The Handmaids Tale - Episode 609
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00:00...on her adjustment all morning.
00:01Well, she's not ready for public viewing at the moment.
00:03The wives were so dismissive today.
00:06They need to be reminded who they're dealing with.
00:08A proper wedding will remind them.
00:10Okay, we'll need to have our wedding in Boston.
00:12The grand celebration fit for the highest commander,
00:15with all the other commanders and their wives.
00:17She's about to become Queen of Gilead.
00:19Where are you going to be, June?
00:21At the wedding.
00:22All those handmaids, one giant group, anonymous?
00:24What's wrong with you?
00:25They don't have any weapons.
00:28We'll get them to the Red Center,
00:29then slip them to the posted handmaids at the wedding.
00:31We will use all of our friends, everyone,
00:34and anyone who hates Gilead,
00:35anyone who has ever been fucked over by that place.
00:39I've scheduled a meeting for you.
00:42The Department of Human Reallocation
00:45will hear your plan tomorrow.
00:46I'd be missing the warden's wedding.
00:48Small sacrifice.
00:49I don't like leaving the girls before the wedding,
00:51but it can't be helped.
00:53Let the revolution begin.
00:55Dear God, give us the strength to murder those goddamn motherfuckers.
01:15They wanted us to look like we'd been dipped in blood.
01:18Some fairytale figure in a red cloak.
01:26It seems ridiculous now
01:29to contemplate how important clothes were to us before.
01:34We had closets full of them.
01:37We took jobs we hated so we could buy more of them.
01:41So we could be fashionable.
01:43So we could be on trend.
01:46We couldn't figure out how to get rid of them.
01:50So we threw them in landfills.
01:53We poisoned the water.
01:55We brought on ecological collapse.
02:02All because we believed that these garments that we put on our bodies
02:05told the world who we were.
02:10It was a lie.
02:12A lie Gilead believed too.
02:16So they assigned us colors.
02:22They dictated what we wore.
02:25Who we could be.
02:28They used our clothes to divide us.
02:32To dehumanize us.
02:35But tonight, those clothes will be our weapons.
02:42Tonight, we will use these clothes to start a war.
03:26They put us in red, the color of blood, to mark us.
03:51They forgot that it's also the color of rage.
05:25It's the color of blood.
05:28It's the color of rage.
06:55It's the color of rage.
07:25It's the color of rage.
07:55Come, let us sing unto the Lord.
08:11For the Lord is a great God and a great king above all gods.
08:17Come, let us worship for the Lord, our maker.
08:25Dear Lord, we are gathered here to celebrate a new beginning.
08:33New marriage of the faithful and the just.
08:40In accordance with the divine laws of Gilead.
08:43High Commander Wharton, as you pledge fealty and devotion to your new wife,
08:52so we all renew fealty and devotion to her.
08:57For we honor God when we hold fast to our vows.
09:01We are no longer two, but of one flesh.
09:05When God is joined together, no human being must separate.
09:08Dear God, we ask that you bless this union as you forgive us our sins
09:23and purify us from all unrighteousness and temptations of the will.
09:29For we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
09:33All of us are cheap and stray.
09:37But in your ultimate wisdom, you allow us to repent and guide us home as it pleases you, Lord Almighty.
09:45We await.
09:47Plan B. Pass them at their reception.
09:49And please, Lord, make this new union as fruitful as the blessed union
09:56with my own wife and bringing forth mine own child, first and forever.
10:06Amen.
10:36Girls, greet your sisters from the Red Center.
10:42Blessed be the fruit.
10:44May the Lord be with you.
10:46Godspeed.
10:54Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome High Commander and Mrs. Gabrielle Wharton.
12:36Joseph.
12:42Serena.
12:44Why are you so nervous?
12:46Nervous? Why would I be nervous?
12:48Well, despite all this pomp and circumstance, I have not abandoned our goals.
12:54I'm as committed to our reforms as ever.
12:56All the more power to you, Serena.
13:00Not just power for me, Joseph.
13:02Power for all the women in Gilead.
13:04Glory be.
13:06Now excuse me while I go visit my most important guests.
13:18You know, your handmaid, my handmaid now.
13:24You know, my dad, he's got the best handmaid in the whole country.
13:30Just one ceremony. Bam. Twins. Every time.
13:36Shit. Serena's heading over. Goddamn it.
13:40Handmaids, gather, please. I'd like to speak with all of you, if I may.
13:44Girls, gather quickly for this work.
13:46Get in the back.
14:00It is so meaningful to me to have all of you here.
14:08I am painfully aware how little gratitude we show you for your sacred service.
14:14But change is coming.
14:18I am making it my personal goal.
14:20Wonderful.
14:22Girls say thank you, Mrs. Wharton.
14:24Thank you, Mrs. Wharton.
14:26Thank you so much.
14:30You know, I had a handmaid myself once.
14:38And I could have been kinder to her.
14:42To be honest, she could have been kinder to me.
14:46We both said and did unforgivable things to one another.
14:50But that made us equal in vengeance and in spite.
14:54And now I can count her as a good friend.
14:58You know, it has been a challenge to repair our relationship.
15:02I do believe that my former handmaid forgives me.
15:08Mrs. Wharton, Marina.
15:10Marina.
15:12I was just speaking about forgiveness and the importance of moving on.
15:16Perhaps you might share how you have done it.
15:20Well, you set a goal.
15:24And you work towards it.
15:27Keep your eyes on the prize, ladies.
15:29Yes, excellent.
15:33I do wish that I could see all of your faces.
15:35Forgive me for interrupting, Serena, but it's time now.
15:39Oh, it's not too early.
15:41No, no, no, now's perfect.
15:43All right.
15:45I will be back for our group portrait.
15:47I want all of you unveiled for it.
15:49I would like to celebrate each and every one of you as individuals.
15:53May God bless you.
15:55May God keep you.
15:57Praise be.
15:59May the Lord allow it.
16:01Just this way.
16:23Good luck.
16:39How long's it going to take?
16:41One to two hours.
16:43They'll go home and they'll fall fast asleep.
16:45And then we're on.
16:47Blessed be the posted handmaids.
17:03This is delicious.
17:05I had my fill.
17:07Go ahead, you should have some more.
17:09I think I've had enough.
17:11You deserve it.
17:13You eat like a bird.
17:23Get them back to the Red Center.
17:25I'll go with the posted handmaids.
17:27And be careful.
17:31You be careful.
17:33Make sure he's passed out.
17:35Don't worry.
17:37Get them ready.
17:39Blessed be the fruit, dears.
17:41May the Lord open.
17:43It's time for our blessed farewell, chop chop.
17:45My girls, back to the Red Center.
17:47The rest to your households.
17:53Pretty lines, girls.
17:55Who's nice now?
18:03We'll meet you in the Red Center.
18:05Godspeed.
18:07Take care of them.
18:11Lydia, how wonderful to see you
18:13before we head out.
18:15Mrs. Wharton, you look beautiful.
18:19I'll make sure to arrange a plate for you.
18:21I hear it's delicious.
18:23Although, of course, we haven't had a minute
18:25to enjoy it ourselves.
18:27Please enjoy.
18:29Godspeed.
18:39June?
18:41June!
18:47June!
18:51June!
18:55June!
18:59Praise be it, Lydia.
19:01Hey, Lydia.
19:03I'm so glad you could make it.
19:09Lydia!
19:11You bailed on my meetings.
19:39I think June Osborne is here.
19:43You're losing it, lady.
19:45June Osborne is in Alaska.
19:47Alaska?
19:49Commander Lawrence, please.
19:51Aunt Lydia has had a long day
19:53and night of travel.
19:55We have to get you a seat before you pass out.
19:57Get her a piece of fruit.
19:59She's hallucinating.
20:03Hi, excuse me. Can you take Aunt Lydia
20:05and get her a big steak and a glass of red wine
20:07and for dessert, some cake?
20:09Thank you so much.
20:11Sweet.
20:37Welcome home, Commander.
20:39Mrs. Martin.
20:43Gift from Commander Bell, Sr.
20:47I think I know what it is.
20:51Wait.
20:55Yes!
20:57I've been wanting to do this.
21:01Welcome to your new home.
21:09What do you think?
21:11It's perfect.
21:29Please.
21:31Blessed be the fruit.
21:33May the Lord open.
21:35I'm Commander Warden.
21:37Praise be to you. May God make me truly worthy.
21:41This is a great honor.
21:43Thank you, Gilead.
21:45But I'm fertile.
21:49Yes, of course.
21:51God willing. And we'll try.
21:53But you're only one person, my love.
21:55No.
21:57No, I will not have
21:59an inmate in our house.
22:09We've talked about
22:11having a big family.
22:13Now, of Gabriel.
22:15Don't call her that.
22:17That is her name.
22:19No, it's not.
22:21She will help us fulfill our duty to God.
22:23To bear fruit
22:25and multiplies our sacred vessel.
22:27She's not a vessel.
22:29She's a human being.
22:31What is your name?
22:33Of Gabriel, ma'am.
22:35No.
22:37What is your real name?
22:43Christina.
22:45Christina.
22:47Leave this house.
22:49Run.
22:51And don't come back.
22:53No.
22:55No.
22:57No.
22:59Run.
23:01And don't ever come back.
23:03Gabriel, please. Go to your room.
23:15What is wrong with you?
23:17I was so stupid to do this again.
23:19Serena.
23:21I was wrong about you.
23:23I thought you were a better man,
23:25but you're just like the rest of them.
23:27No.
23:35No, I have continually
23:37indulged you.
23:39Compromised.
23:41Accommodated.
23:43I have made radical changes
23:45to my life.
23:47I have bent to your liberal
23:49attitudes, but I will not
23:53turn my back on God.
23:55You think God wants
23:57this abomination of a marriage?
24:03You have deceived me.
24:17Serena.
24:19I think he wants you.
24:26I can't stay here.
24:28You have gone insane.
24:30Stop.
24:37I forbid you to go.
24:47Let me out.
24:50No.
24:53You are my wife now.
24:57Your place is in this house.
25:01You have nowhere to go.
25:03You are under my...
25:06Under your what?
25:11Under your what?
25:14Your rule?
25:16What are you going to do?
25:18Cut off my finger?
25:20Cut off my finger?
25:22Beat me with a belt?
25:24Because all of that, all of it has happened to me before.
25:26And I will survive it.
25:28And I will survive you.
25:34I'm not something to survive.
25:40I am a good man.
25:44And a good husband.
25:46You can't be.
25:50You're a commander.
26:00Step aside, Harry.
26:04Mrs. Wharton would like to leave.
26:20I love you.
26:51Sir, who was there?
26:53Ma'am?
26:55Who sat there?
26:57The handmaids, ma'am.
27:20I love you.
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29:20I love you.
29:38Hi, Olivia.
29:40Are you feeling better?
29:42Are the girls all right?
29:44Of course, they're all tucked in, safe and sound.
29:47I made some cookies using your recipe.
29:49Come to the kitchen, I'll show you.
29:51I must check on the girls.
29:53Something's going on.
30:17Hi, Olivia.
30:19Blessed evening.
30:21How was the wedding?
30:23Unlock this door.
30:25Open it.
30:31Oh, for goodness' sakes.
30:33My apologies, ma'am.
30:37Okay.
30:39Open it.
30:41Peter, stay alert.
30:43Yes, ma'am.
30:47Yes, ma'am.
31:17They've been in bed for over an hour, Aunt Lydia.
31:47Oh, for goodness' sakes.
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33:19Belle.
33:21What?
33:23Repeat yourself.
33:33Jean Osborn.
33:39Nice to meet you.
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35:10June?
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35:20Hi.
35:22Hi.
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35:29Thanks.
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35:37Oh, Lord, God of vengeance,
35:40God of vengeance of fear,
35:42rise up, judge of the earth,
35:44and render punishment to the proud.
35:47Do you think the Lord does not know what you do?
35:51He who made the ear shall he not hear?
35:54He who formed the eyes shall he not see?
35:57And he who knows all shall he not punish the wicked?
36:05Peter.
36:09No, Lydia.
36:11You liar.
36:12What are you up to?
36:14Why are they still in their clothes?
36:16Why did they hide their cake?
36:18Aunt Lydia.
36:21Get the fuck away from her.
36:29Who are you?
36:32You don't remember me.
36:37What is your name?
36:40Why do you care?
36:42Why do you care when you stole it from me?
36:52My name is Moira.
36:58You fucking bitch.
37:02You're working with her.
37:04Who?
37:05I was right. She's back.
37:07I know she's back.
37:09Where is she?
37:11I don't know who you're talking about.
37:13Where is she?
37:16I will not hesitate to shoot a traitor.
37:19Tell me, where is June Osborne?
37:24I'm right here.
37:29I knew it.
37:31I knew it.
37:33You did this.
37:35No, Aunt Lydia.
37:39You did it.
37:42You trained us to be like this.
37:47After you beat us and after you mutilated us,
37:51after you tortured us,
37:55after you took our children away.
38:00You did this.
38:03But I think that you've seen things that you can't unsee.
38:12And I think that you've learned things that you can't unlearn.
38:19And I know that in your heart of hearts,
38:25you know that rape is rape.
38:29And you know it wasn't our fault.
38:32And we don't deserve this.
38:36And we're not fallen women.
38:42We're rising up because in each and every one of us
38:48is this immaculate soul that was given to us by God.
38:56That's just crying out for dignity and freedom.
39:06Do not presume to know what is in my heart
39:10or God's.
39:14Yeah, no, you're right.
39:19I won't.
39:24But I would like you to ask yourself,
39:29Lydia, if you think that God wants this for us,
39:39for your girls,
39:42if God would allow all of this,
39:49or is there a God that would empower a woman like you
40:02to stand up for us?
40:10To arc toward the light and to finally declare,
40:18enough.
40:21Because we, all of us, together,
40:35we've had enough.
40:40Oh.
40:45He hurt me, Aunt Lydia.
40:50They hurt us.
40:54They raped us.
40:58You gave us to them.
41:05I only ever meant to save my girls.
41:10If you want to save us, let us go.
41:18Please, Aunt Lydia.
41:24Come on.
41:54I'm sorry.
42:23I hurt you, dear.
42:27Oh.
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42:35Let's go.
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44:35We were ready for a new beginning.
44:38The dress became our uniform.
44:41And we became an army.
45:05An army to free.
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