But only June and Janine survived the escape.
Let’s wade through the latest developments of these difficult journeys.
It’s interesting to learn Catholics were Gilead resisters.
Will we learn more about Gilead’s beginnings?
Next, Moira says Serena wants to see Rita.
Rita assumes Serena is furious that she talked to the court about the Waterfords.
When Rita visits Serena, she’s greeted joyfully.
Serena reveals she’s pregnant… with a boy.
Serena credits the pregnancy to Gilead and God, proving she remains as zealous a believer as ever.
But she isn’t telling Fred about the baby.
She may still love Gilead, but she’s done with Fred.
She wants Rita to help care for her baby.
Serena gifts Rita the sonogram, saying she’s missed her and calling her a friend.
She greets him as “sir"another nod to her inferior Gilead status.
Rita leaves Fred with cold parting words, like aboss.
It begins with Janine changing out of a work uniform and soon after, arriving at a medical clinic.
Janine wants an abortion.
Eventually, the volunteer openly advocates against abortion, admitting the clinic doesn’t perform them.
She claims abortions involve ripping the baby apart, making women infertile, and that all women regret abortions.
She suggests Janine take time to “make the right decision.”
That night, at home, Janine reviews the clinic’s pregnancy brochure.
A little boy runs up to her.
It’s her son Caleb, whom viewers learned about early in the show’s run.
The volunteer was right: Janine is a great momto Caleb.
The doctor says Janine shouldn’t feel ashamed.
The doctor then gives Janine abortion pills.
The flashback explains a lot about Janine’s behavior in Gilead.
At night, they come to a depot with several trains.
Janine wants to hide in Boston, but June wants to find Mayday and fight alongside them.
They ultimately jump on a train to Chicago.
June thinks that’s the main battlefront between the resistance and Gilead.
Unfortunately, the car they climb into is a refrigerator full of milk.
As the train begins to move, they start drowning, but June manages to drain the car.
She suggests God took Alma and Brianna and not June because he wanted the nice ones.
She talks about how Alma and the handmaid loved June, then asks whether June gave them up.
She admits she did to protect Hannah.
June knows Justine is right, but defensively says she should have left her long ago.
After their argument, the train is suddenly attacked.
When the firefight stops, June climbs out to see the attackers won and are looting the train.
The leader, Steven, allows the handmaids to join his group back at their base in Chicago.
June is enraged and horrified but offers to comply.
June kneels before Steven but changes her mind.
Hopefully, she and Janine can become true partners in working toward that next step.
