The Handmaids Tale
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Season four endedwith a far darker version of June than wed ever seen before.
Season five begins with the consequences and lack thereof of Dark June.
Can what June and the other handmaids did to Fred be called justice?
Should June herself be brought to justice for leading the murder?
Moira, forever this shows standard-bearer for conventional morality, is aghast.
Luke insists that June did nothing wrong and has decided to just take the fucking win.
Serena wants the Canadian government to reinstate the death penalty for June specifically.
Serena and Fred waltzing is Mrs. Waterfords version of Offreds visions of Hannah at the aquarium.
Moira exclaims, You savaged him!
And June, not quite catching the tone, responds, By her fucking hand!
At the same time, Junes attitude here is baffling.
Why do you think these women helped you tear your commander to shreds in the first place, June?
Sylvia confirms that Emily returned to Gilead because its what she needed to do.
I dont need it to be someones fault.
Why does it matter whose fault it is?
So I can hate the right person?
So I can hate you?
For anyone not even passingly familiar with the plot ofMacbeth, this is a visual metaphor for guilt.
So, to Lukes horror, she decides to turn herself in to the Canadian government.
Is June really going to prison?
This would be just a hilarious bit of plot loopholery if it did not pay off so well thematically.
Is it about my husband?
I dont know your husband, maam, the guard replies.
The good news is that Serena can now start a new life in Canada!
Its a brutal sight whose full weight only June and Serena seem to totally comprehend.
Shes heartened enough by their under his eyes to make an odd request.
She would like to go back to Gilead to bury Fred properly in the nation he built.
But then Tuello, the human link between June and Serena, arrives with his own moral judgment.
While Tuello clearly feels something for Serena (protectiveness?
Is this the end of Dark June?
(But probably not.)
Is this out of genuine sympathy or just out of Gilead-induced wifely loyalty?
Or does she have another motive?
I have so many questions.
