The Handmaid’s Tale

Season Five Safe

Season Finale. June is shown getting a package from her porch. She opens it and it’s a bulletproof vest. The events that happened at the memorial has spooked her. Even Luke is happy she has the vest now.

Mark stop by to give June and Luke news that the gunman from the memorial serves has been arrested . The question is, is he tied to Gilead? Then June walks Mark outside to walk him to his car. On her way back from Mark’s car, June notices a truck following her. She looks back and starts to walk faster. Out of nowhere this truck comes by and hits June. She can’t get up and the truck rolls past her on the ground. The person in the truck proceeds to run over June’s arm. Who is in this truck? Luke goes out and stops the truck, pulls the driver out of the truck and starts beating him.

June is rushed to the hospital and has to remain overnight. Guess who comes to visit her? Nick. Mark called Nick to let him know about June. Mark has made a deal with Nick; not sure what that is yet. June is asleep but Nick stays for a few minutes and looks over her.

Nick gets back to Gilead and confronts Lawrence with a punch in the face. Nick is then taken into custody. What has he done? Rose goes to visit him and tells him it’s over. Okay, bold girl. She does realize she is in Gilead and can not exist without Nick as her husband?

After June gets out of the hospital, they plan on their departure from Canada. They are due to fly out that night. Luke is confronted by Mark letting him know he is a wanted man for the death of the driver of the car. The airport would not be safe; but there was a train leaving for Hawaii and that would be saver. June, Luke and Nicole get to the train station and it is crowded with refugees fleeing Canada. They make it to the train entrance and Luke tells June to go ahead of him. June does but then realizes the Luke is not getting on the train. At first June hesitates but Luke convinces her to go ahead. As June boards the train, Luke is taken into custody by the police.

June is now on the train and looking for a seat. The train is crowded and she cannot found a seat in the front, so she goes to the back. June hears a baby crying and looks ahead and it’s Serena. June gives Serena a look as she goes towards her. Serena smiles and ask her for a diaper. You have to be joking!! Who told her about the train? Had to be Mark, of course.

The season is over. What will happen to June and Serena? Will they make it to Hawaii? What will happen to Moira and Rita who are left behind in Canada? What will happen to Luke since he has been arrested. And most of all, what will happen to Hannah now? We have to wait now for the sixth and final season. They have so much to uncover and so many unanswered questions.

The Handmaid’s Tale

Season Five Allegiance

Now this episode was packed with action. Starts out the June and Luke going to the airfield so they can watch the raid over Gilead. Mark introduces Commander Elijah Vance who is promising June and Luke he will bring Hannah home to them.

Commander Lawrence invites Mrs. Putnam over and he has plans for her. Mrs Putnam thinks she is there about her house and she has to move into a condo. She is offered to marry Commander Lawrence and she is stunned. Mrs Putnam looks petrified. Priceless. What else does she think is going to happen to her in Gilead? Really? She tells the commander she has to think about it.

June and Luke are at the command center and are excited about Hannah finally getting rescued. The air force raid goes bad and the mission is doomed. The US planes go down. Luke and June were very grateful to Commander Vance who died trying to save Hannah; and Mark is devastated. They have a memorial service for the fallen group who risked their lives trying to rescue the group of stolen girls. The memorial service goes bad and everyone’s life is threatened.

They show Hannah at the Wives Center. She hears the noise outside above the center and looks up. The Aunt send the girls all to bed. Hannah looks around and pulls out one of her drawings. She writes “HANNAH” at the bottom. She knows who she is!!! Hannah has been seen in front of everyone as an obedient, pristine future wife of the Gilead. The Mackenzies think Hannah is an angel from heaven who couldn’t be the daughter of June.   Hannah is playing them! She is truly June’s daughter.

And Serena has deep regrets about having to play along with the Wheelers. Not anymore! Now, Serena’s on the run trying to save herself and Noah. Poor Serena.  

Lots to unfold and worth watching. I was getting bored but now I’m back!!

Defending Jacob

Season One

If you want a quick show to watch and interesting, you may want to try this show. This is drama series based on a best selling novel about assistant DA’s world turned upside down when his son, Jacob, gets charged with murder.

Andy Barber is assigned to a case of a Matt McGrath found dead in the park. His son Jacob is the classmate of Matt. At first there is no evidence of who is responsible for the death of the Matt but as more information comes in, Jacob is looking guilty.

This is a limited series but worth the watch. It keeps you guessing and you want to believe Jacob is innocent. But is he??

The Handmaid’s Tale

Season Five – Motherland

First scene shows Serena in a detention center sitting in a chair with a breast pump. Doesn’t this just remind you of June at the Red Center pumping for Nicole. Serena gets a visit from Mrs. Wheeler who is only there to collect milk for baby Noah. They exchange a few words and Mrs. Wheeler leaves. Serena wants June’s help but why? June is not her friend.

In Gilead, Commander Lawrence is discussing his plan for New Bethlehem. Now, if you recall, Commander Putnam was not for the plan. Since Commander Putnam is gone, Commander Lawrence can try to bring all the Commanders on board. Now all Commander Lawrence has to do is get refugees from Canada to come live on his new island. Commander Lawrence is even convincing Nick to live on the island. I mean really, would you go back? No way!!

The Canadians are getting very aggressive and driving by June’s house all times of the day and night. June, Luke and Moira are out in the front cleaning the sidewalk where a group has made vulgar comments. Luke is devastated because he can’t believe people in Canada are acting this way. Luke even suggest to June they leave and move somewhere else. June is not moving anywhere else without Hannah.

June gets a surprise visit from Commander Lawrence. He is trying his best to talk June into coming back and live in New Bethlehem. June seems to really be thinking about it but Luke talks her off the ledge. Luke says he will not go live in Gilead none as New Bethlehem.

Serena has no choice but to go back to the Wheelers because they have been fostering her son Noah since she has been in the detention center. Commander Lawrence also goes to visit Serena and tells her she has no choice but to go back if she wants to see her baby. Serena is convinced they will treat her like a Handmaid. Yes, Serena. You get to experience a part of the world you help create.

Mark comes over and also tries to convince June not to leave Canada. June gives him a tape she received in the mail. Mark takes the footage back to the headquarters to see if something can be made out of it. Mark at least wants to see if he can get a location. Later, Mark will form an Army and has plans to go into Gilead to rescue Hannah. I’m sure Mark’s plan is not to just get Hannah but all the kids that are there.

This episode goes into so much more and is really starting to get good. The question is, will June go back to Gilead? Will Hannah get rescued? Will Serena stay with the Wheelers or try to leave. Hope you enjoy the episode as much as I did!!