attempts to talk to one of the group members by asking if they could join them. After some convincing, the group leader allows June and Janine to join them. Of course, it comes with a cost as the leader of the group wants more from the handmaids. Well June can’t do it. She tells Janine who later goes through with it. Now they stay with the group. I’m getting a bad feeling about this group.

This episode concentrates on June and Janine getting further away from Boston. Gilead is still trying to take over Chicago with resistance from the people there. I have so many questions. Will June get out of Gilead? Will June get caught again? Will June look for Mayday?

Season Four, Episode Three

This episode starts out with June being tortured by a man who works for Gilead. He is really brutal and scary looking. They try everything to get June to talk and it only takes one thing to get her spill the beans – Hannah.

Aunt Lydia decides to send all the girls to a breeding colony where they will be in the fields by day and handmaids at night but not assigned to a Commander. What in the world is this mess. I thought the handmaids had to be clean and pure like for the commanders. Anyway. They are on their way, she says her goodbyes to Nick with a long kiss, really. They are riding in a van with Aunt Lydia; get to a crossing rail and will have to wait for the train to go by. In the meantime, June and girls are thinking of a way to escape. They do. They start running. The guardian starts shooting at them and kills two of the girls.

June and Janine make it over the railroad track before the train come. Alma and Brianna are running fast but do not make it across; they are killed. It was tragic. Why did it happen? Now the group is just June and Janine.

What a sad episode. June as always had played Nick with that kiss. She knows he will continue to keep her safe. Now he will have to look for her again. I hope he does not find her this time. Maybe with less handmaids to keep up with, June and Janine can move faster. And they need to get out of those red clothes and get some regular normal clothes. They really have to get out of the place. And to think it’s Boston and some part in Pennsylvania before it became Gilead.

Season Four, Episode Two

June and the group seem to be getting along well at the farm; they are enjoying the freedom they have found. But like June said “they are not really free; Gilead is looking for them.”

The guardian eventually show up at the fame looking for the group. they question the Keys and must have gone back to report them. Mrs. Keys did sound a little shaky. Besides, she only a child.

So June set out to find a safe house for the group. She goes the the local Jezebels to get help from one of the ladies. June goes back to the farm with her plan. In the meantime, Mrs. Keys teaches her how to make poison. June takes a jar of the poison back to Jezebels and puts in the liquor container. She instructs the same lady to give the drink to the Commanders to make them sick or better yet die. She heads back to the farm with her plan in motion. When June gets back to the farm, it doesn’t feel right to her. June is faced with Nick and gets caught. I think Nick had something to do with it; I don’t trust him.

June is handcuffed and taken to some building and is faced with Aunt Lydia again. Talk about bad luck. She is put in a room and tortured because she will not five up information about where the group is.

In Canada. Moira is dealing with the new children that have arrived; trying to found their closest relatives. Some of the children are missing their parents in Gilead because that’s all they know. She gets help from Rita with one little boy. Rita seems to be still a little nervous about her new life; it’s understandable. Luke does not know how to feel. He’s mad. He’s scared. He’s worried for his June. Did it ever dawn on him that she is not leaving Hannah behind in Gilead? She told him that on the tape. Really, Luke.

Wow, this season is moving fast! I’m excited!!