Season Six Episode Ten
This is the final episode of a show I have loved to watch over the years. You become attached to the characters just like they are real people. This episode was very interesting. I had no idea how it would end.
Boston is now in control again by the United States. Everyone is walking around relieved and happy for the victory. It took nineteen days for them to get Boston back. They are having bonfires burning everything that would remind them of Gilead.
June is thinking about Nick and some of the things they went through together. This is a true loss for her and she needs to grieve. June then sees Luke who is leaving to go help get the power restored. They make small talk and then Luke leaves. Not sure what is happening there. Their relationship has completely changed, which is understandable. June goes inside to see if there is an update on finding Janine. Mark tells her that they are working on it. He also tells her that since Gilead needs more High Commander, Hannah will be moving to DC with the Mckenzies. She smiles about being closer to Hannah. Mark tells June to get some rest that she is off duty now.
Before June goes to rest, she goes to visit Serena Joy who is once again a refugee. She goes on to tell June she could never go back to Gilead. Mark has arranged for her to be sent to a refugee camp. Before leaving, she tells June how sorry she is for all the bad things she did to her. June forgives her. Serena Joy gets on the bus. Serena Joy is mentioned one more time in the episode; but she does not have a big role her, which is a good thing.
Mark tells June that the restrictions have been lifted and that she can go explore her old neighbor. June is looking through the window of one of her favorite restaurants. And guess who walks up? Emily. It was so good to see her. Even June was stunned and gave her a big hug. June and Emily are shown walking down by the wall. Emily is telling June where she has been and what she has been doing since leaving Canada.
She finally takes her nap. She is woken up by someone for her to come with them. They ride to a checkpoint. June gets out and sees Mark and in the distance someone is dropped off at the border. June goes to see who it is and it’s Janine. Then Aunt Lydia and Noemi walk up with Charlotte. Noemi puts her down and she goes to Janine. Janine is ecstatic. June is happy for Janine and she sadly thinks of Hannah.
Buses come in from Alaska. Holly and Nichole get off and are greeted by June and Luke. Later, June is trying to get Nichole to sleep. June is also telling Nichole she has to leave her again for a while. June tells Nichole she has to go make sure all the little girls of Gilead are saved.
June joins Holly at the memory wall. Holly is very upset that June will be leaving again. June tells her she has to fight and that Holly is the one that taught her that. Holly then suggest June should write a book about what she experienced in Gilead.
June then sees Luke. He is on his way to another post in New York. The resistance is going to the border and will start working on getting control of New York again. They make plans to meet in DC. Luke then goes on to tell her that she needs to document the memories she had in Gilead.
June walks to a house where she once lived. It’s the Waterford house. The house hasn’t been touched since the fire. June opens the gate and goes in. She proceeds up the front steps and walks into the lobby. Then she goes up the stairs to her old room. She sits on the window sill and looks around her old room. She takes a recorder out and starts talking into it. The episode ends. This is how the The Handmaid’s Tale began.
I have no complaints on how the last episode ended. It’s nice how they made it positive and a relief for everyone involved. They are all finally free from Gilead and that’s what is important. Hope you like the ending. Now, let’s get ready for The Testament!!
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